Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-18
ABE JOINS THE BOY SCOUTS"

healthy, ven before he Joined the
scouts it used to make him very
tired just to lift his handkerchief.
dots de reason his mother had to
sew buttons on his sleeves because
she didn't like dot patent leather
finish. Now he can lift bucket OF
coal and water and den ask II dere
is anything more his mother wants
him TO do and de lawn mower and !
have not shook hands since he
came home.
We haven't had a broken window
down in our part OF town since Abe
got the whole gang of tough boys
to choin the scouts. and while 1t
cost some gelt to make Abe . MEM
Der, still 1 am money ahead in the
bank because used to pay more
money out for glass. We didn't
have to get him suit II We hadn't
wanted to. 1t only costs a poy 8
jutneys q year to belong, but We
wanted to do 1t up real stylish like.
Now We find Abe in bed every night
at 9 SO he could get nine hours
sleep like the rule book says, and
We don't have to worry about vedder
policeman was going to bring
him home or vedder he would
! sneak In alone ven he got ready.
can't believe dot Abe didn't vim
de var and help make dc world
safe for de Democrats, because he
sold 30 many Liberty bonds al
most az the meh folks did. for vich
he got q medal and yum day he
came home to mo and said he had
| found something and wen ] asked
him II he put It In de bank. he said
| he couldn't because 1t vas val
nut tree.
Everyday he told me he had done
something good because he prom
ised to do good turn daily, but l
tink he does many times vot he
never did before. Ven he gets up
In de morning he turns the covers
back, den he turns de door knob
in place OF trying to walk through
the door, turns the coffee and meat
grinders and wash machine for his
mother and ven he coughs he turns
| his head, but the best turn he
makes Is ven he undresses for bed,
he turns everything right side out
and puts them on q chair. Before
de bunch of clothes on the floor
looked like it vas cross between a
football and cover for an
auto truck, and smart, !
used to lick him SO his blood
would circulate faster and make
his brain work. Now its different
+, his brain don't need any help and
| he gets his lessons fine. The teach
er meets me and says I should be
as proud from Abe as he vas and l
told him, much obliged. vas.
1 heard a Teller yum time in de
opera house sing a song, Every
Nation Has a Flag But the Jew"
Veil, he vas wrong, because I know
one Jew family that has vun and
it hangs in de parlor, the one Abe
brought home from the parade on
the day ven de Kaiser decided he
could never get the nomination for
president of the United States on
any ticket, so he vent to saving
wood to help from thinking of the
surprise party he got ven he fought
all he had to say to North and
South America was, Come kiss
your papa" and he got kick in his
equator instead.
Abe told me vun day of man he
talked Wit who said the United
States vas way behind Europe. espe-
cially in watering places where
people battle. He said England has
her Bath, France her French Lick,
Germany has her Baden-Baden-,
what has de United States got?'
Abe asked him what in de world vas
the matter Wit Saturday night?
Smart 10y, dot fella.
1t used to be ven I told Abe l vas
his ladder and he should mind me,
he would say I should chase myself
where they pave Wit good inven-
tons. Now l get a big lump in my
neck and ! can't say Something's ven
he salutes in front of me and says
Hello, governor, what's doing?
Ike dot! and he's mother cried al
de table ven he came in Wit flower
in his coat and said it vas for her
} he wore it because it vas mothers
day, and fought l would see how
the garden vas growing in the yard
so vent out soft like, and vile
. stood outside in the sunshine an6
, fought vat change vas in dot boy
nit my wife and and me getting
. younger and laughing more,
: couldn't help but feel very glaG
dat ven Abe was born he came tc
our house in place of next door OF
, lra k1 I'd,