The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-16
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- sWIND.n
The cold North Wind comes shrieking down 7ths
street;
His chill attack brings sadness unto me,
While in their Offices the coal men greet
His advent with the most unholy glee.
THUS far I've gone: how now shall Lproceed
To make Of this aught save . piMing screed p
The wind still blows. 1t takes sudden squirt,
Attacks and lays slaaky sixnboard fiat;
see maiden scrambAhg with her skirt
While down the street man pursues his hat
(What else can indite that You may care
To hear from one tied to an Office chairD
And now the whistling wind has Dyed the
vaults
OF old Jack Frost who rides upon the storm
OF winter. and the chilling blast assaults
A ragged, half-clad newsboy's shiv'ring form.
$50 far my one success is filing space,
What CAN write that may save my face0
The wind blows cold; it will be colder stiN
When this, my weary, dreary task is DER
And ] have climbed that thrice-accursed hill
To where, for me, there is an open door.
(TIave said naught? Be- kind to me, I pray,
"The idle singer Of an empty dayD
A LOCAL dealer advertises Hats for all
heads soft or stiff" Perhaps the idea is stiff
hats for soft heads and soft hats for stifi
heads.
WHY NOT, INDEED?
| Dear Sir: If in your travels you have ever
been in Gilchrist you will appreciate this
while If you haven't you may pass it on to your
readers, several Of whom no doubt, not only
have been, but are. The proprietor Of the Gil
christ station lunch room having completed
the task OF satisfying the wants of the hall
dozen or so constituting the noon-h hour rush
remarked casually that he wished he could 'cal
in the women folks to dc up the Dishes" which
brought the query from a native acquaintance
Say, AL. what did you do with your wife, any
way?' -.
| TOOK her to the country SEE AL. "This
city life was proving the ruination of the kids.
But what l wanted to mention was this
A train operating between 'Galsa and Burfing
ton is called the Dolly" by the natives ant
others along her half-circular, half triangular
route, but what seems strange, in view Of thu
fact that there are two such trains each day
is why it never occurred to them to call zen
1.-The Dolly sisters" Why not, why not. VIII.
not! -ODEEKAY.
! WHAT puzzled us when We used to sci
tickets for the Dolly Is years ago was tn
fact that mail train had been given femi
nine mORicker. As a matter of fact, while TIL
time table showed two trains there, Was oul
one. Dolly" made the round trip. ,5s.s sE.iA
This Must Have Been Worth SeGilS, 4.
(From the De tSmet, s. D., NewsJ. T.
A double header is to be played at /.
Iroquois tonight with Hetland boys's and
81 slrTAOaedlp72lIyf 7sgNewubs and
girls teams
T'OTHER day-but wait. As you'll prob
ably regard this as fairy tale we had bes
start in the approved fashion; so-"Once upo
a time" a man and his wife went Christina
shopping; the man, of course, unwillingly
Nevertheless he went. Among other thing
they desired to purchase a-weil, not to
lexpensive necktie for youthful nephew. The
lentered a department store and almost imme
diately spied coolies of neckties hanging o
racks. The man saw two which almost please
him. He examined them. He chuckled. H
called his wife. How about these-only l
cents" She smiled. They're. not bad; let
take EN-" They did Two OF 'em. The cler
made out bill, sent bill. neckties and 20 cent
awaiting. The neckties came back wrapped, til
man and his wife took them and departe,
At home several hours later the man opene
, the package. He liked the ties so we'll he a
most decided to keep EN-. Dent see how the
sell 'em for a dime" he said. Then he i'd
examined the Tag. Inen ne stdreO Inen
| laughed. In fact they howled. The 40 cent
| tag read: Luxury tax to be added to sa
price, 10 cents" The sale price was SO.
!, Oh yes, we took 'em back and got our 20 cent
We're poor--but honest
WELL, King "Tino" is slipping back
Greece on the smooth waters Of the Adriatic
Who vas it dreamed that Greece migl
still be free? R. ENG,