The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-30

1AWkAN6 OCT THE QUNk.
Come. Inspirat3onl ssk upon this sAosldsr; Il
Bestir this siusgish brain With tAsaSIts
divine
That may delight H. soul Of each beholaer
Who psasss here TO read the printed line.
or slnSsfor Them some entertaining aallaa
Like Omar used to sns bsasasA HIS bousA.
Today my syes are dull. my fsatarss Dailid-
I've hung Vacant" sign upon ny brSw.
Come, carry them sioft til thsy gov 1iszy
From looking down ON tall Parnassus'
height:
ImpartN thrill to them-ccshs on, set busy! /!
D. you suppose I-want to wait allsnikht?
Sing 'em song to set their limbs a witching.
!. Play 'em . tune till they sts MAJ 70 dance.
Twang the old lyre till all their feet are
itching
What's that you say? What's that! You say
no chance? -
You will not sing 30 much as one small ditty
limerick, = couplet or quatrain?
Good hevvings! haven't you bit Of pity!
Do you delight in giving ~ pain:
Believe me, kid, you make an awful blundefS
I'll nnd punishment to ht your crime:
You can, for all Of me. go straight to thunder
For this completes my daily yaEd Of rims!
EVERY person" writes Don Marquis. .who
writes is talking about himself all the time, d.
rectly or indirectly, deliberately or uncon-1
sciously, whether he will or NO. and to do it
frankly is not really any more tt0oeeated than
to Go it by indirection." I'VE were about to
stop here but Don il an interesting cuss. Let's
go Anav - - ~
out as humorist or philosopher, talk about
yourself You will know almost at once wheth-
er you are going to be permitted to go on
talking about yourself or not II the self you
talk about is acceptable, the stun you write
will be acceptable. II not, another record will
be put upon the photograph and your ego will
be sent back to the factory to be worked over"
AND there you are. A man may be as great
10 his thinklets and If his thinklets be properly
arranged in print the reading public may find
them acceptable-no matter what the subject
Talking about oneself is the greatest interna-
tional indoor sport. Only not all Of US have
. colyum.
BUT every man ought to have q colyum Of
some sort It's pleasant diversion (espe-
cially If one makes oneself the subject) and
besides, it is an excellent safety valve. II
every man assembled his thinklets into a COL
yum each night before going home there would
be NO arrests for wife-beating (He wouldn't
have energy enough for that.
How, Indeed! For 0Ghat Is More Terrible
Than an Unjust Atrocityf
(From Vox Pop, Chicago Trtbune).
We tolerated the rule of Mr.. Venfselos
up to the present time until he gave
chance to the Greek people to express
their opinions. How could the Greek
terrible ard unjust atrocities he per-
formed?
WONDER ovER wHrREABours-curi-
GUS Movements Made Following Death OF Jake
L. Hamon. -Galesburg Republican Register.
Perhaps Jake isn't quite dead.
Well, What Could Be Sweeter!
(Ffom Tha Argus).
WHOEVER OF ROCK ISLAND. AGE
80, steadily employed, would like &C.
quaintance Of = serious lady. Address
mo H." care Argus.
WIDOW GAGE 10, WANTS TO MEET
serious man about same age Address
40" care Argus.
AMBROSE J. SMALL, Toronto millionaire,
who disappeared a year ago, is, take Il from
tho Davenport Democrat, . theatrical mag
net" Why not send q stesly eyed detsekatlf
to search for him?
Tinsay Tip, Added by tie Makeup Nan. :,
(From the Aledo DemocraD.
Will incompatability Of politics now
be included among grounds for divorce?
Be sure your label reads right,
FIRE SET BY BOMB, BURNS CORK
STORES. News
Foal blow ut Tho blackface comedians.
R e. MIG.