The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-14
BALLAD or ALI ADMIRE.

The muse OF q HuoyaT0 hlp-@-H04s
name to rouse the envious Ire
OF Moslem prince or Of Arab king.
Scents Of tho desert around It cling.
Visiouipg sands where sheik has sat
Care to the winds he should ever fling
A man who coddles . name like that
I'd sing his praises and never tire
From Kalamazoo to Ossfning,
For Ali has set my muse on fire
And reason alas! has taken wing.
I'm making the well known welkin ring
(My Tyres G string. I'm afraid. is natl
In praise Of (gee whiz! there goes that
A man Who Goodies a name like that.
Prince. will you pardon this stuff I sling?
"AH Admire" wouldn't fit my cat!
For Death himself couldn't hope to sting
A man who coddiss name like that!
- AND there II the. ballad Of Ali which ap-
parently no one else cared to complete. You
nay not think much Of it. II you don't. that,
las the sports writer's have II. Will make II
unanimous. Neither do we; but ballads are an
excellent form Of calistnenics for the COCO. I'm
nediately after writing the last word OF pal
| lad the baliadist Is firmly convinced he has
exhausted the known supply Of usable rimes
= OF course the next day he discovers num-
beers Of them which might better have been
used.
Hello, Emmett: What's the Idcal
(From> the New Hartford, Mo-, Times)>
We see they are going to build 4 hen X
| house at the switchboard. Emmett Cher'
nault IL furnishing the framing.
MINERVA, who supplies the chicken coop"
wheeze, suggests as suitable mate for Miss
Sugar. the saccharine millner Of Aledo. ILL.,.
Mr. Sweet. confectioner of Providence. r. /.
She may be too late. however. AZ B. L. T. prob
ably has Mr. Sweet already mated.
Five and Two. Dear Friends. Are Seven,
Marriages Are Made in Heaven.
| (From the Sherrard Bulletin
| According to card received by Mrs.
Hester Ulam. from George p. Grace. for
mer pastor Of the local United Brethren
| church. his wife recently presented him
|, with twins. >
Mr. Grace quit preaching after leav-
ing Sherrafd He WAS located in Dav-
snport for some time and his nrst wife
| died there He later married widow
with five children.
THE fling system for contributions to this
Abaddon of Anguish II sadly disarranged.
Mnervas offerings have been lost for several
days. By tho way, Minerva, the Tribune clip
ping anent the reward for information lead
Ing to the Whereabouts Of the Freedman who
died in 1879" has been kicked and cufed around
in both the Chicago and New York Tribune
lco!yums until we have begun to fear hearing
from the Frenchman himself. Let's you and
US let him stay where he is in peace.
Can You Recommend q Reporter to Cover
This Unusual News Story for Est
(Arthur Brisbane in the Warrington Times).
And when in q million years. We BE-
gin to identify ourselves a. We return
to live again on this earth, after chang
ing bodies in death. ~ . snake changes
its skin. THAT will be news
To be news, young students. Q thing
must be NEW. INTERESTING and I'M
PORTANT.
THERE is no journalist, living Or dead, who
ever looked farther into the futufe than Mr.
Hearst's editorial genius.
SACRIFICING GAS STOVE. KITCHEN Ia
BILE, dining room suite. one mother and one
reed rocker. library table. apiece sun parior
suite with drepes and rugs. sewing machine
all fine condition. Owner leaving city, 1917
Twe nty-nfth htrset-The Argus.
Perhaps" perhapses Ann. "2ss others will
insist there Is no logic in sacrificing one OF
more mothers ii in fne condition. And why
leave" Why? Well. to get away from the
scene Of the crime. mebbe.
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