The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-25
The Diary of Young RuMan.


Nov l7-Up early, feeling very lit To the
Office blithely and put in the usual hard hicks.
fastened through the colyum with all possible
speed that l might reach the ~ on time for
The Argus class of near gymnasts. / was late,
however being the last ath-a-lete on the floor.
The evening was married by two unfortunate
occurrences: first, | suffered 4 snort elbow
jab in the ribs during the yolleyDaIl game that
had me out standing up: second, the H. R
sprained his ankle badly in basketball play
Wood worked out on those thingamajig bars
along the gym wall until we were all ex-
hausted There are drawbacks to the job Of
attaining physical perfection
Nov 1S-Up early and fooled myself into
believing l felt great Time, l was TO learn,
brings consequences as well as desired results
Put in a good day at the office, scrambled
through the colyum and hurried to the Boiling
ers where the rest of the family were parked
Had a fine dinner despite the fact that the
Lady insisted she could not. cook. Women
are like that =. Later she played the
piano while the rest of us kicked the rugs
aside and danced bit An enjoyable evening.
|. Home at 1890.
Nov. 19-Up early. but not blithely Exam
ned my ribs to if l hadn't overlooked
possible fracture. The hoops seemed to be
unsplintered but l know how JOB must have
felt with his boils Reached the office in time
and worked diligently enough long | sat
still. Finished the colyum at $50 and wan
dered home only to find upon arrival that we
were billed for a stormy voyage on the good
ship Blue Line to Scandinavia, the ultimate
purpose of the trip being, Dulcy would say,
TO trip the light fantastic toe. My tripping
may not be light but it is fantastic enough
However, We met a bunea of nice people and
had pleasant evening. ! am curious to know
the opinion of my dancing held by the tall
{ dark haired lady with whom ! paired when
the progressive waltz" ended. The orchestra
began fox trOt before | could escape-and
! fox trOt almost as well the Iegless Wonder
Home at-well. somewhere around mid
night
| Nov. electromagnetic The Young Rufian.
! Doesn't that boy know enough to sleep? OBJ
viously not. Well, we got up. Later we
! packed chicken and few other little things
/ in basket and headed for the home of an
other misguided couple who had sailed with
! US to Scandinavia the night before. We want
! ed to help each other get through the day
The lesser half of the visited family and
walked out TO Douglas Park and sat, shiYering
| for two hours while the Independents gave
themselves and the Duluth boys a glorious
mudbath. Back to the house and partook of
wonderful dinner. We left almost Immediately
! thereafter without apology for our haste. We
felt that our host and hostess needed the
! Nov. 21-Discovered nasty kink in my
right shoulder when | got up. Unable to
! raise the arm to shoulder level. Query: Should
! blame the "Y' the dance? Or both? The
/ days work was made a bit miserable because
| the arm refused TO function without reminding
me all day long that it had been abused Col
yLming was slow work. Brought it home with
NE at O'Clock and finished it later in the
evening. 49,. Well l think / shall attend an
other dance some time soon. Twenty wears
ago l liked it and the old fame is being re-
kindled Besides, l find justification therefor
in Ecclesiastes
ITO everything there is season. and a
time TO every purpose under the heaven:
"A time TO weep, and time to laugh. a
time TO mourn. and time to dance:
The only question is whether when 7 think
it is time to dance, others may think it a time
to laugh and my partner feel it is time to weep
don't suppose EccIesiastes could answer
that. -.
Nov. 22-Up early. but not earlier than Tho
Young Ruffian. He is too young to have hoard
the sentiment, sleep to me is such a treat
treat treat, and even if he had he wouldn't
subscribe to it The arm still has tha
klnk and my disposition is developing another
kink Usual day at the office. Home early and
I. l. W. H. / D. m. S. went out to the Child
meeting. Which reminds me at this moment
/ that must hasten to the car to meet her
PROBABLY some contribs were disanroirt-
ed Yesterday when they sat down to- read tbe
colyum. But their disappointment couId moi
equal our relief Not from contributions We
hasten to add. but from the task of co1y,nrDinr,
for one day. WY uniins
MERRY MAGGIE requests that NO +o1,
Cactus to give o. D. KS girl a chance tn cror
up and decide for herself whether She 80
to be a K. K. X. wants
! A FRIEND overheard this inspirina SAINT
ment on the ferry tother day: Amt it hell tn
ave 70 go 70 Davenport TO get drunk and then
come back to Rock Island to sober un@,
OBVIOUSLY the genI'm'n did not TRY
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