The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-19

sDreadtng the chrion call;
Why dove shudder ct Death-
What u the uss Of It all?
i ~ 'PottArism" I've have inst rscallsd) one
lat the characters has a bowl Of rFofce" TOR
breakfast Who can recall when that was the
faxor5te American breakfast fodder! We had
supposed the brand was extinct, long since re-
placed By various "cSisps" and "toesties". Eng
pe sua tor something new every week.
American plun6binse still must b sonaethins
Of IN Innovation there =. Still. remembering
the price OF plumbing. Ne may admit consersa.
tism Is good thing.
Row ria, IN q Il. o. S. Is Singular.
from the Clinton Ua.) HERALD
Word received from Will McAllistef.
who with his mother Mrs. viii C. Meal
lister, 10 in Seattle, wash, 10 TO the
effect that his mother has been danger
ously i'll with plural-pneumonia but ID
somewhat better now. .
"rHD neither regions are paved with good
Intentions. they tell, No." reads . banking a In
the Quincy WhiS-JoufnAl.
Who are "tAsy"! We prefer Ut The way
Johnson put it--wtth me kick left tn.
.HARK! FROM THE TOMB" (FoR- THE
TOMBSTONE)
+ Mac. daflint: May the divii admire me, but
thought writin' POETRY was an aisy job till
got all mixed up with mess of iambic terra
methers an snuk up on ould Pegasus; but the
divil thrun me OF an Lit on me intellex an
bruised thin badly; an I'm thinkin' I've wathsr
on the brain an not drop OF frotheen in the
house. Oh, wirra, wirra! But, Mac, I've
|nsT Yea. It's niver been done but laddie
buck like you oaA thrun the thrick, I'm thinkin'.
IT'S just this: III write the scenario for. the
POETRY and make You Do the wurruk1{od help
you Amt ut the jewel Of an ijea? Wei. here
bur-r-d comm home to the little shpaapssns
in the nest with the nice Juicy wor-r-m. Sure
she may be hungry herself, but does she ate
the worm? She does not. She feeds the
childer. Then mebbe she sees another nest full
Of little: ones and has not seen the mother
bur-r-d for siveral days. Mebbe the cat got
her. Sd she makes an exthry 2hrip IN feeds
the neishhors kids too. an still she n hungry
herself F. Make the big idea the unselhah-
ness Of the Dur-r-d--Service. with divil q
thought Of reward--then you can finish with a
hdeout: hands clasped in front Of, the face,
face upturned, eyes up. gratitude on livery line
that brings my hooch to me, my hooch to me"
RORY
P. s.-Mac: Above is as good q translation
a the manuscript Rory left, and told you
about, as can make. JUDY MACAN.
r P.s:: About the gift for Little joe:
why nos "f2ra01s0 LOST II ne can't read It
he can make q pass and tear out few pages
JUDY.
Ada ~UnhnishSd Duslness.
tFrcm The Arsus.l
Sterling, IN, May A.-John Linden
berger. special mail carrier for the
Sterling postoface who was injured two
weeks ago when the auto truck he was
= driving overturned on the Lincoln hikh.
way. .s
PINK" sAys Los Angeles psycno,ox,..
is the color Of love. Men often propose to .
girl dressed in pink when they don't expect to
and even don't wish to-"
Ouf, guess is that pink Mas nothing "A "a
with It OF course pink is akin TO "nesh COLOR
and We have scfiptuIl authority that--but fur
ther than this dspoAsnt saith not
Missed AsyfAiAe Ya, Henry'
[Capton and clipping tfrom The Arsvs) SUD
piled by Sim Mel
Presumption. Ill. Nay 17.-Will StAels Il
o. Joy. I'LL has been staying at the homo
!. Of Henry 1cCaw fog the last few dayx
where b has besn doing some vori =
THERE you are" wrote Sim Mic in TIA
blue ink that tarns green upon becoming ~
Is. cofpeo IN Inc Argus, caption and every.
ant such whoae-heartsd aid is truly |
WHICH reminds as to chide our poetic CON-
tries for their negligence. c. Z. H, Capr1ceio.
A. =. and the others- all have descended into
the sreat silsnes. '.''
AS0THER MACEDONIAN WAn,
Where are tie poets Of yestar yaar4v II
Poor Peg cries out with hollow srnan !
Al nave dsseFtsd, sadly fear.
And left me to run. this col alone.
Every NOM when sope my mail
Nv fnnfp dARrnnd In