The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-16

DULL CARE
lsSHotDisNrERs TIE UNLovEo,cuss.
sE~HsEil
FATHER TO SON.
Now, listen, son, l want to say
word two to YOU :
You ask me questions ell the day
And in the evening, too;
And though l find it quite task
To quench your mental thirst
It's not the questions that you ask
q. That make me feel the worst
:, I'm glad to shed little light
Upon your ignorance;
l realize that it is right .
: boy should have chance
To learn the things boy snouloi Know
And can say, for one,
Your questions do not bring mefwoe-
It's something else, my son.
- All information that you seek
l give best can
. And 1 am confident l speak
As loud as any man
Now this is what I'm sore about
I'm fact it makes me hot;
At each reply I make you shout:
What daddy? What? What? What!
DOES it interest you to know that Prof I.
J. J. See government astronomer OF Mare Is
land navy yard has discovered that the extra
ordinarily warm weather of this summer Is
caused by an unusual downpour OF meteors on
the sun?
Very WELL the class in astronomy win now
rise and sing: "Oh, say, can you See
Any CrippIed Soldier viii Tell You These
Things Were Forgotten Long Ago.
From The Argus.1
Now that the American flag IS flown
in Berlin, Americans who cannot forget
"spurlos yersenkt" the Lusitania and
other incidents of the World war, can
at least quit thinking about them.
THE makeup man must admit that we have
not criticised him greatly for several weeks.
Being a m o. |. just man he also must ADMIT
that we are not unkindly IN our crlticlsIns-
Therefore he will not take it amiss II we con-
fess n mild curiosity to know the reason ne
placed a card of thanks" under the classified
head. Bicycles and Motorcycles.
Tn Which the IRcoherent AgricHlturist
Pulls Nature Fake.
[From The August
I'VE wish to let it be known that the
farmer wants his own wild berries, his
walnuts his apples. chickens, small pigs
and rabbits fer his own use, and city
people are not to get out and run around
through the bushes to PICK them Oh.
WHAT I'd like to know" appends NJ L. r.
"is where can one buy these chicken, small
pig and rabbit bushes? I have a small garden
and I'd like to pick my own"
Gordon Won't Jeopardize His Popularity.
Rock Grove Corr, FTeeport Journal
Standard
Gordon Fluegel will be a clerk in the
new store. As he is very popular he
will be very oblging.
ETEOCLES called on US yesterday after
noon and scntillated much that we had to
chase him out of our so-called Office. When
we voiced our regret that none had come for
ward with music for Peggy Prue of PUNK
sutawSev" he perpetrated this:
Woodrow Wilson is out of a JOB; why don't
you have him write the notes? He's got a
wonderful record for note writing"
. few minutes later (after glancing over
Yesterdays colyum) we let out a plaintive wall
because our infallible (almosD linotyper, Bill
Kahle had toppled a delicate wheeze in the
dust of cur chagrin by leaving out the word
more" which had been its sole and f1imsy
foundation. The sarcastic Eteocles thereupon
delivered the most unkndest cut of alI'.
We'll" he grinned maliciously, that proves
that they can find EN-
AFTER our editorial colleague took the
trouble to write it more bolder'' and went
to the infinite pains of quoting Dryden to point
the wheeZe il was little short of calamitous to
see it in print as pointless a sure-fire vaude-
Vile joke tHelp yourself, Riq.)
THE PHOTOGRAPHER woos HIS NEWS.
[Ad in the Clinton 0a) Herald
Photographs.
(By Chas Cope.)
SO artistic, refined,
So cherished so near,
How fitting and acceptable
All times of the year.
So personal and diff'rent,
From ev'rything else
Cause they bear real likeness,
OF yours yourself.
The pleasure of the giving,
Is greater for you
The pleasure of receiving
So lingering and true.
To relatives. to sweetheart
To lover, to friend.
What dainty messages they beari
What pleasant thoughts they lend,
"PRECOCIOUS Six-Year-Old-To Play DOM
inoes and Learn Speech ckly."-Galesburg
Republican, Register.
That we should say, would be the height
OF precocity