The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-23

More OF wisdom than to say,
Now lay me down to sleep
What have you mbre wise to tell
When the shadows round me creep? -.
All is over all 10 well -.
Now ! lay me down to sleep.
FOR Is minutes we've sat before our much
abused typewriter debating whether we should
say certain things which are much on our al
legged mind. The decision is that unless we do
say them the balance Of this colyum Will suf-
fer from lack Of attention. VOLTA! As B. L. 7.
used to say-for B. L. T. is the subject
Editorial writer's throughout the country
have said almost everything that could be said
Of him. There is little we can add-to their
tributes. But we feel moved to acknowledge
the great personal debt we owe him For i've
years he through his column, has been our
guide, philosopher and friend"
Through his keen criticisms and kindly tips
(which all might take who would has devel-
oped our meager talent for fashioning verse
and paragraph; solely through him has come
1.-THE happy moment of opening an envelope to
find reward for poetic efforts" With less right
but as much reason we can say with F. P. A.
that his encouragement was our most char
ished prize" B. L. It's name will be known
when the whole tribe OF writer's of best SELL
the dark ages.
Now What the Dickens WIS She
DemOnstratings
(From the Dewitt, s. D., News.
Spirit Lake township ladies were
we'll represented Tuesday at the demon
stration given by Miss Rongsted at the
court house. 1t was q practical idea
which should have had more witnesses.
Women who were not there missed some
thing.
A GENTLEMAN who telephoned uS yester-
day expressed the opinion that Cartoonist Tom
Powers had been visiting in Rock Island, judy
ing from his cartoon m Mondays Chiamerican.
The cartoon deals with beer for sick folks
and caricatures or mentions Drs. Moore Smith,
Edwards and Foley. as well as the "Hofbrau
Hospital" You may make your own appli-
cation
Careless Is the Word; What Does Doc
Palmer Say About Thisi
! (From The Argus).
When Chester Anderson was cOasting
his automobile down Brady street Sun
day he crashed against drayload Of
furniture in front OF the Davenport
Chiropractic school and tipped it over.
He paid fine Of SIS and costs in police
court yesterday for careless driving
ONLY tho other day We discovered line
in Lead, Kindly Light" which proves that an
Irishman was the author: $50 long Thy power
has blest me. sure it still will lead me on :. ;"
HOW Wife Fought to Keep stillman,s Love
Revealed."-The Chiamerican.
But Stillman, the brute. persisted in hid
ing it
the most enterprisng headline writer is award
ed to the artist on the MuscatinA Journal fol
this:
AGED RESIDENT OF
LONE TREE DEAD
Lone Tree, Iowa, March flames
Flake, an aged resident Of this place,
was the victim Of a severe fall a few
days ago in the dooryard Of his home.
He sustained a badly wrenched limb and
will be unable to leave the house for
some time.
Doubtless his motto is Never allow poo,
story to spoil good headline"
LICENSED to wed:
Orville, T. Gray, Gladstone ....2e
Jeanette Lamereaux, Rose
| Vile
Monmouth Atlas.
Girls Of today are so precocious!
THE youthful Mr.. Babeock Che is only ss]
LOT Boston keeps young happy and spry" BY
playing 70 gaines Of solitaire a day. But,
says he. II don't play cards on Sunday. Every
body needs a day Of complete rest once
week. GOOQ luea but suppose ne Shumes
Ion" some Sunday?
FROM "A Boys Essay on Columbus" print
led in the Christian Citizen one gets some in
lteresting sidelights on the man the kaise,
cursed for discovering America. In fact, the,
are surprising. Read for yourself:
Columbus was man who could make
IN egg stand on end without crushing
it. The king Of Spain sent for him and
asked: Can you discover American
YES" Columbus answered, TT you
will give me q boat.~
He got his boat and sailed in the d.
rection that he believed America was.
The sailors mutinied and insisted there
was no such place as America, but finally
the pilot came to him and said: "Colum-
bus land Is in sight"
well. it's America" Columbus said. -
When the boat neared the shore Co
lumbns saw group Of natives. as this
America" he asked them.
"Yes." they replied.
Il suppose you are Indfansr Colum-
I bus went on.
| Eyes," the chief answered, "and are
you Christopher Columbus!'
'T am"
The Indian chief turned then to his
companions and said: the jig Is up We
are discovered at last"