The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-04

| bracketsl IN The Bookman's leading article, by
Henry Seidel Candy. Among other thlnss ne
SAYS that "a hack 10 just reviewer over
worked, and a critic reviewer with leisure to
perform real criticism.
THAT we are a reviewer admits OF consid-
cradle doubt; that we are overworked-weil,
the quality of our daily output probably speaks
I for itself
WE have ranged through the pages Of the
October Bookman "as a roaring lion seek
ing whom he may deTour The tollowing
sonnet is reprinted for two reasons: FIRST. be
! cause we like it and second. because IL viii
/ aid US in following Ben Franklins advice about
going early to bed.
PRETTY WORDS.
| (Elinor Wyiie in The Bookmanl
Poets make pets of pretty, dociie WORDS:
! love smooth words, like goid-enan1eteo nsh
Which circle slowly with s1iken SWISH
And tender ones like downy-feathered birds:
Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deer in
herds,
Come to nv hand. and playful if I wish.
/ Or purring softly at silver dish,
Blue Persian kittens, fed on cream and curds
| love bright words, words up and singing
early:
Words that are luminous in the dark, and sing;
Warm lazy words. white cattle under trees;
I love words opalescent, cool. and pearly.
I Like midsummer moths, and honied words like
Gilded and sticky. with little sting.
HAS -Four Wives But No Divorce Argus
headline.
A wiser man would have four divorces and
no wife.
And Mr.. Long. One Coniectures. Was
Duly HGrT1fed-
From the Milan Independent
Mr.. John Long Of Orion reached the
eighty-eighth milestone his journey
through life on Friday. Sept. %, and Mr..
Mrs Walter Beck entertained at din
per in his horror at the latters home,
there being forty guests present
HAVE you heard the Tennessee Duo?
Really you should. They furnish. take it from
an ad in the Atkinson News, 'an evening OF
entertainment utterly unusual and each
contributes to an unusual and uniquely
original program
wANTED-Good man to pick corn. Inquire
Albert Carlson Shoe Store. Princeton. Ill
Bureau county QilD Republican.
at looks" says Solomon Piffe, like an
opportunity for a chiropodist."
AN editorial tribute to Solomon PifTe seems
appropriate at this. some persons might
say. jUncture- He is the most faithful and
consistent contrib have; the only one who
seems cognizant of the fact that this colyum
is printed daily, not hebdomadally, or even
semi-annually as A. Capriccio, Cactus ct al.
appear to believe With Solomon the job Of
helpful offerings could almost wish for an
other broken arm.
WILLAMETTE.
CAS- Harold F. Mccormick might write it,
What will the harvest be, my dear?
The question fills my soul with pain:
The binders past repair. fear
Excuse me while 1 shed one tear:
We VINO were one, alas, are twain.
What will the harvest be, my dear?
l grant you. darling, it is clear
We've broken the domestic chain.
The binders past repair, l fear.
Will life do you suppose, be drear:
Shall we consider once again?
What will the harvest be, my dear?
All me, we've broken ev'ry gear:
Attempts to fix them all are vain
The binders past repair, l fear.
No longer shall we fondly steer
A hummiRg course down Lovers Lane
What will the harvest be, my dear?
The binders past repair, l fear.
vOLIvA says nobody but a fooI- would
say the world is round. Had the hard boiled !
Wilbur lived in Columbus day Chris vopId
have used him for the egg.
And She Looks Just Like His Papa. Doesn't II, +;
GFTom the Aledo Times Record
MIR. and Mrs l. H Renner of Dover
Ohio are the parents of an eight-pound
child born Thursday, Sept % 1921
Mrs Renner is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs J. s. McCreight of this city
WHILE we are browsing around in the
Aledo Times-Record let US quote a nsir IF
extracts from an editorial therein: Some saw
we are cured with big business Il
few become bloated the many become ernan-
cipated"
Sometimes typographical errors speak trutbs
the writer could not perceive = "'D0
ShlNlN1 EA ~. MI LIZ IL OF COORDINATION OF i
HEADLINE AND STORY W
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