The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

shall fool him I won't say a vord-to him
about it,
EVERY error has its little compensatfons
wide contents of the colyum so farl. Scarcely
had we discovered THE mistake when the city
editor rushed IN to ask if we had seen it. Then
the understood gentleman on our right de-
posted a copy of the paper on our desk with
the caption pencil-ringed and a notation on
the page border, Where do you get that
young stuff ?"
A GLANCE to the north revealed the sport
ing editor and the H. r. casting amused
seem to indicate that the Office force reads the
colyum it comes off the press That,
as B. L. T. would have said, is interesting if
true.
WHY, YOUR PENMANsHIP IS PERFECTLY
LOVELY, MAGGIE.
Dear Mac: Gee l wanna write but that
prayer don't seem to do me good. | guess I'll
have TO pray just little bit harder Do you
honestly think I'll ever be able to write? Will
have to repeat it every night in order to get
results: and do you think if l took it three
times day it would take effect sooner?
MERRY MAGGIE
IF it isn't too late we'd like to call Wayne
Wheeler's COR somebody's attention TO the
reprehensible fact that, according to The
Argus. the prisoners in the county Jail had
roast port the piece de resistance" OF their
Thanksgiving dinner.
Poor Pete; He Amt Got a Chanel!
(Clipped from The Argus by "A Reader'D
Cambridge Nov 2S-Pete Talbot.
who has been playing peekaboo for the
last two years looking into the windows
of different citizens homes, was caught
Monday night and lodged in Jail. He
will be tried before the insane com
missioners.
81 CERTAINLY would hate to have my
freedom rest ir the hands of bunch of insane
1TF 1rnTc IfNrlH DE- AaES UTOr,
der how Pete feels?'
AGAIN if il isn't too late we should like to
warn Friend Rio not to refer to Haywood
Broun Hayward Rroun" for F. ?. All git
i'm eff he don't watch ont.
DON'T YOU MEAN JUG TO JUG~e
Sir: The Woman From Gods Country has
travelled so far from home Davenport Ia
Before we got to see what she looked like
there were a number of animated advertise
the lady came from Chicago as the ads prob
ably had nothing to do with the lady in ques-
ton. 1 saw two Toms with the ancient invi-
tation, Meet US Face to Face. This ad should
produce results. But just think how the
thirsty ones would respond had it read Asnteet
US Mug TO Mug. ..
PROFESSOR PUNK.
DID we threaten to write ballad to o. D.
ks Betty Marie? Well, now we couldn't do
better than Baron Ireland (Who used to shine
/
while the Baron strums his Tyre:
To a Newborn Infant.
Newman Levy, the W. k. FIaccus. ct TX
parents.)
Ululant, bold, tornato-coIored morsel
Who would believe, to look upon your face
Or bird seyeview your panorama dorsaI
That you're member of the Newman race?
You yowI. and beat the unoffending pillow;
You squirm, and twist your clothes into a
bunch;
You curl yourself up like an armadillo:
You think of lunch, lunch now, and only lunch
Above your indecipherable nose
Lies hid. perhaps, the brilliantest of futures
What's inside seldom on the outside shows
Doubtless believed HIM one of Natures sims;
And I'VE thought too Though it was catty,
rather)
Us this the face that launched a thousand
quips?"
Yes. yes; you too. in naaidhoods happy hour,
May Did Tor lame with pencil and with pad
Inditing wheezes for The Coming Tower
Even as yours sincerely and your dad.
EHEU F'UGACES! We are lean and sI;,ne,ad,
Youth flies. as you'll discover some day, too.
a nd even though you do look slightly kippered.
Gose. now wish / were again like YOU,
Baron Ireland IN The Coming Tower.
"EHEU. fugaces labunter ami" Yes
It.. IS to weep Suil, as the Spaniard puts it,
: Ell corazon nanda las carnes" And we
have no longing to turn time backward to our
weakling infant days
"HIRoHiTo Made Regent; Count China
Argus.
IF the youthful crown prince takes any adj
vice from China he's apt TO lose his nice new
Job.
NOT that the composing room cares d
R z. MIG.