The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28


swallow that with q greater percentage with
out questioning its age According to such
authorities, take it, as Mitch Palmer, NJ c. F.,
lot al, -four per cent" "here's how" etc., now
may. be considered passe and oficially placed
under the dead language label. Yet Latin.
though in the same category, seems still to
possess sufficient life TO furnish a kick fog
those fortunate enough to get some Of it ar
RANGED innocently over the sig. Of an NJ D.
:. But then. as the, Sunny Brook bubbled.
Men may come and men may Co." etc.
Refreshingly yours, ODEEKAY.
SPEAKING Of hooch-f{ dead language
"qui capt. lille facit." At least that has been
our belief.
Yes, - sPresent Day, a. sYou're Not the
Only Pebble On the Boaeh."
From the Atkinson News.
"2S" is also magic number, express
ing in present day slang, "skidduo,"
meaning your move" get out" or
words to that effect.
THE Washington Star says "one of the
ironies Of fate is the contrast between the
present situations Of Debs and Beredoll" But
Fate, ironical though she be, can't be blamed
for the ms and outs Of these two.
DREAM Causes Man to Loose Speech
Peoria Journal.
n Nothing odd about that; many a man talks
In his sleep. But the story beneath this head
line says he "lost the power Of speech"
WHY, We wonder, do 50 many persons
write 'loose" when they mean 'lose," affect"
when they mean effect" tits" when they mean
"its' and even except" instead Of accept?
:. Not that We hope for reform; We 1don't
We're there naught to criticise colyumists
would be as superfuous as flivver in q
! whaleboat.
LOOKS HE AS FRESHLY AS HE, DID@'
Dear Mac: As consistent Irshman hate
to mix in your fracas with M. C. F., but Mac,
read your paragraph again. a.. disinter-
ment Of q long-buried wheeze, /. e., o. Decays
Il like the old spelling better =. in yester-
days Mausoleum." Well, you may be right in
saying he is always fresh, but if you are Sc
rious, Mac, believe I'd have my beezer looked
after; for how can you be sure you are hand
ing the wife the flowers you intended? 1t may
for not using an apostrophe after the o.
Poor ould Ireland! It's bad enough
BEING consistent Scotsman we hate to
hang crepe on an Irishmans joke but IL Rory
will read our paragraph again he will see that
O. Decays I've rather like that, tool wheeze
was disinterred elsewhere and then placed In
our Mausoleum Of Mournfulness.
|
| Robbed You VI High Honor.
| From the Aledo Times-Record).
| Another freak happening in the ami
may husbandry line ACQUIRED March 4,
the day Harding was inaugurated, when
13-months-old Jersey COW owned by
Levi Lewis Of this city gave birth to a
| calf which is alive and in normal health,
it was heifer calf, otherwise MI. Lewis
might have been tempted to name. it
after the president
ITEM number one in the Chitribune's plat
form for Chicago needs amplifcation. It ia
being misinterpreted. Lessen the Smoke Hor-
ror" has but one meaning for the W. C. T. U.
THE only experience We ever had with the
smoke horror" came during the 80 days pre-
ceding the signing of the armistice Then the
horror ended. We started to smoke again
We are moved to reprint here the only verses
I've wrote during the smokeless 80 days We
suggest that those Of our w. C. r. u friends
who like our verse but hate smoking ponder
the fourth stanza. Attend:
LOVED AND LOST.
From The Line Oct. 81, 1879.
! Ma held is fash'd. ma HART aches sair.
I'm feelin' waefu' lorn.
VIII nae ken thy presence MAR?
! All, wud I'd nae been born!
Ye dinna ken. ye cudna ken
A ye h4e meant tae ne
Ma wee, sma' BARNS. ms but an ben
Joys CARED complete by thee.
Mayhap It's RIGHT an for tn best
Ye aye has game ava.
Mayhap 70 came bat a. . guest,
An nae for guild an. a..
Sac oft wooed ma muse tae sing
r days when ye were here
Moo when ca ma muse she'll line
Faint echoes tao ma ear.
| Ye stole ma HART an held. ma lass:
Ye blinded bath ma Gen.
loed 70 q too weel, alas!
Dear Lady Nicotine
l HERE We are almost at the end Of the col
and seysrA acceptable contributions
are crowded out Well. we'll have to stop nm.
ming our own stun, that's ALL
FOR 'RENT-4-ROoN MODERN FLAT FOR
man and wife. Steam, heated f. Muntx
1763 Clay Dtfeat-Duhn0uA T1nnna ynurn> ~