The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-06
The Subtle Compliment.


Spanish which they no longer need? l
am here for my health and I cannot af-
ford to buy the book, as my doctor bills
are large and 1 can only work about
two hours day 1 have to stretch the
dollars pretty far. I wish your depart
ment much success. &c. NJ. c."
THE missing element in Americanism,'
says Admiral Sims you've heard of him?) lis
that it does not include adequate solcitude for
our safety"
True We do not say Let George do it,
Indifferent whether George or will do l.:
we say, Let George do it,, feeling a blindly
sublime confidence that George is anxious to
do it and perfectly capable of doing it without
advice or aid from us-which is much worse.
This, Thinks B. B. S. Should Be Called
"A Home Brood Party.
From the Macomb (ll.) Bystander
Ben Alton and family, Perry Alton
and children, Mrs A. M. Alton and Miss
Hazel Alton of Tennessee and Hugh
Alton and family of near Plymouth Wis
tied Sunday with Frank Alton Of near
Blandinsville.
SOME day we hope to write a colyum in
say, two hours. In fact hope to do it to-
morrow; remem bering, of course, that TO
morrow is always one day away
Here we are at this moment about half way
down the colyum and not thought in our head
worth putting on paper; not a clipping our
desk worth reprinting- Yet there are thoughts
worth putting on paper and clippings some
where worth rerinting. But our thought fac
tory is ''as idle as painted ship upon painted
ocean.
OF course you would never suspect it, and
probably you do not care, but merely further
to illustrate our absence of mind we may as
well tell you that it has been two hours since
we wrote the preceding paragraph. In the
meantime We have had dinner spIashed the
Young Ruffian in the tub. put him to bed
shaved, smoked two vile cigarets land prob
ably will smoke several more), got out the
decrepit typewriter keep at home and-well
DerhaDS Won JVOUld afo
we continue this colyum in its usual snappy
style.
II Men Were Blind, Deaf and Dumb This
Might Happen.
[From The August
II the men folks would quit looking
and talking it wouldn't belong until the
girls would abandon their foolish no
tons about abbreviated attire.
AN extract from a letter written nv the
little miss who calls dad proved interesting
to US. Mebbe you would like to read it. Thus:
We came past a drygoods and
IN the window was piece of preraIe
a red and white check. And Aunt Edna
got it for me. 3h yrd. of it Don't Won
think that will cover me? am send
ing a sample of it Say. do you know
that you owe me S-59?
Is for carefare.
s.41 Message.
$50 Total
So please send it to me- have
exactly $10o05 left. l am not going to
brake into the dollar till next week
Gramma and are going to Wisconsin in
Snow automobile
WHO would have thought we ask ourseIf
sadly, that daughter of ours would smell like
that? We shall interview her at length when
she returns.
~Watson, We Must Look Into Tbist,
From The Argus)
"A young man accidentally shot and
Killed himself at Minneapolis and at
Rushville, Ill. =.
PRINTING the rest of the preceding clip
ping would, OF course, have spoiled a good
wheeZe and, since E. B. took the trorhie m
phone 1t to US we decided to run the scissors
through 1t at the psychological moments
you gather the idea
LENVOL
Prince! beseech that you grant to me-
One little favor; It's trifiing chean
Harken. pray, to my fearful plea
Grant me the boon Of a little sIeen,