The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-03

| Awful mad at the black duck.
! And after awhile
| The black duck
| Come cut OF the water
! And he had the wheel.
! And he put it back on the fire truck.
| And then the wheel had hole in it.
And then the black duck run away
And then Bill Smoky come back in
The mother fire truck.
And he made it go fast
Like everything.
And then he drove two fire trucks.
And Bill Smoky had two little fire trucks.
And that's all about it, daddy.
SPEAKING of Poems of the Month. If
any adult writer during the month of October
produces a poem, free or restrained of more
bizarre conception than the Young Rufian's
composition he deserves one of two rewards:
the Nobel prize for literature padded suite
in the Hotel de Insanite-we are unprepareo
to say which.
THE striking similarity of the Young Ruff
fans heros name and that of the honorable
foreman of the composing room is something
we shall not attempt to explain But well
admit that foreman is a hero; he ha4
ito be to withstand the assaults of the business
and editorial department minions.
THIS COULD STAND EDITING BUT WE'LL
LET 1T RIDE.
Sir: May ayeknot refer you and your valued
headlines on your front page? To say the
gentlemen is droll is to leave a characterize
ton but half descriptvely expressed. Ex-
amples of his handlwork will better serve the
purpose. 10 wit: "'Fatty' Trial Within %
Days Brady Asserts. Can you imagine more
original reference to Roscoe than that? OF
course not and neither did he-the quotes
prove that Another: Salons Shirk Jobs;
mold Up Legislation. Could anything, We ask
you, be more unusual Doesn't 1t IRE your
curiosity to read the article to a white heat?
But those two may be only puny specimens of
what the fellow really has up mis- sleeve. At
least a SamQle Of his a N uh WAS
recently borne to the light of day through the
medium of the front page leaGS to believe
so. What do you suppose he did? It's really
too drolI, yknow and. the Front Page Chappie
probably regrets it. But it Seems IN an I'M
guarded moment his fount of originality bub-
6led over and he wrote a headline Tor an
article about that Ruth person, in which he
dubS him the home run king. Now tell me,
who else would ever have thought of using
such an expression in connection with that
plebian baseball player? I'm just dying to
know whether he ever referred to the recent
world conflict as great conhagratlon' and
IL 80 whether he did it with without quotes.
Probably with, he's so removed from the COM
monplace usage of figures of speech. I'll bet,
the opportunity permitting, he'd call a Ford
Lizzie, the rascal! The G. W. C. +. c. c.
THE G. w C. f. c. c. overlooks the only
first page headline worthy of his colossal
satire: "Jobless Meet Moves to Cut Price of
Coal. We are content to quote it, leaving
the scintillating comment to him.
No; But It's Safer Not to Dispute EN-.
r rom The Argus short story.l 4
An unfamiliar Wistfulness curved her
lips I've lost some of my high IDEAS
Peter" she replied. Il like nice things
stll-but l Iealtze they're not abso-
lutely indiSputable."
A STORY in the Edinburgh Scotsman sets
forth that her voice broke and her head fell
forward on her arm.
In fact the lady literally went to pieces
IL The Argus list of Independent stars we
found the interesting information that Grover
Malone was a running mate of George Gipp
at Notre Dame in 1929 As Dulcy was wont
to say tempus certainly does fug1t
"REMINISCENCES OF CHILDHOOD.
Dear Mac: AS a boy / used to hear old Jack
Tighe and old Fritz MueIler tell thrilling
stories of the night of the big wind. and the
year of the potato crop failure in ireland and
OF the days when Indians roamed the streets
of what is now Rock Island, and of the years
when the wagon circus used to visit these
parts, and how they led the animals in the
parade and carried water for the elephant n
everything. l had no reason TO doubt the truth
of their tales, but L did doubt that l would
ever enjoy any of the experiences through
which they passed. Imagine my SURPRISE when
on being wakened the other morning by the
rumbirg of wagon wheels on the pavement
in front OF my home, looked out the window
and beheld circus caravan. The wagons were
headed SOUTH and l afterward learned the cir
Gus showed in Milan. l desire TO report this
incident simply as an acknowledgement of
thanks to my two old friends Tighe and
Mueller, for 1 suspected way back in those
days of my childhood that they were spoofing
me. JOHN CARSE.
TIME Has Arrived for Baseball World to
Think of Substitutes for Favorite Wood Used
n Bats" declares an Aledo Democrat headline |
How about the favorite wood used In some |
players heads?-
DEAR TOMBSTONE, didn't know what to !
10 with this postal so send it TO you" writes !
aomebrood on printed postcard addressed
% The Silent Partner. New York City" |
Would. this be the height OF stinginess? Tell !
he girl from the Dells to explain further"
AS our contribution to Fire Prevention |
Week-Oct 2-9-we are refusing to supply |
matches for the editorial department
Filler.
The makeup man says Here. old sport,
Your colyum's seven lines too short"
Then we Ia most obliging cussl
Supply the Lack
without
n ElrG.