The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-04

Tower, II. p A says light verse never mad
q higher priest than B. L. IT,; statement
with which we do not find it hard to agree.
Where B. L. T. is concerned 1t is barely pos
sible that +. P. A, like ourself, is prejudiced.
since we both learned "the gentle art Of coli
umning" CF. P. A did, anyway from him.
Startling Anatomical Discovery.
[From the Aledo Oll) Democrat
-. He rushed to the side of his COM
panion and found his unconscious
WANT ASIATIC BAR IN CANDIDATES.
Argus
With HaShimura Togo as bartender, or
course. .
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
My Son, observe how Blind and Vain are
the Meanderings of Man
He tilleth the Soil, he seeketh out Lucre
from the Ends of the Earth
Then he patteth himself upon the Bosom
of his Vestment and smoketh good Cigar and
saith, 81 am Satisfied
His henpecked Men Friends Sayeth to them
selves, Behold he is Unmarried and Happy"
And they weareeh Socks with Large Holes
and stitch among many Tea Parties
But there cometh a Day when because Of
an Invitation and the Looks OF the Thing he
goeth to Party.
He feeleth Uncomfortable and vainly wish
eth himself Fifty Miles Hence.
Until Female arrayed in garments of Fine
Texture -observeth him
She turneth her Eyes upon him. And
smileth. And straightway Goeth After him
He blusheth furiously and Hot Chills chaseth
along his Spine
She seateth herself at his Side. He think
eth his Feet are the Largest he hath seen at
the Party.
But she sizeth him up. And Seeketh him
Out And calleth him Intellectual and Bust
ness Man.
And his Bump of Self Esteem groweth
Greatly.
And she saith, You are Comely to look
upon Only you lacketh Womans Care
And he rememb ereth how a near-sighted
Book Agent saw a Resemblance between he
and Lord Chesterfield. And saith, 1T is So"
She braggeth about Good Home Cooking
And he Falleth for it. And goeth as an OK
to the Slaughter
And in the End the Bells ring Merrily.
won over many Contestants for her Hand.
And he dieth Happily Buncoed.
SOLOMON PIFFLE.
TAME pigeons roosting under the ewes
- began an A. P. story from Davenport
yesterday.
What an odd, not to say extraordinary place
for pigeons to roosti
The Precocity of Childhood
IDiscerned by E. F. in Mas Heart and Home".l
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
Il years of age. / met man IL years
my senior not long ago. 1 thought he
was the man for me, but he threw me
down
Since I have met a clean young man
who has asked me to be his wife. | real
ize my mistake about the other man
and wish there had not been the pre-
vious engagement with the kissing and
love that went with it
Shall I tell the man I love ahout r.
and take the chance of losing him. or
let It pass over? know this is the man
1 love DOUBTFTU
DOCTOR Assures Mary Garden She Can
Sing Monday"-The Argus.
But does the doctor really understand
music? Or does he merely know what no
likes. "
A REASONABLE pREY,ArrTroN. ,..>,v
HUNTERS ARE DANGEROUS.
lCHpped by M NJ NJ from the Milton Pa
Evening Standard
Notice 10 Hunters
All dogs will be carried on the streat>
cars for regular fare during November
but must be in charge of owners Sc
cured by chain on front platform
MR. GROVE, who doubles as writer and
cartoonlst on the sport page, tells us that Miss
Cecil Leitch makes the greatest drives of anv
woman in golf, then beneath a sketch of the
lady in action he Indis-inks this: TT is M
common Occurrences for Miss Cecil Leitch to
drive 800 yards" ~
An Absolutely Necessary Precautiop,
IFrom the Chicago Tribune
-. Inc attorneys for the defense
were permitted to feel and look at the
money packages. while many postal in
spectors, u. S. marshals and detect;vaS
stood guard.
WHAT has he done?" asks Arthur Rris-
pane wrlung on Mr.. Harding. well" Arthur
9. LOT you, instead Of going to Europe
TO lnhale incense, he has Europe cominp bera
70 talk common sense about cutting arma
msnIs' SAVING the world from bankruptcy"
what In the world would the poor old world
40 IL Arthur didn't keep it informed?
Inc frst Three May Be Losses but the
Fourth Is Catastrophe.
from The Argus
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