The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-28
Shakespeare Wrong. All Wrong,
Says Tam Girl Nearly Mobbed
BY Crowds Eager For Argus Hats
BY Act WILLIAMS.
(Afgus Stan Rep0rter. J

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Shakespeare was wrong, all
wrong, when he chirped something
about women being soft, mild and
pitiful.
Thrilled BY my experiences Of
Saturday afternoon as the Outside
the Law" girl, l am inspired to
rise up and denounce the great
English dramatist for his fragrant
aspersion on the characteristics Of
the women. I'll tell the world they
are hard, wild and merciless.
Up to Saturday noon, / was Just
one Of the boys, a common. every
day reporter, dreaming of the
glamor Of the game that had thus
| far passed me by. A girl was need
ed to pass out tickets for free Pris-
ella Dean tam o. shanters, and
they told me that was to be she. F"
They said l was the perfect type.
/ felt fiattered.
But right then and there my
troubles commenced. First came
the necessity of getting dolled up.
And, my gosh. what a time they
had. Accompanied by brother re-
porter, l hied myself to Young &
McCombs. We snagged sport out
fit that would have made any girl
green with jealousy. A snappy
plaid skirt, a bright, new spring
coat, brown lace stockings. silk tan
gloves and a pair Of lady's shoes.
size 81, and we were ready for the
beauty specialist. Il mustn't for
get to mention the nifty, fiaring red
tam from the supply at The Argus
Office.
After Mrs. Nudge got through
with my map, wanted to make
love to myself. Jet black cootie
garages, dab of pink on the
cheeks, and my wonderful figure,
made me forget my shyness at the
| job in hand.
But my Joy was shOrtlived. Little
did l reek with the fury of wo-
man in search of something for
nothing. | blossomed forth from
the sheltering confines of the beau
ty parlor, confident Of carrying
through the deception with colors
flying.
There she goes! There she
goes," And half hundred girls OF
all ages bore down on me from the
corner of Second avenue and
Eighteenth street. was under or
ders to report first at the Office and
lit out towards the river front in
an effort to shake my pursuers.
had to maintain a decOurous atti-
tude at all costs, although my feet
told me to run.
Would Make Any Girl Blush.
! My unusual height caused the
girls to hesitate. Coy like,
glanced over my shoulder and was
treasured by the appearance of my
partner some distance behind me
rounded the corner Of the Harms
and something happened that would
make any girl blush. slipped
clamped on the brakes, and skid
ded. There was wild scream be.
hind me hut l was up and away be
fore my discontinue was discov
cred.
l thought I never would arrive a
the Office and safety. The process
sion was growing. growing, grow
/, ing. l glided around to the rea
!. entrance and the pursuing mol
1 was thwartei for the time being
e I was spirited away from tn
Office in a closed automobile, rush
r ed to the photographers for hur
: ry up pose, and thence to Youn
t & McCombs for the grand event Q
the afternoon. Reassured that
could make it all right with assist
ance of the other reporter, we mad
our grand entrance through tn
Seventeenth street doors.
Right eff the reel We pulled
boner; that is, my partner did. W
we're greeted by hundred ques
tons at once as to whether l wa
the Outside the Law girl fror
I Spencer Square," and my escol
made the mistake of bestowing on
? of the limited number of tickets o
one little girl.
From then on the mob grew int
III a whirling, swirling mass of fem
ninity. They asked, they cried TO
they demanded the chance to clail
a tam. We pushed through the ell
vator and / thought that man nevt
Dr. would close the door to the incon
OF ing crowd. We circled about tt
~ ladies' ready to wear department
is darted in and out of various place
in of concealment, and got farth.
n away from escape with each ste
He Wanted Air.
III Air! / need air." l whispere
a into the ear of my male escort. "
10 were caught in the wedge thu
- threatened destruction of ever,
r thing in its path but managed [
= sweep down the stairs to the fir.
10 floor without damage.
,a By that time the girls, childre
If though they were, had become il