The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

Fnt IN me If is a road that stretches on and on
!. Bordered by milestones to record our journey
And some of these are men.
I was his first affair,
And we thought we were mad about each other
He used to write long letters, and quots
Lafcadio Hearn;
And then he went to college,
And l, too, acquired degree.
Now he is composite photograph
OF Princeton; Cottage Club and Brooks
Plus the SAVIOR faire that goes with the Navy
Air Service,
And a wealthy brokerage firm down town;
But sometimes think that, underneath it all,
He still quotes Lafcadio Hearn-.o himself.
John Howard Van Pent
He was Cevilishly attractive,
And there were many girls who fell for him..
But l didn't; l wondered why-and did he !;
But now 1 know I just waiting
For the next milestone.
Suddenly with warning at all, came Peter,
fAnd in two weeks we knew we were made for
each other.
There was one wonderful month"; shall al
ways thrill at October.
We played together well, and
Was closer, much closer, to him
Than even his mother.
There was Storm
And we lost each other, but came together
again
In less tempestuous waters:
And though he was far away,
We were wonderfully close to each other,
And life was settled, and placid, and happy
Until one morning 1 knew
That it could be happy without him.
And so-he is gone, and I'm here,
Four thousand miles away-and happy
But sometimes l wonder
II there can be other milestones waiting
with half the beauty of that one.
Norman.
Norman is the most consistently cheerful
Sad person I have ever known;
There is so much just-missed happiness behind
him
So little before him, apart from his work
People think he is fippant, and cynical, and
disillusoned,
But know he is lonely-and sad-and home
sick
For the happiness. he never can have.
There have been others
But lesser. unimportant ones, that mark so
small part
OF the long journey; the road goes on and on,
And I walk. 1 wonder
What other milestones are waiting for me,
And where I'm going. IN.
SOME persons used to thank God for Will |
son; he kept out OF war;" later they |
thanked God for the senate which kept us out
Of peace. Vodvil comedians pulled puny para
phrases on both. We belonged to neither class.
But today we want to give little thanks |
to the anonymous author of "Milestones"-she |
kept US out Of a lotta work.
NO; PUNCTUATION WOULD RUIN THIS.
Sir: Encouraged by your sympathetic cri:i-
cism of Kink Solomons Elsie Smith this dod-
der1ng Corona sponsor for the original Miss )
Ophelia Legg stirs painfully after years of
coma to cackle a cackle in praise of one Chas
Y Shurts who runs Gents Furnishing in
Do you elevate Mr. Shurts to the position of
chief of staff of the Tombstone Pantatorium
Territory of Brown county Indiana except
I'd; any Calder uct or salesman who can tomb
stone more immortal immortal will be pre-
ented with the beautiful fur lined sugar bowl
Punctuate this asthmatc paroxysm your
self; Corona lost comma in the wk battle
II Bull Con. SCORPIO
BROWNSVILLE, MIMI" declares The
11sslssippi Scout, with population of less thar
100, has 408 members in the Scenic"
Now there's a real problem for Watson. |,
This Advertiser Takes T.. BY the F.
[From the Davenport Times Dec 261 Is
Make your Christmas gifts this year
practical and useful, and use my gener- .
Gus terms of credit in their purchase. :
Silk hose, a good sweater, curtains
spreads, blanket, serge outing fan :
mel at lowest prices and on convenient +
weekly payments. George Milligan, 302
South Putnam Building over the Rec
Hive.
A LADY FRIEND Eyes we've one or two,
r on herself: depending on the point of view &
The other night the lady friend found occa- q
ion to refer to the absence OF an acquaintance q
rom her usual haunts on account of the W K q
poor health, and made the expressive though a
lelesant remark, Il wouldn't be surprised if
ne cashed in her checks; to which the limo c.
ent daughter responded with the query: why IL
as she been saving them?"
so THEY WOULD-BUT WOULD THry, ii
Mac: II all the bullying paper suitcases
lat are carried between Twenty-fourth street u
| Rock Island and LIE Claire street in Daven
ort on bridge line car were rated as ax- b
sss baggage the Tri-City Railway company C,
ould no doubt be in position to reduce tho
andard legitimate fares on the green line
least HOKITS POKIrs r
IT IS good to know" writes our editorial a
sighbor of the gentleman who invented the 6
ID spring, that he lived SO years. most of h
hlch were spent close to good bed
That ought to get snort from Mr. Edison h,
The Delirtous Al wr;tu- h;
rom The June Page OF the Moline Disna+oh u
Calendar III
This is the Brides month Even II
you are only bridegroom to be- take 20
heart, read Dispatch advertising, and. If "a
you've already bought the ring, you1I ~ ~
want favors for the bridesmaids. which az az
may be anything from hosiery up ~
MR. HEARST gives three cheers in p min, ca
id1ace 1of courageous, independent self