The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-29

The following SnOuIu pIOfe " UO
He relayed it to US himself from the Passing
Show" at the Apollo theatre, Chicago
AS we remember it the comedian protesse9
having been bitten by snake ana ueslreu
quick action on prescription. 80. ~,
Where" he was asked, were you bitter!
Well" replied the too clever comedian, II
my head had been in Frisco and my feet IN
New York I'd have been bitten on the outskirts
of Omaha
(Curtain!!D
@The wedding Guest Here Beat His Breast
[From the Galesburg Repubhcan-Reglster.I
Galva, Ill, July 26.-There was con-
siderable excitement on the north end OF
Heaven street, at the Congregational par
sonage where resides Rev. William J.
Spire on Thursday night at 10 o'clock,
when the janitor of the Congregational
church drove up for the parson, inform
ing him that seated on the church steps
was a group of young people in which
was one couple that desired his services
to unite them as husband and wife, and
they desired that this service should be
performed in the house of the Lord.
Rev. Spire had removed his collar
and tie as well as his shoes, but these
articles of wearing apparel were hastily
replaced in their respective places, and
for the church he started.
On the church steps were six young
people from Kewanee, among them Rhea
Furgeson, groom, and Miss Kate NJ.
Cook of Alabama the blushing bride.
When everything was in readiness
Continued If deSlred.)
WHAT happier choice for the scene of ones
marriage than 1.-The north end of Heaven
street.? And how appropriate that Rev. Spire
should rise to the occasion.
HIST. MAN! SEND US A FEW GALLONS.
PROBABLY 1T CONTAINS SOMETHING
TO KEEP IT FROM FREEZING.
Sir: In spite of the fact that the month is
July and for some time the thermometer has
registered 80 to 100 above Zero and modest,
uncomfortable ladies indulge in wild
scramble to cover bare feet with skirts short
and otherwise, the Chas. Mccoy garage of
Easton, Ill, fouts this sign: Winter Gasoline
For Sale Here. Which calls to nina the sage
advice of ID. Y. c. S. E" Such frigid thoughts,
however, do not cool one much these torrid
days. SOLOMON P1FFLE.
SPEAKING of frigid thoughts for summer
weather, E. F. reports drug store card
on the Watch Tower line which displays snow
fakes and offers timely suggestions for Christ
mas gifts
MOLINE Boys Will Learn About Fins
The Argus
OF the stockfsh, one assumes.
Shudder a Couple of Shudders for Us.
[AHnawan Corr, The August
At the New Sothern hotel in Chicago
the other morning Lou Ferguson, Duke
Barker, Mrs Barker and Mrs. Ogden all
got into the elevator together to come
down to breakfast and the elevator fell
about five feet, causing much excitement
TO THIS little party. We Shudder to
template what might have happened had
they entered the elevator after break
fast
THE news that Mr.. and Mrs 1. C. Jones
live at the Hotel Newcomb in Quincy, ILL.,, may
bring you another cooling thought.
~Things That Have Interested Me-"
[From Stars and Stripes
French sailors topknot Charley Chaplin s
feet, Harland Dixons ankles, Ann Pennington's
arf hoo, &c
Vouvray Bourgueille, Chinon, Pinard Medoc
Sauternes, Bordeaux, Moet-Chandon, MoseIle
H G. Wells, Ring Lardner, BARRIERS murderers.
field clerks, privateS, privateS first class, cor
The Smart Set, F. P. A, Haywood Broun, How
ard Brubaker, H. L. Mencken. palm-beach suits
old-fashioned Olus shirts, ice cream. leisure,
money, little girls, school girls, goods, young
women, married women, grass widows, sod
widows chorus girls, biere, Byrrh, Bier
Champs Elysees, Rue Rationale, Main street,
Der Crosse Ring, Fifth avenue, Skin alley
MISUNDERSTANDING strasse cleo
trio fans, fur coats, vitamines, Freud Andre
Tridon, James Branch Cabell, Henty, Horatio
Alger, Jr, aviators' clothes, vim rose, vim ordi-
naire, eau non potable, eau dangereuse, eau de
cologne, frontage Petit Suisse, Camembert
banyuls, rhum chaud, Bay Rum roller skates
hangnails, Liqueurs Defendues aux Militaires
English Spoke lei, NIGHT Bauchen, Pendant la
Guerre Ne Marche Pas, Harold Lloyd The
Bookman, Upton Sinclair, the Typography OF
the New York Tribune, printers, printers Gig
arets, theoretical Journalism, canoeing actual
journalism, petit dejeuner servi dams la cham
bre, raises in pay, summer resorts, vacations
with pay, vacations without pay, travelling ex-
penses, silk stockings, breakfast at the Wal
dorf, dreams, Jim Jam Jens, life preservers
land.
And many other things unconnected with
actual war or actual work
GIVEN the nucleus of an idea and freedon
of expression any good reporter can write
cracking good yarn about almost anything or
anybody.
witness the story in yesterdays Chitrib
about the near pinching OF William Jennings
Bryan.
BUT the reporter nearly ruined 1t in the
last line by saying the marshal addressed the
great chautalker as Mr.. O'Brien"
r. e. MIG.