The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
The Diary of a Pale Blue Ass.

Sept 10-Up at 6. Not sick, but grouchy.
T. l. w H |. d. m. s. deserves sympathy,
Spent punk day at the office. The Young
Ruffian and his Sister called on me early i1
! the afternoon to get the wherewthaI to attend
a show. Luckily, it was Saturday, so they got
1t. Got the cOlyum going high and kept il
up for about half the distance when the engine
stalled. After that l didn't make much time
as only one cylinder working and that
one only part time T. l. W. H. l ID. m. 5.
0IeW IN about o'cIock to tell me she and The
Lady Across the Way were going to Davenport
| Home at 6l5. Nobody there The inner man
was kicking up considerable rumpus SO | cor
raled my wandering offspring and raided the
lcebox, pantry, let cetery and & and so forth,
as Aunt Samanthy of Saratoga used to saw
Made some excellent coffee-that is the coffee
would have been excellent had l used more
coffee and less water The truant ladies came
back about o'clock. l hoped tsecretIy. of
courseJ that both of them were hungry-and
they were. To bed early.
Sept 11-Lay late. No. we didn't either
come to think Of it. We got up early because
The Lady Who, etc, said there was much work
to be done Once had the mistaken idea that
sunday was day OF rest. A number OF ideas
l used to cherish are dead ones now. Friend
Dave came to eat with us at / o'clock The
Young Ruftian began Immediately to talk of
taking ride. Dave took the hint-and us A
little later we passed through Sivs. 1 was
tempted to thumb my at the place when
recalled that once l lived there The hivyer
divyed merrily out through Carbon Cliff and
headed IN some direction am not sure
were not paved and mudholes were not infre-
quent Just after crossing a bridge we saw a
pretty sight Two quail with hock of per
maps dozen little ones scampered across the
road ahead. The youngsters (incIudine r 7,
W., etc. went into ecstaSies about them Later
we came back over the same road and saw
inc same flock run across ahead of us We
got out to look at them but succeeded only in
driving the mother quail frantic: the IittIe
ones disappeared completely Clever birds
guam. home at $50, had a bite or two |
10 eat and then went to the Fort Armstrong
70 see Constance Binney in Such a Little |
Queen. refreshing picture to see after look |
ing at some OF the wild dramas and purple |
passion pictures that are shown SO often
home at S:l5. Bed little later
Sept. 12-Ofice at 1880. Aside from the
FATTY Arbuckle incident nothing disturbed the |
days routine. Everybody was talking ahout
FATTY. Much talk and some bets were offered !
rs 10 MS chances of conviction. At any rate
ne Is zero in the picture world now | could
write his obituary in 10 words: Born; grew
up; made damned fool of himself. died
:. FINISHED the colyum at 5:45-aimost
'ecoru Home to eat, then, with T. L, w etc
headed for kid" party at Central church l.
hey were wilder than any kids l ever saw
nose men and girls attired in abbreviated cos
'n1 ssi mrs spud was a-er-slightly enlarged
mend Emmett apparently had started TO roll II
~ niS trousers out had been stopped at the
INNS py modesty-or Encouragement IN B. Il
wore long trousers as usual) The marty
vas complete success, except for the smelling
zee. some OF them couldn't spell and wouldn't
' ';S qulet SO the Others could. They needed {
isclpIlne, but | am bit awkward with my
EN- nand and the right will not stand rougb
*or Tx Ine Spuds took home in their car I
1O:So tStreet company please hook {
oss OF 10 cents') Bed very soon thereafter.
:, IN the Columbia theatre program we Z
.npse tne line: Terrace Garden Tee Room" I
rooabiy' the city editor suggests. thew spell
that way to distinguish the difference he T
7een tea and something else again" F
But we had conjectured ii to be a gathering C
lace for golf nuts ING
IN moments OF weakness we are ant to \
reolt the s. c. human race with inteIlipence a
Ut those moments bass when We reaS tbe @
cast that patent medicine has the Iarsest
ale OF any medicine in the world over Ven q
SnI Iion bottles have been sold in six years"
SOLoMoN, we conclude, was a piker COM
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