The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-18

llke PRIV VCdA you guess L!)s is now
obsolete.
In Which Mr.. Coleman Makes
Sucker Of Himself.
From the Annawan (Ill) News.]
Substitute rural letter carrier Odeman
Ii just making more money nowadays
than he knows what to do with. He car
ried the mail yesterday. 1t was the Sec
ond day he had had q pull at the Public
Teet in year.
ABOUT O'Clock on the afternoon of
Wednesday, Jan. 81, 1917" begins Josephus
Daniels first thriller, "a dapper little man pre-
scented himself at the Office Of the secretary
of state"
Ono meets that "dapper little man. several
times in chapter one but never does one learn
his identity. Obviously Josephus COPIED his
literary style from the author OF Nick Carter.
BREWER Given Rotary Honor"-The
Argus.
But don't get excited. That's his name. not
his business.
punctuation
there is no punctuation in nature the
shlmmer1ng tree reaches out its arms to
the smiling sky but there is no semicolon
needed to mark where tree ends and sky
begins.
the quiet moon manages to make herself
seen among the myriad throng of scintillant
! stars without the aid OF quotation
marks the powers Of the storm roll up
majestic banks Of cloud with never
comma TO help them pouring down show
ers and torrents of rain with dazzling
flashes reverberating echoes Of thunder till
men shudder in their SNUG little houses
God does not seem to find it necessary to
conclude His sublime message with an excla
nation mark
I there are sermons in stones lessons in
running water but you will not find a
question mark in niagara period to the
grand canyon Of the colorado
| yet the phrases OF the book Of nature are
somehow demarcated SO that the wayfaring
man tho no run may read and not err
where there is no paragraph there is
distance where commas are not to be seen
there is relative position space form
the greeks were wise not to invent punctu
alton until their best literature had been
written -Rquarius in tho Chicago Post
STILL, the lghtuing's fash is punctuated
BY the thunder's roll; the fall Of the storm
torn tree IL punctuated BY its crash to earth ::
the vail Of the first-born puts blessed period
to the mothers pain; when triplets arrive both
exclamation and Interrogation points stab deep
in fathers mind and Quadruplets are followed
BY an ellipsis No punctuation in Nature?
RIG, we're surprised at you. The punctuation
Of Nature is perfect But the punctuation OF
man is atrocious!
What Else Could Be Expected CONSIDERING
Their Salafiesl
Iron the Port Byron Cll) Globel
although in many cities married
women have heretofore been barred from
teaching.
a.. HE Is one Of the many illuminar4es
Of the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera company, was
member Of the star cast in The Revival OF
Ttlby", was . star In his own right in THE
Hearts Of the Heather" Argus
This here now press agent" appends Crit
Gus. was probably illuminated when he wrote
LOT the uuminaries In tho star cast of The
Revival Of Tr1ihy'."
HAVE YOU AN EAR TRUMPET?
Sir: haven't time to write this In your own
perfected style. but II you viii try to stand II
You may tell me-aftsr whils-why and where.
fore Of your rtming you say beats this stufp q
may tell me-after while!
Tue. know there's s'posed to be certain
test In poetree, but the measure doesn't mean
. thing TO me- would like It Just q wen &
an artist Tried to sell masterpiece" By weight
that looked lykeiie.
You no doubt have your idses and Won .l.o
ttv to please. 20 hint from mo may set youI
mind It ease; take little piece OF verse. yea
"fof better Or for worse, lust the sama I'd
WHEN yun sa1d II do 20 terse.
Ao1 u run N9 utuo coursO-though yoQ fee
IKE r. = Anese-foe tho day It runs Il elsc
Idiea. peFfneoe. You may thea lean hack ~
smile Or rant some moro about your style. bul
for me-. think I'll listsn-aftee while!
-ETEOCLES
TRADING your ooiyum." remarked thu
LADY VINO Dana oaf Socks. "ons wonders NV
Il tak0 you - Ioag 10 write it,
"feA" - ogfeod a. ~ opened the door Sos
aelck Exit, -one VoulA-f ono didn't nav
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