The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-18


The French YOU see must have lot of coal:
The Hun-to cleanse his slns-a cnastened
soul;
And then, to nullify his dire intent,
He must at once decrease his armament"
The poet paused to light cigaret
"Ah,me," he sighed, "the world is full Of fret;
The Polish people seem trifle sick Al
They've quaffedz an overdose Of bolshevik.
Dear Comrade 'Trotzky, erstwRile socialist,
Who once rallied loudly gainst the mailed fist,
Who once for cannon fodder" wept his grief,
Has now become militarist chief"
The poet scratched = .meditative ear, =
1.-THE ways Of men,, said he, ARE very queer;
To make the world safe for democracy
Men died like flies to smash autocracy;
The fourteen points, 'mongH divers other
things,
Decreed the fall of all despotic kings.
Yet here in our republic we, forsooth,
Do place a crown upon the head of Ruth!
And he, true despot, with ne'er stated lust,
Doth ravage pitchers-trample them in Dust"
He paused to scratch Speculative match.
1T seems to me-" he said, someone must hatch
A brand new scheme to set the World Alright,
For, though at peace, it's in sorry plight
Lloyd George, although he hasn't lost his pep,
Seems, for the moment, sadly out OF step;
He moves ahead, it's true, quite blithe and gay,
But Ireland always moves the other way
Poor John Bull suffers for his fathers sins
The Sim Fein fervently doth bark his shins!"
The poet rubbed his nose. Il wonder when,"
He said, 1.-The railroad men will strike again.
No doubt just round the corner it doth Turk
The men who mine the coal have just quit
work
Because they claim, they cannot make the
grade
OF n c. l.. when they're 40 underpaid
No more can wonder what he'd say
The boss-if walked out on him some day :?
Would he Immediately throw fit?
All yes, he would; he'd say, I'm glad you
quit!'"
The poet stopped to button up his vest.
"Ah, we'll" he breathed, thank God lifes short
at best!
A bit of ioy-and pain-a gasping breath
And then we keep our rendezvous with Death!
How futile then will be mans cunning tricks
! What then will matter peace and politics,
The>guff Of presidential candidates
| Their false affections or their punic hates?
What matter then who ran or also ran
When we, reluctant, greet the Ferryman?"
The poet paused to light another pill
4 Then viciously attacked his helpless mill"
TO- would Ihad," he wrote, "just half-not all
The crust superb the everlasting gall
BY which some folks l. know are blessed Tor
Then in Iife's r.ce I'd mt hs last hr+ e-,+
Fnr Though AZ life seano ~ scos ~ . m,ss
pve pot to live ~ % n,h,i. ~. ha.. sneef
I'd like to rrah its unrest ro,dsn low
iUnmixed with quite So much Of hase a,lov.
l.
The poet sighed once more. Then ha arose
ao~h ~, ms vest ana Loudly blew his
Then thrav, ~ III. go, w! =. ~ 'ne n9ol-
piaI..s ~, - S =. o.oos ~ Ine ouepuor!
And tta up a nss mas sau piacea ON ms dome
o'"'e'' pi'uu0u no"e'
AN item on Mas Aledo page says "the
buildings were to revert back to the heirs Of
.he DFury estate. Will some bright little
boy or girl give US the definition Of revert,
YES poop K1n. VIZ ,.,uv ,,,, ,,.
AWiv TDn nAn nIM 1oi thin
| rnoM him.
iully struggling to keep your mail south O
tne waste basket 1of Wouldn't want this tt
ruin the empty stomach OF Vangies Kid
Inougn may be wrong am inclined to be
nese you are starsns tne kid- Possibly Pegg!
am. a.n ne Tis seanins IN ms meals regularly
with A. r. MS offering on that day give
the colyum lotsa flavor. Somehow l craye
innovation and feel that the Chicago Peve,
cially with contributions that lsaxa sn espe
at BE a m. With the car strike over ant an,