The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-12
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Tbass RI, Eddie; Absolutely RI.
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g" l believe little bit stale
for that engagement but I'll guard
against reoccurrence of that ailment,
Anderson stated 1asht night.
HAVE the forces of Tammany Hall rechris-
tened the metropolis of America? A Chicago
Post date line refers to it as New Kork''. =
THE "REMINISCENCES OF A DUoGENERIAN
Ill. Z. Scott Fitzgerald.
When 4 finished reading This Side of Para
disc was sure that my old army pal. Thomas
ingalls,, Princeton II, was the original of Tom
D'Inviller; and, accordingly went among my
acquaintance saying casually that l liked the
book because friend of mine was in it.
For my belief there were several reasons
D'Invillier was ingalls, all over again; and
did not believe that even in a university the
size of Princeton there could be two persons
so much alike at one time. My friend had
been at Princeton at the same time as the
author and, due to the similarity OF their tastes
was sure that they must have been acquaint-
ed Added to this circumstance was the phonic
resemblance of D'Inviller to ingalls, and the
facts that both the real man and the fictitious
character were named Tom and that another
character in the book was named Gillespie.
ingalls, home town was Gillespie, Ill
l met ingalls, at Camp Taylor in 1918 and
close friendship sprang up between He
had read omntvorously. wrote brilliantly and
ne was moody and depressing Our jaunts to-
gether to Louisville always left me in the
depths of despair. ingalls, hated the army with
all the passion of which he was capabIe-so
VlruIently in fact, that did not know the OPP
poslte 10 be the case L should more than sus-
pect that my friend on occasions assumes the
Lame OF DosPassos Everything connected with
the army Irritated him that when he was
hnalIy discharged he Immediately attempted to
GROWN the memory even of congeniaI friends
met in camp. Save for a brief note written
soon after his return home l heard neither OF
nor from him for several years.
AT last Christmas time, however he was
nuch IN my thoughts; and though l did not /
know his whereabouts 1 addressed a long letter
to him at his fathers home in Gillespie In the /
course or my message l mentioned the. Fftz- |
gerald book and DInvillie7 l really did NOT
expect TO receive a reply, but my letter found
him at nome and before long [ had his answer
IL me course of which he said
. NO you are wrong about This Side
10 Paradise. Though 1 knew him bv sight
gerald at Princeton 7 believe +bo+ 49,
Peale Bishop of Vanity Fair, a Princeton man
and friend of the author is the original ~
D'Inviller." VI
from me and the hope that we might not AGAIN
lose track of each other. Since this letter
nave received not one scratch of the pen from
'-'n' RED
A SON born to Mr.. and Mrs Albert Jpmn
Of Q. near Taylor Ridge, I'LL, has been named
him Raymond Otto?
NOW WE'LL SING.
CThe tune is comparatively familiar1 Il
Now Titles Ma got rippin' mad
Cause Tillie wanted Oser
And when she couldn't handle Dad |.
1t proved to be a poser
CHORUS:
lille. T1lIfe, mind your Ma;
She has inside KNOWLEDGE
She KNOWS more about the men
Than you can learn at college
You shouldn't take man so old
Although he is so dapper
He wants to Gull Grand-daddv's 1oId II
SO tries to wed fapper
CHORUS:
Tillie, Tillie, etc. e
so NE with him, you'd find, nv dear.
would never be all riding:
ana when the Standard Oil went broke
your Oser would be sliding
CHORUS: RepeaD !