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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06
SCOTT COUNTY MAY
HAVE MEMORIAL
OF BUFFALO BILL

william F. Cody III, grandson Of
Buffalo Bill" has offered his
grandfather's saddle, rife, spurs,
the decorations received from for
eign governments, presents from
noted Indian chiefs, his letters from
presidents and generals, army uni
form and countless personal effects
to Scott county as a memorial to be
located in the birthplace Of the
famous fighter and scout, at Le-
ClAire.
The house in which Mr.. Cody
w6s born is still standing and the
suggestion has been made that the
property be acquired and used for
the location Of the memorial. The
offer is made contingent upon the
establishment Of permanent me-
mortal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06
JOHNSON MAY HEAD
NATATORIUM WORK

o. E. Johnson, physical director
AOf the Davenport Y. M. CA. and
pr the J. B. Young intermediate
school. may be appointed supervis-
or Of the Davenport municipal nata-
forum.
Mr.. johnson, was summoned by
telegram from Hollister. Mo-, where
he has been physical instructor in
y \. M. c. A. summer training
school for directors to confer with
Davenport aldermen and his ap-
po1ntment is expected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06
MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS EX.
planned.

The remarkable symbols Of the
book of Daniel and the Revelation
viii be explained by Evangelist
French at the Bible Chautauqua
tent, Fourth avenue and Fourteenth
street. He will throw these bible
cartoons on the screen and inter-
prat their meaning. The subject
tonight ut s o'clock will be the
Anti Christ Of Prophecy" Daniel
he It'll chapter. Mr.. French will
Sp6ak on the woman and the drag
On of Revelation II tomorrow night.
The public II invited.-(Advertise-
ment.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06

~ hopss and prays that she Vim
regain her strength and again open
American opportunities to her chill
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06

The alphabet Of the Taftars con
taina "a letters.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06

One hour only, 9 to 3 p. m.
limit of s yards to each eusto-
mer at this price. No phone
orders.
tMsin Fl0or)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-06

Mems extra fine mercerixed
Isle hose, guaranteed to hold
their luster. Colors of cortlov-
an. navy, white and grey. All
sizes.
(Main Floor)
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
NpELlBLE ERRORS

Dear Mr. Rascoc: have had il IN mind
10 write to you ever since read your hr''
notice q Mr. Paurs ~inielible.'
Al that time ] had already read and re-
viered the book for Musical America; and
while could agree with you that Mr. Pau
had shown "a fresh and original method Of
expression" in saying new and vivid
things" and possibly even that hi' was the
work OF evident genius.' was amazed oy
your evident failure 70 perceive some OF
is worst defects. although you did admit
that Il was difficult for you to assume
critical attitude toward book which had
moved YOU so much. think your review
vRs a perfect illustration OF the irreieysney
of emotional reactions to works Of art
To me IL seems that Mr.. Paul is primarily
4 social critic. unusually acute in his per-
ecptions and unusually successful in ex-
tressing them. have. in fact, not read any
thing so devastating as his comment upon
Cliftondale, but in this ! can find the only
perfee, or even plausible Characterization in
the book.
For destructive intelligence Of high
order while quite sufficient for many pur-
roses. usually does not sufiee to write
novel and'Mr Paul lacks the ability 70 con-
struet something-a story or character
with which ne is in sympathy, and which
At the same time. carries conviction Here
even his destructive intelligence deserts him
and he relapses into the most appalling
banAiity, erudeness and sentimentality. foa
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31
Letters to the Editor

call /, intelligible human drama. but u IS
neither dramatic nor human snd certainly
no. inteuigble Prom The entrance Of Lena
until the bitter end I writhed in discomfort
So far from citing so-ealled eanons Of
noycl-writirg am not even acquainted with
them. but literary work must have At least
artistic verify. II no other. and the story Of
Samuel and Lena is false from start 70
finish, Mr. Farrar wrote that II reminded
one slightly Of Fannie Hurst, but FOR such
eonventionaily distorted characters as Iena,
her father. the political boss, the old violin
maker. the gOsd-but -bad-but-good Mar and
an the rest, I must 60 back to Bruno Les
sings stories IN ~The Cosmopolitan" the
rlays in which David Warfeld acted and
other artistic products o. the same class As
for the plot. which believe Ne. Farrar
called a powerful study IN racial tempera-
ments, the nearest approach 20 Il which l can
recall is high school fiction. It Is love
story Of the most primitive sort; when II is
not trite It is improbable. and every few
pages Il has to be kept from breaking down
altogether by the use Of coincidence. aeei-
dent and what not; as Intellectual as it is
labored. Consider only one, the most i'm
tortan, Of all, the episode Of the piano lid.
Il Is sufficient that an aeeompsnist never
plays with the piano lid raised. Moreover.
once the supporting bar is adjusted the lid
cannot fall, since the bar fts into a groove
and is held there BY the weight Of the lid.
Again, the viOliniot stands at some distance
from the piano with both hands fully 0e-
eupied, and in this ease we are told that
Lena's arms were about Samuels neck when
the accident happened. Consider his posi-
tion at the piano and you can see that her
hand could not have been where the lid
might have fai.en. Bot even II we eoneede
the point Il Is nothing but an obvious,
awkward device. and not an effective cause
for what follows.
The raised piano lid is, however, only one
Of number Of musical details that are posi-
lively painful to a musician. Music has its
own world Of affairs in (which some things
happen and others couldn't. Except in
books like "Indelible" there never was such
conservatory as Samuel and Lena attended,
there never were such teachers as Samuel
and Lena had.
But ultimately can always fall back upon
the ending. Il is one Of the things that
stamp the artist and the man has little
artistic conscience who can cut the loose
ends Of his work as elumsily and as brazeR-
ly as Mr.. Paul dOea To complete the pie
ture the great violinist should have married
Mary, but even she. We feel is Ia better
world Indeed. hOw could Il be otherwise.
when even the Old horse Is taken care Of
q. Il. HAGGp.
5S2 West 1aist Street. Nev YORK CITY. s.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

by the public Nr saltu' fad barely finished
lhis work vhea Dc died IN London. Tie never
slv q printed copy of it
The publishing house Of Duaield itself Is
authority for a s-oy 70 the effect that
burglars recently broke into their stock
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

room and went away again without toash-
i,g volume Of the many stacked up ready
fsr sale or shipment This epi'ode mas
,omeuhst shaken their faith IN iae pefr'A1,
.,ye powers Of the Natioaal Association o.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

The New Year will be ehallenssd sJ -
on -Women Of is25.~ feniniss ~
who" which will cover the Ehel' 80 =
wOmens activities hnd te1Ss
therein.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

No less than siIty-fOuF greup, :
amateurs produced KATE DOUGLAS w
GINS pIsylet based on her beet ~
Rirds' Christmas Carol dorins csns,s
week $50
New-York tribune., 1922-12-31

In @Inea Land Mr. HIRAM Blssi
recommends guinea pig as food. He ~
has long been considered a telieaey "a ,
which is its native habitat and ne
thoughtful Peruvian housewife als-Ji ,
a few guineas running around the h'<es
hll in for emergencies. T's sea- =
ported TO taste like SQUAD
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

The congregation at the Baptist
Church got a little peeved at the
pastor last Sunday evenin' because
he made q remark that a certain
member OF the congregation was
obsessed, an some busybodies passed
around the story that tho member
in question had an abscess, creditin'
the pastor with sayin' 90. II prob
ably means that the pastor won't
have so large q gatherin' next Sab
bath.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Doc Meadows has put Hbeneser
Hammer. the blacksmith. on q diet.
The doctor is extremely harsh with
En- an won't let him eat more'n
thirty buckwhest cakes an dozen
cakes of sausage for breakfast.
Doc says he hopes that by Bbeneser
bein' careful not to overeat he can
soon bring him sroun' SOS he can
eat q full meal oncet more. More
power to you. Doc. say We
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

A lot Of our citizens got carried
by on the $3.50 the other evenin'
an had to sleep all night in the,
depot at skinnerville, You see
there useter be q rough spot in the
railroad track Just before the train
reached our station an It shook
the train so 1t woke all the pass
engers up in time to get of at the
depor. But the railroad went an
smoothed this rough piece Of road
bed an made II nice an smooth
without putin anybody hep an the
result was our citizens didn't wake
MP In time.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

They had rabbit stew up to Miss
Sophrony Prune's boardin' house
one day last week, an since then
Hal Quick, one Of the boarder's has
been a missin' Of his fur squirrel
cap. Hal says he's hopin' for the
best, but he's put two an two to-
gether an It seems to make four
as Ear as he can see. Seems to us
you did the sum right, Hal, say We.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

They were goin' to havs . show
called RIP Van winkls- up at tho
op'ry House last week. but the
management cancelled the engage
ment cause It seems there's q guy
that sleeps twenty years in this
show an the show people claimed
there was so much noise an hustle
on our busy Main street that the
guy never could get TO sleep
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
Ths Reason WHY.

tsfsAN I tune your pianoT" asked
~ the man at the door.
moi" replied the mistress Of the
house sharply.
Indeed. ma'aml Perhaps II has
been tuned lately"
mo. It HASN'T" snapped the wo-
| man.
Then shouldn't It be attended to
q onoef"
Il don't think So" said the wo-
man.
~wni II not spoil7" ventured the
jobhunter.
moi
"Are you quite sure?"
Perfectly" answered the wo.
man. growing impatient.
Wont you let me see iti" per.
sisted the man.
mo. I won't let you see III"
But why, ma'amr continued
the. tuner.
"Recsnse We haven't got . piano.
replied the woman
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

There was no band practice last
week because Zen Beazells, who
plays the bass horn, forgot to let
the moisture from his breath out
OF the elbow Of the horn an It
froze up on the way homo. When
the January thaw came an the
horn commenced to loosen up
a-oun' the reverse curve. she blew
oil to smithereens.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
Wit of the Week

A YOUNG surgeon was asked to
"a dinner BY q woman who was
at least fifty. but frivolous enough
for twenty. She asked the surs.Dn
to carve . chicken. He tailed
lamentably, and instead q attempt
ing to cover HIS confusion, the host
ess called attention to It.,
Well" she ssid, you may BE- .
clever surgeon. but II I wanted .
leg OF shouldn't come to you, 30
do It." .a., - IT,.
Nor he replied, politely. 'Bus
then, you see, you are. not .
chicken"
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Jake Skinner Is sum the trolley
company to pay his laundry bill.
A lot OF dirty water ran of the car
an down Jake's collar an shirt
front, soilin' them an causing Jake
to make q shift OF his scenery
earlier than he was wont to do.
Jake says as, he had only worn the
shirt and collar for six days the
trolley company is liable. Righto
say We.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
Why, Of Course.

THE class had been told before
hand by their master: Don't
answer unless you are certain your
answer is correct"
Nov. tell me-" said the tnspee-
tor, who wss the mother Of tho
great Scottish hero. Robert Brucef"
He pointed to the top boy, then
round the class. There was no an
swer. Then at last the boy WHO
was standing at the foot Of the
class held UP his hand. s.. g.
We'll, my boy" said the inspec-
tor. encouragingiy, "who Was shef"
please. sir. Mrs. Bruce"
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

OWN to the cold weather an
the milk freezin' up. Sam Waters,
the milkman, is sellin' his wares
by the yard now. Takes a yard an
q half OF frozen milk to make an
ordinary quart.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

There are so many suspicious
characters roamin' sroun' these
parts nowadays that the village au-
thoritiss have started . -pumpin"
station" ct the police headquarters
an nobody gets by without bein'
pumped good II he's . stranger in
these diggin'A.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Danny Green Is havin' his new
house on the crossroads all dolled
up. He says he's goin' 10 have
some Of this here mausoleum on
the kitchen floor that costs 81 a
yard. We knew mausoleum came
by the yard, Danny, but we thought
II was by the graveyard.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

The bell buoy on the breakwater
over on the river has fioated away
an Ole Cap'n Hawser is goin' aroun'
singin' where Is My Wanderin'
Buoy Tonight"
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Will Briggs was in hard luck last
Sunday night. He walked twoive
miles over in the valley. with the
thermometer at sero, TO sec his
girl. an when he got there found
the family guaranteed with the
measels. Very rash, VIII, say we.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Mandy squibbs, our demon spin
ster, had q terrible disappointment
last week. She thought the brake
man on the way freight was fiirtin'
with her. when he was only givin'
signals to tho engineer.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

The committee tryin' to solve the
sousin' problem is up against It
an would appreciate Il II anybody
haviu' anything OF . swampy ma
ture In his cellar would loosen up.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Judge Meeker says II this here
scheutsenfest at bankin' officials
continues well have to establish .
sort OF ddooshary draft system,
with master key numbers, to CUR
nish the country with bank presi.
dents.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
Rural Editors Scrap Basket

Old Mrs. Bundy says the girls
useter pride themselves on havin'
q roguish eye, but nowadays they
seem to 20 more for . rougish
cheek.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

OF course it's wrong for women
20 use cosmetics an other skin
beautifiers. but our skin lotions put
another complexion on the matter.
ADV. Main Street Drug Store.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
More Legal
Holidays-,,...
TyHE identity Of dc man -

T,HE identity Of ne man w
invented legal holidsys hss
never been revealed aitAough
several historians have sousht -
penstrate the shroud Of myvtss1.
Whoever he was. he passsd out II
earthly ken bstors he had an op-
portunity to enjoy to the fullest
ertsnt his great work.
The inventor started with only
ono legal holiday. We don't know
which one It was. but the seed once
planted rapidly began, to promui.
gate q crop of legal holidays 90
abundant that they almost bump
Into each other, But the public
would like to have more. Many
men. institutions and events have
not been honored. The committee
suggests that. so long as there are
few ordinary days LEFT on the
calendar legal holidays be estab-
lished % follows:
Henry Ford's Birthday.
Groundhog Day. Especial cels-
bration I'm the subway
volstead Day with celebrates
at Statue Of Liberty.
Mary Pickford's Birthday.
Lillian Russell's Wedding Amt
versary (nve). -.
Anti-Cigaretts Day.
Anti-Pinochls and Poker Day.
Anti-Everything Day.
Laddie Boys Birthday.
Failure Of Disarmament Day.
Home Brow Day.
StiIlman Divorce Day.
Edison Question Day.
Bootleggers' and Bandits Day.
European Relief Day.
Short Skirt Day.
Nicky Arnstein's Birthday.
A legal holiday is q wonderful
piece Of work. 1t is day set aside
for the tired toiler 90 he can take
his family to the theatre. and whsn
he gets there he finds the price of
tickets raised
II he goes to the beach he finds
SO many other people there that
there is no room for him in the
Atlantic.
II no goes to . ball game. he
cant get q seat near enough to soc
the pitcher without a spy-glass, and
to get the seat he does get he has
to stand In line for from q. n. 10
2 p. m. And then It rains after
the first inning. ...........
The legal holiday was invented
TO make the tired toiler and the
tired business man moro tired.
Either one may feel pretty, good
after an ordinary working day, but
after legal holiday he hasn't the
strength left to wind the clock and
put the cat out. 81.
II legal holiday falls on Friday
he has to celebrate Friday. Satur-
day and Sunday. II it falls on Sat
urday he has to celebrate Saturday
and Sunday, and IL It falls on Sun.
day. they make him celebrate on
Monday also. and when he gets
back to work on Tuesday he feels
almost as used up as when he re.
turns from his annual Summer va
cation.
But We should have moro Of
them-not overlooking Buncom6s
Day. We should have that one, II
no others. -. o.,
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

The Main Street Tonsorial Par
lor has reopened for business as
Mrs. Hipe snodgrass has returned
the razor they loaned her to cut
her corns with. She mislaid It an
could not find It for Q while. an
now Shawn business can 90 on.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
Yes and No
Dy LIN FLEMING.

( ~ ~ @~&$t AAo0Ss - o@A eot0o AJ3h
n means, frequently. that some
body has run into 'em with
p speeding auto and busted 'em
vide open. Your theology Is sound
when you pause to consider that
sound may be noise.
NO. Waldo. Mr.. volstead did not
write "The Bottle Cry Of Freedom"
Mr.. volstead is father Of the dry
laws. ~. ,.....
YES. Patience. "The guilty Zee"
has everything to do with dogs; in
TACT, II it,wasn't for the guilty flea
dogs life would not be q dogs
life. I....
NO, Noncompis. English Boun.
DER at Liberty" does not necessarily
mean that, he has broken Jail. It
means that an acrobat Is seeking a
JOB as an ''understander'' or some
thing; understand
~ YES, Goofus. the Governor Of the
peanut State Of Rhode Island might
correctly be referred to as the
gocbernatorial executive; but It is
not advisable to refer to him as
such IN his hearing
NO. Spooferfuss, you cannot Just
H<refer to . man out on bail as
bottled In bond"-not by Q jugfui!
TIES. Tedious, IT'S proper to refer
10 Christmas as q holly-day. It's a
Gift to be able to think up such
things. but not q Christmas gift.
atNo, Trouble, Q phony excuse is
not necessarily the kind you get
over the telephone. although tele-
phone excuses are always safe Il
not sane.
YES, Slippery. II is incorrect to
speak of me as the engineer Of this
column when I am only tho con.
6uctor. For this you receive . tin
medal and should got q tin earl
NO, JumSo, you can't can . man
well-balancsd because he's got nat
feet; II you could the army would
be losing . lot OF Al material.
$50 - -
YES. shamus, they have at last
freed Ireland, but Ulster doesn't
want to como In out Of the rain.
Maybe It should be spelled reign"
how should We known
NO, Ichabod, you can't get into
me pink Of condition by taking pink
pills. II your blood lacks iron see
Q good blacksmith; or perhaps you
could get some steel filings and
inject them into your arm.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Captain Spinks, Of the hose COM
pany. says It IL really only . sock
company now. because the hose
has been used 90 long an 20 much
Of It has worn out an been cut on
that it, only half hose.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
The. Wrong Station,

AN old woman living in q remote
"a village In Essex. who had never
vsntwed beyond the boundary
posts, was seised with . desire to
- what railways were like.
- 6hs went to the nearest station
and took . ticket for Hackney
Dcwna
During the Journey the train ran
90 tho rails and discharged its
Sasssnsers down IN embanhment.
Gathering herself together. she
sstsd . feIlowpasssnger, "Ts this
Aackney Downsf"
NO was the reply, this II
. catastrophe"
-oh. dear" replied the old lady,
Z ought not to ave got out ere
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

A GOOD many Of our citizens
~ wont South" last week.
= . Only in tho parlanes Of
slang. however. Dust to dig up
some coin for theff wives.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
Choosing q Cheese.

W(NHEESE, hrT Inquired the Ban
dow.muscled waiter.
Certainly" replied the diner
'Catch me a Lmburser!"
The waiter made grab at the
sideboard and seized one In, the
nick Of time.
Now catch ne a GorgonEoia!"
said the diner s...t. ,.,". y
Graphing with 1t violently the
waiter brought II over.
Nov" said the diner, '1et 'em
race across the table to me and ri
take the winner" go. =
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

A man injured himself by fallin'
on the slippery streets in Orange,
N. J. Our physician allus warned
us that orange ice was dangerous.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Committees are forever bein' APP
pointed to investigate the meat
packin' industry. but It only turns
out to be O lot OF bull in the end.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29
A Few Good Ones
Sympathetic Souls.


THE two men had met at q party
and were talking in a corner
by themselves.
you see that tain woman with
the sharp nose" asked one Of
them. ..~ .>.
Yes" said the other, quietly.
We'll, I've been watching her for
some time. She's always got her
nose into some one else's business.
She's the last woman I'd marry"
Which shows how strangely
sympathetic We are" said the
other. without resentment. SHES
the last woman I did marry"
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

Our saloonkeepers never starred
much in the movies, but many Of
EN- have had to stage a closeup.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

or,., Britain r'~r. Reerved.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

oopyrisb,, is>a, By stsr o.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

NO, Ichabod, you can't get into
ne pink Of condition by taking pink
pills. II your blood lacks iron see
. good blacksmith; or perhaps you
could get some steel filings and
inject them into your arm.
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

NO. Noncompis. English Boun.
DER at Liberty" does not necessarily
mean that he has broken Jail. It
means that an acrobat Is seeking a
JOB as an ''understander" or some
thing; understand
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

YES. shamus, they have at last
freed ireland, but Ulster doesn't
want to como In out Of the rain.
Maybe It should be spelled "reign;"
how should We knowf
The Washington times., 1922-01-29

mo, Trouble, q phony excuse is
not necessarily the kind you get
over the telephone. although tele-
phone excuses are always safe Il
not sane.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-29

A bargelosd Of granite from ston-
ington. Me-, arrived yesterday for the
new County Court House, but was not
discovered BY officials for several hours
owing to the fact that It's destination
was marked on the bill Of lading as
Poorhouse Flats Anchorage spot
which has not been designated on
maps as such for a century.
Fred II. Adams, secretary OF tne
court House Board. realized as soon
az he uerused that bill OF lading that
n might be diffieult 10 find the barge
He has been familiar with city affairs
for a good many years and ne never
Rad heard OF that anchorage
II was not marked on any OF the
eity maps be could find. River and
barbof men had never heard OF u.
Mr.. Adams began telephoning 70 me
Oldest city employees he could find;
The most venerable Of them never had
heard OF PoorhOuse Flats Anchorage
An employee Of the Dock Department
thought he had heard once that there
used 10 be a poorhouse near the site
Of Bellevue Hospital and Mr.. Adams
undertook historical research work
which involved inspection OF dim and
dusty maps and records.