The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-22

Are you too proud to fght?" said she,
Indeed I'm not, said me-
That's why l want to marry you,
So can have a spat or two.
What happened then It's hard TO tell
He simply left the house pell-men
WINNIE
ENGLISH is a wonderful language an
many wonderful things can be done with !
Not the smallest achievement in this line
the statement of a country correspondent tina
a villagers thumb is on the road to recover.
He had it cut off at the sawmill some time ago.
Problem of Ye Harassed Correspondent
bushnell Corr, Galesburg Republican
Register.l
l am asked nearly every day whether
we are going to have band concerts
these summer evenings, or should have
said some one evening during the week.
Well the best | can say is that l have
heard al ~uments pro and con as to Ger
tain nights, and there is difference OF
opinion in regard to the night. Some
want it on Thursday evening or near the
middle OF the week and some want 1t on
Saturday evening Now you have the
reason, and if you want to get the thing
settled to please the community in the
best manner, let there be committee
of three appointed and let one be
merchant one a band boy and one an
editor or reporter and whatever two of
them say, let this be final, and let all be
satisfied. l am going to register my idea
as to what thing is proper for an out
slider to say. In the first place, when
a person comes into Bushnell he comes
i nto purchase his weeks supply of gro
ceries, drygOods7etc and upon that night
the statesmen have TO serve their trade
from $50 o'clock until IL o'clock p. m,
and this is on Saturday evening. All
statesmen having to work miss these
musical treats. On the other hand If
the concerts are held in the middle of
the week they can attend them and en-
joy the mid-Week outing, and the young
people from the rural districts will get
their autos ready and come out and the
older rural citizens will be glad to come
also on any evening to hear the good
music and to meet their old flends and
will enjoy every moment of the time,
push the matter dear friends and let us
fix upon evening and let all come out
and enjoy the music and a social chat.
Talk the matter over start the ball to
rolling, let some one take the first step,
for the thing will be a success if all is
divided up in a fair and square manner.
WOMEN are more courageous than mer
We have always believed that and now W.
are prepared to offer proof. Can you doub
the courage of Miss Florence Myra Mintee
of Reynolds, ILL.,, when We tell you that sh
is about to wed Arthur c. He'll OF EarIville
Ill? Ordinarily we should not expires
such a wish, but in this case flor the sake O
their future happinessJ we trust they'll rails
a little He'll
Young Grimes Is the Proof Reader.
lFrom the Illinois State Register.l
Cape Town, South Africa-Shackle-
tons Ant-Artic expedition arrived here.
MR.. MCCORMICK, according to his physi
clan, lis resting easily and is in a happ,
mood" Not surprising-at allA Boys will b.
boys, you know.
Speaking of English
ESSAY o hU an m oil oh
student. We found ii in the ''Y" locker room
All athletics are good for you. Ath-
eletics are anything tnat gives the body
exercise. Some atheletics do good only
in giving the body exercZe and deVelope-
ing the mind, while some others do more
than that Swimming is one OF them
II you SWIM much you give your body
plenty of exercize, it makes your lungs -
larger and stronger, Also it makes you
prepared to save anybody from drowning
in the water. This is the extra beneht
swimming gives you. In some atheletics,
like football and basketball no fun can
be derived from them unless there are a
group or people so that there can be
competit on. In swimming this is not so.
you can swim alone and have as much .
fun as if there were three or four with
you
All people should be made to learn
to swim, the younger the better A few
years ago very few women knew how to
SWIM 1t was very hard for them to
learn because II they did get nerve
enough to go in the water they were
hampered by too many clothes Now
adays nearly as many women know how
10 swim as men, partly because of the
style OF the suit Every year more per
cent OF the people can learn to swim
II everybody knew how to swim there
would be very few water accidents
III you learn to swim you are not
only getting lots more fun out of this
world than previous. but you are also
doing your body good by giving il eyer
size and helping TO fight against water
accidents.
GETTING out colyum is becoming more
lnan arduous for US. Between watching on,
watch and cursing our slowness we don't MAKE
much Roadway Possibly (happy thougbtii
our colyumisuc brain would grow more aIart
II we could follow the example of the rejuve
mated Harold Mccormick
WORK-A-DAY DREAMS.
Turning the grindstone for dad
Under the old apple tree;
What are you dreaming my lad7
What are the pictures you seq
There's big trout in a pool
Near where the pond lilies grow.
Wish was there where it's conf
When viii the dinner horn bIowf
Blackberrfes by the low wall
Apples are ripe on the tree
When will that dinner horn cali
There