The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-17

that he isn't being paid enough; which takes
ninety-nine and two-thirds per cent out of the
10y of busting into print. But when one writes
for fun that's exactly what one gets out of it
and he never feels underpaid. We've tried both
and our conclusion is that we'd rather make
better living doing something else and do our
writing for pleasure untainted by thoughts OF
remuneration therefor.
AFTER the foregoing outbursts of near
philosophy perhaps we proceed to get out
the colyum in our usual scintilatng (sic)
style
THE asterisks indicate lapse of three hours
during which we have had a good dinner,
! Cooked by our dutiful daughter) smoked good
! well, We like EN-, anyway cigar, taken walk
| to the postoffice and been rewarded with two
contributions and now the sun shines for US
again, despite the fact that the street lights
/ are burning.
| Shouldn't the Last Word Be ~Confusion"l
! [From The August
The long tables in the main dining
| rooms were mess of very lively spring
| flowers in great profuslon.
| GAMALIEL'S plan for saving daylight in
Washington merely by getting up and going to
work hour earlier seems to be a failure
The Democrats should make note of this for
1924 campaign material.
RED, WE'RE BEGINNING TO BE JEALOUS
OF YOU.
Mister Mac: 1 see Mr.. Heilmann has Red
on the run. For when you get a gink explain
ing either he is licked Or yearns for publicity
some more. Reds o. K. at that, only his pin
feathers tickle him.
MIR. H. IS assertion that Red uses Whoosis's
style in his literary efforts doesn't appall one,
does it? For | find that my style changed
considerably after digesting that masterpiece,
Twenty Quarts of Hot Blood or The Butcher
Boys Revenge.
After all, in writing as in speaking success
consists in getting oneself across and at least
two of Reds hurriedly dashed of compositions
made me see Red: The one showing up the
Legion, the other demonstrating to the world
that marriage was merely licensed breeding.
AS to Reds age, Mr.. H. could Sherlock that
easily. The Legion effort proves that Red was
too young to be selected by Uncle Sam, thus
avoiding the chance OF being the pest he so
humorously described and his view on mar
riage proves that he wasn't much too young
say about q or p at present
One statement in the text surely brings out
poignant memories: But ii experience means
the care with which one has searched him
self and his capacity for digesting =. - Say
Red, young feller me lad, once at school
searched myself with and found thirty
cents-and other funds four days away And
one doubts my capacity for digestion Boy,
if that is the yardstick with which to measure
experience 1 could be boiled in oil for the expe-
rience l have. BITTER BILL.
SOME years ago when we were doing some
writing OF a sort two particularly vindictiye
critics assailed US. The give and take that fol-
than any experience of our life save one That
one was when at the tender age of 10 or IL
we donned pair of boxing gloves and
Knocked out" our deadly rival by giving him
a bloody nose, thereby annexing the winners
share of five cents from purse of eight which
had been hung up by group of wicked young
men in a country store Eheu! them DAVIS is
gone forever.
But, speaking of critics, we typed a con-
soling line long ago which has lost none of it's !
balm: 1t is only the nonenity who fails to
arouse criticism" Doubtless someone has said
1t before. but we might add that the successful /
man is known by the enemies he makes
THE PRINCESS PASSES.
This either is, or is not, to be
poem, Mac, of the princes three
Fatlma's sons; other than I
Asim, Hashim and Akber Khan
But can't remember their names Won see
Nor spell them exactly as they should be
They are on their way to Afghanistan-
Asim, Hashbeef and Der Ashkhan
The princess came and the princess went,
Dld she want to leave-or was she sent?
Her sons were with her to a man.
Aslmp Hashish and Ach Beerkhan
LIE MoQUEUR
P. s.: Doris Blakes Answers to Love Prob
lens offers the following beautiful sentiment:
will not give this girl up, for
II is hard to find good one now" l.
La Moo
From sassiety item one learns that "the
aiter dinner hours were enjoyed socially and
with cards. anu
And can nothing bridge the yawning chasm
between cards and sociability?
WHAT'S THE FARE TO DETROTTq
Mac: Detroit to Run Bars Monday be.d- II
lines the Des Moines Daily News What's tba Il
matter oetween Detroit and Mr.. Eighteenth
Amendment? However it must he remenberas
that the News has just had a fire.
E. w l.
WOULD You Pay $S25 For Bust of Ex- II
kaiserT' asks headline in the revered parent Il
sheet.
NO! But we know number of chaps who ,
would be willing to pay SS25 for bust at the
sA-Aaissrs R. E MIG