The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-16

| THE gentleman to our left just threw down
mis- copy of -revered parent sheet and ex-
claimed: 81 wish they'd quit serving dainty re-
| freshments'!" He had been reading the So
ciety column, it developed.
| Perhaps if the society ed dished up de
licious collation." he would be better pleased
'IF" YOU HAVE TEARS PREPARE TO SHED
! THEM now!
Mac: One of my friends is man who pos
sesses very Brilliant Mind He has been
! called a Dreamer and Man with Vision.
He admitted once to me that all truly great
men were men of Vision, whether they were
! bankers, BARRIERS, robbers or poets. l broke
J in to say that column conductors had also
been known to be- This he would not admit
and his arguments were too long for one col
umn, only three inches wide. In spite of this
he is very great man. He doesn't have just
one vision at time but several Every once
in a while he gets EN- Sometimes they come
so fast we drop a few by the wayside, so to
speak
One evening last week he called on me,
but is was not a very opportune time 1 had
just been reading about the fare being in
creased to ten cents for an occasional street
car ride. 1 have an old bus of my own and
it is only when she is being used for expert
ments in the interest of motor science, that
use the street So l shall have to pay my
dime invest in lot of savage junk that
Columbus could have used to far better
advantage.
My friend, the Dreamer has always been
system here, especially since the fare increases
began and oh, how he endorses them-those
increases. Every time The reason is plain
to me now and will be to you in two minutes.
He knew. They need this money badly" he
said, ''if their Dreams are to be Materialized
Dreams come High" Men of vision in the
company conceded years ago that these cars
were uncomfortable physically and crude es-
thetically and that they must raise money to
change this condition. They have been raising
it ever since and now at last we are going to
rfiC OF Tho 60 a.
Vlslonalre Is even now perfecting the draw
ings of our new to be installed a long time
before the present equipment is worn out.
Small sketches by Michael Angelo Rosa
Bonheur and Gainsborough instead of adver-
tlsements. French plate mirrors along the
back OF every seat, with niche one side
containing complete Melba outfit. An cleo
trio photographic device which asks you gently
II you've forgotten your umbrella the moment
you rise to go. Same electric attachment can
be made to rock your chair If you have baby
along or turn it over like Pullman if YOU
arc going to Moline. A rack of the best sellers
IL the lobby. Private phone from each seat
TO the motorman and no time limit. Red
car for the red line, Blue for the blue and a
White car for Long View. You won't be asked
to pay as you enter but you'll have to drop a
dime in the slot if you want the car to stop
or II won't Chintz Grapes at the windows, |
turkish carpets on the floor, long elastic straps
for the rush hour, Soldering tires, Perfection
Springs and Gabriel Snubbers, but why con- |
tlnue? To think that you and I, Tim Scamoz'. !
"A
OF us have begrudged them those extra COP
pers! 1 weep tears of remorse. Don't you?
WINNIE.
ENCLOSING a clipping from the Aledo
1 Imes-Record which records that W. A Whar-
ton had an attack of shingles last week Jane
suggests that some might find interest in the
fact that Mr.. Wharton is manager of a local
lumber company. He ought not to wander
about his lumber yard unprotected Sbinglas |
we are told, are fierce.
Art Is Long, but Never Cold.
Mac: Culled from the revered parent sheet.
Berlin dancer who is before a court
Oh charge mat her work is immoral
because all she wears on the stage is
fig leaf refers to her act as cold art Won /
probably have another name for it,
Cold art? Hot dam! Venus, shut the door
as you go out, and ask Undine to step in.
b. MUNCHAUSEN
AMONG clutter OF clippings in our vest
pocket go we found one taken from Sid Smiths
lump strip about a week ago. Beneath
lraWlng OF broken heart, fianked by a sledse
hammer, Sid prints this: 1T wasn't a Cunid's
tart that struck his (Uncle Bim's) big heart |.
eeo vi
Query; When is a dagger not a dagger?
Ans: When it's hammer.
CAN FIND GOOD ADVICE I'M {
MATT. XVII. 65.
Slr: Dldst thou ever time any of the one-
nan sections of what NJ Nj. calleth Huntoon's
It'd to ascertain it's schedule of apnearanceS
Try it-once! Would suggest using either
eIght-day clock or calendar }
For century. beginning in 1896. the Clock
makers Company of London bore royal autbor- :
ty to search incoming vessels for decaitFu1 |
Vatches and to destroy them ON the Spot. |
this guild did not finish its work
AGAWAN ;
FIANCE Kills Girl Who Won't Make Up d
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On, well. she must have been an old =
ashioned girl. ou
Gosh! Fellers. va 0ughta See Him. b
IRON the Sheffield (Ill.) Times
ID. D. Draper, who is one of the wild p
est known farmers OF the county after S
over fifty years at that occupation sofa "
out last Saturday at his farm at New g
Bedford. Il
HAVE you ever wondered why our last line t
men by all the rules of colyumology shouId u
e the best, usually is the worst?
7ould you? z Nc car . :