The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

bIed on pistachio nuts, poInegranates and pate
de foie gras- She knows too much about soap
and water and soap boxes to be down there
The description fits the gallery where l was
sitting and I'll bet she was up there with us
trving to hightone u.s. CACTUS.
The Diary of Young RuHan.
l. April 2S-Well, thought maybe / was go
ing 70 have long vacation from writing
diary cause it's been long since there was
one but when / got up this morning dad sald
young fellow, want some dope for your olafy
tonight And 1 said, why didn't he write his
own diary? and he said, because a lot OF folks
are asking why don't print one of yours, and
seeing that l do all the work you oughtnt TO
object to giving me the dope. Besides, he said,
you'd be surprised to know how many people
are interested in what you DO
Well, told him didn't want diary put
in the paper cause know man that cuts 1t
out and mails it away on the train to some
body and want him to stop that. and don't
see why they bring him Argus every day.
But dad SAID l was full OF prunes or some
thing and there was no reason why shouldn't
contribute to the colyum cause lot of others
did it and didn't get as much out of him as
did. Well l think dad is full OF prunes or
something, too, only was kinda fraid TO tell
him that
April 29-Gee, didn't hear dad get up this
morning and he must have sneaked out awful
quiet cause he was gone when l got up. !
know he came home last night though, cause
he read the funny papers to me before went
to bed
This afternoon mother went down town and
then sister and me went down to a picture
show, and then sister took me to meet dad, and
found him on the corner down town and then
he took me to barber shop to get my hair
cut. We had TO wait long time cause all the
BARRIERS was busy shaving men. and told dad
the first that got through would have to
cut my hair.
Pretty soon a red headed barber got done,
but he went and put his coat and started
out and was up in the little chair and l asked
him, Why don't you cut my hair mister? And
he said. Well, I've got to go get something to
eat, you couldn't work all the time without eat
ing could you? And l said, no, | guessed not,
so he went out.
Then after awhile when had waited some
more another barber got done putting powder
on mans face and brushing his hair n ever
thing, and then the barber comes over to me
and asked me did l want a shave, and 1 told
him, No, didn't want no shave, l wanted my
hair cut, and he said, Oh thought you needed
shave But guess maybe he was just hav-
ing fun with me or something.
He got those funny clippers that you push
a connecter in a socket the end of a wire
just like mother fastens her 1ectric iron and
then it starts to making the funniest buzzing
you ever heard and 1t kinda uckles when he
sticks it against your head
| wish l was like that barber. He didn't
have any hair. Anyway, he didn't have any
on top SO he don't ever have to comb his hair
cause there amt anything to comb. Him and
me talked lot while he was cutting my hair.
told him I'd be bear and chase him and
he said he'd be lion and get me. So I told
him I'd be a wolf and VOLTS was bgger'n lions.
and he laughed and said they wasn't either,
so said. we'll. I'd grow into elephant. then.
And he said he'd bite big hole in my trunk
and then l couldn't do anything. But l don't
believe he could.
Finally he got my hair cut and then he
put some stuff on it that smelled awful good
and then he combed it all slick n everything
and l got out of the chair and give him a
dollar bill and he give me back round dollar.
| thought dollar. ANYWAY.
it was only half dollar. But it was a big
piece of money, lots bigger'n a nickel or a
penny.
Dad says I've got this diary all mixed up
now He says don't 1 remember that we all
went TO Davenport on the ferry before l got
my hair cut and bought me a new pair of OK
fords? And told him it amt my fault if the
diary's mixed up. just tell him what to put
in it and he's s'posed to write it right. Well
anyway, that's all there was to it. except we
met man with glasses on the ferry what dad
called Red and he wanted to know was I the
Young Rnff1an. Then dad and me come back
on the ferry again.
When we come home mother wasn't home
cause her and another lady was still in Day-
enport, SO dad had to get supper and he had
dickens of a time. He couldn't find the
skillet and he got kinda sore and | think he
said bad word but couldn't hear cause he
just kinda mumbled to himself. But finally we
had supper and he sure fixed me fine egg
My oad can fry eggs better'n anybody. He
says / might as we'll go ahead and brag about
how well he can boil water, too.
April 30-Ths morning | nut on nv new
oxfords and Sister and me went to SUNDAY
school Mother and dad went to church and
after that dad went to the Office to write his
colyum and gee whiz, he didn't come home till
O'Clock and mother says, don't try to tell
me you've been writing that colyum all this
time and dad says wouldn't try to tell you
anything, woman, and she says is that SO and
dad says yes, that's and she says is that O
dad says yes, that's SO and she says is that so
said. -
May well, today I had to get I'D early
and so to school again and dad had to get up
early and put on the boiler n everything SO
mother could have some fun with the Iectric
washer. When I get a wife I'm going to send
all the clothes to the laundry so 1 won't have
to put on the boiler and build fires
When dad come ho-le tonight I told him |
net ne didn't know what we had at school |
today and he said, no, he bet he didn't know
either, what did We have at school today so / |
tolu MIN we had a swell party, a birthday !,
party. And the Sister give ice cream an |
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