Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1895 — Red Her Favorite Color. [ARTICLE]

Red Her Favorite Color.

Things at the office had gone wrong with a certain downtown benedict one day last week, and he reached home that evening in a rather unpleasant frame of mind. The adorable partner of his joys and sorrows met him at the door and embraced him in such a tender manner that he resigned himself to the inevitable demand for some of the “root of all evil” which he knew was coming. “I suppose you want an entire wardrobe this time,” quoth her “hub” gruffly. And this Is the song she did sing: “Now, dearest, you know that I have nothing that is fit to be seen in, and I saw a nice red morning gown to-day, with slippers to match, and such a cute little red bonnet, that I am just dying to get them.” The “lord of the manor” regarded her in silence for a moment, and then said: “It strikes me, Cynthia, that you require the services of a physician.” “Why, what do you mean?” “Well, to my mind, you show unmistakable symptoms of scarlet fever.”— Philadelphia Call.