Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1910 — GOING BACK INTO THE PAST. [ARTICLE]

GOING BACK INTO THE PAST.

Some Smile, and Some Frown, but Reeolleetloua'ATre Mnch the Same. They do say that one of the things a fellow remembers Is the first time he ever went courting a girl. And it is one of the last things he wants to forget) even if she -turned him down later on. It Is not the trial now that It was back In the good old days. In the country districts folks lived in houses of one or two rooms, or three at most, so that when a fellow went sparking he had to face the whole family, and you may depend upon it that the whole family faced him. Sometimes they didn’t try to make life pleasant for him. This was specially true of the girl’s younger brothers and sisters. Do-you remember how big your feet felt, and the trouble you had to find places for your hands, and how difficult It was to keep up a conversation? But if you had grit enough you would stay or die right there., __ But yon_ never forgot'Tt, and you never will. Nor will you ever quite forget the effort necessary to get your courage up to the point of asking her " if you might call on her, nor how gladsome you were if she said you might, nor how mean you felt If she refused your request. As a frost this beat the June affair of ’59.