Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1910 — Her Second-Best. [ARTICLE]

Her Second-Best.

Quakers believe In a sober garb, but they are by no means without that quality which would be termed vanity In “the world’s people." Aunt Peace Lawton had this quality to a marked degree. One day a strolling photographer asked permission to take a picture of the Lawton family, sitting on their velvet lawn. Mr. Lawton gave the permission, but his remarks were not approved by Aunt Peace. When It became evident that her gentle remonstrance had no effect, Aunt Peace said no more, but at the moment when the photographer said "Ready?’* and exposed the film, Aunt Peace lifted spotless handkerchief, spread to a snowy square in both hands, hiding her face and head completely. “Why, Aunt Peace, what made you do that?” asked her nephew, reproachfully, when he had permission from the photographer to speak. “William,” said the old lady, calmly, “if thee thinks that I propose to be put in a picture with my secondbest cap on, and my kerchief sadly in need of an iron, thee is greatly mistaken.”