Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1910 — GATHERED SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GATHERED SMILES

DECLARED OFF. “When can you spare the time for our marriage, Marion?” the betrothed man asked. The woman consulted her engagement book. “Three o’clock next Friday afternoon," she replied. “Oh, that will be out of the question,” he cried protestingly. "There’s a special meeting of the Glitter Gold company that I must attend at that time.” “Well, it’s the Only time I have,” she told him with an air of easy resignation. “Every other hour for the next two years is filled up.” The man jerked his shoulder irritably. “i guess we’ll have to csJl our little matter oft, then,” he said. "It seems to be inevitable,” she agreed, Indifferently. And so they parted, for with some people marriage is but an incident, and an Incident is, of course, too trivial to deserve the sacrifice of an event ! -V