Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1910 — Man’s Rights and Privileges. [ARTICLE]

Man’s Rights and Privileges.

One privilege which man exercises is that of being absolutely helpless when it is a question of looking for anything, and he considers it his natural, inherent right to have some woman find things for him. Thp average feminine responds every time, for she realizes the urgency of the situation. When he tries to look for something, as a rule the after-appearance of the place would make chaos, housecleaning and the tall of a cyclone turn pale green at their inefficiency. In the house his wife finds his hat, cravat and other possessions. In fact, ft is a family tradition that great-grand-father used to ask, “Ma, where’s my shirt?” and for great-grandmother to respond, “I’m aware, Mr. Clark, I did not hand it to you, but I laid it right beside your bed." But he asked her next time just the same. She knew he would. In the office he stands in the middle of the room and asks where his letter book is. That book has been always in one spot for the past five years. In the days of the garden of Eden Eve bad to find the apple and give it to Adam. —Life.