Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — POINTED PARAGRAPHS. [ARTICLE]

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The good promoter Is true to hie trust If you could have what yon wanted, would you want It? A man Is down in the world when he’s on his uppers. A wise man never bets on a sure thing or a woman’s age. Hope is a valuable asset—until you try to raise money on it Instead of tellinf What you are going to do tell what you did. —* ' -A* A man fears a woman’s tears as much as he fears her tongue. It takes a contrary woman to like a man because she doesn't. The man who flatters a woman can make her believe almost anything. The more unselfish you are the more selfish you may make others. A quick way to get - rid of your money is to run up hills and then pay them. If some men didn’t boast of their honesty the world would never know they had any. Many a man heads a long funeral procession who never had much of a following in life. The quickest way to convince a girl that you have good taste is to tell her she is good looking. A woman gets as excited over a wedding in the neighborhood as a man does over a baseball game. As soon as a girl gets married she gets busy and tries to help other girls get into the same kind of trouble. When you see a woman trying hard to look unconcerned in a street car It’s a sign that the conductor forgot to get her face.