Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1911 — WAS TOO PUBLIC FOR HIM [ARTICLE]

WAS TOO PUBLIC FOR HIM

Mild Mannered Little Man Has Very Embarrassing Experience ' on StreeL He was a mild-mannered little man, Short, with gray hair and spectacles. It was noon on Washington street, ’ and as usual the crowds were shoving and pushing to get somewhere. The little man was trying to worm / his way through the crowds. A well-dressed woman, accompanied by a small boy, was mixed up in the crowd. She wanted to cross the street. The hoy stopped to look In a window. The lady reached down and grasped a hand, saying: “Take my hand, dear.” “Not right here on the pubUo street,” she was startled to hear some one reply* Looking down she saw that she was clasping the hand of the very Inoffensive little man, who seemed to he much confused and embarrassed. “Sir!” said she, haughtily, “I don’t want you; I want my son.” —Boston Traveler.