Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1911 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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HOW SHE ESCAPED. "My darling.” said Mr. Spoonamore. da he finished the third helping of his wife’s plum cake, "the lightness and flavor of your excellent cake give a grand and emphatic denial to all the rubbish written in would-be funny papers about the Incapacity of young wives to cook.” She nestled close to him. "Or, perhaps,” he continued, “it may be that my own little wifey-pifey is better than all others.” "Oh, ducky,” she whispered, “how happy you make me!” And then she thought how lucky it was that she had bad the sense to buy that cake at the baker's.