Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1911 — AS PHILOSOPHER SEES IT [ARTICLE]

AS PHILOSOPHER SEES IT

Few races are won in a walk. ▲ right fight is half the battle. -i. ' ! j •. K'i . <*"l. •' v ' A word to the overwise is lost. Too many loose ends will land yvu In a tight place. If you have nothing to hide, nothing will come out. You can 16ve a fat man and still not want to hold him. You really can’t judge a man by the creases in his trousers, If the coat fits, wear it; if it doesn’t, take it to your tailor. Most tramps look well-fed because they don’t over-eat, and use plain food. When a girl gives you a lock of her hair nowadays, you can never feel quite sure. Many a youngster, in order to have a proper dressing up, has first to get a dressing down. Sometimes the brightest scholar in the school goes to work later in life for the so-called “thick-head.” If you are using religion for a cloak, the sooner you invest in a new suit of clothes the better it will be for all concerned. Some folks will tell you that, if they have got anything to say about you, they Will say it to your face; but you Will notice that they never say it.