Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1911 — Appreciation. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Appreciation.

“Why do you encourage him to tell jokes?” asks the first intimate friend of the second one. “I enjoy It.” “You do. Why, you know he always tells some old chestnut and then takes ten or fifteen minutes to explain It.” “I know. The stories he tells are never funny, but you come to appreciate the rich humor In his explanations.” -»