Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1911 — PUT YOUTH ON HIS GUARD [ARTICLE]

PUT YOUTH ON HIS GUARD

Evidently Recital of Romances Long Passed Made No Appeal to His icings. “Charles,” said, a sharp-voiced woman to her husband In a railway carriage, “do you know that you and I once had a romance in a railway carriage?" “Never heard of it,” replied Charles in a subdued tone. “I thought you hadn’t; hut don’t you remember, it was that pair of Slippers I presented to you the Christmas before we were married that led to our union? You remember how nicely they fitted, don’t you? Well, Charles, one day when we were going to a picnic you had your feet upon a seat, and when you were .not looking I took your measure. But for that pair of slippers I don’t believe we’dhave ever been married.” A young unmarried man sitting by Immediately took down his feet from the seat. —Ideas Magazine.