Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1911 — Good Jokes [ARTICLE]

Good Jokes

MlB WIFE’S VERDICT. Mr. Sldener had made hla flrat pubMe speech. Hla subject waa good—the iniquities of industrial economy—and he hoped his treatment had been adequate He was not sura He waited for his wife’s verdict but she was strangely silent She had listened to him from the gallery of the town hall, and he bad half expected her to meet him at the door afterward, and to say. as soon as they were out of hearing; “Oh, It was simply great Eddy!” But they were half way home and she had said nothing of the kind. "Well." he began awkwardly, when he could bear it no longer, “what did you think of my speech?” “What you said was all right" she answered, with guarded enthusiasm. “Bat it seemed to me that you didn't make the moat of your opportunities." "Opportunities?” repeated Mr. Side»er. “What do you mean, Effie?” “Why,” Mrs. Sidener replied, “you had ever so many chances to sit down before you did.” —London Answers.