Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1911 — JUST BEFORE THE TROUBLE [ARTICLE]

JUST BEFORE THE TROUBLE

His Friend Was Trying to Say? —— ‘ j. U u, w ever admired M. that mmi was Howler ~ * And when the Fitzboodles asked Mrs. Howler to get My Face" toe husband glowed wlto Pr N« m.tt«r thu .be bed , l«ee Ilk. a hippopotamus and a voice like an elephant, he sat beaming as she sang, and could not refrain from bending over to his neighbor and whispering: “Don’t you think my wife’s got a fine voice?” “What?” said his neighbor, who was a little deaf. » “Don’t you think my wife has got a fine voice?” repeated Howler. "What?" "Don’t you think my wife’s got a fine voice?” roared Howler. ■:? "Sorry!” returned the neighbor, shaking his head. “Can’t hear a word you say. That awful woman over there is making such a frightful row singing."