Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1911 — They Had Theirs Off. [ARTICLE]

They Had Theirs Off.

Little Sue Brown was allowed to stand on the staircase and feast her eyes on the beautifully dressed decollete ladies at her mother’s party. Presently she beckoned to her mother and anxiously whispered: “Mbther, may I take off my guimpe?” “Mercy, ho/’ said her mother; "it is the middle of winter, and you would take your death of cold.” “Well," said Sue regretfully, “look there; Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith have theirs off.” —Exchange. —