Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1912 — Our Queer Language. Isn’t it a queer language? [ARTICLE]

Our Queer Language. Isn’t it a queer language?

A New York policeman saw a woman In the street with a carpet and a stick. “Beat it,” he harshly commanded. Whereupon, the woman struck the carpet with the stick and the policeman arrested her for violating a street ordinance. JThe Judge heard the woman’s story and smiled. “Beat it,” he said to her, and this time she understood and hurried away