Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1912 — THE CASK OF SUSIK ADAMS. [ARTICLE]

THE CASK OF SUSIK ADAMS.

Betty Prov*d H*r Aptness. to itepeat Quotations. Betty is seven years old, dearly loves her school and teacher, and when at home talks extensively of the matters of her classroom. "Lota of the boys and girls hate ‘quotations,* but I like it awny," she volunteered onqe- ...... i . - ‘•And what do yon mean by ‘quotations?’ ” asked an inquisitive elder. "Why, don’t you know? It’s something teacher writes on the blackboard, and you learn it, and it helps you all the week, and then the teacher asks you for it, and on Friday you go to the platform and say it” “Oh! Well, make believe this Is Friday, and do it for us now.’’ ■ Quite charmed, Bettjr rose, mounted an Imaginary platform, gripped her tittle dress, gave a serious curtsy, and said, with loud and elocutionary distinctness, “Susie Adam forgets Susie Adam.” . "What if she does? Let her. Give us the quotation.” “That’s the quotation.” “Good gracious! Say it again.” “Su-sie Adam forgets Su-sie Adam,” repeated Betty, worked up and threatening to become war-like. Neither questioning nor expostulations vailed against this statement ehneerntog Susie, and not until the teacher herself was interviewed did the mystery resolve Itself into “Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm.” —Woman's Home Companion.