Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — The Main Thing. [ARTICLE]

The Main Thing.

She was a maid the men all wooed, Each wished her for his own, And why, the other maidens sneered, A mystery was alone. She was cross-eyed, had brick-red hair. Her form no grace betrayed; Her taste in dress was something fierce, But, oh, the pies she made! She couldn’t for the life of her Talk In a lively strain. Not had the power for one short hour Her guests to entertain. She nothing knew bf world events. Of books would no thought take, The theater got on her nerves— But sphe could broil a steak! She had no personality Of a magnetic kind; No deep affections, mind devout, No charm did any find Which could make men thus mad for her, And yet the prise she took From girls with beauty, brains and style— She was a splendid cook! —Baltimore Sun.