Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1912 — Always at Hand. [ARTICLE]

Always at Hand.

“Sir,” said the struggling genius to the great composer of comic operas, “do you not wish to hire an able man to prepare the librettos for your operas?” “Huh,” answered the eminent musiemaker, turning to the task of removing the shreds from some ragtime, “I have all the librettos I need for 50 years.” Whereat hS pointed at the bound files of the almanac.