Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1912 — GOOD JOKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD JOKES

TAKING NO CHANCER. “Is Mrs. Tracey in?” the caller asked. The hired girl looked her over with suspicion. “Are you an agent for the rough-dry laundry?” “No, indeed.” “You ain’t introducing any foolish labor-saving patents for the kitchen,, are you?” “No.” “The reason I ask,” the girl explained, “is -that a lady I let in yesterday turned out to be selling electric wringers, and I heard her tell Mrs. Tracey that half the society women of the Oranges bad bought her machines and let their help go. But if you’re just a plain caller you can come in."