Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — A Childish Idea. [ARTICLE]

A Childish Idea.

“Why is it, Willie,” his mother complained, “that you won’t study? You can never amount to anything in the world' unless you have an education, and you can never have an education unless you study. You don’t want to grow up and have to be somebody’s hired man all yoru life, do you?” “No,” replied Willie. “Well, then, what do you think is going to become of you if you keep neglecting to get your lessons?” “Oh, I can run a correspondence school of some kind, can’t I?”