Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1913 — Vanity of Men. [ARTICLE]

Vanity of Men.

It was a grand party given ky ene of the noted gentlemen of the city, and most of the guests were men. There was a woman, however, to be seen here and there. At one of the tables there wem a number of young men dlsonsslag the problem, “Are Most Women Vain?” Of course most of the young men agreed that they were. A young woman was sitting at this table, and she listened to the conversation as long as she could stand It. At last things got too much for her, and she arose and politely said: “You all agree that moßt women are vain, hut what If I tell you that the handsomest maa sitting at this table” has forgetten to put on his necktie?" Immediately all the men put their hands up to their necks, and then she asked, aa she left the room, ‘‘Are women the only creatures in this world who are vain?”