Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1913 — Attempt Useless. [ARTICLE]

Attempt Useless.

Needing some ribbon one day, while in a very small southern town, we went to the one store there. “Ribbons?” questioned the storekeeper. “Well, we-all just mislaid our stock of ribbons, but if-you-all come back later, I’ll see if I can find them.” So back we went later. He had found them. “What color did you-all want?" “Blue," we replied. “Oh, blue!” he exclaimed in disgust “We haven’t got any blue. Blue is so popular we don’t even try to keep it.” —Harper’s Magazine.