Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1913 — Like the Greek Philosopher’s Fate [ARTICLE]

Like the Greek Philosopher’s Fate

The matter of newspaper subscriptions reminds a Kansas editor of the Greek philosopher whose poverty began to pinch him. One es his friends sent word to the men of the city that each should take a certain kind of wine and on a certain day go to the philosopher’s house and pour the wine into an empty vat And so they did. but each thought that one bottle of water would not be noticed in so much wine, and the vat was filled with water. Thus the philosopher received no aid. It is somewhat that way with subscriptions. One fellow thinks he owes only a small amount and so neglects to pay it. The other fellow thinks the same and the’ editor fares almost as well as the philosopher. <