Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1913 — Knew What He Meant. [ARTICLE]

Knew What He Meant.

Five-year-old Billy was swinging on the front gate. “How’s mother this morning?” asked a passing neighbor cheerily. Billy looked serious. “I don’t fink she feels very good, Mrs. Brown. Her bestest rosebush Is ’most spoiled, and she had to use lots of emotion.” Mrs. Brown looked sympathetic, but puzzled. “Poor mother! Did it really make her cry?" “No!” with scornful emphasis. “She Just putted some soapsuds an’ kerosene on the rosebush, to kill the bad little bugs.” “Oh, yes!” light dawned on the questioner; “emulsion.” “That’s what I said,” explained Billy patiently, “kerosene emotion."