Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1913 — Once a Year for Her. [ARTICLE]

Once a Year for Her.

A party of tourists in an automobile were traveling through a mountainous section of country. A halt was made at a log cabin to obtain information in regard to the route. The only visible occupant of the cabin was an untidy, unkempt old white woman, A young woman of the party whose hair had become loosened, went into the cabin and deftly and with dispatch combed and put up her hair. The old woman watched the proceedings with interest. Finally she asked: “Does you comb yo’ hair every day?” “Oh, yes,” was the smiling response. “I never did see," said the old woman with a dubious shake of the head, “how folks could comb their hair every day. I don’t comb mine but onct a year, an’ then it mighty nigh kills mel"