Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1913 — An Interruption. [ARTICLE]

An Interruption.

An Impassioned oratress had reached the climax of her denunciation of the tyrant sex, when a little man in the corner said he arose to present a question of special privilege. “Put him out!” shrieked many unfriendly voices. “State your question," said the oratress. “I want to marry you,” said the little man. “I like your talk and I like your looks. I’ve got a good house and a 20-horsepower motor car.” “Order! order!” shrieked the audience. “Let him state his question," shouted the oratress. “I’m fifty-two, a regular churchgoer, with a good business and $6,000 in the bank,” concluded the little man. “Put him out!" yelled everybody. “In deference to the popular demand,” said the gifted oratress, “I’ll have to ask you to wait on the outside.” • “I’ll wait,” chuckled the little man. Whereupon the oratress resumed.— Cleveland Plain Dealer.