Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1913 — Out of the Dictograph. [ARTICLE]

Out of the Dictograph.

"My son,” said Dug Watson to his oldest boy, "don’t pose and assume to be a superior being while you are courting Sallie Hankins. Persuading a girl that you are her ideal is almost eure to invite her just resentment later On.’’ People get over enjoying highly romantic novels the same as they get over liking nursery rhymes. You can come pretty near guessing a woman’s age if she will tell you honestly who her favorite author is. There are things that even conscientious effort cannot accomplish. The harder some men try to sing the worse U sounds. Grandpa Mintlicker, who ie eighty years old, says he can’t see why'there should be any fuss about women smokin’ cigarettes. He has known a number of perfect ladies who dipped snnff. "Does your daughter play by note?” "No,” answered Si Smiling, “she plays by ear. We are buying the piano by note.”