Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1913 — Very Plain Criticism. [ARTICLE]

Very Plain Criticism.

Children are not always grateful beings, and they are notably hard to entertain. At a birthday party a kindly natured adult had toiled hard in the effort to amuse .the children by means of parlor magic, ventriloquism, burlesque dapcing and the like. The other adults present were highly amused; and some of the children deigned to chuckle mildly. The inothei of the hostess, however, felt that full justice had not been rendered, so before announcing refreshments she took pains to thank the entertainer, and to call the attention of the youngsters to his gifts. "Mr. Blank is very funny, Isn’t ha children?’’*she concluded. From the rear of the room came a small, shrill voice: “Yessum, but not so fnnny as he be thinks he is!”