Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1913 — GOOD JOKES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD JOKES

CAUSE FOR DISGUST. The christening party consisted of the proud father, the baby—a girl—the grandfather and the rest of the folks. The grandfather stood nearest the priest during the ceremony. “What’s the child’s name?” asked the priest of the grandfather at the appropriate moment. “I dunno," the grandfather replied. And he turned to the father and whispered hoarsely: “What’s its name?** “Hazel,” replied the father. “What?” asked the grandfather. “Hazel,” repeated the father. The grandfather threw up his hands in disgust * "What d’ye think av that?” he asked the priest. “With the calendar ar the saints full av gur-rl names—an’ him namin’ his after a nut!” —Saturday Evening Post