Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1913 — CAP and BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP and BELLS

WHOM DID PROFESSOR MEET?

Pleasant Conversation With Beautiful Woman Not With Mrs. Raymond as He Remembered. The professor of philosophy, absent minded and full of enthusiasm, came Into the Bitting-room. “What a bautiful woman Mrs. Raymond is!” Be exclaimed. “I have just had such a pleasant talk with her in the book store.” His wife looked up from her sewing. “John!” she exclaimed, “where 1b ycrur collar?” The professor of philosophy put his hand to his throat. “I must have left it at the barber shop. Yes, that’s it. I went to the barber shop; then to the book store. Why,” he ended lamely, “Mrs. Raymond would think it very careless of me to appear in public without my collar, wouldn’t she?” “Rather,” said his wife. “Perhaps you hpd better call her up and tell her just how it happened.” “Exactly,” said the professor. The professor went to the telephone. “Hello, central, hello. Hello—is this Mrs. Raymond? Yes? Well, really, it was very stupid of me, Mrs. Raymond; but, you know, I had been thinking of something very important, and I quite forgot to put on my collar. I—oh —ah! —good-by.” The professor suddenly hung up the receiver. He gave utterance to a mild exclamation. “John!” exclaimed his wife. “She says she hasn’t been out of the house today,’’ groaned the professor. —Philadelphia Ledger.