Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1913 — Inexplicable. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Inexplicable.

“He is generally known as a hardheaded business man, isn’t he?” “Yes.” "There’s something I wish you would explain, if you can. What is it that causes a hard-headed business man to pay money to a woman whose nails need manicuring—a woman whose general appearance is slovenly and who evidently finds it difficult to make ends meet—why, I say, should a hardheaded business man go to such a woman for the purpose of getting her to tell his fortune—to give him pointers concerning the management of his affairs —to tell him when to buy and when to sell?” “Oh, you might as well ask me to tell yob why a woman who knows perfectly well that you are lying when you tell her she is beautiful keeps tempting you to repeat it aud gets to hating your wife.”