Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1913 — The Limit. [ARTICLE]

The Limit.

After standing by for 15 minutes listening to the stream of questions put to a policeman at a busy corner, the woman said:

“Don’t you get awfully tired of answering all these fool questions that are put to you hour after hour?” “Well, rather," said he. I’ve got so used to it that there is only one of the lot that makes me actually boiL"

“Which one is that?" she inquired. “Don’t I get awfully tired of answering all the fool questions that other folks ask?”

“Oh!” said the woman, and hurried on.

Will Grow Up to Be a Lawyer. Little Charles is trying to learn to control his naturally violent temper, and every adult nfember of the family is eager to help him. The-other children, too, have been urged not to do anything to render a fall easy. Charles is an observant and quickwitted youngster, and the other day, when his mother proposed condign punishment for some act of serious disobedience, he advanced a novel plea for mercy. “Please don’t punish me, mamma,” he pleaded. “It makes me so angry to be punished, and I’m trying so hard to keep my temper today.”