Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1914 — GATHERED SMILES [ARTICLE]

GATHERED SMILES

HIS BTOCK IN TRADE.

The nervous little man next to the car window sized up the fat man who shared the.seat with hlra and ventured the inquiry: “How’s business?” “Can’t complain,” said the other laconically. ’’What do you deal In?” “Mothers-in-law, billy goats, the weather, s\it skirts, tramps, stranded actors, candidates, politics and the like.” “Whattyye tryin’ to do?” snarled the nervous little man. “Tryin’ to kid me?” “Nope,” the fat man grinned. “The things I have named in a large measure comprise my stock In trade. You see, my dear sir, l am a professional writer of - jokes and anecdotes.” — Youngstown Telegram.