Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1914 — QUITE PROBABLY IT WOULD [ARTICLE]

QUITE PROBABLY IT WOULD

; Little Accident to Haadgear Liksiy to ,*. r Spoil Expression of Almost ;Any Man. “Look pleasant,” said the photographer. The sitter raised his eyes and gave a sickening smirk. “Your head Just a little More to the left, please,” suggested the- voice from the black shroud. "No, don't move the eyes." Like a man suffering from a stiff neck or an Eiffel tower collar, the sitter tilted his head gingerly till it reached the desired angle, and he resembled a dying fish trying not to mind. “That’s very nice, very nice Indeed,” said the photographer. “Stay just there while I make the exposure.” He removed the cap as he spoke and counted opt a minute and three-quarters. “Thank* you,” he observed. “You can get up. I'm afraid'you have been sitting on your hat” “My hat!" roared the sitter, ahgrtly, regarding the flattened felt “Why the dickens didn't you tell me I was sitting on my hat?” “My dear sir,” protested the photographer, blandly, “that would have spoiled your - expression.” -