Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1914 — ON THE FUNNY SIDE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ON THE FUNNY SIDE

ONE SMILE THAT CAME OFF Information That Man Was Sitting on His Hat Withheld for Fear of Spoiling Expression. "Look pleasant,”'said the .photographer. The sitter raised his eyes and gave a sickening smirk. "Your head Just a little more to the left, pTease,” . suggested the voice from the black shroud. "No, don’t move the eyes.” Likg\ a man suffering from a stiff neck or an Eiffel tower collar, the sitter tilted his head gingerly till it reached the desired and he resembied a dying flsh 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 out a minute and three-quar-ters. "Thank you," he observed. “You cag get up. I’m afraid you have been Bitting on your hat.” "My hat," roared the sitter angrily, regarding the flattened felt. "Why the dickens didn’t you tell me I was sitting on my hat?” “My dear elr,” protested the tographer, blandly, “that would have spoiled your expression.”—Pittsburgh Chronicle.,,