Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1914 — SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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GOdD ENOUGH ALREADY. This is the old thin& she quoted: "A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be.” - This is what the Brute answered: “Well, what of itr "Are you one of those who think that silly old rhyme true?” “Not altogether.” “I am much relieved,” said the woman. “I was as*ald that you were a reactionary, but I see that you are a modern. Now tell |ne what it is in that horrid old- rhyme that you can’t Btand for?” “Well, I never- could see,” eaid the man, frankly, “why a walnut tree had to be beaten.” Men will be men!—Cleveland Plain Dealer.