Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1914 — WHAT HE WAS DOING. [ARTICLE]

WHAT HE WAS DOING.

It’s All Right to Ridicule Woman’s Curiosity but How About Man’s. “Woman’s curiosity,” said Mr. Fletcher, "Is a quality of mind beyond human understanding." "Yes,” said Mrs. Fletcher. "What made you think o- that?” "The fool actions of a woman thatI saw down town to-day. She followed a man ten blocks just to get to read a placard that was fastened, to his back. She spotted him at Congress street That was really the end of her trip—l made that out from something she said to another woman who was too fat to join in the chas& —but when shs caught sight of that flaming red poster tied to the man’s back her curiosity got the better of her, and she set out after him. He led her quite a chase across town and down town and back again, but she never weakened. She tagged faithfully along In his wake, and finally she got close ’enough to read that notice.” Mrs. Fletcher reflected a moment. "What did It say?” she asked. “It advised her to get her teeth, pulled somewhere on Wabash avenue.” Mrs. Fletcher thought again., "Where were you all the time she was trying to find that out?” “Me?” said Fletcher. “Oh, I was following the woman. I wanted - to see if she finally caught up with the man.”