Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1914 — Knew the Size. [ARTICLE]

Knew the Size.

A Baltimore man tells a good story of a friend of his who recently became engaged to a charming young girl. The happy young lover happened to be In a fashionable shop when his eye caught a glimpse of a jewelled belt that seemed to him an acceptable gift for his fiancee. He asked the clerk to place an assortment of the belts on the counter. "Ladies’ belts?” quertal the polite salesman. Certainly sir. “what size?” The prospective * bridegroom blushed. "Really,” he stammered, i don’t know.” And he gazed about him helplessly tor a moment or so. Finally a happy thought happened to strike him. "Can’t you let me have a yard stick for a moment?” he asked. The yardstick being forthcoming he placed it alohg the Inside of his arm from shoulder to wrist. Then looking up at the clerk, he exclaimed, triumphantly, "Twenty inches!”