Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1915 — WISHED HE WAS A BELGIAN [ARTICLE]

WISHED HE WAS A BELGIAN

Man With Missing Button Didn't Have Heart to Worry Wife Who Was Knitting for War Victims. “There goes another button!” said the man who was standing with,his thumb hitched Inside his waistband. "Didn’t you know it was loose?" “Of course I knew it was loose. .1 knew that my hosiery needs darning, and that' I ought to have a lot of needle and thread work done.” "Why don't you tell your wife about it?” “I haven’t the heart to worry her. You know, she’s so sympathetic, she isn’t happy unless she’s knitting something to send over to Europe. Honestly, sometimes I almost wish I was one of those unhappy Belgians.”