Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1915 — Still Belonged [ARTICLE]

Still Belonged

A small, rather timid-looking man entered a newspaper office and approached the clerk. “Are you the man who takes In society news?" he queried, with an appealing look. "Yes, sir,” cheerfully replied the young man at the desk. “I can take any kind of news. What have you got?" “Why, it’s Just this way," said the caller, lowering his voice. “My wife gave a party last night It was a brilliant affair, and I am willing to pay to have this report of it put In the paper.” “We don’t charge anything for publishing society news,” explained the clerk, at the same time taking the proffered manuscript and looking it ever. “That's all right” was the reply. "You don’t get me. I wrote this up myself, and I put In a line that says, ‘Mr. Halfback assisted his distinguished wife In receiving the guests.* That’s the way I want it to go in, and I don’t care what the cost is, absolutely don’t care what the cost is. I want my friends to know, by George, that I still belong to the family.”