Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1915 — A Home Thrust [ARTICLE]

A Home Thrust

“All sorts and conditions of men have excellent explanations for their positions in life,” said the Senator. “A tramp, however, came under my observation who had no illusions about the cause of his own conditions. “A fine-looking and fashionably dressed woman had just alighted from her limousine at the hotel entrance, and was suddenly approached by this shabbily dressed man who requested a dime. “No, I have no money to spare for you* I don’t see why an able-bodied man like you should go about begging.’” •*— “I s’pose ma’am, replied the lazy tramp, it’s fer about the same reason that a healthy woman like you boards at a hotel instead of keepin* house.’ ”