Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1915 — Just an Idea. [ARTICLE]

Just an Idea.

“Well, yes,” confessed the landlord of Periwinkle tavern, “it is an idea of a purple stripe all around the hotel at the top of the first story. You see there wouldn’t otherwise be anything to distinguish this particular inn from thousands of others. As it is, a good many people drop in to point out to me r that such a decoration is not in good taste, or to urge some other color, or something that-a-way. And they-usually remain J long enough to spend a dollar or two before I am thoroughly convinced. “Persons with literary talent, and occasionally a real writer, come along and suspect me of being a character, and board here while studying me. As a matter of fact, a drummer gave me a can of purple paint out of his samples, and I didn’t know what else to do with it”—Women’s Home Companion.