Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — A Shrewd Old Man. [ARTICLE]

A Shrewd Old Man.

"You’re an old married man. What do you do when your wife, begins to scold?” "Encourage her. I talk back —discreetly, of course. I say tantalizing things, make foolish excuses. I stammer and get husky.” “But doesn’t that make her a good deal madder?”, “Of course it does. That’s the intention. I want her to get so mad that she won’t have any voice left to ask me for money.” "Gee, I wonder if I’ll ever get as hardened as that?"