Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1915 — A PUNCTURED METAPHOR. [ARTICLE]

A PUNCTURED METAPHOR.

“Did you write this note to Maria?" asked the young woman’s mother. “Yes,” replied the susceptible youth. “And you considered it proper to remark that her teeth were pearls.” “It’s customary to say things like that.” “Well, young man, let me tell you something. If Marla's teeth were pearls, she wouldn’t be wastin’ ’em on ham and cabbage an’ chocolate drops. She’d string ’em an wear ’em around her neck an' take her chances on an imitation set of household Jewelry, for everyday work, from the store."