Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1916 — CAP and BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP and BELLS

GABRIEL TOOK HIS MEASURE Suppliant at Pearly. Gates Had Not Played Summer Baseball, But Lied to Attendance Committee. The scene was that usual finale to earthly existence at which St. Peter passes upon those whose aviatory proclivities have progressed to the stage inhere they are suppliants for wings. An individual approaches the pearly gates. “Age, color and previous condition of servitude?" demanded St. Peter. “Twenty-two, white —I was a student at Ann Arbor.” “Humph!” muttered St. Peter, and forthwith dispatched a night letter to his satanic majesty, whereat the imps prepared for another collegiate celebration. “Have you never sinned?" inquired the saint. “Once,” came the confession. “Oh! so you played summer baseball?” snapped the heavenly guardian. “No. I lie<f to the attendance committee.” St. Peter' looked at the suppliant sternly. “Step right up, young man, while Gabriel measures you for wings.”—Michigan Gargoyle.