Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1916 — Helping Some. [ARTICLE]

Helping Some.

“Please give me something to eat,” asked the tramp at the back door. “I haven’t anything for you to eat, 1 ” replied the up-to-date woman; “but if ydu’ll come in I’ll put you next to the electric current, for I read that a theory has been advanced by a French , scientist that electric currents can be made to take the place of food in sustaining life to a considerable degree.”