Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1916 — Appreciative. [ARTICLE]

Appreciative.

“Now, this poet has the right Idea about doing business,” said the editor. "You surprise me.” “Before submitting a sonnet he presents me with* a first-class cigar.’ “Suppose the poem is not worth publishing?” “Oh, I’m not without a sense of gratitude. I’ll contribute a two-cent stamp and see that he gets his verses back again.”