Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1916 — HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY [ARTICLE]

HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY

The gasser and the guesser are not in It with the silent worker. Blue sky in your soul will keep the blue devils out of your head. Men are brave because it is Impossible for them to turn tail like their prehistoric ancestors. If you wish to be envied by your neighbors, pretend to know a whole lot of spicy secrets. The Horse Traders’ convention passed resolutions that it is wrong to lie about a dead horse. The true reformer receives brickbat bouquets in life, while the fake reformer secures the politician’s dingbats. The man who cannot sing may have beautiful fiiusic caked In his soul Jn such large globules that he can’t roll them out. When the chocolate-colored coon and the calico-colored possum lie down together, chocolate will be the only visible color.