Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1916 — HURT HIM TO “LOOSEN UP” [ARTICLE]

HURT HIM TO “LOOSEN UP”

College Tightwad In Distress at Having to Pay, as He Put Up, “Two Bits a Twist." Occasionally the proverbial college spender tfnds his opposite In the padlocked pocketbook variety. One of these rar<* examples was thrown among * group of “always broke" Individuals In the close bonds of fraternal brotherJbood at DePauw. j It was well known that Irish had

a plentiful supply of hard coin, but with it an ability to hold on to it through thick and thin. This tenacity was carried to an extreme that worried the empty-pocketed brothers and any shock that cost Irish a “bone” was a source of amusement. Unfortunately, the Irishman played class football and in the melee sprained a toe. With a long face he went to a prominent physician and had the Injured member bandaged. When he came home it was with a downcast front to announce “Lost four bits,”

and his lower jaw dropped still lower. “He just looked at it and turned it a couple of times. Reckon it was two bits a twist." —Indianapolis News.