Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1916 — Retort Courteous. [ARTICLE]

Retort Courteous.

“Work of art!” sneered the critic. “Say, if that daub is a work of art. then I’m a blathering Idiot.” “The latter part of your statement,” rejoined the artist, calmly, “would seem to furnish conclusive proof that it really is a work of art.”