Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1916 — GATHERED SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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HOPELESS.

“A rather plain spoken friend of mine told me I ought to stand before a mirror occasionally and shake my list at simply to keep from getting too good an opinion of myse.lf.” “I’m afraid that wouldn’t work In your case.” “Why not?" “You’re such a confounded egotist that If you started out by shaking your fist at yourself, you would end by shaking hands with yourself.”