Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1916 — It's the Sad Truth. [ARTICLE]

It's the Sad Truth.

“I need a lot of new things," began Mrs. Wife. “We have to get a new rug for the dining room and some curtains for the living room. We need some new dishes, too. And, besides, I haven’t a thing to wear. I’ve got to get a new evening dress and a street dress, and a couple of new hats, and I haven’t a pair of shoes to my name, and —” Well, what’s the joke about this? you ask. It isn’t any joke—that’s all.