Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — Their Spelling Match. [ARTICLE]

Their Spelling Match.

After attending a minstrel show one evening Mr. Topping thought he’d try pome of the jokes on his wife at breakfast next morning.' "My dear,” he began, with a grin, "can you spell money with four letters?” iv "I cannot,” replied the lady, coldly. "Ah, that’s good!” laughed hubby. "A wnmnii rIBTOf "PC B Cftt-Ch ftS quickly as a man can. Well, theway to spell it is c-a-s-h. Doesn’t that spell —- ■ - • . Mrs. T. failed to smile, so Topping "Wait a minute,” said his wife: "I’ve got one. Spell Topping with live letters.” Of course, Topping couldn’t. "Ah,” laughed the lady, "that’s good? —ArmsijrnsvWTian see a catch so quickly as a woman can. Well- suppose you try i-d-i-o-t? Isn’t that Topping?"