Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1917 — SOME SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOME SMILES

No Chance. “What have you there?" ujusl fl littlg :: answered the amateur poet: . _ “Aqd you want to get it published, -Of course? 0 "=*==3.-.-“I hope some editor will accept it and pay me a fair price.”* 4 “Umph! That’s another ‘little flight of fancy.’ Domestic Tragedy. “So Glithery’s wife has left him forever. How sad!” “Isn't it!” “Did she leave him any mementoes?” “Yes—three children.” '""Would Like One. Too. ~ “Thefre’s man’s best friend,” he said, pulling a cigar from his pocket-. - “Well,” replied his companion, wistfuliy. “I hate to see a man have only one friend.” Highly Insulted.

“I tried to explain to m.v grocer what is meantby.calories in food." • ' ‘'Yes?” “But he cut me f short-by beeoming- | indignant and saying that he had made it a life-long practice to sell anything that was not in perfect condi- ' tion.” .

. • Didn't Count. “You say there was parental objection to the match?*!— “Yes, but it didn’t amount to much.” “Why so?” “Her father was doing all the obr jecting.” _ Airing a Grievance. “Is Meddlers a successful man of as-. fairs?” * " ' V V “I don’t know how he manages fils own affairs and other peoples’ affairs, but he has certainly made a mesa of mine.” '