Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — SOME SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOME SMILES

No Transfer. .... “.Tibbles married for money, you say?” “Yes." "Where’s the money now?” “Still right where it was when he married for it.” Likely. “Your wife, goes to the country, eh?” “Yep.” * “Oh, you I Kicking over the traces a bit, eh?” “Well, not exactly. But I had a poker party at the house the other night. And I’m afraid she’ll be kicking over the traces when she gets back!”

Family Secrets.

“Is your father a commuter, little boy?” “Not yet, sir, but I ’spect he’s goin’ to be. I heard ma say he was goin’ to git fils sentence commuted.”

The Usual Piece of Mind. “Pa, mother’s lookin’ for yer.” “What’s she want of me now?” “She don’t want .nothing of yer, but she says she’s goin’ to give yer something.” Very Much So. “I hear Chloe'was much cut up by William’s conduct, Mandy.” “So she was, ma’am, so she was. But it wasn’t conduct, ma’am, it was bis razah.” Birds of . a Feather. Billy—Say, what do dey mean by «a smoker’s set;? Jimmy—Dat’s a cinch. It's de crowd what hangs round de cigar store. Self-Evident.

“Talking about age, Miss Nancy seems to be hold-, ing her own.” “You bet" she does. Nobody else ever succeeded in getting hold of it.”

-aQuite Necessary. “Blinks prides himself on being blunt. He says he always calls a spacje a spade.” . ' “Wen, he could hardly get one at a hardware store if he called it a spatulum, could he?” ' <• Sensitive About It “Ah,” said the visitor, “this villags boasts a choral - society, I understand.” “No,” said the native, “we never boast of it.” _ ' .