Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1917 — Very Useful. [ARTICLE]

Very Useful.

“What a peculiar choice for a wedding gift 1” remarked a lady, trying not to laugh, as she Inspected a huge flatiron which her charwoman had just bought. “Ain’t it, mam,” said the charwoman, rather proudly- than otherwise. “It’s my sister that's gettin’ married, and I’m repaying her for the gift she sent on my weddln’ day.” “ “Did she send you something very ugly, then?” “ ’Deed, no, mum. Hers was a beautiful present. But you see, ma’am, a little bird whispered to me that her future husband’s a man of violent temper, and I thought I’d send her something that would be useful in case of family disputes. She has the straightest alm with a flatiron ever I seed!"— Pearson’s Weekly.