Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1917 — Woeful Lament. [ARTICLE]

Woeful Lament.

Her grown-up sister and cousin were dressing for a masquerade and Ethel was watching them and begging to “go too.” Finally her sister said firmly: “Now, Ethel, don’t be absurd. You can’t go, so do stop crying?” Whereupon Ethel threw herself on the bed weeping and sobbing out, “0, 0, why was I born too late.”