Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1917 — THE WAY OF THE WORLD [ARTICLE]

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

The world likes a good loser, much better than a bad winner. Half the fun in this world is thinking of the fun you are going to have. Next to getting a new dress, what a woman likes most is getting a new dress just a little oftener than her neighbor. A woman’s idea of a perfect husband is one who can throw a soiled shirt anywhere but in the middle of the bedroom floor. Some fellows act when they tell a young girl that she is beautiful as though they were telling her something she didn’t already know. c Marriage is like any “other form of contract; it’s no good when it’s entered into by people who don’t want to live up to its terms. S. (