Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1918 — SOME OBSERVATIONS. [ARTICLE]

SOME OBSERVATIONS.

A true friend is a jewel that shines in the dark. A cheerful lie makes more friends than a solemn truth. A woman of few words usually has the reiteration habit. e A girl thinks a man is brave because he isn’t afraid to swear. People with peppery tempers are not the salt of the earth. No, Raffalo, earthquakes were not invented by the Quakers. As a man grows older he has more sympathy for the chap who can’t deliver the goods. A diplomat is the fellow who has acquired the art' of going after what he wants while the other fellow is waiting. • '