Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 313, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 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 soiemn truth. A woman of few words usually has the reiteration habit. 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, Raffalp, 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.