Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1918 — GOOD LAUGHS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD LAUGHS

In the Restaurant Patron —Walter, this la a meatlese day, isn’t it? Walter—Why, no, sir. What made you think so? Patron —It struck me It must be| from this lamb stew. Not Much of a Tale. "It won’t be much of a story,‘"will itr “What?" “When our grandchildren ask nd what we did in the great war, and wd have to tell them that once a week we went without meat”

Grounds f6r Fear.

“I wonder.” 1 “What are you wondering about?” ) “If this long, cold speU is going to spoil the ice crop.”

Justifiable Peace. “Can separate peace ever be justifiable?” -demanded the parlor orator, “Yes,” answered the man who wasn’t supposed to. “I once knew a man who made up with his wife, but kept her mother out of the house.” His Small Economy.

“My friend, there la really no excuse for your not looking neat and dean.” “Sorry, mister,” explained Plodding Peter, “but I’m conserving my bit along wit de rest o* de folks. You jes* happened

to hit me on my soapless day." Their Sort. “Didn’t the suffrage pickets sue for mercy when they were jailed?” “No, but they’re suing tor damages now." Modern Cookery. “Didn’t I tell you to cook this egg four minutesF “I did so, sir,” answered the waiter. “It was just out of cold storage. Four minutes wasn’t enough time to do much, more than thaw it nicely."