Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1918 — SHOTS FROM THE MAGAZINE [ARTICLE]

SHOTS FROM THE MAGAZINE

It is easier to furnish brain food than the brains. Diamonds are indispensable both to cut glass and Ice. Many people think philanthropy consists in giving advice. Don’t worry about giving the devil his due, he’ll take it. Ananias has been long dead but his line is far from extinct Blunt speech is invariably associated with sharp tongues. An ounce of hustling just now is worth a pound of oratory. The advent of the automobile has visibly lessened the supply of horse sense. Incompetent persons are generally those holding the jobs we would like to have. There is not even enough meat left in the country to start a canned beef scandal. The failure is generally the young man who was too stuck up to get down to honest labor.