Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1918 — IT IS TO SMILE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IT IS TO SMILE

Supply and Demand.

Peddler Any tins, ma’am? H o u s e k eeper (indignantly) , Those tins you sold me last week have all gone to pieces. Peddler —Yes’m. I knew you’d want some more by this time.

Most Unusual. "Who Is the pompous gentleman T* “A self-appointed investigator of conditions who has just returned from the front.” “With a ‘message,’ of course?” “No. Strange to say, he didn’t bring bac£ a ‘message.’” s Both Ways. "Do you think If we save on this performance by cutting out the calcium, {he public will look on it as a breach of faith?” “I think it will tend to put the show in a very bad; light.”

Desperate Chance.

“Why did Smith marry his typewriter?” “I suppose he thought it was his only chance of being the family dictator.” a t

Aid to Caution. The. Driver^—Yes, I married my old girl through sympathy, like. Yes see, I knocked ’er down wiv me old taxi. The Misogynist—They wouldn’t be so many blinkin, accidents then. The Reason. “How quietly that automobile- came along.” “Yes; I suppose the wheels are so quiet because they’re all tired.”