Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1918 — Counting the Cost. [ARTICLE]

Counting the Cost.

.Tam tarts unlimited was little Bobby’s idea of heaven, but since war flour came in and fat was scarce, he hadn’t been quite so fond of them as before. \ Mother, coming into the kitchen one afternoon, saw Bobby gazing at a dish of newly baked tarts. “What are you doing, Bobby!" she asked; sharply. * “I was just wondering, mother.” “Wondering? You haven’t touched those tarts, I hope?” "Not yet, mother,” said Bobby. “I was just wondering if they’re nice enough to be whipped for.”