Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1918 — IT IS TO LAUGH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IT IS TO LAUGH

Getting the Expression. “Will you take something to drink?” asked the photographer. “With pleasure,” the sitter replied. The photograph was taken and the sitter said: “But what about the little invitation?” “Oh, that’s just a professional ruse of mine to give a natural, interested expression to the face.” * In All Sincerity.

“I made a bad break just now.” “How so?” “I told Miss Passee Td ask her to dance, only there wasn’t room on the floor to swing a cat!”

A Hot One. Mrs. A.—You were such a charming debutante, my dear, five years ago. Miss B. —Was I? I only remember you made such a lovely chaperone for me when I came out. Just Like People. “Microbes are . not all of one kind.” “No, indeed; there are romantic microbes that live in kisses, and mercenary microbes that live on dollar bills.” Strayed Away.

Adv ertisement —“Lost while going home to Brookline, black leather handbag.” You cannot always trust a black leather handbag to go straight home every night.

A Bad Start. Bride —Pm so afraid people will find out that we’re just married, that I’ve made Jack promise to treat me in public just r as if he had no thought of anyone but himself Mrs. Longwed—My dear, I adopted that plan when I was married, and my husband never got over it. Personal. He—The fools are not all dead yet, She—That’s as sure as you live.