Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1918 — His Desire [ARTICLE]

His Desire

“Pardon me, sir,” said the salesman. In his superior way, "but this Is not the hat you should have, at all. Now, here Is one much more becoming to you. The price is only two dollars more, and—” “If a colored man with a wooden leg should ask you for a seventy-five cent pink, purple or polka dotted hat you would sell it to him if you had it, wouldn’t you?” Interrupted old Festus Pester. ■ “Yes, sir, but —■” “Then please treat me as kindly as you would a colored man with a wooden leg.”—Kansas City Star.