Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — Next Day. [ARTICLE]

Next Day.

It chgnced, in the days before the war, that an Englishman in Berlin became acquainted with a young Germap officer. One day they were lingering over a tete-a-tete luncheon. The officer got up and said, “I will give you a toast.” Raising his wellfilled glass, he added: “I drink to ‘The Day!’ ” and there was a smile on his lips which hinted at some hidden jest In the words. His companion, the Englishman, looked at him quietly. “Indeed, Herr Lieutenant!” he said: “let me follow your toast with one of my own: ‘Here’s to “The Day After!”’”