Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1918 — Adrift with Humor [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Adrift with Humor

Polishing Too Highly. “When <jid you study elocution?” “Elocution!” echoed Senator Sorghum. “I never studied it” “Would it not have helped your oratorical style?” ' ' “Maybe. But it would have done away with the little off-hand mistakes that help to convince a crowd that a man is speaking straight from the heart and not trying to beguile the senses with studied eloquence,” A Father's Disappointment “That was a fine letter Josh wrote home,” commented Mrs. Corntossel. “Every line of it was jes’ as grammatical as it could be.” “That's what worries me," replied her husband. “He has spoiled his style. I thought at- first he was goin’ to have a great future as one of these natural-born comical 'dialect writers.” >x-The Times. “Who, is the woman in the .handsome limousine which has just left yonder house?” “Oh, that’s (he washlady.” “And who Is the person who has just come out of the door and started to walk down the street?" • “That’s just the woman of the house.” As It Goes. “Who sent the little bunch of violets?” “The friend who did more than anyone else in his life to help him when he was in trouble.” “And from whom did the fine sprays of flowers come?” “From the ones who refused to lend him money when he needed it." >