Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1918 — IT IS TO SMILE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IT IS TO SMILE

The Difference. “Young Know! tall says he earns $206 a week at that job.” “What a good salary!” “Oh, his salary is only SSO a month.”

"The Cheerful Optimist.

x “Shall we ever communicate with the distant planets?” “Sure. I expect to see people commuting as far as Saturn.”

\Time to Cease. “What are you going to say about Flubdub’s new novel?” - “Nothing,” replied the - critic. “There’s been enough white paper wasted as it is.”

The Cause.

"There is something very queer about this oyster stew. Can you tell what isr - “Pm not sure, but I think I not'd some oysters in it” ■’

Y - * ■ \ A Word of Warning. “Have y<ta Aesop’s Fables?” “Yes.” *1 hear the book is good. Pretty snappy, eh?" “It’s a good book of its kind.” replied the salesman. “However, I must warn you that it la nt written in slang.” ■ 1