Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1919 — With the Jokesmiths [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

With the Jokesmiths

The Way of It. “They don’t reckon prize fights as they do money.” “How do you mean?” “In money it takes ten mills to make one cent, but in the ring it takes hundreds of pounds to make one mill.” Her Divorce “Suits.”

_ Male Friend —- Looking forward to your- divorce, eh? Mrs. Flyppe— Yes; I’m simply dying what the papers will say about my costumes.

Good to His Folks. “See here, Jones, why don’t you sprinkle ashes on your icy sidewalk?*’ “Because I don’t want to deprive my family of any pleasure. You have no idea how it amuses the Children to see people slip and fall down.” The Truth. “He told his wffe their evenings at the club were very quiet and harmless ones, and that for hours at a time they would just sit around the table and hold hands.” “Just so; he was speaking by the card.” > Don’t Do It.

“You wouldn’t wear an overcoat that way. Yet many men—” “Well?” “Sqem to wear their dispositions wrong side out.”

Coarse Bark. "I reckon you wouldn’t believe It, ma’am,” remarked the backwoods feller to the gullible old lady from the thickly populated districts, “but lots o’ nights we are kept awake by the bark o’ dogwood trees.” “ Quite a Difference. "Ther.e is quite a difference between the ■ blowhard and the garrulous to-, per.” “Say it.” “Onfe is inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity and the other is verbose with the exuberance of his own inebriation.” The Market Value. “I will pledge you my honor to re* pay a loan — “Oh, your honor is security, is it? How much do you want? Thirty cents?” a.