Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1919 — SPLINTERS [ARTICLE]

SPLINTERS

No matter how hard a man runs for office he is perfectly satisfied to win in a walk. Reflection often reduces a man to humiliation, but it more often increases a woman’s vanity. A few persons would like to see themselves as others see them, but most of us would rather have others see us as we see ourselves. f ’ A man knows that a strop properly used makes a sharp razor, blit the little shaver knows that when vigorously applied it makes a dull pain. One of the kaiser’s regrets probably is that he didn’t have a Hun U-boat on. the job when Noah float-ed the ark so he could have killed all the birds and things with one torpedo.