Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1919 — The Wish and the Thought. [ARTICLE]

The Wish and the Thought.

Little three-year-old Ruth had very curly hair, and It was a great trial whenever her mamma combed it. One day during the ordeal she cried and struggled more than usual and her mamma said: “Why, Ruth, what will the neighbors say if they hear you?” “I dess they’ll say,” answered Ruth, between sobs, “if zat was my kid I wouldn’t bother wlf her old frizzy hair.”