Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1919 — SMILES AND SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SMILES AND SMILES

Light 4-iterature. “And now we shall spend an hour in my library.” , “I’m agreeable.” “Which book do you prefer?” “Just gimme a book of cigarette pa* pers and I’ll be satisfied.” Did So.

“Forty thousand muscles, eh? That’s a good many.” “What of it?” “I see the elephant’s trunk is said to contain 40,000 muscles.” “Well, well 1 Mother Nature displayed ingenuity when she packed that trunk.”

Differ Only on the Board. “Some one has compared life to a game of chess. What do you think of that idea?” , “I don’t know. Anyhow, we are something like the pieces—when shoved into the wooden box at the end of the game, king and pawn are of equal value.” ■■— Musta Fallen Among Thieves.

“I had a queer experience the other night.” “Proceed.” “Two men knocked me do.wn and another held me up.” a -

More Dotnestic Discussion. "Kicking about a few millinery bills? Why, I could have married Wombat, who is now a millionaire. But I didn’t.” v ' \ “That’s one big reason why he’s a millionaire.” . Completing His Education. The Victim—That young fellow who had the next chair was a fine barber. Why did you send him back to the barbers’ college f The Head Barber—He was a good operator, yes; but he had an impediment in his speech, so I sent him back for a post-graduate course in conversation.