Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1919 — SUMMER SMILES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SUMMER SMILES

Methodinit, Farmer (to new help)— Why do you always ring that small bell after ringing the regular dinner bell? Irish Cook —That’s to call the children, sorr. Poor Support.

“Why is your wife no longer your leading lady?” “She couldn’t support me in the style I had been accustomed to,” replied Yorick Hamm, the eminent actor.

Wouldn’t Stand for It. A “Met your husband in his car. E* said he was going downtown to get a siren.” “Just let me catch any hussy of that kind riding with my husband.” Not for Him. “Play poker with a dentist? No, sir!” “Why not?” “He’s too blamed expert at drawing and filling.” Slightly Mixed. A prospective juryman, of foreign birth, was being questioned. "What is perjury?” he was asked. “Having more than one wife,” the man answered. His Smoking Habit.

‘Tour husband denies It,” said the doctor, but isn’t it- true that he smokes between meals?” “Naw,” replied the patient’s wife. “He eats between smokes.”

Not to Be Borne. "Henry, Mrs. Flibbers next door says she Is going to get a new electric runabout.” “That’s good. Maybe she’ll take you out for a little ride.” "Oh, dear! Oh, dear!” “What’s the matter now?” “You can sit there and calmly talk about your wife being subjected to public humiliation 1”