Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — OLD SAYING SLIGHTLY MIXED [ARTICLE]

OLD SAYING SLIGHTLY MIXED

Familiar “Before You Could Say Jack - Robinson" Does Not Convey . • the RiqbUJdea. Opin ion'differs as to the proper duration of a social call. “Anywhere i from teitXninutes to a half-hour,” says ! the' woman who has a social secretary • and whose daily job is “calling,” to the i tune Of tea and wafers. “AU afteri noon,” says the bourgeoise. who takes ■ along her knitting a.nd sits down to I coffee and cake. “And then,” say i some, “it depends upon” the call;' ; On'some occasions and with different i people, we stay longer than others.” But Jack Robinson’s calls never varied, He never stayed long enough to wear out his welcome. In fact hardly had he been announced, hardly had the servant who admitted him spoken aloud his name than he was gone. So, as you see, .“before you can say. Jack Robinson” has no reference td the time it takes to say it. “As long as’ you can see Jack Robinson” woukU „be more in order with its origin and significance.