Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1920 — HE MIGHT CHARGE FOR A LOOK [ARTICLE]

HE MIGHT CHARGE FOR A LOOK

Certainly, at Price Druggist Wanted for Oil, a Little Should Go a . Long Way. Recently, one cold morning, several women were waiting in a north side drug store until the street car came. A colored woman entered and asked the druggist for a certain kind of oil. He went to the rear of the store where he kept the stock, and coming back, said: “It is $2.25 an ounce. How much do you want?” The colored woman was plainly disconcerted at the high price. After a second’s hesitation her. face brightened. as she said earnestly: “Maybe a drop would be enough.” Just as seriously the druggist replied, “Lady, we don’t sell it by the drop.” The ludicrous side of the situation struck the women spectators and they began to laugh. One of them remarked, “Well, at that price I think a smell would be sufficient.”—lndian spoils News.