Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — WANTED IT AS A WARNING [ARTICLE]

WANTED IT AS A WARNING

Old Gentleman Had Particular Use for That Peculiarly AtrociousLooking Beetle. On the counter of the Christmas bazaar stood all the usual horrors which an unscrupulous world insists on giving the poor kiddies as “toys.” There were animals, birds and insects which resembled nothing save the creatures of a particularly fierce nightmare. The customer steadied himself by a chair and’ after a careful selection, picked up one specially terrible beetle. •Til take that,” he told the assistant. “How much is it?” “Half a dollar!” replied the girl. “Is it for your little boy?” “No; I want to take It to a dinner party I have to attend.” /‘Whatever for?” exclaimed the girl, surprised out of her carefully acquired -Calais——- :■■■<- ' * / “Well, I’m going to stand it in front of me on the table when the drinks are going round and when I see two beetles —well, it’s time to go home 1"