Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — His Size. [ARTICLE]

His Size.

John’s expenditures at college had grown to be of such dimensions that father demanded they be decreased. To help out in this he required an Itemized account of all his demands for money. So when John wished a dog as several of the other elite collegians- had, he had to send in this request: ‘Tor one bulldog with a pedigree, 150.” The answer came in due time. And besides the small check In the envelope was this note: ‘Xap sending you |5. If you have to have something with a pedigree, buy a canary bird. It’s about your size.”