Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1920 — Getting at the Facts. [ARTICLE]

Getting at the Facts.

“I wish to marry your daughter,” said the young man to the girl’s father, according to the Detroit Free Press. “Does she love you?” asked the father. “Yes, sir. And I love her.” “Well, that, of course, is the first necessary condition, but there are a few more questions I must ask. Have you made any shopping tours with her lately?” “No, sir.” "Ever been In a department store and asked the present price of women’s suits and hats?” “No, sir.”, “Know anything at all about the cost of provisions?” “Only "that which I have learned from the talk of others.” “Well, young man, my advice to you is to make a trip of Investigation. I don’t know what your present income is, but after you’ve learned for yourself Just what those clothes she wears are costing me. If you coine back and say that--you can support her in the style to which she has been accustomed lately, I’ll give my consent” -