Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1920 — PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Always speak well of yourself. Your friends will attend to the other side of it. A girl’s Idea of a trust Is to have a monopoly on a young man’s affections. Every day 350 persons arrive in New York to make the city their permanent home. It has been estimated that steamers are 20 per cent safer than sailing vessels. If there is work enough “to go around’’ there is likely to be money enough. A woman would rather talk to a disagreeable man than listen to an agreeable- one. A good time that depends on spending a lot of money is so often spoiled by misgivings. Pleasantest news in the paper is that telling about, something that is going to cost less.* Even when the dogs of war are leashed it requires hundreds of millions to feed them. Never strike a man when he’s down —unless you are sure he will never be able to get up again. Only an expert shopper can visit 17 stores in one afternoon and escape without spending a cent. Stupidity can masquerade as dignity, but even that, sometimes, seems preferable to buffoonery. Milliners and dressmakers are not entirely responsible for church attend; ance, but they help some. Tricks of the acrobat are entertaining; so are the tricks of the poet. Who doesn’t admire skill? A peep Into the future would probably be as unsatisfactory to most people as a glance at the past. More than* 25,000 persons are employed In the salmon canning industry in the state of Washington. — — . C;