Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1920 — IN LIGHTER VEIN [ARTICLE]

IN LIGHTER VEIN

, Poetry and Freah -Oft in my silent ngtla, I hear the voices of the night* * -Hare you a baby with colic, teoF Ma Was a WMew. -Would yoar mother gat mad if I atoie a klasF “From her dr ftom meT asked the girl. Comparative Taete. -Give me a Mt of that stuff to try * “I warn you if you take a Mt you will find it bitter." AbeM AU Wo Can De. -Saving up for your vacattoaF -Net aMt of ft. Saving up to pay my taxes.” The Veto -What were the chief features at the meetlngF "I imagine they were the ayes and noon.” Of Doubtful Orlsta. -How did you like that Spanish cigar I gave you, old manF “Did you say ’Spanish’ or ‘spini<*r * WouldnTt Do It Dugan—So ye called me a prevaricator? Cassidy—Ye’re a liar l Oi did not tie Mom. "The wild goose is neither graceful nor beautiftfi.” / “Ne, but when you come to the point it io game.* No Objootion to That -Jims wss held up the other night—” a banditr "No; as s shining example.”

Net Hl* Clean. “That old miser Is sui generis.” “Nothin* of ths sort There is nothing generous about him.” . Oh, Fudge. “Got anything in the shape of a house F “Got a full Une of tents. Exact shape of a house.” Meet'Ho Could Bay. •Tour daughter is learning to play the .piano. Isn’t she?" “Er —well —she’s practicing.” Liked th* Sample. lira. Locutt—Do you like my new dinner gown, dear? Husband—The part you have on. Cause of the Ride. Sheridan spurred on Winchester. “Twenty miles too far away for a dark horse," he explained. Painful. “His notes come from his chest” •Tm glad he got that one off his chest”