Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1902 — She Made Herself Understood. [ARTICLE]

She Made Herself Understood.

She was young and innocent looking and coy and «hy ( and the half-dozen men among the passengers on a Chicago street car the other day caught themselves looking at her more than once and almost wishing they had such a daughter. Presently another girl got in, and th* two exchanged exclamations of surprise. Two minutes later the last comer was saying loud enough to be heard all over the car: “Dear me, Madge, but your nes hat is a stunner!” “Yes? Do you like it?” “It’s perfectly splendid. It must have cost at least $5.” “Five dollars!” echoed the coy and shy and innocent. “Why, my old ‘gov’ toughed up 14 bones for this hat, and ke got $6 off at that!”