Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1907 — Just Like a Girl. [ARTICLE]

Just Like a Girl.

He is a very young boy. His is the age when a lofty contempt for the opposite sex manifests itself, the contempt which usually finds merciless retribution in later years. His task of watching the baby was not as distressing as it might have been. He had utilized the bascinet as a cradle and had found a place where the floor sloped a little. Behind the vehicle he extended himself and with head on hand proceeded to read a story paper. An occasional jsull at a string fastened to the re 1 axle Imparted the motion necessary tl keep the slumberer from waking, but the baby soon had its nap out and began to cry. The boy paid no attention to the noise, and after awhile his sister came to investigate. “I suppose you are going to lie there and wait for the baby to learn to talk, so it can tell you what it's crying about.” “No,” he answered. “Being able to talk wouldn't make much difference.” “Why not?” “Because it’s a girl. Girls never know what they’re crying about. It just comes natural to them to do It.”— Pearson’s Weekly.