Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1910 — Novelty. [ARTICLE]

Novelty.

**l thought you told me you had something original in this libretto,” said the manager scornfully. “Here at the very outset you have a lot of merry villagers singing ’We are happy and gay.’" “You don’t catch the idea at all,”, replied the poet wearily. “The *g* is soft It should be pronounced ’happy and jay? ”—Washington Star. Fate of the Unfamiliar. “1 understand that you have two ‘ brand new jokes in your dialogue.” “Yes,” replied the musical comedian.. “What are theyT’ “You recognize them by the way tbeaudlence treats them as strangers and refuses to give them a smile.”—Boston. Transcript. ,