Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1911 — Humor and Philosophy [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Humor and Philosophy

By DVNCAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. fPHERE is 11 heap of satisfaction In the thought that you are the only one who can run your job, and you don’t thank any man who tries to disabuse your mind of it either. No man can serve two masters, but there are those who can take graft from a dozen. Plenty of women would be happy if they could spare the time from worry for happiness. Some of us are naturally even tempered and some because our bread and butter depend upou our being so. The man who keeps on the soft side of his landlady Is the man who gets the best of the beefsteak. When a woman exhibits unusual economy you may often look for the answer in the unusual extravagance of her husband. It doesn’t matter how often a woman has been told she is pretty, she always acts as if she is bearing a delightful piece of news every time It happens. We waste a lot of sympathy on the underdog, but the one that comes out on top gets the bone. The man who is given to self pity seems to do such a good job of it that nobody else ever thinks of offering any pity. - 1 ' Never allow’ your mind to wander. Remember what a difficult thing coming back Is. -

Proof of the Pudding. “Might is right.” “All right. Give me (biff) your purse” (biff). Biff! Biff! “You ought to be sure of one thing before you do that” (biff). “What’s that?” “That might is mighty enough to be right.”

Why Not? “I should like to have a lqt of friends.” “Should you?” “I think so.' “Then why don’t you?” “But how?” “Just inherit a fortune.”