Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1919 — HAILING THE HAPPY EVENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAILING THE HAPPY EVENT

in width and ‘39% feet long, not including the rear porch projection. It Is a typical modern city design. Liberal use is made of double doors, full glazed, between the several rooms, while the stairs, partly open to the dining room, make an interesting detail. 'Six good rooms with bath are provided. , There are three good sized rooms beside the sun parlor and a spacious hall on the first floor. The living room by 16 feet and Is connected with the hall on the side and the sun parlor at the front by double doors, thus making it more extensive, especially in summer when the doors to the sun parlor will be left open. A fireplace and windows, which occupy most of the outside wall space, are attractive features, of the room. The stairway is open both to the living room and dining room. The latter is 11 by 13% feet. Opposite is the kitchen, 9% by 11% teet. There is a good sized pantry, while a door leads to a rear porch. • Three Bed Room*. The second floor contains three bed rooms, the bath room and a sleeping porch, which is over the sun parlor. The sleeping porch is 7% by 16 feet, the same as the sun parlor. Along the front of the second floor are two bed rooms, each' opening into the hall, while at the rear is the third bed room, with the bath adjoining. From this description it will be sfeen that - he house is an attractive one on the interior. All of thb rooms are so •

Some Novel Birth Announcements Sent Out Following the Arrival of "Little Stranger." The war is evidently responsible for tbc following “birth” announcement which appeared recently in a Paris paper : “Since twelve o’clock last Friday lam here. Pierre Blouget of infantry is my father and Marie, Lis wife, is my mother. My name is Francois.” Distinctly original was the announcement sent out by a Welsh musician when his wife presented him with a baby girl. It took the form of four bars of music inscribed on a letter card. The recipients easily recognized these as from “The Messiah.” “Unto us a child is born.” A facetious Scotsman named Cash amused his friends by an inti-

mation through the newspapers that his better half had presented him with “a little Cash.” He went on to say that as a result he would have still less cash in the future, and the more Cash he had to keep, the less cash he would have to spend.” Combining a birth announcement with an advertisement strikes one as the last word in enterprise, and Mr. Fox, a. poultry dealer, who Inserted the following notice in the papers, should be congratulated on the novel way in which he commended his wares: “Another little Fox found its way into my establishment between ten and eleven last night; but notwithstanding its arrival there will be no diminution in the number or quality of the geese for which my establishment has long been famous. Remember that the old Fox is always cunning in securing for business the plumpest goose.”