People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1897 — HOW IT STARTED. [ARTICLE]

HOW IT STARTED.

Another Case of “How Those Girls Do Dove One Another." Pinkey—How lovely! I see you have one of those splendid new Nonesuch hikes. Ethel—Yes, isn’t it a dear? What make do you ride? Pinkey—Oh, I ride a Scorchem. Ethel —They’re magnificent. Pinkey—Yes, so light and durable. Ethel —How much does your wheel weigh? Pinkey—Twenty-two pounds. Ethel—Twenty-two pounds? Why, ■mien only weighs twenty-one. Pinkey—But then yours, you know, is not so durable. Ethel —The Nonesuch not durable? Why, that is admitted by everyone. Pinkey—Nonesuch! A friend of mine bought one and it went to pieces in a month. Ethel —I don’t believe it. Pinkey. What? You don’t believe me? Ethel—No, I don’t. One Nonesuch will outlast a dozen Scorchems. They’re the worst looking rattle traps I ever laid eyes on. Pinkey (furiously)—You’re a horrid, contemptible thing, and I hope you’ll never speak to me again! Ethel (complacently)—Don’t worry. I wouldn’t compromise myself by speaking to anyone who rode a Scorch' em.