Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1901 — “Laugh and Grow Fat.” [ARTICLE]

“Laugh and Grow Fat.”

Life is such a serious business to the average mortal that an opportunity for a hearty laugh is more than welcome to most people. “A merry heart doeth good like a machine’’ and so do the humor.ous features of that great metropolitan daily, The Chicago Record-Herald. The first thing that greets you on the , first page of every issue is the humorous cartoon that frequently tells more at a glance than could be conveyed in a column of reading matter. Every issue contains also a humorous short story on the editorial page as well as ‘Out of the Ginger Jar,” noted for its snappy qualities, and the “Alternating Currents” column written by 8. E. Kiser, one of the most popular humorists in the country. In addition to all these the Sunday issue always includes a comic section guaranteed to produce laughter from the most lugubrious of mortals. Tfien the inimatable “Bob” Burdette, one of the most noted of American humorists, is a regular contributor to The Sunday Record-Herald, and every issue contains, in addition, other special articles of a delightfully humorous character.