Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — Domestic Sociability. [ARTICLE]

Domestic Sociability.

After six unsuccessful attempts to place the curtain in position he paused on his chair for breath. His wife watched the perspiration rolling down and said: “Would that you were a our ” "What? Woman!- — She sidetracked the cyclone of wrath. “Yes, John; would that you were a curtain-hanger by trade.’” Without a word he continued his labors.