Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1902 — A SYMPATHY IN COLORS. [ARTICLE]

A SYMPATHY IN COLORS.

College President Rings Changes on Good Old Lady's Name. A certain college president employed a housekeeper named Green. One day when the president’s wife had company Mrs. Green entered the room and was introduced to a caller. When the guest was about to depart she found herself unable to recall the housekeeper's name, but knew it signified a color, and concluded It must be Brown; so she politely said, “Good-bye, Mrs. Brown; I am very glad to have met you.” At the supper table the incident was related to the president as a good joke on Mrs. Green. “She called you Mrs. Brown, did she?” said the president “Well, that was much better than to have been called Mrs. Gray or Mrs. Red, Mrs. Yellow or Mrs. Black, wasn't it?” “I suppose that is the way to look at It,” replied the housekeeper, “but I declare I never felt so green in my life.” “Oh, well! It was of no consequence. I wouldn’t feel blue about It,” soothingly advised Mr. President Don’t you know that Defiance Starch besides being absolutely superior to any other, is put up 16 ounces in package and sells at same price as 12-ounce packages of other kinds? It is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded, or hope itself is happiness, and Its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than Its extinction. —Johnson. A boon to travelers. Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures dysentery, seasickness, nausea. Pleasant to take. Acts promptly. When a man tells you he has a good thing it is ten to one he wants you to to put up cash to make it so. Nothing half so fine as Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour. Ask your grocer for it. Happy are they who don’t want the things they can’t get.