Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — CUPID PREFERS A LAMP. [ARTICLE]

CUPID PREFERS A LAMP.

God of Love Has Little Use for Gas or Electric- Light. - “Electric lights and gas are no good for courting purposes,” said a Wawhington young man who is more than attentive to the object of his affections, a sweet girl of the west end. - “But do not the parents of your fiancee insist on there being light in the room?” asked a friend. “Oh, yes; we use kerosene. There is nothing-like it. Give me the good: old coal oil for courting. My girl is of an inventive turn oi bind. Yow can’t beat her.” “What do you mean?” , “The piano lamp provides the parlor with light,” replied the young man, accordingly to the Washington Star. “It has a large red shade, which softens the light when it is burning. -But, do you know, my girl -has that light completely under control? She sees to the filling of the lamp and she has it down so fine that she knows just how much oil is needed to bum to a certain hour, the time that the old folks usually go to bed. When the flame begins to get dim you may bet every dollar you have that it is 9:30. That lamp, controlled by so charming a girl as mine, is a bonanza.”