Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1887 — He Wondered Why They Smiled. [ARTICLE]

He Wondered Why They Smiled.

“Yes, my hands are soft,” said a dudish and conceited young fellow in a small company, as he admiringly looked at those useless appendages that had never done a day’s work. “Do you know how I do it?” be exclaimed, proudly; “I wear gloves on my hands every night to sleep in.” “Do you sleep with your hat on also ?” asked a pert young woman. And the young fellow replied in the negative, and looked wonderingly because the company smiled.