Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1893 — The Handle on the Cap. [ARTICLE]

The Handle on the Cap.

Kato Field’d Paper. It takes the “well-brought-up’’ child to discover the hidden meaning of things. The other evening, at Mrs. E—’s, in K street, somebody was showing a picture of an artistic loveing cup which had just been presented to a famous actor by his professional brethren. One of the party remarked that it had always been a marvel to him why a loving cup should have three handle. “I can account,” said he, “for one handle as belonging to the lover and the other as belonging to. the beloved; but the third handls— * The shrill voice of Mrs. E—’S youngest, who ha: seen two elder sisters pass through the marriageadle period, piped out: “That’s for the chaperon. ’