Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1894 — Her Funn[?] Fad. [ARTICLE]

Her Funn[?] Fad.

Cincinnati Tlmes-Star. Strange what fads possess some people.' The delegate the other ...evening... .calling. ngain.-Qnn.~nf... .tha_. sweet girl graduates, was surprised to have her make of him this peculiar request: “Won’t you?” asked she, “help me in my collection?” “What, postage stamps?” he asked. “No, indeed; that’s only for school children. You know collections are a present day fad. I’m going to be just a bit eccentric, and have started an original collection fad. You may think it an odd fancy, but I’m collecting wishbones.” So saying, she displayed those gathered. She had a vast assortment strung about her own room, and any number put away in boxes. “Now, then,” she poutingly said, “I think you might help me in my collection. If you can’t get a wishbone when you dine on game at the hotel or at the club, vbu can do another thing. Save all your empty cigar boxes for me to put my gems away in, won’t you?” “ Of course the promise was made. Then she showed more and more of her wisbbones, Among them were those of particularly large ajid small birds. She even had the wishbone of a humming bird.