Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1902 — Juvenile Discoragement. [ARTICLE]

Juvenile Discoragement.

Elsie—Mamma, there’s a funny old man in this Pickwick book that’s always telling bls son to beware of the widows. Why is that? Mamma—Well, a widow Is supposed to be skillful in catching a husband. Elsie —Gracious! I wonder If I’ll have to be a widow before I can get married. —Philadelphia Press.