Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1908 — REPARTEE OF THE JUVENILES. [ARTICLE]

REPARTEE OF THE JUVENILES.

Washington Children In Bmart Exchange of Compliments. Evldently a aeverance of friendly relations between two of a group of small girls who a minute before had been romping about the sward in Dupont Circle, for just as the writer approached the daughter of a southern legislator called out to her small companion from the west: “The girl with the red dress on Is a cowgirl! The girl with the red dress on Is a cowgirl!” Again and again the taunting challenge* was hurled at the red-frocked western maid, who finally, with one supreme effort at self-control, retorted: "Oh, very well, then, the girl who Is a-hollerln’ Is a sheep! I’d sooner be a cowgirl than a sheep, ’cause the president Is fond of cowboys and cowgirls, but not even a secretary likes a sheep!”