isa-normaladvance-1914-00112

Description:	112THE NORMAL ADVANCEJan. 20. No change in the weather. Spent the day reading Mary Jane Holmes Tempest and Sunshine. Appropriate, but pretty thin stuff for a grown man.Jan. 22. Amateur varieties last night. I was the middle man. Japhet got off a dandy  told me that black shoes were no longer worn at balls. I couldnt see the reason. He said, only tan-go. Made a hit, but seems to me Ive heard it somewhere before. Mighty few new jokes nowadays. Japhet made a first-class actor, but his brother was a Ham.Jan. 23. More red ants. All race suicide bets are off on the red ants.Jan. 24. Wife objects to my smoking on board.I am determined not to quit. She 2 P. M., decided to quitsmoking. Think maybe it affects my heart, any¬ how.Jan. 25. No bill collectors around no Xmas bills contracted by my wife have arrived. Silver lining to these clouds all right. Forgot to say that it has never missed a day raining. Rain business beginning to be overdone, according to my notion.Jan. 26. Fierce storm today. Everybody sea¬ sick. I stood it for awhile, but after dinner I gave up, too. Humpty Jackson, the camel, seemed worse than anybody. I suggested to him that he try swallowing a few bricks. In my magazinearticle on the voyage I shall head this chapter, And the Ark Was Pitched Within and Without.Jan. 27. Reading up on natural history. I find the camel has seven stomachs. No wonder Humpty Jackson suffered yesterday. Look how I felt, and me with only one.Jan. 28. Hurrah! Clearing up at last. Sun out today for about five rninutes. Ham took Shems job today—boss of the red ant depart¬ ment. And no ant-eater on board. Water going down. I fear a malarial summer.Jan. 30. Sent out a dove today to find a real estate agent if possible. Am in the market for a good, high, solid location. 4:00 P. M., dove back with two notices. One reading as follows: All new students are requested to meet in the library today at 4:00, for instructions in the use of the card catalog, shelf arrangement of books, etc. The other announcing a bargain sale of dry goods. Slightly damaged by water. Mrs. N. and the boys wives all worked up at the prospects of get¬ ting in on it. Dove meant well, I guess, but I can see mighty well his selection of reading mat¬ ter is going to cost me some money. Shem, Ham and Japhet feel the same way.Feb. 1. Landed today in a swampy section. Dont recognize the country, but it looks to me like parts of Brown County, but I have no kick coming. Id be willing to stay anywhere awhile just to get shut of the red ants.The game of life Looks cheerful when one carries in ones heart The unalienable treasure. —Coleridge.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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