Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-21
MR.. AND MRS. BowsER-
More OF Their Matrimonial Experience
Related BY Mr.. 3. To Her Friends.


Drrut Free Press.
What Mr.. BOwser didn't know about
dressmaling up 20 ! week ago WASH
worth knowing. What he dOesn' know
now would I'LL large sized book. l was
tretting about the delay On The part Of my
dressmaker when be suddenly turned on
NE with:
Mrs. BOwser, its Ill Internal nonsense.
When I order i suit Of clothes they are
ready for NE at the date set, and Il there
= any reason why dressmalIer can Z 30
business On business principles. want 20
snow It.
But I can't help It. protested.
No, YOU can't, You women are fools
% be imposed upon IL YOU are ii like
TO see one OF these dressmakers bam5Oozle
ne around the wly they 10 you.
But YOU don wear dresses.
For which thank Heaven. There Il
1-0re nonsense about selecting i dress AMI
having II made up than Is seen IN m idiot
LsyIum IN i year. I tell You, its all
bCsh"'
You might select nv dress goods tnr
NE
oh. : might. Well. hang NE # I don :,
Yes. SIR, II 20 down this very afternoon
and buy you 4 new dress AMI III follow
the cloth until YOU have 70 on your back.
III snow You. Mrs. B0w,er, thar business
= business
He be IN operations after dinner. Mr..
B0wser has IN alarm clock which goes OF
% the minute. He therefore argues that
everybody else ought ID - OF with the
same DrOmpuneSs ant dispatch. He Jump
81 OF the car and rushed into ! dry goods
store and said
Give ME twelve ylris Of SUIT for l
ireSs-4EIck
Calico Or six" queried the clerk.
Why. silk. OF course, y0u may give
ne Two shades-six yLris in a shade. III
take green AMI blue.
But 10 one can Cet , dress out Of
twelve varris OF silk, and L. for the coli
1rS-
They can't. EN- how,ed Bowser: my
mother never hat over ten yards for a
.lreSs. and twelve has g0J 10 make enc To-
nv wife. The colOrs are al right.
The clerk rave him what he asked for.
and BowSer rnshed home and lung the
package IN nv lap with.
Been -uue lust thirJy-seven minutes
bv the warch. while vou would have been
cooling around three afternoons. There ;
twelve full yards. and Il YOU have any
pieces left YOU can line my overcoat
sleeves.
Twelve vardI Why. never ret less
than tweuty-three, Don't you see how
narrow silk 50
I'm, thought it was sheeUIng width,
Of course. That's another fraud I'm 90
ing 10 look 10.
And the shades can't wear 'em-Eo
one could.
You can't. Well. you viii. al the
SAME, This talk about matching the COM
plexion with dress goods Is the tEIddle OF
IDIOTS, II green ami blue won't INT ycu.
then let her MIS-, It, my taste. and think
I know what belongs 70 harmony. We. Il
20 down after supper and get some dress
maker to BEGIN work
But know what she'll say
oh, yOu do2 Well, YOU leave that 10
ne. I'm bOssing this job. Mrs. BowseF,
and I'll learn YOU q thing Or two before we
yet through"
After supper We drove down town 70 4
dressmaker's. A. We gOt out Of the car
riage Bowser charged me 70 keep my
mouth shut and let him do the talking,
md chesrfullv promised obedience. be
carried the bundle under his arm. and n
We entered the shop be asked
VIII YOU take a contract 20 build Mrs.
BoUTSer a dress and have IL finished 1t 4
certain date
Let NE zee the goods. ~ she replied. but
no sOOuer had she opened the package
than she asked
Is II some fancy skirt for the circus
ring2''
Circus ring he hoped. what Is
there about these goods 10 remind YOU Of
circus ring3'
The cOlOrS.
Mrs. Bowser, ne said. Is be turned 70
NE. I'VE VIII 20 elsewhere l5 l. evident
that this person has come out Of some door
knob factory 70 take up dresmaklnS.
At the seeo0d place the dressmaSer
smiled n she saw the colOrS. AMI replied
that she wouldn't think ofbeginning work
without having twenty-iOur yards OF SIX
aisnand.
Then vou'u never begin exclaimed
Bowssr. It's high tune the long suterS
ing public kicked against this dressnaS l n
robbery. When buy twelve yards of six
for dressmaker % steal yOu can EXPECT
Tn going ID die the next week
The third dreSsmaker seemed 70 under
stand the situation at glance. She opened
-. s5TIr -,Tfad II IN ayaIn and calmly
bat firmly said:
Il am very busy Just now. You'd bet
ter TAKE Il 20 some blacksmith shop
Then we went home for the night. Bow
ser was mad and wOuldn't speak to me,
aad A. he slept be dreamed Of dressmakers,
and I overheard kIm saying:
.'COl0rss tell You It's al bOsh. How
many horses and COWS do We Sc with
four or i've eolOrss
The next day We VISITED twelve other
dressmakers. Two Of them called Mr..
Boxssr An old fool, and four others laugh