Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-26
Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.

They Visit Carpet Store and Bowser's
Eyes Are Opened.
| regard Mr.. Bowser as one Of the kindest
and most loving husbands in the world, and
If any one has imbibed the idea from any
thing I have put forward that he is eccentric
or given to bull doing, such idea is radically
wrong. He is simply the average husband
after five years marriage. The average hus-
| band not only knows fifty times as much as
the average wife, but be regards it as his
solemn duty to inform her OF the fact on
every possible occasion. If he happens to be
mistaken he could back down gracefully, but
he won't He's infallible or nothing.
We wanted carpet for one of the bed
rooms and l mentioned that thought we
had better get a velvet
What's the matter with tapestryan he
queried.
Its too common and there's no wear to it. !"
"You talk as if you knew all about carpets
When did tapestry become common
at always has been common. It's only
one grade above ingram"
"Oh, it isn't, Wen, l take great pleasure
in informing you that you are way Off What
you don't know about carpets would ELL a
book"
But you know all about 'emg"
Certainly. Every intelligent man Does
especially if he is married Tapestry, as you
ought TO have known for the last twenty five
years, ranks next to Administer"
1T can't be-"
didn't say it did, If didn't know, why
should say sol First comes hemp, then two
ply and three ply ingram, and the last is fol-
lowed by Brussels, velvets, mocuettes, tapes
friaS md hot IA
'em down.
Mr.. Bowser, you are wrong, as l Will
prove to you. Tapestry is below body Brus-
sells in grade and price | can buy tapestry
as low as sixty-five cents per yard"
''Oh, well, it's no use to dispute with 8
bigot. You happened to misSpeak yourself
and get it that way, and so you are deter
mined to stick it out Wen drop the sub
ject."
Dare you meet me at the carpet store this
afternoon" l demanded.
dare Il | should say / dare! You can't
bluff me in that way, Mrs. Bowserl I'll meet
YOU there at o'clock. and after Won have
been made to sing small l hope you viii take
the lesson to heart and reap its benefits.
Bring the measure of the room with you"
| met him at the hour named. He looked
at me in q plying way, and l think ne felt
sorry for me from the bottom of his heart.
I'VE want to LOOK at some tapestry carpet"
he said TO the clerk as we entered the eleva-
tor.
We were carried up two or three fights,
given seats by the windows, and as roll after
roll Of carpet was displayed the clerk said:
These are all the new fail patterns in ia
pestIies, and the prices are very low. l can
sell you any pattern on the floor for sixty
cents.n
Mr.. Bowser's mouti- gave twitch at the
left hand corner, followed oy sudden con-
trsction at the right, and he was little
hoarSe as he observed:
III these are only sixty cents then mo-
quotes can't be over forty"
Il can sell YOU moiueotes as low as 81 as.
but you don't want EN-. You want one for
about 81 25.n
There was a spasrno6ic movement through
Nr. Bowser's entire system as he queried:
Nv hat is velvet worths'
About -"
"And body Brusselssr
prom 81 up"
do you mean to tell me- demanded Nr
Bowser as he rose, that tapestry Is the
cheapest of the lot!''
Why, certainly"
Cheaper than velvet or rloquettel1
''Of course. Tapestry ranks only one grads
above Ingram
Il don't beIieveAi You are certainty mis-
takenI1
But | can't be- Any carpet man in town
viii tel you the same. Even your wife must
know that
That finished Mr.. BoweE- The last Asr.