Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MAN.


From the Detroit Free Press.
suppose Mr.. Bowser ID Just like any other
man around the house, and I suppose it's .
wife's duty to put up with . husbands incon-
sistencies. The other day he came rushing in
from the barn and asked:
"Have you seen the corkscrew anywhere
within day or two?"
81 don't remember"
swell, 1t is funny. left il here two or three
days ago, and ii ought to be here now.
''Its curious that can't lay tool down
without somebody eating It up!"
"Perhaps it Is in the lavatory."
He went rushing around for i've minutes,
| and then came back to say:
IF there's another house in Detroit run like
this I'd like to see it."
"Why, what's the matter?"
"Matter! Didn't leave the corkscrew on
| the steps day before yesterday, and haven't
you flung it out Of doors, chopped il up or
given it away to some beggar? It's singular
how good care you take Of your own things
and how little you take care Of mine. I'll
never bring another tool homer
''Just sit right still and I'll find IT."
ats gone forever!'
"No, it isn't. remember now where 1 saw
it."
I went out to the drawer Of the kitchen table
and found it.
What's that" he asked, as retarnedl
''The corkscrew."
SIS a corkscrew a screwdriver?"
rBut you asked for the corkscrew."
Mrs. Bowser, are you going crazy? Don't
know whether want the corkscrew or screw
driver?"
But you said corkscrew."
Never"
well, the screwdriver is right there on the
table within two feet of you"
"Oh! 1t is! And why couldn't you have said
SO in the first placer"
One morning be wanted to use the spade,
and not finding it in the barn he came rushing
in to inquire:
"How much did that junk dealer pay you for
| the spade?"
"What do you mean?"
''Why, the spade is nowhere to be found and
presume you sold it."
Have you looked in the barnT'
"Of course"
"And in the yard?"
Certainly"
'And down stairs?"
"Yes. had that spade yesterday, and now
It's gone. There are some very queer hap
penings around this house, Mrs. Bowser!'
And you don't expect me to watch the barn
tools, do you?'
"All light. I've got my ideas about this
which cost me 81, but wouldn't have your
conscience for $1,000.
At that moment boy came to the back door
with the spade and said:
You left this in the alley last night Mr..
Bowser."
''There?" said I, after the boy had gone.
Yes, there!" echoed Mr.. Bowser. "Don't
let this thing happen again. l see through it,
and give you warning"
Mr.. Bowser had rusty old saw which has
been the cause Of several girls leaving the
house II he is tinkering about he is sure to
leave it under foot, and the next time he wants
1t there's great row. He charged one girl
with selling it, and she quit Just as he found ii
IN the garrett. He limited to another that her
beau had taken it away, and she had only gone
when the saw was found in the yard girl
finally came who, when she found the saw on
her kitchen table, removed it to the settee in
the parlor, and as Mr.. Bowser found it there
he scratched his head and went about for the
next half honf in a deep study.
AND yet don't want you to get an idea that
not happy one. He is one of the best of men
and Just like the average husband. He feels it
the duty Of a husband to know all, and any
coming down or apologiZing is beneath his
dignity. After a cali the other day he re-
marked on the beauty of Mrs. Blanks black
eyes.
"Her eyes are blue, my DEAR" replied.
blue! Is your sight failing as bad as that9''
"But they are blue"
"They are coal black"
Everybody says blue"
well, everybody might say yellow" he re-
piled, but they are black"
IA day or two subsequently we happened to
meet Mrs. Blank while out walking, and jok-
ingly told her that Mr.. Bowser had BACKED her
eyes.
g! wish they were black" she replied. 81
prefer black to blue"
And your eyes are blue2"
"Why, Of course" she said.
"Well?' 1 queried. as Mr.. Bowser and /
walked along.
g! see how it is" he replied "and am sorry
for her, as she seems such a nice person. She
Is color blind, and she sees blue for black"