The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-04-18
MIR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
BY MRS. B0WSER.

Instead OF going down town a!ler
breakfast the other morning, Mr..
Bow5er slipped up stairs, and when
he came down again he had on his
Old clothes Some changes had
been made in the house by which
we had gained new bed room, aud
it once occurred TO me that Mr..
BOwser and hIs old clothes and
that bed room were IN some way
corrected.
"You-you are not going TO the
Office This morning" | questioned.
"No, ma'am."
"You are not going to make gar
den ~
"nardly. propose to finish up
that bedroom"
"IIow."
well, shall paper the wall',
to begin with"
"Mr. Bowser, | wish you would
Mt. l lelephoned for II paper
hanger yesterday, and he will be
here 10 morrow"
"And stopped last evening and
told him not to come up. | pro-
pose TO have that job done in
style"
But you can't paper"
"Oh | can't? Prepare yourself
for a surprise party. Mrs. Bowser,
| don't propose to have no wild
eyed wallpaper artist around here
for ten days 10 90 what | can ac-
complish in one"
Mr. Bowser, | snlemnly warn
you not 10 attempt il. You will
only make a failure OF it and then
blame me-"
There will be neither failure
nor blame about it. I'll show you
the paper. :.
He had it hidden in the barn.
When he had brought it in and dis
played it l felt like crying. II
Was dark, cheap paper. of attern
several years old, and ] was pre-
pared for his announcement that il
was "A job lot which he had secured
at five cents roll.
"Mr. Buwser, that room ough! to
have gilt paper"
Had | rushed off as you do,
Mrs. Bowser should have got gilt.
Do you know what the most emf
nent chemists of The day declare (?
They say that gilt paper in bed
room shorlens life many years"
"And this stuff viii probably
prolOng il y
'!Nery likely"
swell, il ought to! Anyone who
would select such paper ought to
live 600 years and be ashamed Of
himself every day"
"Mrs. Bowser, if you happen 10
have outrageous taste in these
matters | am not to blame. | don't
propose to have my house turned
INTO a museum just because you
have 40 idea of harmony. Wait
until the room is done, and then il
YOU don't agree with me that it is
The prettIest bed room that you
ever stepped into I'll buy you a
new srring hat"
lie went ahead, of course, and |
left him alone Tor a couple OF hours.
When | went up he had two strips
on and was standing back 10 survey
them. Two more strips, which had
been pasted and stuck on and then
pulled off again lay on the floor.
"The corner OF the room is not
exactly plumb, You know" he said.
Those bricklayers and carpenters
never get a corner within two
inches of true"
NO, | suppose not. have read
that all paper-hangers make the
same discovery. What's this pa
per doing on the flnorP
"Oh, | got enough so that | could
experiment little. There is no
great rush, you know. Ii isn't a
case of life aud death and | pro-
pose 10 develop some aItistlcs ideas
as / go along"
"Well, you have made a good
I 81 dAh uN w ilnA EENONh oAAAP -
on wrong-side up"
"What ~
''Look for yourself. Here is The
vine and here the leaves. The
leaves on one strip are at the
Top, and on the other at the bot.
! tom"
Mot muchT Your eyes are out
of true, and one OF them sees high
er than the other. Ii you will now
be so kind as 10 disappear | vii
work cut some new IDEAS"
An hour later there was a crasf
up stairs which awOke the baby
/ frightened the cat into falling of
the windOw-sill, and caused th'
cook 10 fly into the sitling.rOom
md call out that "siclone' ha'
struck The house aud brOugh