New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-15
MR.. BOVSER'S SCREEN DOORS.
HE LOSES PATIENCE At LAST

HE LOSES PATIENCE AT LAST
Mrs Bowser's version an The Detroit Free Press.
IN cxpIe~sman brought up small jag of lumber
the other afternoon and left IL at the barn ana whc
what he intended to do with II:
It's for screen doors for the front DOORS" he re-
piled.
Carpenter coming up to make thcm9'
Haven't engaged any
them Yourself"
There won't be any trying about it. shall pro
coed to make and hang them"
I'm afraid you can't do 1t: IT'S nice piece OF
Joiner work to make screen door. especially one for
Il am well aware of that he said as he strokei
his chm IN compliment way "lIaVcht GOT aDg s
go worth Of tools Don't know how to han'Ie
Ill wish you had given your order at the shop as
other folks do
IN be hanged II pay any =, for a pair of doors
when | can make 'cm for 81 lou are always dead
set against nythng undertaken
Mr.. rOw>cr, you can't make a screen door. lou
can't hang one. Don't blame me when the failure
comes
Blame you Are you getting crazy1 If those
doors are not success You won't hear word OF fault
em 6nt Senr r oh have wat Stuck Ton nose %p %
high. ii make em now just 10 show yon that can
Aud next morning he put on an old suit and went
ont 10 the barn and bcor, O'Clock he had measured
four different times for those doors. NJ last he got
the ,irp~. About II O'Clock went ont aud found the
stun all cnt 70 lengths, and Mr.. Bow,er making half
Aren't our front doors higher than thsl' l asked
as ! picked up one OF the side pieces.
Haven't you any house worl, to dol' he brnspueN
replied.
You've got cm foot too short
ION, have. chi some fok,' eyes are better than
q carpenters rule.
went back into the house. but it wasn't long he.
fore him snciklng around to the front with one
Of The plecc- Watched him and he tried IT, an, ana
wa az of twelve nchs> hort. Mr 10y S scr
foolish a. boy caught Ia a harvest apple ir"' Ten
minutes later he Wa at the telephone ordering moro
Were they too short % l asked ID he hung mp the
mo but l thought ia get heavier stuH.' he
niumblcd as he shot ont door,
The -tun came up after dinner. and It wa abonf
O'Clock IN the afternoon when he put of tho
frames together and food it mp IN the door. went
ont. and he began to smile with sat faction sad
squcceavcd >quccrawed What does that
Your door {, wider at the bottom than at the
top
Isn't your own eyes Will convince You There
an inch difference"
Never! IN bet Won million dollars there isn't
ran for,my tapclinc and proved that the dif
ference va, over an inch.
oh. wei. can fin that IN a moment he >ad'
tut il wa o'cpCo iu N" evening lei"N he cam" IN.
Then hc had pounded on. 90 h nuecr, with hammer.
anvil and huf dozen time, during 10" might D."
rro,ned out IN ms sleep about mori.e~ lemons hinges
lIt' WHY. Il they don't Ut I'll Knock the In.
II wa, 10 o'eocF newt forenoon whom went ont
to the barn lie had the door covered with the
cloth aud proudly called nv attention t. II.
Which j. the OUTSIDE Of tn, door ! asked.
Why III" i'd ms way, OF cur ,,,..
"That'- where 10 belongs
Yoa never saw it there Mr. Eow.cr-ncvcr.
And look at the way You have Tackled the ,luf on.
IT., bumped mp In dozen different places. because
80 There f ISN'T one hump not the sign Of a hump
III give any man billion dollar 10 make % better
j0h 81 u. All that door need now !, painting.
hgt don't they paint the Franc, Defo.g they hey
inside 81 the frame
Bow>cr. / wasn't born alongside of huckebcrry
i,ui after had gone away he tore off the wire and
painted the frame. and next morning hr covered The
other That night Mr.. Bowser Kicked around I'm his
sleep IN the most awful manner. and a. about
O'Clock In the morning he suddenly sat up IN bed and
~,quccsarcd I'll bet YOU four hundred thousand
billion dollar AGAINST cent that thr' are ~ pump
Mr.. I'ow-er had been at wor, an hon. next morn
front. and he seemed to haze some trouble about
~You sec what you've done. don't youl7 asked,
after "A survey Of he scene
II don't believe I'm either near.sirhtcd or color
q" Wei, yonvc got one door wrong-idc up 10 begin
with
Look At the panel, and scr Then have
been irving hang 70 swing in and The other
e have. eh' That shows all Won know about H.
Pm simply fitting the screens they viii shut ucht.
a. looked ~ them from hall had to So down on
he noor and laugh They didn't meet I'm the c"ntr'
within two lnchc. and each half an inch short
N ton and bottom. lie bad also hung Them with ihe
cloth on the inside Just then 4 ncehbor came along
and turned I'm ~ the stop, After looking ~ the door,
for half a minute I'm great aStoni,hmcni he quefied:
something just from Paris, Bow ~
what do You mean ~
why. you've got a new idea in screen doors
euppo, The pace at the bottom h. for hucs hnt ~ IN"
Ton for mOsqutucs and the centre for nc> see You
have left the frames cNpp-cd. They VIII make cap
tai rooeing place for hor-cnes and pinch-bngS DID
you do this lobl'
" Y-ycs.'
"Wcu il I had q girl ten years old who couldnt
heat II ia make hcr 90 barefoot All summer
- didn't make these door for yonr house. sir. ~
Thank Heaven for that BowScrI You're brick
4, soft brick. III come up thi, evening with band
and scr'nadc those doors . 80 ,
when the ncIehhpr had conc ] suddenly fen The
hack end Of the house lift mp. H. Wa Mr. Bow'cr
milling those screen doors on He couldn't even wall
10 take the ont Of the hinge, They came OF
i'm dctacbment~. and the pieces we're lung INTO the
back ward when he finished he came In and said
Mrs Bowser. want 10 have talk with yon-a
very serious talk -
Z Bnt didn't / tell you how IT would be-"
Ncvcrl You encouraged me 10 60 ahead. ana IN
plcase "A within Of I'VE lost three days time
bounded my elf All over. sprnt f6 IN cash ana been
made a bntt Of rdlcule, Mrs Bowscr. this Is the
limt-the nnis-thc end Make ont "A list OF what