Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-07

NM Bcwser Tells Something Aeeua -
Pighc>dedness Of Hsr spouse.

NM Bow.er Tells Something Aeeus 60
ftghe>dedncss of Hsr spouse.
Prom the Detroit Fr-e Pre--
once overheard m.aiie-agsd nsa giviaG
young man a bit Of advice. The latter was
aooat TO be married and the former ssid:
III Won begin right Tom. yoa will have no
trouble. Never bet your wife appear 10 know
as much a. you do. What Won don't know you
must assume 10 know. Never take b-.ck aay-
thing you say, no matter how closely you are
cornered"
Perhaps Mr.. Bo~ser EEL in with this sam.
man Just before We we're married. for he GER
tainly has stnck TO the text ever since ne we'd
ding day. One day friend brought No Q eat
to help make home happy. Mr. Bovser Cd
mired her very much, and while stroking her
back he observed:
she is indeed hne specimen Of the feses.s
race
''You mean feline. my dear. answered.
Il do. eh? Not know myself Is ven
that you didn't use the word feline in com
psny"
Mr.. Bowser. there 10 no such word - feloine.
IL Is feline. You don't mean parloins. do
YOU"
What. Do YOU mean 10 tell me that an .
hlockhesd? While nav word ought To be amply
sufficient 10 settle any matter I shall in THE
case. hack il mp with the dictionary. Go fetch
II and then see whore yon stand.
told yon 50. l said. as found the word
and pointed to il. 1T u feline. plain 40 day"
Then 10 h q mi-print" he hotlv replied
I've known Of lots of sneh cases. The prinses
who set that up was probably tight OF k.f
asleep"
''weIl. >sk Mr.. Smith"
"Not much A lawyer doesn't know any BE-
ter thsn I do
"will Won ak Mr.. CarterY'
No. What I know, know, and tA.s ~
That evening our family physician hap
pened to run IN. being IN the neighborhood,
and asked him, in the presence Of nr. Bow.
ser:
Doctor, did YOU ever hear Of . fsloinep"
Lands No" be replied.
Bowser
''what is it,
"a cat"
"oh-oh-I see. You mean feline"
NO, don't; mean fsloine, and il 10 feloins.
and ii bet any man on this earth on .oo0. 90 -
Q cent that il is feloine,"
The doctor saw how il was and haA no more
20 say. proved Mr.. Bovser wrong by Neh~t.y.
worcester and al other dead and living authori-
Ties. but he has never given in. On another
occasion asked him what sort of a tree il vas
nelghbor was setting out for shade. snd he
replied:
That shows how Observing You were during
the sixteen years You lived on farm. ts
a soft maple of course Ret,er 90 or, "a
take close look at it, so Won will alvnv, re-
member"
Il thought il was an elm"
"Humph!'
And now. when emma 20 lool cl,,.o- H.
il is an elm OF course IN L.
Are you crazy. or do Won call n an slvn
simply for the sake of disputing me7'
Il know Il Is an elm."
that settles it,
"Dare Won 20 out and ask the man a. vorlo-
a back seatt The only uay a. 80. as',.s -
pie of their eeotism i 10 crush ,l,em
We went out and stopped as II by accident
and inquired of the man =, worl
Would YOU tell me whether that trae 1. .os.
marble elm on cbestnnt2'' !" 'o''
It's an elm. ma'am. The vbol. ro-s..
of Gins"
Thank Won"
Look here man - INIT i, Mr. po,-.x ..a,
you know an elm from a soft manlass
II ought 10 sir I've haen ,nyni.h;u. a.
trees for the last twenty year.. ''-''
And YOU call that an elm
ssOf course 40
Then You don't know o,s vo,;.,x ,,ox.
other IL is n soft mamie =
did Won come ON, here n c.I
liarg' demanded the man. getting yerx I'd IN
IF Won don't know one ,rss from ..,,.,
you d better Quit business
got Mr. Bowser away. ane, later NJ, 7 r-ov.s
bv at least twenty peouie that the trs. - ~.
elm. and that there wasn't a soft NAME ~, ~.
whole square but he crossed his hand. n,ds,
his coat tails and lifted himself OF bi. rel.
and replied.
Mrs. Bowser when sar its n so., mani.
that settles the question forever. Yonr cslls..
il an elm simply betrsvs a aisnosi,i..n =, -
and cavil"
neighbor of ours built q ham and s,,.h.s
IL with a cupola. We were Ioot,ng M - n.
evening when Mr.. Boxser ohser,sd. WV
ornament after All. s~'
.'You mean cupola, nv dear"
That's exactly what &. meant al \. ..
tangled a bit, but having once pronounce he he
word he was bound 10 ,tIek NJ ,h.rsso,. -
piled:
Il think I am old enough to know what
mean. When say cunslo 7 mean cnn.In -
not the ridge pole nor the alley door
And you insist il is cupaloi"
There is no insist ABOUT IL. IL il sim,lx an
palo and that's all there is 20 il. m rsonI.
want TO show their ignorance bv calling Il emo.
long or cupeling cupa-some thing-else mere
is no law TO prevent"
Just then the neighbor came out and after n
few remarks about the weather he said:
well, Bo~ser saw Won looking az ,,x nm
wv" WY eeo'ka now 10 YOU