The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-07-30
MR.. AND MRS. B0WSER.

"Mrs. Bowser," began Mr.. Bowser
as he came down stairs the other
morning 'is this house run on u sys-
tenn or is everything expected to take
care OF ITSELF"
"What do you mean?" she asked.
81 mean that / have been looking
for shoe string for the last hour and
a half and that nothing of the sort
can be found"
mo; don't believe there is one in
the house"
81 presume notl presume the two
hundred pairs bought in Detroit the
day before weleft have all been chewed
up by the cat or sold to the ragman.
| II there's n worse run house than ours
in America I'd like to see it."
/ "Why, Mr.. Bowser, you only
brought home three shoe-strings and
you used two of those to tie up your
papers"
T "Well, where's the other?"
81 can't tell. We may have lost it
in moving and unpacking."
'Don't doubt it in the least. While
n shoe-string is not as big as u piano
or as valuable as q clock the loss of it
shows a want OF system, a reckless
extravaganza truly discouraging.
III e i 4.
the house?"
IL don't think So" she STAN
mered.
Probably notl Probably gone to
JOIN the shoestringl | must have
something to tie up my shoe with,
however, and | will use piece of
stoyepipe wire.
After breakfast, when ready to go
out, he said:
Mrs. bowser, / hope you will take
this lesson to heart. Carelessness in
a wife is very reprehensible trait"
You are Just as careless as | aml'
she protested.
mo, ma'aml No ma'aml | never
mislay anything, forget anything or
lose anything Very few husbands do.
! will go around the world with a pin
IN my vest and bring the same one
back with me. If you go out on the
street today you had better have a
policeman go with you. If not, you'll
lose your purse or be robbed of your
cloak"
When Mr.. Bowser came up to lunch
con he entered the house with q smile
on his face and the door-mat in his
hand, and said:
81 found boy walking off with this
mat. Has anyone taken the range
out OF the basement? lisa wonder to
me they haven't come in after the car
petsl"
That's amat thegirl put out in the
barrel to be carried away" sheexplain-
ed.
"Ohl 1t isl More reckless extrava-
gance, | seel Mrs. Bowser, | want to
SIT down with you some day and have
q long talk think You mean well.
but you are deficient in Judgment. and
your knowledge OF the world is very.
very limited q"
"Doyou know everything" she sar-
castically queried.
Mrs. Bowser." he replied, rs he
folded his hands under his coat tails
and assumed his favorite attitude.
there are probably one or two things
! don't know. ! don't clam to know
1t all, and | don't say YOU know
nothing whatever. The husband who
does not, however, know forty times as
much as his wife would be considered
n stick OF a man. Didyou go out this
al did"
"\Nas VOur bonnet tal,a, cfY ,.,,,,,,
head?" 0N'
"No, sir"
"lucky-very luckyl You are to be
congratulated. / don t.
"Mr. Bowser, where's Your watchY~
she interrupted.
my watch, Mrs. Bowsef-my watch
Scottsl"
He dropped his hand to find the
chain, but it was not there. He felt
Ior the watch, but it was gone.
did you leave it at the ieweler's?"
she asked as he stood with onep |
mouth and stared at her.
,, Jeweier' 81 MOI It's gone I've lost it, |
, We been robbedV' he shouted, as he
ianced around.
,ts.''
Pockets Pocketsl Do YOU 'spose
carry my watch in my coat-tail
'ocketi | tell You I've been robbedi"
well. don't take on so; your wal
ct is safe isn't iti'
.G-gone" he gasped, as he put
us hand up--watch and wallet both
onep ''''' 'o''
You must have been robbed in
c-sss crowd, she suggested.