West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-10-22
Mr.. AND MRS. BOWSER.
The Old Gentleman Delivers Lecture
on system"
The Worst.Run House In America.
Carelessness In Wife n Very
Reprehensible Trait.-Mrs.
BIS Way OF Getting
Even.

sSi' rs 'e came Gown stairs the
other morning.: "Is this house run
on system or is everything expect.
cd to take care OF itself?"
"What do you mean ?" she asked.
81 mean that l have been looking
for shoestring for the last hour
and half and that nothing OF the
sort is to be found !"
"No; l don't believe there is one
in the house"
81 presume not presume the
two hundred pairs | bought in De.
troit the day before we left have all
been chewed up by the cat or sold to
the ragman. III there's a worse.run
house than ours in America I'd like
to see it ~
Why, hr. Bowser, You only
bought home three shoestrings.
and you used two Of those to tie up
your papers !"
"Well, where's the other P"
81 can't tell. We may have lost
1T in moving and unpacking."
Don't doubt it in the least.
While a shoestring is not as big as
q piano or as valuable as a clock
the loss Of it shows want OF system,
reckless extravaganza truly dis
eouraging. Have you got q piece
OF clothes-line in the house ?"
II don't think so, she STAN
mered.
Probably not Probably gone to
join the shoestrIng Imust have
something to tie up my shoe with,
however, and | will use piece Of
stovcpipe wire"
After breakfast, when ready to
go out, he said
"Mrs. Bowser, hope you will
take this lesson to hear. Careless
ness in wife is a very rcprehen
siblc trait"
"Hou arc just rs careless as ami"
she protested.
"No ms'am No ma'am lnev-
cr mislay anything, forget any
thing or lose anything. Very few
husbands do. will 60 around the
world with pin in my vest and
bring the same one bsck with me.
II you go out on the street to day,
yon had better have a policeman go
with you. lfnot, you'lI lose your
pnrse or be robbed OF your cloak I"
When Mr.. Bowser camo up to
luncheon he entered the house with
q smile on his face and the door
mat in his hand, and said
II found 8 boy walking of with
this mat Has anyone taken the
range ont Of the basement? It's a
wonder to me they haven't come in
after the carpets g,
That's mat the girl put out in
the barrel to be carted away" she
explained.
ooh 1T is! More reckless cr-
trayagance, / see Mrs. Bowser,
| want to SIT down with you some
day and have long talk. / think
you mean we'll, but you are def
cient in judgment, and yosr knowl-
edge Of the world is very, very lin
tied"
"Do you know everything ?" she
sarcastically queried.
"Mrs. Bowsor," he replied, as he
folded his hands under his coat.
tails and assumed bis fayorite at
titude, 'there arc probably ono or
two thugs ] don't know. ! don't
claim to know it all, and don't
say you know nothing whatever.
The husband who does not. how.
ever, know forty times az much az
his wife would be considered a
stick Of a man. Did you 90 ont
this morning%
81 did"
WAS your bonnet taken Of your
head ?"
No, sir"
"Lucky-yery lucky You are
70 be congratulated. don't"
"Mr. Bowser, where's your
watch ?" she interrupted.
"My watch, Mrs. Bowser-my
watch is-great Scots -
lie dropped his hand to End the
chain, but it was not there. He
felt for the watch, but it was gene.
"Did you leave it az the jewel
cr'ss" she asked, As he stood with