Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-12-27
MR. AND MRS. BoWsER.
pr NJ. QUAp.

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half an hour late when he reached
home the other evening. Mrs
Bowser happened to be looking ou'
of the front window, and she noticed
that be had parcel under his arm
and that he left it in the hall. Hi
entered the room with smile on his
face, and though she had consider
able curiosity about the package
she didn't say word, knowing tina,
something would surely transpire
after the evening meal. After they
had finished and he had sat down for
his usual smoke he said:
Mrs. Bowser, haven't you no.
ticed how much straighter / walk
these last two or three weeks?"
mo, ] hadn't, +" she briefly replied.
Il used to carry my head down
and droop my shoulders, you know,
but don't do it any more. See
what chest I'm getting on mel
Don't you notice how much stronger
my voice is? Feel the muscle in my
arm!"
"Mr. Bowser, what sort Of no.
tion have you got into your head
this timel" she asked.
'Notionl Come now, don't be
foolish. You don't want me 70 be
an old and broken down man at 40,
do you? Some men pay out dollars
every week for cure-alls, and some
save all expense by needing the laws
of health. During the last four
weeks Robinson and | have been
putting on the gloves over at the
Office two or three times a day, and
the change in me is wonderful. l
can expand my chest two inches
more than / could six weeks ago."
"Gloves2 Gloves2 What sort of
gloves?" she asked.
why, bookings gloves, my dear.
Let me get that package. Here
they are-.w o pairs. l thought I'd
bring EN- home and have a little
turn with Davis this evening"
IL don't understand,
Easy as rolling off log. Each
man puts on a pair, and then we
have a little scrap to work up the
muscles of the arms, chest and legs.
Best exercise in the world.
Strightens up the back, braces the
shoulders and gives you new gait.
! haven't touched drop of medicine
since | began this exercise"
But don't believe any such
thing will help you, she replied.
That's because you are woman
and don't know, you see. Doctors
say it's the best thing in the world.
Let the girl go over after Davis, and
if he isn't at home tell her to ask
johnson to step over. Well go up
stairs and exercise little. Don't
call it fad, dear. I've had no less
than 48 different doctors tell me that
it would prolong my life by years.
They say that over 100, 600 women in
the United States now put the gloves
on daily.
Il don't believe itr' was Mrs
Bowser's blunt reply, but she told
the girl to go over after Davis.
DAVIS was not at home, and John
son had gone out for the evening.
Mr.. Bowser had made up his mind
for scrap" however, and he put
on his overcoat and went over to
the grocery to see who he could pick
up He found no one there or at the
butcher shop, and was on his way
home when a man accosted him with:
Say, boss, if l can't raise ten
cents I'll have to walk the streets to-
night"
Look here, replied Mr.. Bowser,
as sudden thought struck him,
"have you ever had the gloves on2"
DO you mean kin ! scrap"
Eyes"
IA little bit, SIR
Il am boxing a little for my
health. Perhaps you'd like to put
on the gloves with me for a few
minutes? If so ] wouldn't mind
giving you quarter.
81 shouldn't like to have my jaw
broken, sir, )" said the tramp, as he
surveyed Mr.. Bowser.
5 "Oh, no! no! It's just for exer-
else, you know. You tap me and I
tap you. Come in through the
MIR. Bowser meant to sneak the
man in and upstairs, but Mrs.
Bowser caught him at it and said:
"You ought to be ashamed of
yourself to pick up vagabond on
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