Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
Mr.. JOBSON ON DEWEY DAY

ct suppose. Mrs. Jobson, you've got it all
| fixed in your mind that we're going to take
a-hold of each others hands and dance
down Pennsylvania avenue in front Of the
band that heads the Dewey parade, hey?"
said Mr.. Jobsor on Sunday evening last.
gathering up feWfteen pounds of the New
York papers and stuh1ng them into a waste
Wen." replied Mrs. Jobson, smiling over
her books. i'I cant say that I exactly ex-
pected to exhibit my admiration for the
ADJ y
That's all right enough about your ad-
miratfon for the admiral" interrupted Mr.
Jobson. Just leave or trying to make it
appear that haven't any admiration for
the admiral. If anybody can heave his
bonnet higher In the air at the mention Of
Dewey's name than can, I'd like to get q
pastel portrait of that person and frame it,
that's all. Ina not talking about that end
of 1t, however. Before the hullabaloo he
gins, Just want to refer. humbly but firm
| ly, to your fixed habit, when big blowouts
| like the Dewey reception happen In Wash
lnston, OF dragging nae out of my peaceful
| home and projecting me into surgng gangs
OF rib-plowers and foot-trampIers that col
| lectiveiy ana individually bung me up and
i
like dried wfshbone. for some three weeks
afterward Mrs. Jobson. the organized riot
that Is about to be pulled off in honor of
Dewey is going to be carried to a glorious
conclusion without the assistance con-
mvancesof one member Of the Jobson fanil-
iy that know of, and
Il m sure, began Mrs. Jobson, 81 am not
so anxious . to see the parade that I'd have
Kindly defer, Mrs. Jobson,' broke in Mr.
Jobson. We heard you work that one off
too many times before. Then on the morn
ing or the big day, your ears I'D no sooner
eaten the nrst toot of some small boys tin
norm down the street than you'd began to
champ and paw and look the eyes out of
me, and then. solely to keep you from writ
ing home to your people that I'm abusing
you ike horsethief and keeping you
chained in the cellar. and all that sort of
thing, I've been compelled to hop into my
clothes and plunge with you into the swirl
ing vortex. But this is one of the occa-
sions when I'm going to stand pat. On
dewey morning I'm going to hang the flag
out OF the second-story window, murmur
three cheers for George and the rest of EN-
10 myself, array myself in my slippers and
rev other necessary articles of negiige
apparel-and just pass this extra holiday
IN comfort and Wilderness of body and
MIND Inc rest of you can do the whoop-
ing and the roaring and the red-fire-bur
ing. Grant said: Let US have peace
That's me. But I'm not going to permit
my plans to interfere with your perfect
i
ing, first thing, and buy You four dollars
worth OF tin and zinc badges, a red, white
and blue toy balloon, seat on any grind
stand you may select, and all the rest of
the TRIM
THE idea of such a thingr' said Mrs.
Jopson. AS II | cared a particle for there
Dig displays. after all the brilliant inau-
gurations have seen in Washington
Mr.. Jobson smiled saturninely
Ihat sounds all right for you now Mrs
Jobson' ne said, but you'll have the same
OLD martyred look on your face when the
morning of the blowout comes around Won
mark what / saw"
On Dewey morning Mr.. Jobson stuck the
starry banner out or the second-story Win
40" the Hfst thing, as per program Like
wise, as per program, he logged himself
out IN smoking jacket and slippers and os-
tentatiously arranged himself in general as
Tor day of Sunday rest. When he spread
out the morning papers at the breakfast
table he Looked over at Mrs. Jobs IN and
said: iiu
They certainly have got swell program
for the day, all right" ~
Mrs Jobson said nothing h,t noured o,,+
the coffee. "
After breakfast Mr.. Jobson lit a cigar
and looked out of the window, thought
ruby he saw lot of national guards
men staggering down the street. all brave
Mrs. Jobson. ~
Il tell you what" said he. 81 don't know
what this country 'ud do if II wasn't for
the millions of nervy young blades like
those fellows there that we've got on call
Look as If they had the science of march-
ing down pretty pat. too"
Il would love to see the soldiers on na
rade," said Mrs. Jobson but the crowds
you know" And she looked sidewise at
ME- Jobson, who smoked hard on his cigar
out SAID nothing else until party of half
a dozen spick-and-Span naval reserve bows
In their bluejacket uniforms passed along
Those Olympia sailors IL make a fine
showing today he remarked then. IT'S
SO rare that a fellow gets chance to clap
eyes on a bunch of tars who've done such
hot work as those fellows. that
That's very true" Interrupted Mrs Job
son, picking up her fancy work and seat
Ing herself comfortably, but the crowds,
you know
'Ye-es. thereIl be big crowds out, all
right said Mr.. Jobson. little dolefully
few moments later the martial strains
Of the "Stars and Stripes Forever" well
performed by a band marching down the
next block, fell upon Mr. Jobson's ears
He hummed some Of the passages and
drummed in unison on the window sill
Then he found himself striding up and
down the room in time with the music
Funny how the music of a band gets a
turedly to Mrs Jobson. Has a good deal
the same effect on me few drinks used
to in my unregenerate days. Want to just
yell and let 'er go Gala gher'
Mrs. JobSOn wanted to let down the bars
on him then, but she concluded to stick it
out. He lit another cigar, and tried to look
easy and complacent for ten minutes or so.
Then a couple of his friends from across
the way saw him standing in the window,
and they beckpned him to open the win
dow.
Hey Jobson, aren't you going down
town. they inquired
well, 1 guess yes" shouted Jobson back
at them. What dye take me for, cigar
store sign?"
Then he pulled down the window and
turned to Mrs Jobson.
Mrs. Jobson,'' said he, quietly. but firm
~, Il don't know whether you're capable
of experiencing any such sensation or not
but there's such thing as patriotism and
the spirit of patriotism is abroad in this
| land. and particularly in Washington. the
capital of the land, this day. More
over. there's only one Dewey. Tens of
thousands. of Washington women, and wo-
men visiting in Washington are turning
out this morning to do honor to George
Dewey, and l don't think it 'ud hurt you
a little bit to try to generate spark or
two of patriotism and join 'em. 1 don't
| intend to be counted out of the perform
| ance myself, in spite of the firm deter
| n,ination which you always manifest on
| occasions of public ceremony to keep me
| locked up home here like mole or a man
with the iron mask, and I've got couple
| o seats on the reviewing stand, anyhow,
| that a friend of mine gave me Yesterday