The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-10-06
HUNTING FOR HOSE.
But He DID Not want the Kfna vyith
which to water the ,FFont
Lawn.

Lawn.
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An easy-going looking man with .
couple Of double chins walked into q
department store the other afternoon,
mopped his forehead and looked
around mildly AZ if waiting fol some
body to notice him. A dappee hooF-
walker with boutonniere approached
the double-chinned man after awhile,
says the Washington Post.
Anybody waiting on you, sir" i'm
quired the floor walker.
Nope, not yet, said the man who
looked easy-going. ''Pm looking around
for some hose"
"Ahl Mr., Thirddoor, this gentleman
is looking for your department" said
the floor walker to a clerk about to
! step into the elevator. ''Talke him up
and show hmm our line Of hose"
The double-chinned man stepped
into the elevator after the clerk and
was conducted to the garden hose sec
tion.
Now, what size are you hunting
for, sir?" asked the clerk. We've got
half-inch, inch, inch and half, two
inch-al sorts. Do you want it for"
II think you're little mixed, as"
'You want to water the front lawn,
eh?" interrupted the clerk. 'sWell,
you'n need about 20 feet, should say,
of inch and quarter"
Just wait minute"
"But it'll pay you to get good long
piece, in case you move, you know, or
in case you want to carry the hose
through the asement and water the
plants in the back yard. Now, there
are different"
"Just give us a chance to"
Different grades Of nose. 1t pays
nowadays to get the kind that's
wrapped with wire, so mischievous
boys who step on the hose when
you're using it can't injure it. 1t costs
a little more, but that"
"say, wiz you just dry up for AZ
I'VE guarantee every foot of hose
we sell here. ana it's mot the kind that
gets porous and lealzv after you've
used it fsw times but itll last you
As long
Look here are yea going
lt aca thsn nos ts e an
90 tAe ate
using
You'll want one Of those sprinkling
attachments too, 50 that you can rest
the hose in any part of the lawn and
let it do its work automatically,
and-'t
Hey, hey, you'll" said the double
ehinned man in tone that could be
heard all over the floor, reaching out.
and elutching the clerk by the lapel
Of his coat. "PulI up for minute
Stop working auton atically yourself.
Quit that phonograph conYersat ton
and gimme show for my white al
ley. just listen to me, will you? How
the dickens did you get the idea that
I was sailing around with blood in my
eye looking for garden hose? Have
got any grass in my hair? Have I got
that suburban look? Do I make YOU
think Of the Man With the Hoe?'. Vi
didn't come here for a lot of rubber
tube wherewith to make q front yard
soggy. haven't got any front yard.
I have to sit on my front steps when
want to get cooled off, I never said
a word about garden hose. Say, did
You ever hear Of hose that the stern
decree of fashion makes us wear on
our feet-soeSs, stockings, .stocli-
nettes, the knit or spun or woven
things we wear underneath our shoes ?
Hey, dye ever hear of 'em? Did, hey2I
Well, that's what I want. That's
what I'm around here hunting for.
That's what I'm rubbering around this
plant for-not for rubber hose OF rub
Der necks or rubber anything else. I
want socks. Gimme socks or gimme
death! Now, how do you like to lis
ten to little game Of talk yourself
on hot day without chance to butt
in edgewise? How do you like to
stand and listen to a continuous per-
.fOrmance hot-air spiel wlen the tenn
perature's 9s and still a-climbing?
Socksl Gimme sOcksi"
Then'the double-chinned manpaused
to gasp for breath, and the bewiI-
dered clerk silently conducted him to
the sock department, = Washington
Post.
= A New Type OF BOat.