Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1900-08-10

~ The new plan escaped your memory,
didn't it?" said Mrs. Jobson. Gle
II guess not" said Mr.. Jobson, short
ly. II went home to ges clean hand
kerchief. that's all. And as didn't find
one AID had 10 buy one, after all, in
spite of the fact that I've bought some
1900 handkerchiefs since the first of
January, suppose the cat has eaten
'em all up" .''.. 49,,
There are at.least two dozen in your
drawer" said Mrs, Jobson. '' =,
"Are, hey?" said ldr. Jobson. "All1.
found in my drawer were three Of
your wells and couple of pairs of your
gloves and about 81 yards of that IS
cent lace you bought yesterday be-
cause the man who put it on his bar
gain counter needed the money. But
never mind about that. Where are we
going to eat? I'm ravenous."
"oh, any place" said Mrs. Jobson.
"0h, that's all the interest you have in
the scheme, is it?" said Mr.. Jobson.
"You don't care whether I'm faint
from hunger or not, do your" .r.ai
"How about the-?" suggested Mrs.
Jobson, naming one of thu hotel resau-
rants. - =
"How about moving the N'aldorf-As-
toria down here?" said NJ. Jobson.
81 hope you haven't become possessed
of the idea, Mrs. Jobson, that I'm going
to pay about $12.s5 a day for our din
ners, have you? Because I'm not go
ing to do any such thing. Come on, /
know where we'll go. Well go to IS.
They don't put on many Jugs down
there, but they give you enough to eat
without assessing you a weeks wages
for it," GYa
So they went to IS. 1t was very
hot, and by the time they arrived there
they were perspiring and uncomfort-
able. Mrs. Jobson particularly sn in her
new, tight-ftting foulard dress. -,
1t was just after: the departments
had closed, and the restaurant was so
filled that they had difficulty in getting
seats at all, and the places they did
finally secure were about 40 feet out OF
range of the electric fans. Mr.. Jobson
gave vent to numerous "Huhs!" over
this, but he picked up the regular din-
ner bill of fare and beckoned waiter.
The waiter looked Mr.. Jobson over
carefully and went on about his bust
ness. When we passed that way again
few moments later Mr.. Jobson
snapped his fingers for him again, this
time somewhat savagely.. The waiter
approached the table and inclined his
ear. ~ II st.-
"Thanks for letting me catch your
eye, after sitting here for four solid
hours" said Mr.. Jobson, sarcastically,
to the waiter. "D'ye think you could
let us have bite to eat, now, if we act
real humber"
"Yessuh," said the waiter. "Ah'll be
back dis-uhway shotely, subj" and then
the waiter went off. After about IL
minutes he again got within Mr.. job
sons finger-snapping range-Mr. job
son was meantime growing things I'M.
der his breath that caused the people
at the other tables to look around at
him-and once more the waiter lap-
preached the JobsoDS table.
"Look-a-here," said Mr.. Jobson. to
the waiter, "do we get anything to.eat
here, or don't we?"
"Yessuh. Ah'se uh-waitin' TO- yo'all's
ohduh, suh," said the waiter.
1.-TWO regular dinners said Mr.. Job,
son. III
"De reg'luh dinnuh, subj said the
waiter, sis suhved at five o'clock, sub,
an hits on'y uh quahtuh t. FIVE now,
sub. Eff yo'all's wants tub wait, sub,
Ah'll TEX yo' ohduh an"
MADAM" said Mr.. Jobson to Mrs.
Jobson, rising sternly and taking his
hat, 1--WE shall take our immediate de-
parture from this place." and then he
clomped out, Mrs. Jobson following
him. ii.t&
"Where are we going now?" said Mrs.
Jobson, when they got outside.
"Where are we going, 1nadam?p said
Mr.. Jobson, in n tone of suppressed
fury. "Where else are we going but
home? We are going home to ,get
something to eat, that's where weate
going, Mrs. Jobson. And the next time
you wheedle me into giving my consent
to any such idiotic scheme as thisTthe
next time you succeed in bambo ozling
me into abandoning the comforts of a
home that / have shaved and toiled for
years to get together-thet next time
you put up a job like this on me, for
the sake of getting out of the necessity
of seeing that your husbands dinner is
cooked and served for him under his
own vine and fig tree--there's going to
be a schism and split in the Jobson
family, Mrs. Jobson, and when it's all
over | won't be the one wearing the
sackcloth and asbeslp
Then the Jobsons went home and
dined on canned salmon, sardines, Neuf-
chatelcheese, crackers and tea. Wash
ington Star.