El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-17

and small dead sea gull. ana The tag on
| it read. 'Orly SIS. Then ] saw some
very shecr'-that'S what you call it. ism I
it?-'very shccr-cr-lavender coiored
| silk stockinEs-lookcd like orchids to me
that you need n heap. I know: only
$3.50 per pair. Then ! saw a pair of
| real tropical stays. made out of satin of
the color Of Cape Nome sunset. that l
don't see how you're going to get along
without; only S24.T5. oh. yes. and l
saw n whole lot Of chameleon silk skirts.
one for each day in TIE week. that are
being slaughtered for only SIS per. How
you're going to contrive to so on living
and putting up n bluff at contentment
without that bunch of skirts is something
that gets me. BY the way, | saw
II wouldn't have any of the things you
mention il they were given to me-" said
Mrs Jobson. But the spring is coming
on, and the course one has to-
''Oh. yes. one has to- cut in Mr.. Job
son. Il have to, for instance. i have to
send that dinky topcoat that I've had for
a hundred years or SO TO the cleaners
when blithesomc spring crawls round
every year and try to get it into such
shape that l can juggle another season
out of it, and the cleaners hired man
grins at me every time 1 call for it. Then
I have to dig around the closets to see
IL / can't find some old, frazZled. moth
eaten suit of clothes to have patched up
and turned and dyed, so that l won't
have to greet the gentle Eastertide with
the hand me down rags that / struggled
through the cold weather with. Then l
have to look over that elderly flock OF
variety comedian hats that I've had up
there in my closet for so many years and
see If 1 can't hit upon Qpe thatll reverse
and get me through another balmy
spring Oh. one has to- all right. Mrs.
Jobson-that is. | have to- l, however,
am the only one around this establish
ment who has to- you'll remember.
and
Il didn't start to talk about clothes at
ALL" said Mrs. Jobson- The thing that
I'm in n quandary about is
We'll, I'm afraid you might as well
give up that idea of yours of buying a
800 nc-month-at-the-P aris-ex exposition
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ticket" said Mr..
Jobson- What do you want to go to the
Paris exposition for anyhow? You were
at the Chicago fair for a month. and il
you imagine that they'll ever put up a
better show than that in France or any
where else you're mixed, Mrs. Jobson.
that's all. Anyhow, there's a whole lot
left of the United States that you haven't
seen and that it'll do you good to see, and
il you want to blow in $500
You are perfectly well aware that 1
the wealth of India" said Mrs. Jobson.
If you will be good enough to listen to
me for half n mo-
''Oh, l know!" exclaimed Mr. Jobson,
clapping his hands in sardonic imitation
OF the joyfulness of a child. You're
worried about what I'm going to get you
for your birthday present. Funny
didn't think of that before. No? Not
that? Well. there's one characteristic
you possess. Mrs. Jobson, that / wish
you'd endeavor to correct. I've been try
ing for the past 20 minutes to get you to
tell me what this quandary is that you
began to talk about. but you're so utterly
lacking in dircctness that you've been
beating about the bush and humming and
having until
The thing that puzzles me-" said Mrs.
Jobson. us this: Uncle John has sent
me a check for 500 for n birthday pres
cnt. and | don't know whether to have n
new porcelain hathtub put in or to have
the house painted from top to bottom.
What do you think about it?''
Il think" replied Mr.. Jobson gamely,
hut with a sickly smile. that I've been
making meGaphone out of my hat
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