Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-11-15
JObsOn as a Pedestrian

what's what al lright," remarked
Nicholson while reading his evening pa
per about a fortnight ago. Says that
walking long distances is the best ex-
ercise that has ever been framed up
for human beings, and that good long
walks beat this fooling around with
~dumb-bells and Indian clubs and
weight pulling machines and horizon
tai bars and bag punching and ground
and lofty tumbling and the rest of the
idiotic, faddy schemes of that sort all
hollow. Says that good long walks
exercise every muscle of the body,
and give the respiratory organs a
show, and-er-reduce superfluous
weight Says that a man who takes
a good ten-mile road walk at a stTh
gait once a week even can get himself
in as good shape as one of these here
~buli-necked pugilists training in a
gymnasium with ten or fifteen hang
ers-on rubbing him down and knead-
ing him and rassling with him and all
that sort of rot"
WELL replied Mrs Jobson, II have
always known that walking is n
best possible ex-
ODs fO0 IdhCs nave SOu
rupted Mr.. Jobson. well, it's a won
der you haven't practiced your belief,
then. All the walking that I've ever
known you to do has been to traipse
from the cars to the bargain counters
and back again Why don't you just
own up once in awhile. anyhow?
Now am perfectly willing to confess
that I don't do half or a quarter
enough walking / ride on the cars
TO and from my office, and / take a
car during the day if I only have three
or four uar to GO. That's what's
making me so puffy and wheezy. I'm
going to do nothing but walk from
this time on I'll wager you a new
bird cage. or . new piano. for that
matter. that the street railroads OF
Washington'u not get another nickel
of nv money from now until IN first
of January. 1901"
But put in Mrs. Jobson, "there
are often times when you are in q
hurry. are there not, and"
There's no need for anybody who
leads a systematic life to be in 6
hurry" interrupted MT. Jobson, ora
t~oricaily. 1.-THE trouble is that there's
no more system about this establish
ment than there is aroun a tepee III
a Zulu village. Now. there's no use
in your trying to talk me out OF THU
walking plan of mine. 1 am
"rm sure I'm not trying to talk yor
ont of it." cut in Mrs Jobson. s.
would be delighted to have you wall
more. and, in fact. I think it n o.
the wisest plans you have formed fol-
a long while. 1t would"
aoh. you think it wise, eh?' brok,
in Mr.. Jobson. "AIl right. If yol
+b;nk It so wise. what's the matter
with YOUR doing some walking your
self? You're not such a sprite in fig
ure as YOU used to be, you'll remem
her and it wouldn't hurt you a littl
hit TO accompany me on the lon:
,rorlrs which / intend to take ever.
morning before breakfast, from nov
on"
..yerv well, I'm perfectly agree
abla % replied Mrs. Jobson. She in re
o1;ty shuddered to think of long walk
before breakfast. but she didn't pun
pose letting Mr.. Jobson BLUM her GU
ON the proposition.
"Perfectly agreeable, are you?' sal
NJ .JohsOn. sort o aQOang 10 YOU
vocabulary, aren't you? Well, this
saturday. isn't it? Well just begi
This walking business to-morro1
morning, before breakfast. What d
yon saw to q little stroll out to Chev
chase circle and back before breai
fast?"
aThat ought to be simply dehgh'
.1e answered Mrs. Jobson, Iookln
anite complaisant. "The trees al
taking on their autumn nov
and
.Wens it's not autumn verdure, ot
.xercise. that I'm going after" int
united Mr.. Jobson. Dye think 20
can walk out to Chevy Chase ere
and back without showing the sign
Of distress before you cover a TIM
Of the distance, and forcing me
abandon my walk in d 10 loa
ron into a trolley car and fetcn 70
back home?" r
soh. I think So" answered MT
Jobson, smiling.
.eTtrl take two or three hours, yc
lnow. and we won't have any orea
fast until we get back" went on "a
Jobson. "D'ye suppose you can co
trire to keep your appetite down 4