The Winslow mail., 1901-02-28
: Mr. JObSOn'S Request
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Ivi busy day at housecleaning that
she hadn't time to dress before Mr..
Jobson's arrival home the other even
ing. Mr.. Jobson surveyed her disap-
provingly as he hung his hat and over
coat on the rack.
by the way" he inquired, scruti-
nizing her from head to foot, what
have you been doing-sifting ashes or
blowing the back yard to put in
crop of winter wheat?"
'This is my housekeeping day." re-
piled Mrs. Jobson, "and the clock is
slow, so that 1 didn't have time to
change my"
'Oh, that's it, is it?-you didn't have
time" said Mr.. Jobson, sarcastically.
'We keep servant, don't we, Mrs.
Jobson?"
swell, what do we keep her for? To
amuse us by playing on the piano?
To teach us the higher and nobler9
To instruct us in the kinks of the
Delsarte movement and theosophy?
To
"She's as good girl as we could
expect to get, but, of course, the mis-
tress of the household must superin-
tend the housekeeping, or else"
1T is also part, and the most i'm
portant part, of the duty of the mis-
tress of the household, Mrs. Jobson,"
said Mr.. Jobson, sternly, 'to look
half way presentable when her hus-
band is around. That's the trouble
with you married women. You don't
care how you look in the eyes of your
husbands, but you'll spend hours in
primping up for other folks. Yet
you're perfectly willing to let me
catch you looking as if you'd driven
in from Prince Georges county on a
load o. hay"
L was just about to go upstairs to
dress for dinner when you came in,
and"
That's all right what you were
just about to do. The point is that
1 come in and find you looking like
you'd been caught in Jackson City
dust storm. There's no reason why
you shouldn't look attractive around
the house all the time What's the
reason that that little Mrs. Questreet,
who isn't SO much behind you in the
matter of years, always looks pinked
up and diked out in frilly wrappers
and things every time we happen to
call there, and
"Not much behind me in the matter
of years!" CALCULATED Mrs. Jobson.
SC air
than l am, if she's day! And we
never happen to call upon her at
time of day when she's cleaning
house, and, furthermore, she dings at
Questreet so that he lets her have all
the money she wants to shop, and
those pretty wrappers that you're
talking about"
IF Questreet gives his wife any
more moneyto buy these dinky things
that make women look nice than 1
give you, then I'd just like to know it,
that's all" interrupted Mr.. Jobson.
'If you haven't got house duds like
Mrs. Questreet's, why don't you go
and get 'em? What's more, there's
no reason why you should do any
work whatsoever around this house.
Just you let the servant girl do the
jumping up and gallivanting around
when you want anything or I want
anything, and devote your time to
keeping yourself looking neat and
pleasing"
Mrs. Jobson didn't make any reply.
but went upstairs and made herself
ready for dinner.
When Mr.. Jobson got home on the
following afternoon Mrs. Jobson, look
ing very splendiferous indeed, met
him at the door. She wore a new
and handsome baby-blue tea gown,
with a lot of cream-colored lace scat
tered over it. Her hair looked as if
it had been done up by a hairdresser.
Her feet were encased in neat red mo-
rocco slippers, with gilt cord sewed on
them-Mr Jobson had never seen
them beforehand where they ended
Mr.. Jobson caught glimpse of baby
blue silk stockings. Mrs. Jobson
looked distinctly handsome and fas-
cinating as she kissed Mr.. Jobson.
He looked at her in surprise.
who's been here?" he asked her,
still sizing her up, wonderingly.
Nobody" replied Mrs. Jobson.
well, what are you all rugged out
that way for, then?"
''Why, don't you remember what
you said last evening?"
Mr.. Jobson did remember all OF
sudden, as she saw by his expression.
and he didn't say anything more.
How do you like my new tea
gown?" inquired Mrs. Jobson. cheer
ily, holding out the skirt in her hands
81 got it to-day for almost nothing
S34-at a sale; it was the only ONT
they had left. and it was Paris
model"