Evening star., 1902-09-13
JOBSON EXERCISES

Hereafter" said Mr. Jobson after read
ing some Health Hints in the paper the
other evening, Il wish that you'd wake me
up not later that o'clock, beginning to-
morrow morning"
Are You going to take up morning dumb
bell exercise again?' mildly inquired Mrs.
Jobson.
No. snapped Mr.. Jobson. Il am not
gong to take up morning dumb-b bell exer-
else again. Neither am j going to spend
an hour every morning punching the bag.
tooilng with the medicine ball and the wrist
machine. playing base ball, wrestling with
81. Bernard pup, boxing with a couple of
specially engaged welterweights. or anything
OF the sort. l am not going into training
Iof any or the prize ring championships,
ana your question is frivolous. A man
doesn have to start training camp and
work IKE galley slave in order to keep
himself in physical trim
on, then. you're going to resume those
simple Bed Room Calisthenics' that you
induised IN for a couple of days last year.
wnen they made you so sore?" suggested
Mrs. Jobson.
NO. said Mr.. Jobson testify, Il am not
gong TO DO anything so idiotic or unneces-
sary- Neither am l going to practice Del
sarte Tor an hour or SO before breakfast
every morning. Nor am l going to get out
out of my bunk at the hour of for the
purpose of practicing elocution and learning
how to recite 'Curfew Shall Not Ring To-
nlsht, Ostler joe and Asleep at the
switch. I'm going to begin tomorrow to
walk to and from the Office
But don't you remember" put in Mrs.
JoDson. that You tried that a couple of
years ago, and that you found that it IA
tgued you so that"
Il am going" broke in Mr. Jobson, ig-
nor1ng Mrs. Jobson's remark ito begin to
walk to and from the office tomorrow.
Iheres no better exercise known to man.
hnr i,,rt ,1o;.,
stroll between Mt. Pleasant and my office
every morning would just about keep me
on edge, physically speaking and there's no
better time to begin than when the glorious
autumnal a. weather is about setting in. 1
ma that am becoming pudgy and wheezy
TOT want of exercise. Moreover, this thing
OK riding on car to and from the Office is
silly for full-grown man"
me breakfast hour in this establishment
Is nenceforth to be I:30, instead of S:15, as
1t mas hitherto been, and dinner will be
served at $50 in the afternoon, instead Of
at half-past 4. I'll get up each morning
at l. nave my bath and dress. and be ready
Tor breakfast at I:30 sharp. That'n permit
me to leave the house at 8, and the hour
Will enable me to reach the office in
leisurely, contemplative fashion by sharp
IL PROBABLY be little slower in getting
nome in the evening, taking from 4 to $50
Tor It, This thing of piling home from the
once on car and beginning to gobbIe food
the minute fellow gets into the house,
without any exercise preceding the meal, is
All wrong. so L wish you'd impress the Sc
new meal hours upon your mind, Mrs. Job
son, not forgetting that desire to be awak-
ened al sharp each morning"
To make sure that she herself would
awaken at I o'clock on the following morn
ing, Mrs. Jobson went next door soon after
the conclusion Of Mr.. Jobson's long oracu-
lar speech and borrowed an alarm clock.
winch she set, without telling Mr.. Jobson
anything about it. at the o'clock notch
W nSn the alarm off a tbIa
next morning Mr.. Jobson leaped out of a
sound siumber and giared at Mrs. Jobson.
What in the blithering blazes-'' he de-
manded, when Mrs. Jobson interrupted him
with:
Its o'clock, the hour at which YOU
wanted to be awakened, you know
Why. confound it, snapped Mr.. Jobson,
its not past midnight, and | haven't been
asleep more than ten minutes,'
Mrs. Jobson showed him his watch, how
ever, and he sulkily began to dress 1t
was an overcast and very dark morning
and two or three times in the progress of
his dressing, when MIR. Jobson sat upon
the edge of the bed he looked as if he were
about to topple over and fall asleep again.
He hrally made his appearance in the din
ing room, however and pecked at his
breakfast without any appetite, regarding
Mrs. Jobson with a heavy scowl over the
top OF his morning paper, and saying not
word. He looked blinky and sleepy, and
Mrs. Jobson was sufficiently wise from ex-
P>iAN''SS .Aot ~ oSteiipl 70 SISdSe MIN IN
converse ton.
Got any car tickets?' abSent-mindedly
inquired Mr.. Jobson as he was about to
start.
Yes said Mrs. Jobson. "but I thought
you said you We're going to begin walking
to and from your"
Mr.. Jobson, flushing a turkey red over the
break, darted down the stems without
word.
That afternoon Mrs Jobson told the maid
OF all work that preparations for dinner
need not be undertaken until about an
hour after the usual time.
Mrs. Jobson was seated in one of the
front windows, doing some fancy work
and the girl was just about beginning to poke
at the fire down below before leisurely
going about the business of getting dinner
when the familiar step of Mr. Jobson as he
entered the front gate reached the both of
them.
1t was then exactly 4:25 pm
Hello said Mr.. Jobson as he entered
the hall and hung up his hat. Dinner
ready? I'm starved to death-didn't have
time to go out for lunch today. Whatchoo
got for dinner today, anyhow? Don't smell
anything cooking. How dye happen to be
sitting up here in the parlor window all
primped up and working on a tidy when
it's dinner time? What's the matter with
this layout today, anyway? I'm hungry. 1
say-hungry as a wolf, and
But put in Mrs. Jobson. picking I'D the
fancy work from her lap and rising, surely
you remember that you said that you were
SoiHS 10 WALK HOME evening and that
you would not want dinner until half-past
), and"
Mr.. Jobson's jaw suddenly fell, but he
stared at Mrs. Jobson as if he meditated
impaling her wf,n his gaze.
Who? Me?' he gasped. to gain time to
think of reply. Me say 1 wanted dinner
at $50 this evening? Well, this will be
about ALL After I've saved and toled all
day she absolutely declines to give me a
mouthful to eat when 1 come home Her
idea is to starve me to death to get my in
surance. You leave on the 10 O'Clock train
tomorrow morning for the home of your
Rube relatives, Mrs. Jobson, and at the
same hour IL be hunting around for a
boarding place for myself. 1 know when
I've been stepped enough. The worm
will turn, and / am the worm"
Mud Daubers.
From Country Life in America.
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