The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-12-22
"Um," unused Mr.. Jobson, still looking
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"Um," unused Mr.. Jobson, still looking
thoughtful
After Mr.. Jobson had got away with
his two after dinner smokes that even
ing Mrs. Jobson got him to accompany
her on walk downtown to take look
at the shop windows in their Christmas
f1nery. Needless to say she steered him
before he tired and began to think of his
| pipe and his armchair, to the furrier'a
window in which cher" squirrel coat was
fastened loosely and jauntily around the
person Of handsome, dark-haired wax
| lady.
The wrap of the dark haired lady OF
wax claimed Mr.. Jobson's attention at
once.
What kind of an animal Or bird fur
nished the pelts for that coat?" he asked
Mrs. Jobson, eyincing distinct interest in
| the garment, which looked distinctly
swagger in the mellow light of the fur
rier's window.
.Why, that's one Of the new squirrel
coats" replied Mrs. Jobson, not with any
particular show Of interest. THAT is
they first came in last year."
| Like the thing?" inquired Mr.. job
son, viewing Mrs. Jobson with what he
thought was fine craftiness out of the
/ slants of his eyes.
"Um-ye-es," answered Mrs. Jobson;
| cts handsome, of course. A little ultra
as the milliners say ofSthe striking hats
| they make, but | suppose that is be-
cause the squirrel coats are so new, and
because We are not used to them yet"
We'll" said Mr. Jobson, right at him
self when Mrs. Jobson's view seemed tc
| clash with his own 81 think that coats
just ripping, myself-think it's immense
! It's"
But" mildly interposed Mrs. Jobson
somehow or another that squirrel fun
always looks to me as if"-and here she
laughed merrily-"well, as if COW had
| licked it the wrong way, don't you
think?'
| Mr.. Jobson cooked his head on one side
| and then shook it negatively.
mo-" he replied, II don't think any
thing of the sort Of course, the hide
doesn't lie down pat and fiat, like the Sat.
urday night haircut Of plumbers ap-
prentice. l suppose you'd want 'em to
use bears grease or vaseline to make
that fur lie down as fiat as pancake
Ell? Did you ever see squirrel with his
! hair lying as close to his hide as if he'd
been swimming in Standard oil tank ~
/ Mrs. Jobson was constrained to reply
that she had never witnessed such a phe.
nomenon.
Now" went On Mr.. Jobson, ''that-er
that sticky-up, sort O. porcupiny look
of that squirrel coat is Just the thing that
| makes the hit with me. It's artistic ]
| hate these cut-and-dried. blamed
| smooth things, anyhow. There's sort
| Of jolly carelessness about the this-way-
and-that look of that squirrel fur tina,
strikes me-looks like good, strong
| nipping breeze were blowing against it
eh?''
| "Well," replied Mrs. Jobson, musingly
with finger to her lip. cit has sort OF
artistic effect when viewed from tina,
standpoint, really"
"Of course it has, eloquently put In
Mr.. Jobson, expanding with his subject
by Jove, | didn't give you credit fol
being able to catch my meaning. You're
coming along, for a fact-association
after all these years, is at length begin.
/ ming to do marvels for you" and Mr.
Jobson smiled complaisantly at his lit
/ tie joke.
do you know" said Mrs Jobson. q.
they went away from the furrier's win
dow, that you are right about those
squirrel coats? It's remarkable how
4 quick you men are to catch an effect
Positively, 1t hadn't dawned upon me a
all, until you mentioned it, that thos,
squirrel coats are thoroughly artistic
but can see 1t now as plain as day
Really, If everything goes well, be
lieve should like to have one next year
do SO love to wear things that you picl
out for me, because they invariabl,
prove to be just right, and next year
Tush! Let's &C somewhere and hav,
some oysters. put in Mr. Jobson. max
Ing an elephantine effort to sWltsh tn.
subject. and then Mrs Jobson knew
that that squirrel coat was as goou q,
hanging in her closet.
She was sure Of it when on ths follow
ing afternoon she purposely passed til,
furrier's and saw that the squirrel Goa
had been removed from the window.
/ She went into the fnrrier's shop al,
merely directed an inquiring glance q
him. He nodded pleasantly THIN b
handed Mrs. Jobson the $40 rebate tha
was coming to her--Washington Stu