Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-10
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Tv,ery winter The world takes bil- lions of pairs. Suppose, Mrs. Bowser, We didn't have to wear any rubhers at all! Suppose q substitute for them was invented something costing less than nickel? Can you figure what the saving would be-"
 Tt would certainly be immcnsc," she replied.
 You are right. if would-millons and millions of dollars. My income from the patent alone will be $30OOO,- GOO q year. When the sidewalks are slippery they sprinkle ashes on them, don't they-aslIes or sand? Why not let each pedestrian carry his own! The Bowser self sprinkler and non. i slipper simply consists of a hollow ! bamboo strapped to the outside of each ! leg and filled with sand or ashes Ev- cry time you throw your leg out a spring cicctS q quantity of the sand or | ashes just where yol are going tJ place your foot One filling does for q mile walk. Filled with a funnel in 1 one minute and no muSS made. De pots all along the principal streets for refilling The hamboos for. sale at cv ] cry grocery. and one is warranted to last ten years. Made for all lengths of leg. Painted in all colors or the wood left in it's natural state. Crook ed bamboos for folks with crooked i legs. You can take 'em off or strap 1 'em on quicker than you can tie a shoe. What do you think of it?'
 "I shouldn't like to give you an an swer until l have thought 1t over for a spell" answered Mrs. Bowser.
 '"The idea must commend itself to every one with an ounce of brains We now pass on to No. 3. Nineteen per sons out of twenty, no matter what the age or sex, run the heels of their [ shoes over. If it wasn't for this fact there'd hardly De cobbler in b;!:si ness. Every run over heel is repaired l at cost of b cents, and repairs must be made at least five times a year That is "a cents a heel. or $1 .50 for q | pair of shoes. In most cases this is 1 half the original cost A thousand million people are going to the cohlle% five times year. Suppose their heels didn't run over? Suppose they didn't have to go to the cobbler'S? Suppose that gigantic sum of money could he saved?'
 Chaneesh,e Shoe Heel.
 But can it be?' asked Mrs. Bow ! ser.
 | ;~e,@ ;y,t tI,n ,,,,.lJ that all your shoes are fitted with the Bowser interchangeable heel. Fitted with stee! spring and catch. Heels taken off and changed in thirty sec onds By changing the heels are bound to wear level. Sixty million dollars a year royalty for me in thS alone. was lying on my back in bed when the idea came to me. It's going to pat a hundred thousand cobblers cut of business, but l shall give all of them a chance to drive ice wagons. There you are, Mrs. Bowser, and now tell me whether your husband is man with brains in his head or only an old stumpY'
 "Have you talked with any one about your invention?" she asked.
 "No. l was waiting to hear what you would say.'
 Well, if l was you I'd go over anf have talk with the druggist. l have heard 1t said that he is very keel man. I'd like to know what he thinks about things
 "I'll go at once Yes, he's a brett, sharp man, and he'll see the value o1 my inventions at once. Hurrah fo the .Rowser family! They're all right.
 It was a leisure hour with the drug gist and he listened closely to all tha Mr. Bowser had to say. When the stor! was finished he rose up and removed the hat from the head of the genius rubbed his hand over the badness and, leading MT. Bowser to the doc and gently pushing him out into the winter world, he said:
 "Go home and soak 1t, old friend"
 The minutes went by, and Mrs. Bow } ser wondered why the genius did no return. The minutes made an hour ant then two of them. Then she went t, the front door to look out and saw It was broken hearted, and the tear: . had run down it's cheeks and froZel hard.
 , "Poor Mir. Bowser!'' she sighed a! : she helped the bundle in and laid it ol the lounge and covered it up and gav' } it ginger tea
 The genius had fallen down once l more. M. QUAD. At the Book Club