The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-08-16
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These taHge1 pants need pressing"
hs srnaied. mildly enough for hlia.
'lcsz soii Mrs. J0hsoD. surveying
"thr-, riltcallg wen her head on one
sfio. They DO need a crease. don't
ihayl Hy Tie way I notice that a
tailor and clothes repairer has moved
into that little shop down the street
that has been yaa "a se long and he
presses tr0user for d quarter"
Trousers. hey27 barked Air Jobson.
"Who said nnyfiing about trouscrsf
You can dispense with thal buslohese
stun. If sou plra ! said pants ana
pants Is what meaai. And what's a
clothes cobbler down the street got to
+ 10 with what Tn talking about any.
howl ] said that these pants needed
! pressing. / didn't say that they rc.
Quircd The services Of tailor There's
an answer 10 that Put your mind TO
work and maybe yog can guess IT,
"Well,' began Mrs. Jobson, "the
charge for pressing pair Of tr-a
pair Of pantaloons Is so-1
"Oh, pantaloous1" snnppod Mr.. Job.
son. "Can't fetch yourself to say
pants, ehG 100 bad about you, Il sure
S. Pretty nicey-hlcey all Of q sudden
aren't youT'
"Oh, don't mind pants IN the least"
said Mrs. Jobs6n with smile zones
use Of words. Of course. is purely a
matter Of habit -" Hm
"well, you don't have to Nudge 10
any craeks about MS use Of words. el-
Their cut in Mr.. Jobson. "sSut wait
minute. Stop this business Of trying
to shunt me on on a side Hnc.v
"Well, az I was saying, put in Mrs.
1obson, shat new little place where
The tailor has moved in is so handy
and only quarter for pressing pair
oi-"
"oh, thnts It, is itf9 chopped Mr..
1obson, Hiiundy hcyG Only a quarter,
eh. Picking Il Kind o soft for yourself
these days aren't gouq Getting tired2
Suffering from ihat thing they call the
sleeping slcisnessl Seems to me, now
I come TO think Of &, that way back in
the antique years, when the world was
young and lcthysaarians and diplidoea
uses and flying dragons and things
were prowling around, you used 70
press my pants yourself. Kind of q
hard stretch Of memory to hark b@rs
10 this femots'petiod, III admit fnt
/ sure do re,henbet5 as hiking ba1.l to
some previdus Incarnation, that you
did press my pants a few times some
wheru unFRWi sHa siHeiaI epoch. Hes, .
member itf7
"Why Of course, I pressed that very
pair Of trousers-I mean pants-only
a week or 50 ago" replied Mrs. job
son. "But Mrs spunjerine, next door,
borrowed my ironing board a few days
gro and hasn't brought it back yet, and
thcu when that little tailor moved into
the nelghborhood-why, 1 thought that
maybe you'd rather
Il don't know anything about any
Htue tailors or big tailors, either"
growled Mr.. Jobson. ave managed to
stumble along In nay mean. ornery,
iqualid kind Of way for a good many
years without any big or little tailors
n this neighborhood to hold up my
lands or guide my footsteps, and I
guess I'll try to plug along without
such assistance from now until the
lnish. The point is this: Am / to
from your harplng upon
he contiguiy Of this little tailor As
,oii .callsiiitn, that you fatty, firmly, ab-
iolutely and unqualdedly refuse, de-
line and reject the idea that you're
,ver going to press another pair Of
ants for ine2 Is thatsfNw The I'M
,resslon lhat you are seeking TO con-
-ey?'
Certainly not" replied 1lrs Jobson,
milling again ITS not the least trou-
he in the world to press your tr-pants,
,nly / thought that when they can be
,ressed so conveniently and inexpen-
ively-only % cents"
That's the nine millionth time
-ou've roped in that reference TO %
.entsp snorted Mr. Jobson. Cant
-ou think Of any new stun? Why have
-ou got to chirp and chirp and chrp
n a phrase once YOU get started On
Z? But, since you're such q parokeet
With reference to that p cents thing,
.ermit me to say this; It's not mat
cr Of % cents at ALL It's matter OF
,rinclple. IT'S a matter of whether
-ou are going to gradually give mp do
ng so much as a hand's turn for me-
It's a matter Of whether you are go
ne gradually and-7as YOU uo doubt
0pe -mnerceptlbly TO withdraw from
ll the useful activities Of life around
Iere. 50 That yod can have al Of
our time TO sit with your hands in
our lap. staring an the wall or else
nading nrtibn Junk that / wouldn't be
ound dead with on the eastern branch
lud flats. and thus leave me to shift
nfirelv ana absolutely for myself