Gilpin observer., 1917-08-23
His Moods
Mr.. Jobson was pulling 'em on.

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he grunted, mildly enough for him.
"Yes?" said Mrs. Jobson, surveying
"them" critically with her head on one
side. "They do need a crease, don't
they? BY the way, I notice that a
tailor and clothes repairer has moved
into that little shop down the street
that has been vacant so long and he
presses trousers for a quarter"
Trousers, hey?" barked Mr.. Jobson.
"Who said anything about trousersl
You can dispense with that Bostonese
stuff. If you please. said pants. and
pants Is what I meant. And what's q
clothes cObbler down the street got to
do with what I'm talking about, any
howl said that these pants needed
pressing. didn't say that they re-
quired the services Of a tailor. There's
an answer to that. Put your mind to
work and maybe you can guess it."
"well," began Mrs. Jobson. ''the
charge for pressing pair Of tr-a
pair Of pantaloons Is So"
"Oh, pantaloons ?" snapped Mr.. Job
son. "Can't fetch yourself to say
pants, eh? Too bad about you, 1t sure
is. Pretty nicey-nicey all of sudden
aren't your"
"Oh, don't mind pants in the least"
said Mrs. Jobson with a smile. zones
use Of words, of course, Is purely
matter Of habit. l."
swell, you don't have to nudge In.
any cracks about my use Of words, ell
ther," cut In Mr.. JObson. "But wait
a minute. Stop this business Of trying
to shunt me of on side line"
swell. as was saying" put in Mrs.
JObson, shat new little place where
the tailor has moved in is so handy
and only quarter for pressing pair
Of"
"Oh, that's 1t, is it?" chopped Mr..
JObsOn. "Handy, hey? Only quarter,
eh. Picking 1t kind o. soft for yourself
these days, aren't you? Getting tired?
Suffering from that thing they call the
sleeping sickness? Seems to me, now
1 come to think of 1t. that way back in
the antique years, when the world was
young and icthysaurians and diplidOc-
uses and flying dragons and things
were prOwling around, you used to
press my pants yourself. Kind Of
hard stretch Of memory to bark back
to this remote period, I'll admit. But
sure do remember, as hiking back to
fv,n <hnk
did press my pants few times some
where around the glacial epoch. Re-
member it2"
"Why. Of course. pressed that very
pair Of trousers-I mean pants-only
week or SO ago." replied Mrs. job
son. "But Mrs. Spunjerine, next door,
borrowed my ironing board a few days
ago and hasn't brought 1t back yet, and
then when that little tailor moved into
the neighborhood-why, thought that
maybe you'd rather"
Il don't know anything about any
little tailors, or big tailOrs, either"
grOwled Mr.. JObson. 1--WE managed to
stumble along in my mean. ornery.
squalid kind Of way for good many
years without any big or little tailors
In this neighbOrhoOd to hold up my
hands or guide my footsteps. and I
guess I'll try to plug along without
such assistance from now until the
finish. The point is this: Am I to
understand from your harping upon
the cOntiguity Of this little tailor as
you call him, that you fatty. firmly. alb
solutely and unqualifiedly refuse. de-
cline and reject the idea that you're
ever going to press another pair of
pants for me? Is that, pray. the Inn
preston that you are seeking to con-
veyl"
Certainly not" replied Mrs. Jobson.
smiling again. ats not the least trou-
bic in the world to press your tr-pants,
only I thought that when they can be
pressed so conveniently and inexpen-
sively-Only 25 cents"
''That's the nine mlllionth time
you've roped In that reference to 25
cents" snorted Mr.. JobsOn. "Can't
you think Of any new stuff7 Why have
you got to chirp and chirp and chirp
on a phrase once you get started on
IT. But. since you're such parokeet
with reference to that 25 cents thing,
permit me to say this: It's not mat
ter Of 25 cents at all. It's matter Of
principle. It's matter Of whether
you are going to gradually give up do
ing 30 much as a hands turn for me.
It's a matter of whether you are GO
Ing gradually and-as you. no doubt.
hOpe-imperceptibly to withdraw from
all the useful activities Of life around
here. so that you can have all Of
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