Show F MR BOWSER QUITS SMOKING he sh shows his i gr great at will power P by 13 7 M QUAD ja 1921 by syndicate mrs bowser looked up from her reading and mr dowser bowser who was perusing was chew cheil luff ng gum at a great rate nis his jaws worked like a cow eating in g hay that for slie she asked as the caught b hm i eye ive wanted a quid ot of gum for the last twenty sears and I 1 have just now got it it looks very tery odd to see you chewing away the matter that rou are not smoking as usual mrs bowser one explains the other I 1 have quit smoking and shall sever never smoke again im using tills this gum um because it takes the taste for smoking awny away but you brought home a full box bos of cf cigars last night they are on the piano up there r yes I 1 know I 1 did fool that I 1 was all this time for thirty years past I 1 have been burning up money and shortening my days nt at the same time 1 I never could see that smoking hurt you any said mrs bowser no there are lots of things that you never could see I 1 have known it ill all along that it was hurting roe me but I 1 could not summon up will rower power enough to quit I 1 have today summoned it up no more more smokes tor for me I 1 have not smoked since noon and I 1 feel fifty per cent better I 1 should think you w uld notice a change in ne ine 11 how did you come to do it asked urs mrs bowser why I 1 was seated in my office smoking when doctor Guff engall came in he at once began on me he Is one of the most celebrated doctors in ate he state it was he be who discovered that smoking brought on several different aliments ailments he Is not afraid to tell any man what lie he thinks and he ii told me some plain facts mut but know that you had any lisments lil itil ments you nice wife you are not to 40 realize that I 1 had about twelve different ailments because I 1 dont whine end and complain and make out that rm a great martyr you dont seem to realize that I 1 amny drop olt off at tiny any froment fao inor ment rient I 1 tell you sirs mrs bowser I 1 cave bave had a narrow escape doctor Guu Cuff engall said that if I 1 had bad gone one week more nothing could have saved ane why I 1 have quit smoking and why I 1 am never going to smoke I 1 will take that bo box x of cigars end and empty it in ill the street I 1 have put the last nicotine in my system mal hat ever goes there well you can save some money if you quit smoking remarked remark ed mrs bowser in a careless way 1 I should think I 1 could explained mr bowser as he walked about and t hewed and chewed and chewed on alls cud of gum the doat doctor or and I 1 igi went over the case for thirty years I 1 have been paying fifteen cents for a alf cigar and smoking three per day r forty five cents d a day and you tan can figure how bow much it must have att tome to in thirty years why mrs da e told me the plain facts fi bowser it would buy a house and it would have dressed you three times overl over it would have paid my income tax end and all other taxes now ill I 1 took look buck back at it I 1 have been posit positively vely criminal 1 i but you have had enjoyment mr bowser yes enjoyment of taking pulson into MY system well no more goes alerc kie rc I 1 have learned my lesson and 1 I stop right rl lit here I 1 tills this gum for two or three days will take the place or of a smoke abut you will have to exert strong wil power for some time tit it be exerted exer teti led and dont you orect it I 1 when samuel T bowser likes up his mini mind to do adyth anything 1 ng it I 1 Is is firm as tile rock pock of 0 bibra gibraltar itar 1 bi band and you yon are arc to give me the money rou ou save queried mrs dowser bowser every penny of it I 1 next week I 1 ivall III begin and give you what I 1 sale sae very pry neck you will soon have every liing in you need and ami can start a bankbook ok besides that Is good of you mr bowser U you feel like smoking why dont you take a walk out in tile fresh air will help to 0 o keep your mind off it PYM T that Is good advice fac dob mr tat don down n J then lie ile got tp ip iii Ml then lie walked the floor door then lie chewed some more lie walked over to them the aland an and looked nt at tile box of cigars th tbt 1 smokers looked good to him lie ile fel tile lie desire to lie he felt samuel J bossers Bow j sers will power growing weak and lie suld as ho he grabber grabbed for tile box bos 1 I mill now go out and pour thes them into the street and jump on them they shall not get the better of mek me I 1 may walk around for three or foul hours if I 1 am not home sou can gd to bed nt at the usual hour yes it 19 going to cost me a struggle but I 1 im going to bent the game just the same say a second thought strikes me I 1 bought this box bos of cigars tit at the d drug rug store why wont they take them back at a discount and why not bring you back the money lie pays me that would be a good plan answered mrs dowser bowser but without nn any enthusiasm sir mr bowser departed with the box boi under his firm arm ile he did not lot go to the lie drug store lie he simply walked about and he thought how nice it would bo to smoke as he be walked ile he met two or three other men smoking and tin tile smell of their smoke was good lie ile would empty the cigars on the ground and destroy them no hed be darned it if he would I 1 lie ite would go right to the drug diu store and make a sale he went vent up to the drug store ani ay A R and count the stars at the sams sam time passed it and as lie he passed he hug hugged ed the box tighter than ever then he be went into a grocery and bought a box of matches and carefully put them away in his pocket then he took a walk around the block end and in time arrived in trout front of his house sirs mrs bowser had gone upstairs ai aa the light showed mr bowser wasi wa glad of it ile ho tiptoed tip toed into tha yard and took a seat on the steps how nice it would be to sit there and smoke his cigar and count the stars at the same time it do any hurt just to look at tile alg cigars gars it do any hurt to bite the end off it do any hurt to strike a match samuel J bowser had great will power but the cigars had a greater mrs s bossers Bow sers window was up tip and she smelled the smoke and looked out there sot sat mr bowser enjoying himself to the uttermost ile he smoked two cigars while she watched him and as she then went to bed perhaps his great will power made him smoke a third one she was still awake when ithen he came in and lie he brought an odor with him like a club smoking room but she say anything she only smiled to herself next nest morning the box of 0 cigars was on the piano again mr dowser bowser an on departing to go to the office took and lighted a smoker and nothing was said about it doctor Guff engall would have been horrified but mrs boeset boast r even hold up her hands bands vot vor 30 20 long years she had seen mr bowser smoke for at least live five umes times A year he had resolved revolved to quit ant it had always resulted in this way why pet get up a family row over such a simple simpie thing as mr bowders dowsers Bow Dow sers gibraltar will power mrs bowser la is a very sensible woman |