Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-12-03
outside alitter and 1nstde Gloom.

Outside Glitter and Inside Gloom.
Many homes are elegantly furnished with small
addition TO domestic comfort. In this fast age,
the Mrs. Putiphars often live m palatial rcsiden
ceS, overiad with gorgeous decorations, for the
eyes of the fashionable viSileIS, while the home
loving Mr. PotiphaT signs Tor The quiet ease cf the
humble Old homestead. The MaTysviIle Tribune
gives In amusing sketch CT the inner life Of one
Of these comfortable households:
Al declare, Mr. Smith! this is too bad. Here you
are stretched out on the sula, muSslng ii up, and
my nice CARPET is all spoiled BY the tramp oF your
coarse boots. Shall be oshalHeti;o Lriuy any une
into the p.Tlor agnin-and have taken so much
pains to keep ever! thing nice ! DO think, Mr.
Smith, you are the most thoughtleSs man ever did
see-you don't appear to care how much trout
bic Yon give me. III had nj more care than You
have, we would soon have nice looking house
it would not be 'ong till our new house aud fur
niture would be just as bad as the DID, So said
John Smiths vile to him, as she saw him in the
parIor taking napon tile sofa.
Mt. Smith rose up early and answereL-"l was
tired and sleepy, Mary, and the weather so hot,
and this quiet and cool, and the SOia look
ell SO inviting that could not resist ihe lelnpts
ton TO SDoozs little. | thought that when We
We're building new house, and furnishing ii, that
We we've doing it because the Old house and furni
tnTe were not conlortrble aud desirable, and that
and my own dear Mary would indmlge ourselves
in little quiet leisure in tn Sc nice rooms; and
u WeCnOOSeB Ill IOuuSIilS Oh lHe SOUS duu IOChluk
in these cushioned arm chats, away frOm the
noise oil the family nd the smell of the cooking
stove.
al did not dream OF dispIeasing yon Mary, and
thought II would give you pleasure TO see me- en-
joyins nap on the sofa, thi warm afternoon.
noticed wheu Mr.. Merchant Swell, or Coz. Big
MN, and their families are hire, you appear de-
lighted TO lave sofas and cushioned aim chairs for
them to sitIn OF lounge uRon. thought the house
and the sofas were 10 uSe-that we were seeking
our own pleasure when we paid large sum oil
money IOE thens but suppose that was nllsla-
ken, aud the house and furniture for strangers,
and that we are 10 sit i'll the kitchen, and II |
want 10 take nap, or rest little when fUtisued,
am to lie down on slab III the woolhouse, and
If you want to resi-, Can go 10 the chI.drrns tIun-
die bed in the little close bedroom, where the
dies can have no chance at you.''
The irony oil Mr.. Smiths reply only provoked
his wife, aud seeing himself Threatened with
repetition Of Mrs. Smiths speech, with unpIess-
ant additions and var atoms, and knowing that he
would get tlred Of gaining victories over her in
argument before she would think OF getting tired
of teeat, he took himself out aud lett Mrs. Smith
10 fix up aud dust out and lock lin out Of his own
house aud took his seat in an old CHAIR near the
kitchen, " hich Mrs. Smith said was good enough
to use every day-In the Kitchen where no one
sees it.
Pnor, mistaken Mrs. Smith, thought l. And
yet, many, are like heT. They want fine house,
| aud when they gel IL they want an clubhouse 10
live in, and they confne their families TO few
small rooms, poorly furnished, while the main
room, well furnished, never seen 10y the family
only when visitors cons! Both house and furni
ture are too fne for use. The carpet is too tine
for their husbands walk on; the mirrors are too
fine for him to look Into; the furniture Is all too
fine for him to see or use. Just SO It goes; we
dress-we women, mean, aud AN sorry that
many men are as foolish as we sre-to please 9th
erS, or rather to excite their remarks; we build
houses, and furnish them fur those outside of tie
when were poor-as poorIy in the new house
as in the old.
1t is fatal day to enjoyment when family gets
house and furniture too fine for family use; and
yet many have an ambition to have itso. Better
would it lie TO lie cOntemteJ ith such a-houS- end
such furniture as is suited to every day use; the
house large enough TO accommodate ones fr'ends,
and the furniture such us ali use when at home.