The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-10
Mr.. Smith Lounges ON the Sofa.

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,NIr. Smith Lounges ON the Sofa.
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AND MRS. SMITH LECTURES HIM FOR IT.
There is touch of practical good sense
about the following that will be appreciated
by many. We find itfn the Marysville Tri-
bune: u, ,-.,,.-......
~ declare, Mr.. Smith this is too badl---
Here you are stretch out on the sofa; muss.
ing it up, and my nice carpet is all spoiled
by the tramp Of your coarse boots. ! shall
be ashamed to bring any one into the parlor
aeain--and have taken SO much pains to
keep everything hice!i I do think, Mr..
Smith, you are the most thoughtiess, care
less man ever did see--you don't appear
to care how much trouble you give me. II
| had no more care than you have we would
soon have a nice looking house-it would
not be long till our new house and furniture
would be just as bad as the DID," said John
Smiths wife to him, as she saw him in
the parlor taking nap on the sofa.
Mr.. Smith rose TIP slowly, an answered;
81 was tired and sleepy Mary, and the
weather was so hot, this room SO quiet and
cool, and the sofa looked So inviting, that
could not resist the temptation to snooze a
little. / thought when we were building a
new house and furnishing It thus, that we
were doing it because the old house and fur
niture were not SO comfortable as desirable
and that / and my own dear Mary would in
dulge ourselves in little quiet leisure in
these nice rooms, and if we choose, in
lounging on the sofas and rocking in these
cushioned arm-chairs, away from the noise
of the family, and the smell of the cooking
stove.
81 did not dream Of displeasing you, Ma
ry, and thought it twould give you pleasure
to see me enjoying nap on the sofa this
warm afternoon. | noticed when Merchant
Swell Or Col. Bigman and their families are
here you appear delighted to have sofas and
cushioned arm-chairs for them to sit in or
lounge upon. l thought the house and So
fas were to use-that we were seeking our
own pleasure when we paid large sum of
money for them; but suppose was mis-
taken, and that. the house and furniture are
for strangers, and that we are to sit in the
old kitchen, and if l want to take nap OF
rest little when fatigued, l am to lie down
on a slab in the wood house; and ifyou want
to rest you can 60 to the children's trundle.
bed in the little close bedroom, where the
flies can have chance at YOU"
The irony Of Mr.. Smiths reply only pro.
voked his wife, and seeing himself threaten.
ed with repetition of Mrs. Smiths speech,
with unpleasant additions and variation, ant
knowing that he would get tired of getting
victories over her in argument, before she
would think Of getting tired of defeat, he
took himself out, and left Mrs. Smith 10 fix
up and dust out and lock him out of his own
house, and took a seat in an old chair il
the kitchen, which Mrs. Smith said was
good enough to use every day-in the kitch
en- where no one sees it.
Poor, mistaken Mrs. Smith, thought L.
And yet most women are like her. They
want fine house, and when they get il
they want an outhouse built to live in ant
they conhne their family to a few small
rooms; while..the we'll furnished, are nevel
seen by the family only when visitors come
Both house and furniture are too grand fol
use! e. r. a-.,.,.. ....s.... .,g.
The carpet is too fine for their husbands tt
walk on-the mirrors are too fine for him tc
look ihto--the furniture is all too fine fo
hinj to see or use. Just so it goes--we
dress, we women, mean, and l am sorry
that many men are as foolish as we are, tc
please others; or rather to excite their re
marks; we build houses, and furnish them
for those outside the family, and live al
poorly when we are rich as we did when w
were poof-as poorly in the new house Al
Iii Tie Old.
1t is fatal day for enjoyment when
family gets house and furniture too fin'
for use: and yet most women have an ambi
ton to have it so. Better would it be
they were contented with such a. house ant
such furniture as is suited to every day use
the house large enough to accommodate
ones friends, and the furniture such as al
use when at home. .assad1a