Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-22

is mainly for uss aud comfort Carpets ana sotas al'
chairs and tables are chiefly DESIGNED 10 rrohho',
warmth mud quiet and physical enjoyment III some
way carpc:cd floor If warmer IN winter, ana INC
children max lcss Disturbance OH than bare boards
aud, besides, they require much less labor l" kecl
them i'll uce order Let comfort then DC reRa'"eu
principally IN selecting furniture. -,
But a nice perception OF the fitness OF things Whci
| il good taste-the faculty Of producing harmony De-
tween the occupants Of the house and the house II
self and between the house and the furniture AM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is what you do not buy al inc
holserers this is beyond price, and matter, maaal
in which it is your province to excel ~ .,e Luz t
ture say, plain things can speak, inns mouse o
the comfort Of those who live inS'dc OF u H'a n' ~"
callers aud strangers. Inns :; NJ,
for the children to roll nnhis armchair WI" nor oe SOU
oil nv heinz occupod and the bright sunlight may
visit the inmates IN the morning bringing heahn an.
chnrrulness without fear that II VIII fahe 'Ie orian
cors of the silk and velvet Ii when your mousse
huiIt and furnished, you have money to spare for ar
trIss of mere taste and luxury, the word Is iui I"
| hooks and pictures, and 4 thousand other Things
which will afford to refined and cultivated nina iai
more rational enjoyment than whole warehouse o'
pilled mahogany.
On the whole, we think the ambition which is COM
mon among all classes, to live in largo houses Gle
eantly furnished, is leading duly into em6arrass-
ments and discomforts, which as thoushtu ana ra-
tional people, we ought not longer to suner.
THE BLOOM OF AGE.-A good woman never
grows old. Years may pass over her head out II DC,
nevolence and virtue dwell IN her heart sne Is Us
cheerful when the spring OF lie nrst openeu 20 e
view. When we look upon good woman we never
think of her ege; she looks as charming as when the
rose of youth first boomed OH her cheek. That rose
has not faded yet; it will never fade. In her nelSn
borhood she is the friend and oeneact1r. no oSer
not respect end love the woman who mas passed. her
DAYS In acts of kindness and mercy we repeat
such woman cannot grow Old. She will always Of
fresh and buoyant in spirits, and active IN hunoie
deeds of mercy and benevoience. III the young iaay
~ onA ~
her NOT Weld TO fine sway of fashion and folly let her
love truth and virtue and TO the close OF lie she will
retain those feelings which now make life appear
garden of sweets-ever fresh ana ever new.
SELECTIONS FROM PUNCH. DRY LEAVES
rpoa THE TREE OF KNUwLEDGE.-Money has been
called 'the sinews Of war;" and for this reason
without money how lie it possible for an army to make
an advanced ,
nc had hand themselves In the driving.
In female phraseology, it lie almost invariably man
who is so great big stupid" and woman who is "a
great big silly"
Uneasy is tho head that wears wig In a gale of
wind.
Poverty must be woman it is so fond of pinching
apersoa.
to make it bumper of nothing but cold water
Ayfsiocracy Defined. On additional and more pro-
found reflection on the subject of Arstocracywe have
arrived at the following definition OF that term.
which We apprehend is as near tho marx as poss'o,e
Aristocracy-A class of persons VINO despso 'n'
public and are venerated by the public TOR tnat re-"
son. 49,,
Service II has been remarked that certain aristo-
cratic officers absent upon leave from the Crmea'
have notwithstanding shown great devotion 10 the
service. Wemean-rhe dinner service.
Comfor, fycn he HorSe GuardS. Lord Seymour
DECLARED in the Commons that eve had patronage for
three regiments in the Household Brigade and the
officers ior tho regiments, but men only for one.-
That is, we have the fine hashy, expensive handles
for swords but, somehow. want wo-thlrds OF the
swords themselves.
AG.!ce 10 Young Legal Students. Better far to
make pursuit of the law than allow the law to make
a pursuit of you.
AFFECTION.-We sometimes meet with men
who seem to think that any indulgence in an atfec-
tionate feeling is weakness. They will return from
Journey and treat their families with distant digni-
tv and move among their children with the cold aud
lofty speudor of iceberg surrounded by its broken
fragments. There is hardly more unnatural sight
~ earth, than one Of those families without heart
father had better cXtingush boys eyes, than take
away his heart Who that has experienced the joys
of friendship, and values sympathy and affection,
would not rather lose all that is beautiful i'll natures
scenery than DO robbed of the hidden treasures of
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