Litchfield enquirer., 1855-06-07

evil is but Just commenced. Your large and
numerous rooms require large and numerous
carpets, and curtains and sofas and other
adornings. But that is not all nor the worst
fit The house and the furniture must be
taken care Of, swept and busted daily, and
scrubbed and secured spring and fals when
the house cleaning time comes round. You
must either pay for help to do all this. or
what is perhaps more common, allow addi-
tional burdens to fall on your wife, who has
already a ceaseless round of cares. A sem
sitive or even just man, should see that In
this land. where servants are an expensive
luxury, at best, his wife has comfort and
leisure, and selfish man may soon learn
that he cannot lead peaceful and happy
life with a woman who is overrun With hard
work and family cares. We think 1 our
reader himself is not open to censure in the
particulars named, he may find plenty Of his
neighbors to whom our remarks will apply.
And then, again, we are extravagant in our
household furniture. The ladies must come
in for share of our lecture on this topic
The furniture Of house is mainly for use
and comfort. Carpets and sofas andchairs
and tables are chiefly designed to promote
warmth and quiet and physical enjoyment,
in some way. A carpeted floor is warmer
in winter, and the children make less dis
turbance on it than bare boards; and besides,
they require much less labor to keep them
in nice order. Let comfort then he regard
ed, principally, in selecting furniture. We
live in the country and 1t is not only un-
necessary, but absolutely in bad taste,to
furnish our houses like fashionable saloons
in the city. 1t indicates no refined taste,
only that we have, or have had, money, If
our rooms are filed with tapestry and marble
and black walnut. Mr.. Rosewood, the fur
niture man, viii fit out your house in mag.
ni6cent style, if you will only furnish the
cash. He knows the fashions better than
you, and is entitled to all the credit Of the
show, after all. - 90
But nice perception of the fitness Of
things, which is good taste-the faculty OF
producing harmony between me occupants
of the house and the house itself, and be-
tween the house and the furniture and sur
roundings, this is what you do not buy at
the upholsters, this is beyond price, and
matter, madam. in which it is your province
to excel. Let the furniture say, as plain as
things can speak, this house is for the COM
fort of those who live inside of il and not for
uieIc Cdiieis anu SlidHSriSs AhiS S"iPet -
not too good for the children to roll on, this
arm chair will not be soiled by being occu..
pied, and the bright sunlight may visit the
inmates, in the morning, bringing health
and cheerfulness, without fear that it will
fade the brilliant colors Of the velvet. If
when your house is built, and furnished,
you have money to spare for mere articles
Of taste and luxury, the world is full of books
and pictures, and thousand other things,
which will afford to refined and cultivated
mind far more rational enjoyment than
whole warehouse Of gilded mahogany.
On the whole, we think the ambition
which is common among all classes, to live
in large houses elegantly furnished, is Lead
ing us daily into endorsements and di,-
which as athoughtfu and rational
people, we ought no longer TO suffer. 81.