Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-06-29
Mr.. Smith Lounges On the Sofa;
RIrS. Smith Lectures him for il.


RIrs. Smith Lectures him for il.
There is touch Of practical good sens
about the following that will be appreciated
BY thousands. We end it in that excel
lent and sensible paper, the MargsVili
TriJHns:]
81 declare, Mr.. Smith this is too bad
Here you are stretched out on the sofa
mussing il up, and my nice carpet is al
soiled BY the tramp of your coarse boots
shall be ashamed to bring any one int
the parlor again-snd / have taken 81
much pains to keep everything nicel Idc
think, Mr.. Smith, you are the most thought
less, careless man / ever did see-yor
don't appear to care how things look, nOl
how much trouble you give me. If had
no more care than you have We would
soon have q nice looking house-it would
not be long ill our new house and furni
iure would be just as bad as the DID," said
John Smiths wife 10 him, as she saw him
in the psrlor taking nap on the sofa.
Mr.. Smith rose up slowly, and answered
Il was tired and sleepy, Mary, and the
weather so hOt, xnd this room 50 quiet and
cool. and the sofa looked so inviting, that
could not resist the temptation to SnOOze a
little. | thought when We we're building
q new house. and furnishing it thus, thss
We we're doing il because the old house
and furniture were not so comfortable as
desirable. and that / and my own dear Ma.
ry, would indulge ourselves in little quiet
leisure in the nice rooms, and. If we chose,
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. lid not dream Of displeas-
ing you, Mary. and 1 thought is would give
you pleasure TO see me enjoying nap on
the sofa. this warm afternoon. I notice
when Merchant Swell, or Col. Bigman, and
their families are here, you appear delight
ed to have sofas, and cushioned armed
chairs for them to sit in, or lounge upon
i thought the house and the sefas were to
use--that we we're seeking our own pleas
uFe when We paid large sum Of money
for them; but | suppose l was mistaken,
and that the house and furniture are for
strangers, and that we are TO sit in the old
chairs, in the kitchen, and if want to take
a nap, or rest little when fatigued, am
to lie down on a slab in the wood house I;
and you, if you want to rest. can 60 20 the
childrens trundlsbed, 10 the little close bed
room, where the flies can have chance at
you"
The irony of Mr.. Smiths reply only pro-
voked his wife. and seeing himself threat
sned with a repetition of Mrs. Smiths
speech, with unpleasant additions and va
riations, and knowing that be would get
tired of gaining victories over her in argu-
ment, before she would think of getting GiE-
ed Of defeat, he took himself ou:, and left
Mrs. Smith 10 fx up and Gust out, and lock
him out of his own house. and took seat
on an old chair in the kitchen. which Mrs.
Smith said was good enough to use every
dsy-in the kitchen. where no one sees it.
Poor, mistaken Mrs Smith, thought l.
And ye;, most women are like her. They
want 6ne house, and when they get it
hey want an clubhouse built to live in, and
hey con6ne their families to few small
rooms. poorly furnished, while the main
building, we'll furnished, is never seen by
he family only when visitors come. Both
house and furniture are too grand for use.
The carpet is too ine for their husbands to
walk on-the mirrors are too fine for him
10 look into-the furniture is ali too ine for
him TO see or use. Just so it gces-we
dress, We women, I mean, and am sorry
hat many men are as foolish as we are, to
pleass others or rather 10 excite their re-
nsrks-we build houses and furnish them
Tor those outside Of the family, and live as
poorly when we are rich as we did when
We were poor; as poorly in the new house as
in the old.
Il is fatal day to enjoyment when
iamily gets q house and furniture too fine
or use; and yet most women have an am
bition to have it so. Better would il be il
hey we're contented with such a house
md such furniture as is suited for every
lay use-the house large enough to &C.
ones friends, and the furniture
such as all use when at home.
RosE RANDOM.