The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-11
THE BULLETIN.
Publication once. Bulletin building,
Washington Avenue.
THE HOME.
TAKING IT OUT OF THE FUR
NIrURE.


General, and probably the wealthiest
woman in town Her furniture was GER
tainly superb The cornices over the
curtain. we're very rich and beautiful,
with blue enamel and heavily wrought
gilt scroll-wurk, and the curtains were Of
costly duna.k.
Nothi, could be thicker and softer
than the pile If the fpler did velvet car.
pet, nothing rs.icr than the grvRt loung-
ing chair. that rull,d ~ y touch. But for
all this, Tom Gaines little wife missed
something. aud in the warm atmosphere
ielt almost like shiyering
Well, what do you think OF IT, Birdic?
--soinehow ali her intimate friends called
her by Tom = pet name asked Mrs. Hur-
rover, as she came g. get n little advice
about the shaping Of q small bib IN
half sorry the society met here; ! should
almost hate To- ask them to my bit Of a
! house.
Nettio Gaines smiled
ats beautiful, but I'm cold. .he
! ,aid.
Cold g. Mrs. Narrower cast glance
at the register ut her side; "Why It's de.
| ligh,fully warm ! only wish we had Il
furnace-the atmosphcrc is just like sum
mer all the winter through, the generals
/ wife says. Suppose you change place.
! with me ?
ooh, didn't mean that, said Netty
with n little amused laugh; but i.n't il all
upholstery
IN sure the psrlors are grand, su-
perb exclaimed Mrs Narrower, with
n deprecating gesture; where are your
eyes, Netty Ghines I'm confident the
curtains cost hundreds Of dollars, and Just
think Of these satin chairs 1t don't
seem NJ If they ought 10 lie used
" That's just the way ! feel responded
Netty there's no nome. life in them. Each
chair makes pretty picture, which ]
like to look al, but could never use them
as seats. It, all very splendid as you
say, but for my taste it's all very cod.
I'm afraid should want 20 break these
vases, If could put no vines in them
they are 30 hideously gorgeous. dare
say they cost enough, but they are per-
fectly unmcaniIg TO me, a barbaric mix
ture Of colors. But perhsp, ! ought not
to comment on other peoples style of liv-
ing 80 freely.
Who i. that sweet lady in the gray
dress asked Mrs. General MscGsvn.
What perfect good taste she shows in her
selection Of colorsl"
That is Mrs. Gaines, or Birdie Gaines
as We call her. She is one OF the dearest
little women knew, and carries her per-
feet taste into everything. It's great
pleasure to see her at home and, by the
way, believe our next meeting is at her
house
Il did 80 want to see flower some
where said Birdie. as she Slid into her own
little low rocking chair, cor bit Of terra
Gotta, or even plaster Of Paris, like our
nrgffr llf,la fnllp, ,lava M 81 l.. 4,
ed lovingly over 10 a recess where stood a
graceful child, holding vase of flowers
on his head. Give me my own pleasant,
home-lke room, for the splendor OF the
generals fine house.
Mamma, l sc- hoIrc, aud a pretty
lady, and little boy and his dog, in th.
coal. cried little NAV. who sat IN her
own straw rocker, looking delightedly
into the fre-no CRATE, no open stove
with its red hot base, but agcnuine, roll
licking, leaping, singing, dancing wood
fire, reddening from great logs whis-
pering Of forest oaks, and long sylvan
avenues beneath Of NOISY, fern-covered
everglades, and tall slghing pines. There
was a hearth too, ample and bright, and
high fender with II little brass railing, and
better than all, an old-fashioned pair Of
huge brass-topped androns in which you
tOuiu st' N'uI anu Az ti'
silver things on the table reflected back
dozen fires forming So many pictures for
the dedication of beauty-lovipg eve
There were tables of different patterns
about the room, and arm-chairs that looked
as II they had been made for use, no two
of them alike-but every table bore its
sweet burden of books, or flowers, or
| s,stuettes' The great bay window was
filled with masses of yerdure, in the midst
of which choice roses bloomed, shedding
| choicer fragrance. Many a small, rare
picture the wood fire threw out in eXquis-
ite relief as also the rustic homemade
brackets and hanging-baskets, and the
great yellow and white lambs-wool mats
just beyond the shining fender.
No wonder Tom Gaines called this hi.
paradise, and was so unwilling 70 leave
| IT,, even for these places where his duty
called him. In Mrs. General MacGavin's
| parlors after an hour of home he would
| have felt himself the most miserable man
alive, though surrounded with sple ndors
| it had taken fortune to obtain.
Well, the " Society for the Relief of
| Poor Children, met at Mrs. Tom Gaines
and the rooms the ornaments and little
May all looked their best and brightest.
Everybody cried out at the sight OF that
| fire.
How beautiful how pleasant! how
Eden-like! were The ordinations that
abounded, as the busy people ran hither
and thither, like so many delighted chill
dren, looking at all the pretty things.
"My dear, you have really surrounded
| yourself with beauty; how have you con-
trived to make SO charming homo p ask
| ed Mrs General MacGavin-and evident
ly it was very charming in her eyes.
eyes, and how can you afford wood
fire, and such expensive statuettes? You
ought 10 tell u.s. cried another.
"Nothing is easier said Birdie, smil-
ing ~ take it out Of the furniture. This
plain three-ply will explain it, and my
useful but not very elegant chairs. To be
surely they look very nicely, since have
covered thom with chintz; but take
more pride in my old.fashioned fireplace,
which is like a poem in house, than i
should in the finest and costlest velvet
pile. And some of the statuary l have
taken out Of my dress" she added aside to
a friend. Brother Charley contrived t.
let me know that he intended to buy me
costly silk dress for Christmas present,
but he found on. in some perfectly unac-
countable way, that three or four of Rogers
statuettes would be thousand times more
appreciated, and so all my presents come
now in books and pictures, and things that
live and give pleasure to all of US, Be-