Smyrna times., 1873-03-19
The Sunny Home.

"Shirley Dare" in the Golden Age, writes
" know room where sunshine always fingers, |
and there is breath of summer and mlgnO- |
nettes 10 the air whenever L think of 1t. There
tired man comes home, and throws off over
coat and hat without looking to see what be-
comes Of them. There is broad table IN the
light, strewn with papers and magazines, and
wOmens work, with litter OF rose leaves
dropping over them from central vase. There
is wide sofa of the days Of the Georges, fresh
covered in chintz, with ferns and harebells for
pattern, and the tired man goes down there
with great ruf1ed pillow under his shoulders,
and opens parcels and letters, dropping them
as he gets through on the floor, the most
natural place for them. A girl has been paint
ing, and her water colors and paper lie on a
side table, Just as she LETT them to rush away
| for an impromptu ride | have never been
able to discover any disarrangement of the
household economy by this flight. Somebody
! left shawl on "a chair. There will be nothing
said about it at breakfast next morning.
There are no laws here against playing with
the curtain tassel, no regulations as to how
often the snowy muslin curtains may be put up
or let down. They do not last the season out,
crisp and speckless as our neighbor' do across
the way, but the only consequence Is they are
oltener new and clean. There is nothing very
fine about this house, but things are renewed
oftener, and look brighter than they do il
stateler houses. The chairs have no particu
lar places, and anybody feels at liberty to draw
the sofa out when it pleases him. There is u
primness about the place. If there is grass O
the lawn, it is meant to be walked on, and tn
geraniums are fondled, and petted, and caresS
, cd as if they were children. DO you know
there is magnetism in green leaves and grow
! ing flowers derived from the earth S heart, tha
makes it good to handle and feel them? Thl
: house is known as the place where one daIes
: be late at breakfast There is no ceremony Q
/ waiting. Coffee and cakes are put where the
;. will be hot; the table is cleared to suit tn
r hOusekeepers convenience, and small one 81
!, for the late conner.
Nobody lies awake at night till the ligl
:, ceases to shine under your chamber door,
!. you want to sit up and read your novel thrOug
/ There is an unwritten law Of convenience +
4 the household which regulates everything be
- ter than any code NapOleonic. And the bene
: of allowing people to be a law unto themselv
&C is that they are much better natured about
20 when they do obey. There is indulgence al
repose in this lovely home, and great deal
II time for things which most people cut sho
n an hours play with the children, rig
No down good" chat with neighbor, a day
ii letter writing once fortnight. And the wOr
10 of these merry, comforting letters quite OF
90 weighs the fact that there are segar ashes
A the mantel, ami pile Of work on the so
=, Disorder does not imply dust or soil Ofany XII
i 1t does not include shabbiness or mean cha
- 1t means leave to be in most cases, thin
ing. of people more than things. Order
simple harmony Of few notes. Disorder
the Towering, branching melody Of one the
and that theme, individuality.