Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-06-07
TheSunDy Hosces

4 know n room where sunshine always
fingers, and there il a breath offisummer
and mgnonettc in the air Whenever think
of 1t, There tired man comes lIomc, and
throws off overcoat. and hat without look.
ing IN see what becomes ef them. There
is a broad table IN the light, strcwu with
papers and magazines, and woinan's work;
with n few rose leaves dropping over them
from a central vase. There is wide sofa
Of the day OF the Georges, fresh covered in
chintz, with ferns and harebclls for patterns.
and the tired man goes down there with
great rufilcd pillow under his shoulders,
and opens parcels and letters, dropping
them rs he gets through on the floor, the
most natural place for them. A girl has
been painting, and her water-colors and
paper lie On the side table, Just as she left
them to rush away for an impromptu ride,
/ have never been able to discover any
disarrangement of the household economy
by this ilight. Somebody left o shawl OH
chair. There will be nothing said about,
it Mt breakfast next morning. There are
no laws here against playing with the cur
tain tassel, no regulations as 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 peighbors
do across the way, but the only con-
sequence is they are oftner new and clean.
There is nothing very fine about this
house, hut things are renewed oftcner and
look brighter than they do in statier houses.
The chairs have no particular places, and
anybody feels at liberty to draw the sofa
out when it pleases him. There is no
primness about the place. Ifthere is grass
on the lawn it is meant to be walkod on,
and the geraniums are fondled and petted
and caresscd as If they were children. DO
you know there is q magnetism in green
leaves and growing flowers derived from
the earih's heart, that makcs it good to
handle and feel them This is known at
the house whore one dares to be late at
breakfast. There is no ceremony of wait
ing. Coffee and cakes are put where they
will be hot the table is cleared to suit the
housekeeper's convenience, and a small one
set for the late corner. Nobody lies awake
at night till the light ceases to shine under
your chamber door, if you want to sit up
and read your novel through.
There is Nh unwritten law of convent
ence for the household, which regulates
everything better than any code Napoleo-
mic. And the benefit Of allowing people to
be a law unto themselves is, that they do
obey. There is indulgence and repose in
in this lovely home, and great deal Of
time for things which mist people cut
short, an hours play with the Children, "a
right down goodn chat with neighbor,
day of letter writing once fortnight. And
the worth of these merry, comforting let
ters quite out weighs the fact that there are
cigar ashes on the mantel, and pile of
work on the sofa. Disorder does not imply
dust or soil of any kind. 1t means "leave
TO be'' In most, cases. thinking, of people
moro than things. Order is simple har-
mony of q few notes. Disorder is the..how-
ering, branching melody of one theme;
and that theme, individuality. - Shirley
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