, 1873-03-02

climax OF each houaekeepera aspiration, the
pa11or.
OF course there are people who are born in
parlor,-hguratively, il not literally;
and to these it Is only an apartment for special
purposes, fitting into their lives as easi1y Is
their diamonds, or their purple and fine linen.
These We shall discuss in turn, but there Is no
danger Of their rooms being stufry OF disagreea-
ble.-c1osed tightly except on state occasions,
such as wedding or funeral, or Apossible call
from the great Mrs. Midas.
The American whose father WAS born in this
country does not make common cause with hia
animals in regard to lodgings. but he may, and
often is, forced to commence life in single
room Or q small cabin. It is to these people that
the psrlor comes Is 1onged-tor and visible
EXPOSITION OF THEIR RnosPER1TY.
It Is these people who make It shrine, but
who worahip Outside the temple not feeling
worthy to enter Its 6acrsd precincts, but who
close it tightly, and 1ealously guard it from pro-
fame footsteps It Is horo TINT horsehair, in oil
its funereal solemnity, finds earnest devotees,
who, perhaps, see q fitness in its color and ae-
we're forms for the solemn place. Here tha ma
favor, and stands between tho windows, or,
when = step further has been gained, the naa1-
ble-top appears, and graoes the centre Of the
room. 1t was for such room "a this that, in
the days when gilt candelabras, with glass
prisms as, pendants, we're considered CONNIE i
faut, that 3 worthy woman bought q set,
and, in being advised By . friend to get
the glass shields that we're used as a
protection to keep them from being in
3ured by speEmaceti drippings, exclaimed Law,
There won't no candles 50 into them are s.
rnndoles as long as lire" Mantel-ornaments
to add lustre to Tho ahrine,-that was all
Houses, in their furnishing, should be, and in
REPRESENTATIONS or THE TENANTS PERSONALITY.
The good lady mentioned above expressed all
the smallness Of her mental culture in the man
ner in which she spent her surplus savings on
full Of ghosts, not jolly ones, such as, in the
cheerfu1 game Of muggins, torment you with
thoir mifth-provohng talk and put all those
wandering Indian spirita that prevail at seances
quite ut . disadvantage in Tint respect; hut
gloomy, mouldy ghosts that are always rattling
doors and easements and making uuaccountahle
noiees, and occasionally breaking the cord OF the
best 1ooking-gIass, and letting it fall to the
ground with q smash, to warn you that You will
soon have to open that apartment for funeral.
Of Mrs. BIS, it is because Mrs. 4. has no origi-
uality, excepting original sin, in her composition
and, normally, thai does not help her in her
house~furnishing. With nar1ow mind, lacking
she does it to the best OF her ability. One eau
only wish that her model may have some OF the
attributes that ehe lacks.
But it is not people Of small means only that
furnish best room aud close it up. We have il
our minds eye now house Thousand miles !
from here, whose owner enjoys the comfortable |
income Of $4,000 year. Surely, he might |
afford to Use all his house;
But DOES he |
By no means. The principal ps1lor is room
40 feet deep, with two doors opening into it from
the hall in such manner that three long, blank /
arc left. Against these stand three