Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-23

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chile OBJ de ole sarpent
And us | beat n h,sty retreat. for fear
the laugh | had been restraining, with
great difficulty. would burst forth in spite
of me- heard :: sohnd. very much Ike
that hear on ironing day, when Ray
mondanna is patting the starch into Il
shirt bosom and saw the frightened e" So
ciable =" quietly Slipping "nt of the kitchen
door.
TIE LIVING RooM.-Lct uS begin with
the frank abandonment of any formal par
lor. but, taking the largest and plea~anteSt
and most accessible room in III. house, let
us give it up to the wife and children in
the dav time. and to the meeting Of the
| whole family when evening comes. There
| is not much need Il. the prcSant time to
emphasize this suggestion. for it is one
which experience and necessity have al
ready made TO a cool many people; and
now that the p.oblem How to yet Il dwell
! ING at Il rent within moderate means, is
being solved by the increase of flats and
apartment houses. the 'parlor must be
given up. there being no provision made
for it in the common plans. But it is by
no means my notion that the living room
SHOULD DC Il H)1ll'lN. Hltltfl dIIll
mcnt, consccrated TO the utilities, while the
MUSES. and GrIre> are left to kick their
heels r the hall On the contrary, We
want in the living room. for 4 foundation.
that the furniture shall be the best de
signed anl best made that we can afford,
and all Of it intended to be used and ne
ctssarv to onr comfort: not IN article t.
be allowed that doesn't earn its living
and cannot prove its right to BE- there.
These wants being provided for first, then
we will admit the ornament Of life casts,
pictures. engravinmS. hrunZc-, books,
chief nouri,htrs in lifc'> feast bat in the
lbcyinniny these are to le few and of til,
choicest, and the greatest care Is to be
taken in admitting 4 newcomer. Th,
room, from the very first, ought to retrr-
sent the culture of the f,milv-witt i
their taste, what feeling they have for art
it should represent themselves, and not
other people: and the Troublesome fact i
that it will and must represent thcS"
whether it~ owners would let II or no. L
Young people, after they have securet
Jh- few pieces Of funitnre that must be
hal, and made sure that they are what
they ought to be. have some money lef
to Get a picture. an engraving. or !; east
tIl''N Ou.ill 10 20 ~ W pl ~ supply liiI>
want as seriously as they would The other
which seems the more necessary, bat in
reality is not Il lit more necessary. | looI
upon this ideal living room of mine a~ II
important agent in the education of life
it Will make a great difference to th'
children who grow up in il. and To a
whose experience i associated with il
whether it be- 4 beautiful :nd cheerful
room, 4 only homrlv and bare one. %
a merely formal and convcOtiontl one
The relation of these thing 10 education /
al. that @ivc> any dirnitv or poetry 10 tll,
subject, or makes it ;,hWahl" for 4 r"l>
onahle man u give much thought Ia it
But it has a real v.tl relation "a life. an
: plays an important part n education. AM
deserves 10 be Thought :,huu, great de.'
NOR, than it is Il j.. thrr,frrc. no ri
ding matter whethe" We hang poor pic urc
l on our walls or good o.t>. whether "
select a fine r:ts, %. a second r.it" one. "
, might almost aS we'll >av il makes II
: difference whether the people We 1--we wi;
. are iirst-rat" OF >ccund-rattr Ftbt,r 70
Z Jlnlt.