Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-22
SOME PEOPLES HOUSES.
A Glance at the Studies and Libraries q
Easy-GoinH Folks.

n Glance At the Stuuies anu Liofsries VI
Easy-Going Folks.
! used to know a man, speaking OF
guns. who had study" in his house.
1 often heard him speak Of it, in q
natural. easy way, as a minister or pro-
fessor would speak He was not min
lister or a professor. He owned line
of drsys and did nearly all the trucking
in the town. He vas a school director
for one term. felt little curiosity to
see his study. and one evening dropped
in to see him His wife said he was in
his study. but she would call him. He
received me and said: Come into the
study. and we can light our cigars.
went The study was small dark
room under the staircase. 1t had one
half window. and must have been dark
about ten hours of the daytime. There
were two or three chairs in 1t, long
box, covered with chintZ that was aw-
fully suggestive of abandoned shoes
and scroll saw That was all.
asked him if he sawed. and he said no.
He had this study put in, he said, when
he was actively interested in popular
education. The thought that school
director ever felt the slightest interest
in educational matters amused me very
much but did not say so.
l called not long ago on friend in
the city. He is wealthy man, so | am
proud to call him my friend. l have
forgotten what l called on him for; to
borrow money. probably. The servant
said he was in the library and would
see me there The library was very
handsomely furnished. Chairs and a
sofa and sewing machine and one
thing and another. There were no
books nor any trumpery of that sort
around. My friend said they Uttered q
room up so and his wife didn't like it,
so he always read his papers in the
dining room. blushed and felt that
l had exposed my rawness, for | was
such an unsophisticated child of nat
ure l always somehow associated .
library with books.
A family of my acquaintance has a
room that is profound mystery to me.
1t opens off the parlor and is furnished
in blue. They call it the music room.
Of all the people l know, that family
knows the least music and most cor
dialfv hates what it does know. There
isn't a musical instrument in the house,
and they once discharged groom be-
cause he played the mouth organ. Rut
they are prouder Of their music room
than of all the rest of their house.
And then. | know one of the sweet
est. most gracious women in the
world. who always speaks of her
"drawing-room.' l have been in it.
1t Is not quite SO light as casemate.
but then il is wider than some halls.
You have to stand up in it, because If
YOU sit down there is no room for your
knees.
A friend not long ago took me out
to see his new stables" There
was only one Of it. Int be
called it "stables." 1t were very
complete. They was of brick.
and had grain chutes to every stall,
water, apparatus for hoisting hay. two
great stalls for the coach horses and .
loose box for the ponv snd q saddle
morse. 4 asked where MS horses We're.
He said it didn't pay to keep horses.
it was more convenient and cheaper to
hire them. and he and his wife were 20
mortally afraid of horses any how they
seldom drove. Still. he ALWAYS wanted
a good stable. although he never ex-
pected to keep horse. Burdetts, IN
Brooklyn Eagle.