Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-18
SOME PEOPLES HOUSES.
A Glance At the studies and Libraries Of
EaSy-GolnK Folks.


used to know man. speaking of
guns. who had &" study in his house.
1 often heard him speak of it. in a
natural, easy way. as a minister or pro-
fessor would speak. He was not min
lister or a professor. He owned line
of drays and did nearly all the trucking
in the town. He was a school director
for one term. felt a 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 a small dark
room under the staircase. Ii had one
half window, and must have been dark
about ten hours of the daytime. There
were two or three chairs in it, a long
box. covered with chintz that was aw-
fully suggestive of abandoned shoes
and a 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
li' lllphElA Aiaii u N'll'oi
director ever felt the slightest interest
in educational matters amused me very
much. but did not say so.
| called not long ago on friend in
the city. He is a wealthy man, SO | am
proud to call him my friend. have
forgotten what | 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 We're no
books nor any trumpery of that sort
around My friend said they Uttered a
room up so and his wife didn't like it,
SO he always read his papers in the
dining room. l biuShed and felt that
/ had exposed my rawness, for | was
such an unsophisticated child of nat
ure l always somehow associated a
library with books.
A family of my acquaintance has q
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 | know. that family
hloNs iit ltdSt hhuNi'- anu iH'1N NSh
daily hates what it does know. There
isn't a musical instrument in the house,
and they once discharged a groom be-
cause he played the mouth organ. But
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 hel
..drawing-room.' ! have been in it
1t Is not quite SO light as a casemate
but then it is wider than some halls
You have to stand up in it, because i
YOU sit down there is no room for YOU
knees.
A friend not long ago took me on
to see his new STABLES. Their
was only one of it. hut b
called it STABLES" 1t werc yer,
complete. They was of brick
and had grain chutes TO every stall
water. apparatus for hoisting hay. tw'
great stalls for the coach horses and |
loose box for the pony and a saddl'
morse. 4 asked where MS horses were
He said il didn't pay TO keep horses
it was more convenient and cheaper t.
hire them. and he and his wife were 5,
mortally afraid of horses any how the,
seldom drove. Still. he always wante,
good stable. although he never ex
pected to keep a horse. Burdette, II
Brooklyn Eagle.