The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-06-16

The following note of inquiry was
forwarded to me via the St. Louis
Post Dispatch. l reply to it here,
hoping that it will reach Hannibal
before long and also be the cause of
much keen enjoyment while on
on its way. Information is something
l could never keep back. Just US
soon as | know anything | tell it to
somebody. Even if | do not know
anything for certain | share it with
those who may be in need.
William Nye, care Post Dispatch, St.
Louis, Mo.
DEAR SIR:-I have been for some
time thinking of buying folding bed.
VIII you please give me through the
Sunday paper q am II regular sub
scriber) your opinion Of them and
the most desirable kind to buy. Do
you think them safe? w. +. JAMES.
Hannibal, Mo-, May rs, 1886.
Folding beds haye their advantag-
es and disadvantages, also their rise
and fall. They are more especially
affected by people who desire to &C.
onomise i'll room, and for that reason,
especially ill flats aud thickly settled
portions OF large cities, the folding
bed is becoming a power i'll our social
economy which threatens to upend
some OF the greatest minds.
Whether you would naturally feel
feel SO pressed for room at Hannibal
as to warrant the purchase of a
folding bed, | do not know. You
must be your own judge in this mat
er. | cannot intelligently advise you
without knowing more of your home
lite and surroundings.
Folding beds seem to fit into some
home liyes first rate while in other
cases they are different.
You do not state whether you are
married or single, and i'll fact you do
not say which sex you hail from. All
these things | should know in order
to give such advice as would
reimburse you for the postage stamp
which | find cancelled in your letter.
| cannot blindly sail in and give ad.
vice right and let without knowing
something about the case. 1t has only
been a few weeks since | advised
a correspondent to 90 west, and break
bronchos, as it paid we'll and afforded
much calm enjoyment to the contem-
platiye mind. Afterward | learned
that my correspondent was widow
who had passed the meridian of life.
People who write for advice should
always state their sex. 1t does not
take but moment to do SO, and may
be of incalculable value i'll arriving at
conclusion.
In Washington the folding bed is in
great favor with the girls who are in
the government employ, | am told.
A typical American girl in Washing
ton will take hall bed room for 81
per month; furnish it with richly
caparisoned folding bed, which acts us
book case du, ing the day, and with a
disguised wash stand, 80 cents worth
of chintz, 80 cents worth of cheese
cloth, a paper of tacks, and a bunch
Of yiolets she will make the establish
$50 room of Il great course man who
tries to furnish his apartments By
means of a hair-cloth lounge and
mershaum pipe.
SO | really ought to know whether
you are a man or otherwise before |
can advise you as to what wond be
the most likely to please you. There
are now many yariiies of folding beds
claiming attention, several Of the
manufacturers of which have asked |
me to speak Il good word for their in
strumcnts, but without naming any |
special one, the clinker- built bed with |
fore-and-aft braces and patent cutoff |
is a good machine BE careful not to |
select the thick set or asthmatic bed if |
your room is small. Nothing is more |
annoying than to have your bed sud-
denly extend itself and beg for air
while you are entertaining friends at
your apartments Do not use pat |
ent pillowsham h lder at the head of
your bed for it is apt to fetch loose in
the middle of the night and smile you
across the bridge of the nose while
you are asleep. Never fool with this
invention unless you want to wake up
in the morning to find your rich,
warm brains strewn all oyer the |
counterpane. Yours confidentially, |
Bill NYE.