The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-24

did so ana also sent over msn to help
Mtule, a.!u So that she dldllo saw
her mead oil or knock the house
down. The man is now i'll the hos
pltaii but they made the chair. 1t
was gorgeous and elaborate affair, and
somewhat mere comfortable than a barbed-
wiz fence.
after Maude got her barrel armchair
made she devoted herself TO decoration.
The "Housekeeper's Fiend" bad something
70 say about painting ordinary wooden
the kitchen 70 the parlor. fhe suggestion
appealed strongly to Maude and she bought
some rel paint. She got enough to paint
the side of barn and there were only three
chairs, but Maude wouldn't have anything
vast d. so she painted one coat over the
other until it was about three inches thick.
lt did not dry well, and consequently the
| chairs were ornamental merely and not use
fuL On warm, dry day man could sit
down on one of them and get away from 1t
when he wanted to, but on damp day it
was wise to refrain.
1t was during this epoch of our domestic
| existence that my old friend, Sam Lewis,
came around to call on us. Sam has not
been subjected to the wasting cares that
nave reduc d me to my present state of at
tenuation. He is man of ample and i'm
presssve proportions. / had nice time
steering Sam away from Maudes home
made furniture. 1t was a rainy day, and
the hand-painted chairs were as sticky as
porous plasters When he entered the par
lor piloted him away from them and was
just getting him placed OF lounge which
thought was strong enough to hold him
when Maude came up and proffered the
barrel armchair. If it had been made out
OF hogshead Sam might have stood some
show to get into it. but barrel, never. |
took one glance at his breadth of beam, and
turned aside to Tide a smile. Sam is lit
tie sensitive about these things and l was
afraid he might think we were making fun
of him. Some women haven't any sort of
an eye for dimensions. Sam, however, fig
u"ed the problem out for himself and po-
litely declined. He said the barrel arm
chair was SO beautiful that he wanted it
where he could look at it all the time. Then
he pumped down on one Of the hand
painted chairs before | could stop him.
About ten minutes afterward, when he got
up to look at some pictures, the chair got
up too, and it wouldn't get down again. I
sent Maude out of the room because / did
not know what might give way first when
sam and the chair parted company. After
she had gone | succeeded in effecting a sep
aration with no serious consequences ex-
cept that the beautiful floral design which
Meud9 he'd painted i'll the chair weS trans
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5ean the rea-5a Why Grou llaudo renewal
OF ne re- uest ,A.-t hs should Try tho barrel
chair, ne yielded. Tie chair yielded at the
same time, [ expected that it would, and
my only hope was that the floor would hold
when Sem landed. 1t did with difficulty.
Sam struggled to his feet envelopel i'll mum
my cloth and tacLs | will do Sam thu just
ice to say that after some OF the largest
of the tuckN We're pulled out of him, he be
havei very we'll. But he could not be per
suaded to try any more chairs. and during
the remainder of his call he stood up. |
sent him home in n carriage because
thought the small b >ys might discover his
exterior decorations ard make fun of him
on the street.