Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-01-03
THAT NEW SOFA
The Valuable Lesson It Taught
the Possessor.

George" said Mrs. Hall, as they were In
their pleasant sitting-room one evening, II
was never so much ashamed in my life as I
was to-day"
"Really," answered her husband, smiling,
''it must have been serious matter. What
was iti'
why, called at Mrs. Savary's yester-
day, and she showed me her parlor entirely
new furnished"
"You were ashamed of that, were youl"
"Come now, you are laughing at me-"
said his wife, pouting. ~ won't say another
word"
'.If you don't" said her husband in
mocking, tragic tone, II shall never recover
from the blow"
"You are incorrigible; but if you had
only waited moment l would have told
you what it was that was ashamed Of.
Mrs. Savary had an elegant sofa; you can't
think how it set off the room. She told me
that if she could only have one decent ar
ticle of furniture in the room, it should be
the sofa"
sand you were ashamed Of her remarkw
"Of course not"
"Then l am still in the dark"
"Why, it made me think of our old-fash-
ioned sofa, and what contrast 1t was to
the one at Mrs. Savary's."
$50 it might be, if it were in the same
room with it, but you know it is not. l am
sure it is comfortable enough"
$50 would teather-bed be-" retorted his
wife; "but suppose you would not be in
favor Of putting one in the parlor. But 1
was going to tell you that to-day Mrs
Savary called upon me, and of course l
invited her into the parlor. You ought to
have seen the glance she cast on our old
sofa"
"But, as didn't see it, suppose you,de-
scribe it to me.'
"Of course, she could not help regarding
it as very shabby, though she did not say
so, for fear of hurting my feelings.''
"And that made you ashamedl"
"Of course it did. l don't believe there's
family in town that has got such a
wretched-looking article of furniture.n
II believe it is whole, is it not!"
"Yes."
"rhe only objection you have to urge,
then, is that 1t is old-fashloned.m
"lsn't that enoughl"
you know" said the young husband,
gravely, "that l have special reason In
value that sofa. 1t was my mothers and
some OF my happiest recollections are con.
nected with itn
"Well, there's no objection to keeping il.
we could put 1t in our cha mber, and buy a
new one for the parlor. l saw beautifpl
sofa to-day at Whitmarsh's-cost only fiftv
dollars. couldn't help thinking how much
1t would set off our parlor. 1t would give
certain style to it that it hasn't nowl"
FIFTY dollars would be large sum for
me. Mary" ~ Ao'
why, am sure you have a salary OF
eight hundred dollars"
very true; but it has to be spent in a
great many different ways"
year" 0"' i~s'
"Inat Is because we were very ecunomi-
cal You know it was our ambition or
niue az least, to save up something against
RAINY day. may be sick, or a hundred
sninss may happenI shall grow old, at any
But you know, George, it only costs t,ftv
lou could still save one hundred
SIu ,Ny my tCs good thing to save money.
: nnoM, 3hu an as much in favor of it as
yoa are, OUT one likes to enjoy life as thew
go along and not deprive themselves ~ its
necessary comforts, just for the sale oS
saving" s sake Oh
80 you look on the new sofa in the ,ioh.
ot necessary comfort, do youln asSeS
George smiling. Ae"
YES" said his wife, ingeniouslv uhe-
rause II is necessary to my comfor, pe
Sides' we can easily save the amonnt an ~
our ordinary expenses, and save nm ss m,',Oh
rs we did last year" NP no Iiucn
Of this George was not fpl,r ,
out ne saw that his wife laid 4 vo,.', inOeu .
tSs n.' tlrD anu nnaly consented to 20 over 70
lnJ 1ooI, 'urn'.ure warerooms the next dav ana
look AT the coveted article. Mrs uaM,a Inu
eyes ~ sparkled as he made this concln.in.
que knew that, having gone thns fas h
wouio without much difficulty he nra',a;us ~a; us
upon TO purchase the sofa r. rp.eV@ilee
Mtherto proved very indulpent b,,sS nau
out nls INDULGENCE, thus far. had no1 hn"
severely taxed until his wife mada VS oeeh
lualhtance OF Mrs. Savary. a vo,',l sue ac
,cas p'e'ensions, whose highest ambtion
49,. ~ ~ make show. Her influencs me-
ITis.s .nIng 70 De perceptible on her vo,'nS' ma
'sSuu, sci WHO was easily impressed hv o,Sk sSSenk
ISturn 70 our story. The savt sn
IS naii' accompanied by her hrasS
'tslteo the furniture warebonsa a,S
sIeu 70 oe shown the sofa n ,,'a. ~nu .u,, ue
iaAnosome article, as George vonld rauiy iy
isie ADMITTED, even il he had moi hany
Aoiy assured Of the fac.-frst nv, ~ ~ Eoi-
Anu secondly by the clerk. who s,, us wiie,
~ s1. 0a',ss ss-'iy sss.'4liy upon its merits.
,vOn,s ~, afraid" said George, waveriDo as,
lsvas ivrs,,r correspond with the rest 81 ,ha NJ