The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-07-10

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ny KATE KAUFMAN,
When walk along the street / never
notice the big, expensive houses unlosh
thoy are built In a very beautiful style OF
architecture, then admire them nB works
Of art; but the houses which only look ~
IN they cost great deal Of money and
uuet need Rrcnt deal Of work 10 keep
thom IVA order, are not the Kind | look at
with interest, because that isn't the KIND
live In,
When see small, but respectable.
looking house, which tells plainly that iia
Inhabitants are nice, but not rich people,
then look closely, and lis wonderful how
many pretty places there are Of that kind.
one Sunday, during walk, ! passed n
small, frame cottage which struck me as
bsing very tasteful. Houses are some
thing like women N one is large and ma
iestic II admits OF only massive dccora-
tlou, and must never indulge In anything
no unsuitable as frivolous, little, coquct'
tiah airs. A little house, as well As u llt-
tle woman, can wear all sorts Of ruilloH
aud kinks, and surprise us with ridicu.
lous cheap little ornNmonts which we Will
admire and say, "how cute.n
Tho little house noticed was painted
well, ls II possible that can't tell what
colorY That IL generally the way when
anything ~ Just right we. remember ita
good effect but find II hard 10 describe. II
was not newly painted, neither was II
shabby, but / can't remember the color.
There was q small portco over the door,
which was In the mltdle OF the house,
with window on each side. These win
dowa were small and old-fashioned, AZ
one end OF the house, near the front, was
another window still smaller and moro
old fashioned, for II was quite high.
We arc oil accustomed 10 hear por-
SONS eyes called "tho windows OF his
soul, ~ because through them the oxpross.
ION OF tho real man Ia lsconyeyod, Certain
ly, windows deserve 70 be called "tho
eyes Of o house, for they tell us plainly
what degree Of taste and rolnomont ox.
isls bohnd them.
When / looked al tho windows OF the
little house, 1 thought, "Nico folks live
thero.u There woro drapod lace curtains
within, and sash curtains OF China ailll
partly drawn aside, on the lower half OF
thc windows. Outside were window box
eg not yet very bright with flowers, be.
caige the season was onrly, but remind.
iua ono that they would bo beautiful In n
few woolks. The little end window was
decorated In the same way, with tho addl'
ton OF an awning over II.
"lust the dearest little place In the
world,n | thought, and said i again when
returned homo. | resolved, VI, too
win have window boxos.n
The next morning, under my now i'm
pg.na Of home decoration, was In my
little front yard digging up every dande.
lion root that had intrudod itself In the
sol, and there camo along q man with q
wanonful OF ioworg. just what ! wanted !
On pricing. the plants was told, "six for
n quarter II lwouldgivc back the orocks.N
selected three scarlet vcrbonaa, three
purple onoa (bocausc they were fragrant
Two hcliotrOpeg, two scarlet gernnums
aud two white double putunins.
That afternoon, | started out 10 sec
about the boxes. lcallod on friend who
had some and asked what they cost.
"a dollar and q half apiece she aaid,
sand The man who made them wins build.
ing our house, wasn't II AwfulW
AMercyp 1 exclaimed, instantly mul.
tlpiylng In my mind and deciding that
I'D never give three dollars Tor my two
cnpv window boxes,