The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-04
ALL DUE TO A DOOR MAT.
FROM the Ne,o YORK Herald.

A door mat seems to be q harmless thing
OF sedentary occupation, unsuggestive Of
romance or adventure. 1t accepts It's hum
BILE position in life with calm philosophy
that de6es the occasional onslaughts Of the
servant girl, janitor and hall boy. and is
about the only thing that doesn't resent be-
ing trodden upon, mauled and abused
generally. Occasionally New York
door mat will get up and disappear
when 1t isn't chained down; but then
30 will an umbrella and even a red-hot
stove. A door mat may or may not enjoy
fiat life, but IL certainly takes more inn
portant position In society, being some
times near neighbor to other door mats of
various degrees OF respectability. 1t is
rarely the case, however, that door mat
in its responsible place at the door of a
fashionable apartment fools with other
peoples business or gets its owner into
awk ward difficulties. 10 rather partakea Of
the exclusive nature OF fashionable fiat life.
That is TO say, it keeps to itself for fear that
its neighbOrs may not be-well, Just the
kind of people one cares TO be on any kind
Of terms with, don't you know.
With the usual exclusiveness that hap
PLY prevails in such establishments not
more than two of the tenants know each
other, most of them never saw each other
and all are therefore reasonably happy, as
people can be who are steam heated and have
some unseen and unapproachable power
way down in the bowels Of the earth some
where regulating their heat supply. To be
more exact about il l will say ''weren
happy up to very recent period.
TRIED THE WRONG DOOR.
. The head of the family occupying one OF
these charming apartments Is out much o.
nights. He used TO live in Philadelphia,
where a man finds his residence by count
ing the white marble doorsteps from the end
Of the block, the houses being exactly alike.
He knows his floor hero by the door mat
that recognizes him when he gets TO it. By
some stupidity on the part OF the mat or the
hallboy, who takes the mats down on the
sidewalk and knocks the dirt out of them,
against the law made and provided, this
landmark got placed In front of the door
immediately below its proper domestic
sphere. The consequence was that the gen
tleman rubbed bis fees on it, as usual, care
fully and noiselessly inserted bis key in the
door and gently turned the lateh--thnt is,
be tried to turn It, but it would not turn.
He mad his own reasons for being very
quiet about tout Of consideration for his
wife's sumbers and the fact that it was Q
O'Clock In the morning. He tried IL again.
Ho kneeled down on the mat and blew In
the keyhole. Then he tried his other key.
1t wouldn't work.
He thought he heard somebody stirring
Within and he stopped and listened. But
all seemed to be quiet again, so he got
down on his knees again and gently asserted
the key In the keyhole.
This time It worked He opened the door
and stepped into lighted hall, and before
he could say Jack Robinson the door closed
with o snap and he was pinioned by pair
OF stalwGrt arms from behind. Not that
be tried to say Jack Robinson. As a mat
ter Of fact he said--well what he said was