The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-08-31

Well, sail Mits Potter sabefiy " o'
der. don't come IN faster ,hoa taey hss'
lately, shall bsye time TO dc eoo'
deal
SO shall j, said Lizzie. Ter except OF
Saturday 1 never have any 'chei"s I'll
ten O'Clock. and like 10 wssh dishes,
Then, continued Miss Potter, our isun
dry bills ere a, least ATTY cents . week
That four times fifty cents would pay
women two whole dsys. and koow on
Who would do the lsupdry work IN tas
time, aud most Of the sss ping and clean
Ing besides. lbeu 20 could sometime
20 TO Austia's TO dinner live got into
tight ,l,ce. You see. il is 90 opsrstiv'
idea on . email scsls; Que OF as cou'd no
do much housekeeping on hys dollars snd
4 h.lf week, but II We put four time
that together and make twenty tso. RS
very different matter.
or conrse The scheme called firth sl
sorts Of comments. Mrs. King predicted
INN medists hnsncisl ruin. whils Tom Ffss
| er gained an eptsrsnce into Mia Potter
little closet OF studio and Was disco veree
u the the act OF painting . tin doorplat'
with red, Home for Industrious, lndepen
dent and Indignant Spinsters. BY th'
| time their lease wss signed, however. the!
| we're Is happy - any lovers over theil
honey moou honssk esping.
Mi.s Potter took possession OF the house
with Mrs. Mslooey and carpenter. whom
Mrs. Maloney recommended sss hand,
man. Carpeting so many floors wS no
to be thought Of. but 10 one day the han.
dy man made the edges OF floor smootf
enough for staining; then be applied
-.rm. A.rk sisiA- and they were ready
for rugs. They bought n art square fo'
the psrlor, the others were made OF In
gram carp.t, and they we're lucky enough
TO Ind ope wboss soft, rich lodian red'
and blues we're quite suggestive Of . gen
uine rug. snd msdsthe room look cheer
ful At once.
They made u much - possible of Liz
xie's pisro on one side Of the parlor
HELM . bookcase filled ons chimney cor
ner, aud in tbs other the carpenter made
swide. s.soSs shelf, They sent its meas
urs 10 an upholst I, who fitted 1t with
thick cushion like little mattress. Thi'
was covered With raw silk, the yawnine
cavern undernesth bid by . plsited vsla
nee OF The same msttrial, aud Msry's sf
oes,ral feather bed furnished With great
square piifo~s thst leaned against The
wall at the back. slso smaller ones that
seemed toiEt 10 wherever they were peed
ed 10 make i. regular oosy corner.
These ssusibIs young women resolved
in the bsainslDs I, have nothing to Do
with the snsres OF the adversary in the
shape Of barrel chairs Aad cotton flannel
Abominations. but the secondhand store
they regarded ~ their lawful hunting
ground. There they fonnd sn old ma
hosauy stand With drop leaves, whieh
they polished till il shone as only old maj
hogsny can. d gaze Them > ieeh'ns o'
intense respectsbility in the matter OF fur
ui,ure. A number OF their chairs, too,
came from the same place. oa' m'' reie
slorihed py os" o.ooaoe ou,',o'' vo'
pillows 'tu1ed win moss niied up III 'oe
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