The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-07-08
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room Of remarkable beauty and sug-
gestion, for it is lined, ceiled and
braced with highIy-polished curly
pine, that is more beautiful aud far
more finely colored than either satin
or olive wood. This curly pine is to
be had by the millions of feet in
western Louisiana aud at very cheap
prices.
It's use for lining a lady's boudoir, a
smoking-room, or a dining.room in
a private house, or in saloons or
public halls. connot be too we'll ad-
vertised.
The best use for this "curly-pine
room" would have been to fit it up
as a gentleman's reading room, where
its exquisite beauty would be ON
stantly appealing to the eyes Of bust,
ness men.
But what will you? The Louisi-
ana state building, for its beautifca-
ton, maintenance AID all expenses,
has only $4,000, so Mrs. Perkins tells
me-, to keep it open during the fairl
It was furnished with the $1,000
collected in New Orleans for the
purpose, and if the curly pine room
is bare as a bone. it is the fault of the
Frances, not the fuanciers.
Curly pine only needs to be intro
dueed to wealthy people in order to
be used by them ID the decoration of
their houses. Curly pine sales
might receive an impetus if itgere
known that the most beautiful room
in the Scotch castle of the duke of
Fife, who may one day be the CON
sort Of a queen, is lined, floor, walls
and ceiliug, with this most lovely of
wood fabrics.
Let us go up stairs into the heart
Of the old plantation home,
There is a soft whirring in the
air, and looking across the upstairs
assembly hall, used as the cnrio de-
dartment, we can see through two
gracefully draped "Evangeline por-
tieres'' of yellow nankeen cotton the
wonderfully pretty picture of Mile.
Broussard at her Acadian spinning
wheel in her Acadiau room, clad in
a gown of Acadian cloth, aud alto
gether as fetching a domesticated
"Evangeline" as one could wish TO
see.
This room is next TO the curly
pine easket that holds nothing at oil
the most popular place in the bull.
ding. It is ia fac-simile of an AGA
dian home just as We see them IN
the beautiful, golden Attakapas
country, lining bayou Vermillion,
aud dotting the levee mud-swept,
sun-sweet prairies Of tue Calcaslea
country.
Here 10 one end of the room is the
big typical fireplace, evidently in
use, for the traditional hospitable
little French coffee,pot sits in the
ashes. Over the high, narrow man
tel-shelf are fowling pieces-a tiny,
cheap. framed picture Of the Madon-
ma, a few old fashioned glass vases.
In a corner stands a queer old
wooden mortar and tree-trunk pes.
tie, 100 years old, used for thresh.
ing out rice for the family meals.
On the wall hangs a milk piggin'
and on queer little shelves are milk
bowls, washbasins and workbaskets,
all Of huge gourds followed out, and
which are the true Acadian pottery.
At her 100-year-old loom before
the fire, plump old Madame Brous-
sard sits weaving a blue and white
Aeadian cloth. She wears o blue
gown, a linen kerchief, and on her
head an old white little charlotte
corday cap. When people speak to
her she answers in her softvoweled
patois. Near. by is a big bed; q red
tester covers it like a roof. 1t looks
with its carved posts, like the grand
high altar in St. Peters cathedral
at Rome, and is hung with hand
made dimity draperies.
In another corner is an old high.
backed settee q counting settee'
with odd shelves in the back and
nankeen draperies, and near is a
wooden table with a wonderful
straw top wove Of shueks. and to GO
with it are high-backed chairs, and
nlcn nnnint nrnuar chairs mada Of