Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-02
HIS WIFE IS AAppv VOW.
Found an Interest In Life In New York
Auction Room.

auction Room.
"My WIFE" said Mr.. Serymgeour "hns
nj last found something with which TO
busy herself continuously have long
urged upon her the necessity OF having
something TO occupy her mind besides the
more discharge OF social duties, which arc
wcnrisome at best The bane OF many
women is onnni,t which onuscs them TO
take up all sorts Of ridiculous fndH, ns you
know
"Lhttcrly have noticed q change IN my
wife Her former liatlessnoss is gone. and
fhosocms TO tnl;o more interest In what IL
going ON about her, ! oven saw hor rend.
ing tho papor ono day last week. This
change naturally pleased mo, and qnos.
toned her In order Co find out what had
brought It about, Though somewhat re-
luotHnt at first, she finally owned up, Her
confession ran somewhat us follows
You huvo heard Of Smithlin's auo-
tion rooms on Firth avenue haven't your
MOI Well, they're Just lovely. They soil
the most beautiful things at nbsurdly low
prices. They all belong TO wealthy people,
you know who hive been unfortunate and
have 10 let them 40 for song. Tho rcni
values are marked on them In plain ng-
nrea, 80 that you can always toll how high
you can bid and still get a bargain
"'Tho first time i went there was with
Mrs. ungorInnn u fuw weeks ago She
was quito used TO IL and bid on lots Of
things, but stopped just in timo for some
ono else to get them. It8qulto exciting,
nasuro you kept still till they put up
delightful oak bookcase with little
square mirror in tho middlonnd tho cutoab
little drawers ON both sides, Just above the
places whero tho books go, you know.
thought ii would DO just the thing for
Ncd's room, 30 bid on IL, 10 was started
ut 81, and bid Sl6,ab right away. Do
you think that was too muohS Anyway,
got 10 for TINT, and 1t WINS really worth
Sal, tho auctionoor said. ghyo him 80
for n deposit and told him / would send
for 1t the noxt dny, but when came to soc
10 noar by was afraid IL wouldn't fit into
Node room after all, 40 1 took piece OF
string and measured IT,
when 1 got home, found 10 was
really too large, and then tried all tho
other rooms. There wasn't place In tho
entire flat inrgo enough, except Ia tho par
lor, and 1t wouldn't match the furniture
In there at all. Besides we couldn't spare
tho plano, could we, doari
Tho huctioncor was nwfully nicd
about II when explained IT TO him and
said ! could bhyo them put II up ngnln
nnd tell ~ TO some ono clho. II they didn'k
bid high enough, could buy &c in, and IL
would only cost 10 per cent for tho COM
mission.
They had an auction the next Friday,
and II was raining hard, but I hnd TO 90,
because | was afraid some one would buy
IL for less than l paid II l wasn't there.
Hardly anybody went that day, and bid
10 In for $3.50. The commission was
si.b0, md Just ndded that to tho 1929
| paid and made up my mind that I
wouldn't let u 30 for less thnn 1920.
~ have been going bhok ever since,
and two or three times they almost ronohsa
my price, Some days when l 60 they
don't got around TO the bookcase and then
l have TO go back tho next day. I'm going
today. My commissions 70 far have been
$685. and will have 10 got S2i.50 now.
but It's really worth sal, you know, 10
there's plenty ofg5imo yet. Now, do call q
cab for me, because tia almost time for
the sale to begin.
~ have no iden what IL costs my wlfs
for cabs to 20 TO those sales. but do know
IL does her world OF good 70 have an In
forest In something When her Invest
ment gets so lnrpo that It begins 90 worry
her, shall send my bookkeeper up TO be
sfi for that bookcase and give IL to him
for present. New York Sun.