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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cushion, but it was done Then came-The
back and the bottom. The back called for
skill and strength; the cover was but
toned INTO tufts. The bottom was easier.
and the braid on that was the easiest TO
manage. 1t was days work. but as all
her days Were devoted to home making,
it made no difference whether the time
went to sewing or upholstering. And it
was T8any days before the other pieces
were done. The two carved back mahog-
any chairs that were to have the damask
cover Were the hardest, rs their bottoms
were tufted, and il was nurd work to tie
them down and get the buttons in place.
fgnt If,a NOT ut
an uphoIsterers FOR less than S15, and SO
saved in some homes, under the stress of
narrow salaries, means a great many
more comforts or neceSsaries. And the
woman who is able to do that has reason
to respect berself, as much as il she had
written Il book, delivered a lecture, or
done some of the many things " omen now
turn their attention to, away from their
homes. Believe me, the woman who saves
in her home is the happiest helper The
same results could have been made for
much less outlay, for there are beautiful
English chintZes for furniture as low as
Is cents a yard, and other cotton goods OF
Persian patterns OF American uanufac-
ture, that wear well, don't fade, and are
moth-proof, that can be had for less money
a seir-reIiant woman, one who respects
herself and thinks no labor that goes into
the ma king of home degrading, can do
wonders in the way of repairs, and economy
when she will The trouble with US all
is that We care too much for what others
think OF us, and not enough of What we
have right To think of ourselves 1t is IL
curious fact. The world soon comes to
admire people who have character enough
To carry out their own ideas of living. and
to do as they please within the four walls
of their little nome.
This is the day of rugs, and they are
great source OF satisfaction, and of dis
content also Those who can afford 90
buy what they fancy generally are not
troubled about taking care of them; they
can have them put by ut any time and
made moth-proof, but there are still so
many who have to run the risk OF money
wasted on ruined rugs, that those who
have invested in Japanese rugs, which are
no temptation TO those little May flies that
come and deposit their burdens in finest
wool or Siiken goods, are to be C0ngrat-
uated. Jupe i S no temptation I o a moth
to set up housekeeping in for his numerous
progeny. And some of them are real
cheap, artistic in design, their COlCrs per
feet, from the aesthetic standpoint \ Well
selected jute rug is not a had investment,
and some Of them look as well as the
Smyrna OF. other double faced rugs We
are not all millionaires and we cannot all
have everything; but why areHh we CON
tent to have what we can get. if we will
but use our eyes and our taste in making
Ism ha
ing of envy for what we cannot get?
A Louise can be made TO lCuk a S pretty,
and toe as much lone. IN all its appoint
ments, as y orr mansion or your palace.
I know of house where a Jupe rug has
been covering the library floor for twelve
years, and the soft tones have not faded:
it has been constant source of pleasure
and comfort, and never bit of worry
aEout moths. Some very fine things
have been written while the master Of
the house sat on that rug before his open
fireplace and took solid comfort. It
never ran him III debt, nor did the little
wife who selected it when he wanted her
to buy more expensive one. She saved
enough op the bargain to get him the
very identical revolving chair he now
sits in.
1t is women who can manage in the
home, and if, as occasionally happens, a
man wants to usurp her authority, and
she rebels, VITO can blame her-or pity
him? 1t was only yesterday that such a
canta nkerous man insisted on buying some
new lace curtains and shades for a bay
window recently added to the house
His wife wanted to do it herself No. he
would do it And when she wanted him to
take a scrap of the other shades so as to
match them, he, with all the airs in the
world. Informed her that he would carry
the color in his eye" Away he went!
When he returned and hung up his shades
they were SO ''off color that his wife had
no need toTell him how much he had missed
it; and the lace pattern was still worse
Better far trust your wife and stick to
your sphere my dear sir Let the little
wife queen it in her own realm.
Aunt Emily.