Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-20
HE TOOK A CHAIR.
When He Got Home He Managed to
Separate Himself from 1t.

All coed and true men appreciate the in
describahle evidences of the gentle hand of
fair woman that are to be found in many
households. Whether it be in the deft ar
rangement of a portiere. the disposition of
bric-atbrac, the scattering here and there
OF fragrant flowers, or the general air of
daintiness that characterizes her presence
the influence of woman is always refreshing
Then, tco, the sex is growing day by day
more practical, says the ST. Louis Republic
No longer content playing with Chopin's
masterpieces on the piano. with painting
chinaWare or embroidering tides, they are
getting closer to everyday matters. For
instance, in a certain Lucas avenue home
the girls. two vivacious and accomplished
bellies still in their teens, have made
wonderful difference in the appearance of
the interior. They have restored and re-
decorated everything, and their latest
achievement was the revarnshing of half
dozen occasional chairs in the parlor.
Two young beauX called one evening last
week and were ushered into the parlor. The
girls soon put in an appearance and the
quartet spent very pleasant and ntelleC-
tual time. Now, 1t happened that one of
the callers seated himself on a newly-var
nished chair. The weather had been quite
warm, and possibly the girls had not Suf
iciently looked into the question of dryers
when they did the vanishing. Be this as
1t may, it is certain fact that after chat
ting pleasantly with Miss Nellie for half
an hour the young man, desiring to change
his pose. discovered, to his horror and dis
may that he could not. He burst into
cold perspiration, and his manner became
so embarrassed that Miss Nellie could no;
help noticing it.
"It certainly is a little warm replied the
youth, he parried her query.
''Then won't you sit nearer the window;
you'll get nicer breeze here?" remarked
Miss Nellie with an impusve soicitude that
under ordil airy circumstances would have
brooked no denial but this time the poor
object of so much consideration awkwardly
declined to bulge. Unhappily he was at
best dihident fellow, and the thought of
having to disclose what had happened al
most made him faint.
At one moment while his entertainer was
looking the other way, he made quite
desperate effort to secure his liberty, but
a warning sound of a ripping nature com
PEELED him to stop with a suddenness that
made the windows rattle.
And so he sat on. He sat on until his
friend suggested that the hour of adjourn
ment had arrived, and he still sat on when
all else arose At last he managed by dumb
show t. communicate to his chum the fact
that something was wrong. The chum,
aided by the girls brother, who arrived OPP
portunely, succeeded in getting the sisters
out of the way and a few minutes later
the victim chair and ALL was hustled out
into a carriage that had been summoned.
He did not hear it, but there was a shrek
of mirth as he drove off that was renewed
when the chair was returned the next day
And now the young man swears he will
never set foot within the hospitable house
again, while the girls, who are sincerely
mortified at the tribulation they unwittingly
caused him, are puzzlng themselves how to
make amends.