The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-08-04

was anonymous. Of coursc it was,
for it read
oman wants but little here below,
So Young and Goldsmith say
But woman wants it all, you know,
And wants it right away"
Mrs. Arp was sewing on some infan-
tile garment as [ quietly laid the mis-.
sive on her lap. She neither smiled
nor frowned nor stopped the play OF
her needle as she remarked, "Maybe
they do, but they don't get it nor ex-
pect.'
"Treckon," saidI l, ''that some stiDgy
old benedict wrote that some fellow
who would spend more money on his
horse than on his WIFE"
"No,'' said Mrs. Arp, ''it was some
old bachelor whose rejected addresses
have made him cynical and like Byron
he vents his revenge in doggerel.
When you go down town [ wish you
would see Mr.. Hicks about hat din
ing room chair. Maybe he a put a
new cane bottom to it. We need it
sometimes when we have company,
and that old sidcboard ought to be re-
vanished and have new knobs. Do
you know how old that sideboard is ?"
eyes," said l., "Jim Sumter made
it in 1852. He was one of the best
men and best workmen I ever knew.
I paid him $50 for the sideboard. He
was a w~ell-read, well-bred man, a good
neighbor and a good citizen, and [
have respect for the sideboard. It is
like an epitaph on his tombstone and
seems to read, Sacred to the memory
Of Yes, I will see MI. Hicks about
the sideboard. Is there anything else
in this line that you want 2"
"No," said she, "but you know we
are obliged to have another %aXtension
table. We gave ours to Jessie when
she was married and have been using
one that was left here three years ago
and now the owner has settled down
and wants it. You had better attend
to this right away"
Fright away, right away [ unused.
But woman wants it all you know,
And wants it right away"
Mrs. Arp looked at me and remark
ed, II want these things for you and
the children. It's precious little that
I want for myself now"
I don't think she admires the song
or the sentiment.
~ know it, I know it, my DEAR"
said 1. '"There was a time when you
wanted a good deal for yourself and it
pleased me to crafty your every wish
and more than you asked for. Moth
ing was too good for you when | had
the money. Silks and ss,bles, lawns
and muslins, a carriage and horses,
Wilton carpets and damask curtains,
and 80 forth, and so on, ct c~etera, e
pluribus unum. But ammo demini
kept rolling on and the war came and
I discovered that you were gradually
losing your concern for yourself, and
al your care was for your children.
I was Illuminating about this while you
were stitching away so earnestly upon
that little garment, for now your love
and care have Tapped over to another
generation. The little grandchildren
have come in for a share of your ma
ternal love, and your personal wants
have come down to a minimum. Of
course you must be clothed as becomes
the maternal head of numerous and
lovely offspring, for if you are not a
queen, you have reigned in your home
nearly as long az Queen Victoria has
in England and"
"Well, that will do now said my
wife. "You had better 60 to town.
Aunt Ann says the rice is out and the
cowfced too"
II was ruminatipg," said l., chow
fortunate it was that your ambition
surrendered about the time my money
did. You ceased to crave as fine