Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-16
AER RIGID ECONOMY.
Inv TUE rpLEn AND HIS FAMILY
NOW PAT CADDAcE.
III rvs SOUGHT NEW FURNITURE
same Dein Dric-n-Drac Which
cost Money, and Good Deal OF IT.
Mo,h-GaHs and Their strength of
Character.

a.. uclnude on these autumn days the
...I of boiling Cabbage floats through
ar .susliy well-regulated household. and
-,.s dinner is served The articles sup
.,.5 for GOOD are Of the cheapest so-t.
=, q blind man could tell that the
mos, .ig!d rules OF economy are prevail
an. and tA.t the housekeeper is strainng
.,,.f, .oryo TO reduce expenses. Where
49,. .s, d!sjecta membra Of the spring
Cl..keu Dasked in q sea OF gravy and
.,,t.s.ed its tempting gizzard In maze
n batter. tho hungry eye now looks on
rb.eea beef or hash and bacon. No
,..re do potato-pies show their saffron
1..s or cherry dumplings tempt the uR-
ny digestion. Moiasscs Is tho order
n t.t Gay az present. ana persons com
naming are advised that they ought to
/. thankful 20 DE able TO get even this
foI dessert AT supper bread is served
Ma butter and guests arc allowed as
r..a Wats. as thcy can drink, but tea.
cake. and preserves and the other mar
> production Of the energetic Com
usa4es-.n-Chief are strangely absent.
81. mustn't complain OF there will be
%. . for a determined glitter shines
g. 0. eye II the good, but strong minded
woman. and il is evident that she has
sem. object in view. Help yourself to the
t.l.l and salt and take another glass
g. water That's the best We can do for
ST.. The less you kick the fewer threats
y. hear from the one who guides the
G-.ay OF our kitchen and rules our TX.
O.. ,ost
WY and wherefore these signs of
poverty? Have the internal revenue
stamps and current expenses forced me
h.7 bankruptcy, or is il that the Com
81 rl r-in-Chief contemplates the pur-
c. e ~ new bonnet with fall vege-
tables thereon, and is drawing the fnan-
c-. Ieins too tightly on the old horse.
which generally pulls her out of pecuniary
a.lcl.ues? No, these things do not
Cause the trouble. Would that the mat
Ter could be compromised with a new
bonnet, and that cabbage could be taken
from our bill of fare and from the heavily
lal-n ether which we sniff In every nook
and Granny. 1t is something more seri-
Gus stin. To announce a cold, picked
fact In few short, harsh words, the
Commander-in-Chief has got the bric-a-
brac and furniture craze, and is trying
O. tx up her parlor as artistically as that
OF Mrs. OHagan. who lives three doors
above. Now bric-a-brac means most
anything when a woman gets the arts
Tic craze on her, though a general deflni-
ton of the term is. Such ornaments as
are primarily intended to render home
beautiful and artistic. but which IN real.
uy serve 10 make The lives Of men miser-
able and 10 greatly restrict them In their
fr4nfr~l a pno1r4rOaus - Annrher def.
milton is more brief and defines bric-a.
brac as "a fruitful source OF masculine
poverty and marital anguish
What with rubbing up the croupS
babies with mutton suct and picking
sphnters from tho toes Of our third-born
and uslns the herring-bone stitch rOl
various and divers patches on many lit
tie pairs OF pucr.ie pants. the Commander
IN Chief doesn't often have an opportunit,
TO bother hsrself-and other people--abod
bric-a .brac, but every now and then tn
craze asserts Itself. And it IS like ;
so, low-feyer epidemic-a little Of It goes
a long way. The disease recently broke
out In a malignant form, end though
there has been liberal treatment by dry
goods people. the malady is still at it:
worst. One day-juB as suddenly as I
collector drops in on you-the Command
er-n-Chief decided that life would NJ
lol-er be beardble unless she had new
par.or set of furniture and the man!
j.mcraCks and gewgaws incident thereto
We already have q splendid horsehair Sc
OF furniture which my grandmother price
most highly. and which should answel
every purpose. but this no longer suit
the woman who is at present promul
eating a system Of economy which vii
ultimately reduce our per diem to 10 cent
4 day. 40. the day Mrs. o. Hogan bought
] now parlor set with spindle legs ant
lcl and canary-yellow trimmings m,
troubles began. In one one-thousandtl
part Of a second after thc-eagie eye o
ne Commandments had inspected
sur neighbours purchase she resolved L
9aye something like it-only handsome
md sufficiently superior TO make Mrs
JHogan hate her In poetry and novel
wives run TO their husbands when the
have an idea, and kissing at their eye
br0ws. ask their advice. But this is a.
in poetry and romance. 1t isn't so j
real life. And, besides. the Commander
in-Chief isn't poetic. Yes, without eve
allowing a moment for debate, she DE
cded on the furniture l do the rest.
AS a matter OF form. and after the man
uer Of calf conducted to butchers es
Enlistment ! was led TO several fulni
ture store TO Inspector rather to let III
good woman inspect--the desired articles
Nowadays the merchants sell you as III
lie furniture as possible FOR your money
The price OF wood must have gone uf
We saw a parlor sofa at $50 which weigh
Cd less than the money I'm going to n
20 avoid paying. but then they said
was mahogany. and that settled the Com
mandc--in-Chief. She walked nine thou
sand five hundred feet inspecting II Wit
her head on one side and squirting at
through one eye. and then she consente
% buy it-thai is. after she had gotten
10 per cent discount for the cash whic
! was eNpected TO raise. | was for get
ting some big furniture with red an
green Bouquets the size OF a barrel-hea
on H. but she snorted at the idea an
81 ID. .'That sort Of stun looks niggerish
but. then. you never did have any taste
anyhow" After we got this sofa sh
looked al some chairs with legs the siz
~ plpe-stems and stiff backs, which woul
run man mad. These she snapped u
without even making protest agains
the price Of them.
"Gucs- We need -ome paflor ornaments
too. don't we dear?" she amiably aske'
a. I was dragged out. What l realI!
needed was air. But / readily assente'
20 hcr proposition and told her that M
would not De enduable another minute
unless We had CARLOAD Of parlor orna
mcnts
Anything that woman says I'm goin'
% agree 10. II pays In the long run-h
TIE lCng nun FOR my life, II don agrc'
with her. Now as matter or fact w
d. -.-.. IL. - ..o .arcral WY hnndeOmc man