The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-23

aays boudolr IS the proper expression.
Notice these hanging lampF In the hall
wnv isn't the eject richs"
sit reminds me Of an opium Joint.
saiu Dobley.
This paper on my room has a real
satin effect and"
well. you have fine collection Of
pictures! Honora, am surprised e
youl Are you trying to rival the Puff
man House barroom."
II think you are horrid to talk that
way. It's quite the thing to have
nymphs and things In ladies' bOudoir.
This Is the Dreaming Venus and this Is
Dawn awakening. think they're love-
ly." !.
II wouldn't mind paying the tailors
bills, They can't have been heavy
said Dobley. Got any nymphs In my
bOudoIr2 Did StringcIn allOt me any Of
these classical fairies In gold frames?
you have a beautiful tapestry In
your room. It's called the Race OF the
Mermaids'
well, In the name Of"
IT'S by some well-known artist. The
mermaids are swimming race.
"Stringem's giving me run for my
money, Isn't he?"
"And you can see the little fish In the
water Just as II they were swimming
out of the wall paper Their eyes gilt
ter Just as though they were alive.
They're fresh, suppose. Nice thing
to come in late some night and see lit
tie fish with glittering eyes swimming
out Of the wall paper. Honora, give me
Columbus discovering America every
time"
"Now here's the little dressing room
between done in mirrors with rose
shaded lights"
where's the boot jack?"
"Oh. John, you should have seen
Prof. Stringem shudder when he saw
that boot Jack! It made him Ill, he
$50 this is my room? Well, it looks
more like an aquarium than anything
else. What's the matter with that
shaving glRss?"
Il had a spray of trailing arbutus
painted across Il; II was too severe
looking
ut spoiled the whole thing! These
Chippendale writing tables are the
newest things"
the attio?" asked Dobley. Because. II
is the kitchen Renaissance or colonial?
Or has he delicately complimented the
cook and had 1t done in green? And
that reminds me. want some break
fast"
you know. I've stopped having the
regular breakfast served, John. we
Just have fruit and rolls and conee.
Prof. Stringem said that person who
could start the day by hearty meal
such as we used to have, would commit
crime. He says 1t brutallzes ones ar
ttstic perception"
"well, I'm going to grovel in some
ham and eggs Just now, Stringem or no
Stringem. That man has nerve enough
to hand paint the pearly gates. Did he
leave any instructions as to what color
Of pajamas / was to wear?"
mo; he said that you'd develop q
higher sense Of art when you lived
among beautiful surroundings. He
said one couldn't expect you to have a
very keen appreciation Of harmonious
effects while you were In the hardware
business"
"stringem is dream OF philanthropy
ic worth, but he won't do. Honora. He
may so through the world trying to
teach people to appreciate the beautl-
full. but there's nothing In It. The
hardware business pays. What does
,StrIngem live on, anyhow"
why, he gets a commission"
mot from me. Honora. II Stringem
thinks I'll reward him for turning my
comfortable home into n museum, he Is
laboring under hideous mistake"
why, John Dobley the professor
doesn't expect anything from us. He
gets his commission from the furniture
people and the papering firm and the
shops that sell the armor and the tap
estry."
well, that's not bad idea. Stringem
has got some business after all. He
gives one lecture at the Hyphen House
and secures say six victims like your
self. He does over six dwellings and
collects commissions on each one, And
then he keeps on preaching the beauty
of harmony and the high moral effects
of artistic home decoration"
HE says he considers his work a
noble one" said Mrs Dobley.
"All work Is enrolling my dear, up
on which you can collect commissions.
Suppose we so up to the library and sit
on the worm eaten chairs and figure out
Stringem's winnings on this job"