The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
JoNEs,s HOME nEhuTIFUL.
The Curiosity 1t Inspired and the Comments
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1t Called Forth.
TIN that beat for words that dunno as can
tell you about Miss Jones an her house beauti-
full That's what Miss Jones calls 1t, but never
could see anything beautiful in havin' lot Of
things strung around to catch tho dust That
nlnt me OF course, il amt none of my business
what Miss Jones does TO her house. She was ono
of the Higginses before she married Jon es, and
they do say that Jones hos aged fast The Hig
ginses always was hghfalutln' set an Miss
Jones she was the highfalutinest Of en- all. We
amt been very friendly 10 tho Joneses since they
took my hired girl away from me- an dunno when
I've been in her house before
Il saw last week somcthin was goin' on in Miss
Joncss house. Sho was q changing her paror
curtains an n surrin' round considerable for her
Miss Jones Is hatchery lazy On as shiftless a
housekeeper as | know. All this disturbance in
the Jones house looked TO me asst they might be go
ing to give a party. SaysI TO myself this mornin :
Miss Jones an were girls together an it's my
duty to be neighborly 40 will Just drop in an call
an lctbygones be bygoncs'
Miss Jones didn't expect me an raped on
the parlor door purpose. l knew II l went
around TO the side door that she would never invite
me into the parlor. Miss Jones opened the parlor
door an she was just as annoyed as she could DO
at my catchin her lookin' as she did She was
wearing an old wrapper which was soilcd with
paint an torn. 1t made me feel pleasant though.
an told Miss Jones not TO mind how she looked.
Then surveyed the paror 1t was sight
never saw any thing like il except once when went
to the theatre aud saw the Black Crook.
For land sakcs Miss Jones' what you been
doin' with your parlor?"
I've been gettin' some effects, said Miss Jones
in lofty asyou please tone. That's what We
need in this town. I'm strivin' for tho house
bcsu nj a al he lpAs IN n M
friends
Indeed! says I, lust like that
Yes says Miss Jones. we are hard an
unartstic community an now that I've seen the
light m goin to lead the way TO higher things
"Since when did you the Light says /.
lookn' around carelcssly.
My attention was turned TO art when went
down 10 the city last fall an since then We read
How To make paror furniture Of discarded boxes
an barrels, and other standard works on the
house beautiful.
1T made me smile to myself to sec how Miss
Jones puckercd her mouth when she said beaut-
what arc all those treppins in that corner?
That's an oriental effect
You don't say! says / That stuff In the
cushion" looks 10 me Just like silcsie. suppose
1t came from india though Curious, too that
like Joness old iontcd ishin' rod, an it seems to
be hung to the ceiling with your old dog S chain.
at isn't the material which counts in effects,
said Miss Jones. a curling up her little finger
just as she used to when she spoke of her mani
cure set IFS color an shape an er cr general
effect That's what the house beautiful teaches.
Mess you have an artistic temperament you
won't understand NE.
puzzled me, The print cotton was Spread over
Joness fishing rod like a tent The corners
old coach lantern, beat the circus, an to think
OF Miss Jones dom il an bein So lofty about it.
declare / wouldn't have been more sIT0riSCd
II she'd SHOOK hands in the new tangled up to.
your chin style.
"It'll lie a raj comfortable, place for Jones to sit
tha, remark was mean but declare couldn't
help Sayin ii. Miss Jones has been after Jones
ever since they was married you know, 10 wear
shoes which Is more gcntcrl instead Of boots, but
Jones won't do it
This is my Colonial Corner said Miss Jones.
about tho boots There was an ob clock that
wouldn't have in my kl!, hsn: two old fiddle back
chairs an a battered old table in that corner.
"You don say, says |, not knowing what
YES says Miss Jones. a talking as il She. was
repeating a copy book. for true beauty of lines
we have to so back 10 the old coionial furniture.
pirce Of old colonial furniture will educate a Shoir
What kind Of an education do you think Jones
will get out Of those old hdde-back chatrs'' said
Mr. Jones hasn't an artistic temperament
said she, 'hs Is too mat.rielisic.
sometSn S Ike that Te an Just wsded 6ss to
shallow water again Since Mss Jones formed
the resdin' an, history circle two years ago an
got a diploma abe has used big words Well now.
swan, ii you think her India corner an her
colonHl corner were funny, you should have
seen the walls, They were covered with hop
sacking Looked lust like the bottom Of hop
kiln for all the world. Miss Jones had put up
some old cracked plates all around the place where
the border should he an they looked dreadful
unhandy.
VIVA, you got hop sacking an plates on your
wall for. Miss Jones' saws l.
For artistic effect says she, an II you knew
ANYTHING about the house and home beautiful
You wouldn't ask such foolish questions
"'Hoghtv toighty, Miss jones' says l. Just
like that W no asked you 10 say whether my ques
tiuns arc wise " tnulish?'
YOU are always n prv.nE into other peorlc'G
affairs, says she With that saws very cool like,
Miss Jones when the hired girl You stole from
me comes TO dust all that old junk she'll leave
an ~ take her back III BID you good afternoon
says an I'll leave your house beautiful" and go
home to house clean An walked out
like Deacon Smith when he takes up the collection
for foreign missions You don't catch me tryn'
to be neighbory with Miss Jones again, not un.
less she gels sick or someth.n' I'm glad / amt
got an artistic temperament That's me.
But Miss Jones, she was q Higgins, she was
an there is queer streak in that family I'm
real sorry for Jones