The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03

spectacle to settle Il. To show that ]
have jed. strike my mouth with my
iianu md say Low mouth. why nave yon
lied about Willie Vosel and his honcr2
Therefore wish this apology published
throughout the whole world. as a warning
10 others who may be as jealous as l am
And after this ] promise TO say nothing
10 the disadvantage OF Mr. w rsosei, ana
my wife. w A. FOSiEh-
! sincerely trust that the noble Mr..
Willie Vogels nobility was satisfied by
this confession, and that the beautiful
Sesieija Johanna Wilhimina lived hap
PLY ever after.
Better Stable Than House.
When a Boer selects a site for build
ing purposes his first care is TO erect a
good stable for the horses; that is. the
favorite riding horses for the family.
and 1t Will frequently happen that the
stable is far superior in appearance and
comfort TO the family residence. II the
Boer is successful in gathering in ths
shekels, his growing children may i'm
perfume him until he consents to build
4 more elegant mansion. / once called
at Beers farm a few days after the
finishing touches had been given to the
new house and the Dutchman took
childlike pride in showing me every
nook and corner. The old house where
he and 'tante'' had seen many ups and
downs during thirty years of conjugal
association was matched roof, green
brick building, with mud floors, stand
ing at the head of a fine orchard. Up
10 the time of my visit the family had
not been able 70 induce the old lady to
move into the new house. l had talk
with her on the subject, and apparently
failed in the mission my newly found
'oom'' had sent me on. 'Tante" in
sisted that the house had become like
a. second self to her. she had no patience
with the new-fangled notions the chill
dren We're everlastingly pastering her
with; if that was all the good that came
of sending girls away to school she
thought they were much better off at
home, learning how to keep one house
tidy. What hurt her sense of decorum
most seemed to be the fact that the
girls had-heaven knows by what spe-
cies of hypnotic nfuence-persuaded
the old man to buy piano. That piano
was tante s pet-aVersion. In her young
days people were highly contented with
the music of the German concertipa
and a mouth organ, but now. If tan
te" was afterwards induced to live in
the swell house | am certain she was
never comfortable in it. AS to the new
house itself: The Boer had engaged a
good architect from a neighboring town
who had done his work faithfully Tho
rich. and once having fixed the idea in
his head that he needed an aristocratic
domicile, he had spared no expense But
the line of demarkation between the
architects design and Boer taste was
painfully clear. Regarding the painting
of the doors and windows there had
been considerable family dissension. The
old man wanted them rosy red. the sons
insisted on brilliant blue, while the
SirlS-and surely they ought to know
for hadn't they been to a boarding
school in the "dorp" maintained a
glorious green was the only correct
color. The old lady, it appeared. had
not entered into this discussion, feeling
her contempt too Strong for words. AS
a compromise, nearly the house
was apportioned off and the
disputants left to decorate their
portion in the color he or she
fancied most. The result was start
ling. In some cases. the large front
door in particular, the whole family
had jointly done the decoration. This
door had green panels, blue top and
bottom and bright red sides. DOM
considered this the finest example of
high art in the whole wide. wide world,
and would get so absorbed in contem-
plating it that his pipe would
sometimes go out The arrange
niture was in keeping with the paint.
Certainly if effect was what my re-
spected uncle was driving at re had hit
the bulls eye first shot The poorer
Beers for fifty miles round 'vould come
and cape at that house, and then go
home wondering when they would be