The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-28
A DOMESTIC COMEDY.
THE VARIED RESULTS OF REARRANo-
ING THE FURNITURE.

do you change the position OF the
furniture when you clean a room?"
inquired housewife No. ! of a friend I'm
the course of heart to heart talk.
do /? Why, yes, indeed! don't
feel as II the room is cleaned unless |
change the furniture a little bit DO
your
well, usually change the orna.
ments around and so forth, hut In the
spring and fall | like to change every
thing In n room-completely alter the
whole appearance Of 1t. Then | fancy
the things are all new. and they seem
TO look prettier somehow. But, do you
know. my husband doesn't like II at
all"
Neither does mine! Isn't that singu-
larf Men are so peculiarw
"Yes. indeed they arer'
So many housekeepers share the
views OF these two that n story with
a moral Will not be out Of place.
1t was the other night only that Mr..
Blank went unsusplciously up stairs TO
bed at an unusually early hour. leaving
his wife reading in the sitting room.
lie had headache and carried COB
let of water In his right hand. Fear.
lessly advancing into the dark bed.
room Mr.. Blank suddenly felt both legs
violently cut from under him. lie
clutched wildly at the air and said
several things OF an explanatory ma
ture, but there was nothing TO save
him. lie went down.
Good gracious, Henryw calculated
Mrs Blank. hurrying to the scene Of
disaster. what is the matter?
Where are you? Why don't you light
the gasT Sulting the action TO the
word. she beheld her husband sprawl
ing across the bed; the glass he had
carried had discharged its contents
across the plllowshams and shivered on
the floor.
Mr.. Blank did the talking for the
next ten minutes. lie said that of all
the blankety blank folly Of which the
mind could conceive this of changing
furniture around was the worst He
said 1t was a pretty thing for man to
walk into his own room and have to
fall over things in the dark. He said
he wouldn't stand 1t; the furniture
must be replaced where it formerly
stood.
Il shan't do anything OF the kind"
replied Mrs. Blank. at looks very
much nicer where II is. why don't
you feel whore you are going when you
get into n dark roomf"
tsGfnnga
all fours" snarled Mr.. Blank. 81
couldn't feel where the bed was unless
happened to touch the footboard.
thought | could walk clear over to the
bureau. ! tell You it's n confounded
crank you have on this subject Some
day you'll precipltate a serious acct
dent"
III any one precipitates. it'll be YOU
| should think" retortcd Mrs. Blank
icily. And the furniture remained
where II was.
IL was the next evening that Master
Blank undertook TO carry pile OF
schoolbooks from the dining room to
the sitting room. He had a bottle OF
Ink In his hand. and he thought he
knew exactly where the center table
was. In the course of his peregrina-
uons In search of II. however he came
into violent collision with the glass
door OF the bookcase. which he broke.
There were also inky traces discernible
on the carpet when Mrs. Blank came
In. This time there was some balm for
her feelings. She could spank Master
Blank and did IL with the best will in
the world.
Her own downfall was not long in
coming. however. although for few
days only minor Inconvenience were
met with, such as the abrasion of an
kles against chair rockers and slight |
bruises received by means Of sudden
contact with unforeseen obstacles. Last |
evening Mrs. Blank undertook TO trans |
fer the cage of her pet parrot from the |
window where IL spends the day TO the
snug corner where it passes the night.
She did not trouble to light the gas, and |
by some unaccountable mental lapse |
she had forgotten the precise point at |
which tabouret, on which stood lar
1Inlere, was stationed. She charged |
into the tabouret with considerable
force, was Overhalanced by the weight
of the cage in her arms and took a
header with a resounding crash. The
parrot shrieked. and. unable TO distin-
5uish friend from foe. inflicted severe
bite on her mistress finger. Mr.. Blank
came in hurriedly, picked up his wife
md assisted in making an in7entory of
sundry contuslons. Then they lifted
he parrot cage, bally bent, and the
ardiniere with n pisce Clipped out Of
I and the tabouret somewhat scratch
ID. and then Mr.. BLINK observed quiet
y:
II have just ont thing 10 ask you.
Mrs. Blank. Was rightT
mo, you were IotW retorted Mrs.
Blank savagely. SERIOUS accident?
serious ah tot this, | should like
o know2 For goodness sake. Henry.
lon't stand there trying TO look like
martyr! IL you must have the furni-