The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-02
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: HER POINT OF VIEW s:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

\ tONSiuerlng fadS as something in
the way of freaks, fearsome, or
frivolous, or idiotic, as the case NAV
be. they should not be frowned uport
with so much violence by people who
nave taken the contract of setting the
world right
Instead. they should be encouraged
and even cherished. In these strenu-
Gus times they are a saving grace. and
the oftener we change them the better.
People who have fads are ant TO
change them with more or less fire.
auency. for a fad is something that
mas TO be changed or it isn't fad but
a habit, and most habits, from the fact
or the natural depravlty of inanimate
Things, seem more likely to be bad
than good. We are not nearly so prone
10 speak of the good habits of a person
as OF his bad ones. We say of the
child that he has the bad habit of
sucking his thumb, or not coming when
lie rs called, or of being disobedient.
We do not make such prominent men,
tion that he has the habit of always
replying politely when directly adj
dressed, or of eating his dinner daint-
llS. Hence when a fad grows to be a
habit 1t is no longer nice and deserves
TO be diScountonanccd.
The fad lady is reasonably certain ia
De np-to-date and is unmistakably sure
10 De an enthusiast. Now. enthusiasts
are nice people to know. unless they
gcsh. But Il gusher isn't apt to have
fads, for she is too busy gushing. To
be enthusiastic is to enjoy the bright
places of life and he able TO see sun
shine in the dark places. II Is to follow
the sleam. as did Merlin even before
he built the fairy towers Of Camelot,
The one who looks on the sunny in
stead Of the dark side adds to tho
worlds joyousness.
So the fad lady is a benefit 10 her
race. She isn't always collecting bIue
pitchers. Sometimes ii is old lace NJ
fans. TO be sure. sometimes IL may
be cats, which is a little unfortunato
for her neighbors. Sometimes she COL
lects old furniture. This is, of course
a dangerous stage, for 1t may sever.
lifelong friendship and drive bankers
to ruin. An old furniture fad while
osteRsibly the most interesting i'm tho
category, Is always extremely wearing
on somebody, usually the Man Who
Foots the Bills. He is apt To dread n
business trip, ana to finally break the
news OF his departure to his hOuSehoId
through the medium of a messenger
boy and note requesting a hand-b bag
and appurtenances thereto. If he pavo
more advanced warning of his inten-
tons his wife would be prepared to
start off with him on a two-hundred
mile trip in search of two Colonial
candlestiCks. value $40: or perhaps
she would think him real mean if he
refused to diverge a matter of davis
travel in order To follow up u WIll-o'.
the- Wispy cathedral chair of the date
Of 1874.
The most fatal attacks of the old
furniture fad run in the way of four-
poster beds--or rather bed for TO the
enthusiastic bed hunter there is never
hut one object of the kind unpre-
empted in the world. 1t always han
pens that Just before she arrived an
the spot more enterprlsing lady with
prediction for four-posters, had
found the only one in the re-
gion poked away in dusliy al
cove of some old Pennsylyania
German home, had beguiIed n
away from the white capped innocent
owner for a mere song and after hear
ing this story. her disconsolato rival
would be- triumphantly piloted to n
nearby dealer in old furniture. fdid
YOU ever notice the strange coinci-
dence that a find of an old four-poster
is almost invariably located I'm the
vicinity of dealer in old furniture?
to have pointed out the identical bed
with its blessed four posts actually
carved in eighteenth century style.
After enjoying her afiliction for a few
the dealer reluctantly admits