Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-09
FEMININE GENIUS.
Fable of the Woman Who Did Not
YcGrn to Leave Her Home
In Summer Time. !,

Once upon a time there was q st.
Louis woman, says the Republic, who
did not yearn to leave her home in the
summer time. Accordingly she told
her husband that she would spend for
stuffy berths, summer hotel accommo-
dations and other inconvenience. He,
being a philosopher and knowing that
he was dealing with q genius, readily
delivered over.
With a slightly augmented balance
ut the bank, the gifted woman set about
making "a delightfully."- cool and refresh
ing spot, the very place for a vacation"
out of her W prosy, hot urban home.
1t was a very ordinary two-story af-
fair with an attic, and it had a front and
a back porch.
First, Mrs. Genius stored all her hot
looking furniture safely away out of
sight in the attic; everything uphol-
stored, everything plush and velvet
md brocade; and with it went the por-
there's and rugs and winter curtains.
Even the large pictures and heavy or
naments were sent aloft. Then tho
carpets were torn up" rolled up, and
sent up likewise. The barren floors
were scrubbed and cleaned till they de-
lighted eye and nostril.
Flo the floors the talented lady pur-
chased mating. and the husband began
to see the light and to admire. Scrim
curtains were hung like mere films in
the windows, and neat wicker furniture,
just barely enough to do" was scat
tered about the airy domicile. There
vas a suggestion of freshness and
lightness about the whole. Certainly
the appointments were inexpensive. A
few extra awnings were added outside
the windows. In the evenings, when
awnings were raised and doors were
thrown wide, the zephyrs seemed to
come there, lured irresistibly.
But the porches were the masterpieces
of achievement. They were screened in
with wire netting. The front porch
awaited for a sort Of sitting room, where,
in the evening, Mrs. Genius was at no
loss for guests; attracted mainly by the
presence of the lady, Bit partly by the
happy arrangement and the refreshing
beverages-three swallows do not make
a summer, and plenty Of bottles, ice,
lines and lemons were included in the
seasons special luXuries. NSYou simply
couldn't drive the husband away An
other pleasant feature associated with
an evening there was the presence of a
man out in the yard with a hose. He
did M onCt UcrV much hDf -hn Eyoc n
pronounced luxury. Nothing makes
sweeter music than a gurgling hose
playing for an hour or so on the sod,
lrenching the pavement, cooling tho
granitoid and front steps. The delights
Of a fountain in a grove, and its
nymphs, are as nothing.
AS II by magic, tho real porch was
converted into the fastest of dining
rooms-A-feZ Cheap as
songs In the summer-served to mollify
the prosiness of a naatutinal meal over
looking the backyard; and suggested
breakfasting on q garden terrace, or,
rather, on fruit and coffee, but with the
vision of
A river at my gardens end;
\ terrace walk and half a rood
OF land set out to plant a wood.
lake and sea and mountain and river
are all very well for those of us who
can and will go; but for those OF us
who can't. or won't, a little of the sort
of thing provided by Mrs. Genius comes
pretty near filing the bill.
The triumph of the lady was attested
In the fall when all those of her women
friends who had left summer widowers
behind them returned to the city-these
women snubbed her cordially. Possibly
she had been held III. a9 an example to
them. Genius, as wei as Virtue, hath
Its reward.