Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-16
The Rich Mans Room.

built our new house here in the city |
made stipulation with the women
folks that l should have a room in it
fitted up to suit me.
II didn't want any Daghestan rug,
or Louis XIV, or Adonijah XIV. or
any other numbered furniture. Iwant.
ed place where | could scuff my feet
on the floor # | wanted to and sit
down without tear of MASKING the
chair or scrapiug otf the varnish, or
breaking something if turned around
sudden. They didn't like that much,
but they are good to me, and I've got
the sort of a room l want, or some
thing somewhere near it.
"Old-fasbioned ingram carpet on the
floor, chocolate colored, with big white
figures strolling around on it, looking
natural as life. And I've got solid
old fashioned rocking chair with a
deep seat and high, bulgsd out,
spindled back, that l can lean my
head back in and go to sleep In as easy
as l could in the old rocking chair in
the sitting-ro ON at home.
Il miss the old walls and the low
ceiling. This room I've got is little
high between joints to suit me. but
when l shut my eyes and forget it |
can go to sleep in that old rocking
chair just the same.
"The folks did want to put in
brass bedstead. but l stuck for wood.
en- one and got it, but did let EN- put
on modern spring and a good mat
tress, and I'm bound to say that they
do beat the old-fashioned corded bed.
stead and straw and feather beds; and
l cant see those modern things when
the bed is made up.
"And I've got solid hickory arm.
chair that can lean back in without
so much as a ereak; no give in 1t any
where. I'm not afraid it's going down
under me and sticking me full of chair
rungs and splintered legs. l can tilt
that chair back anywhere and put my
feet on the rungs if want to with
out fear that | am going to scrape of
any gliding and without fear of hurt.
ingany Daghestan rugs. If | dig holes
in the ingram | can afford to buy an
other one.
II take heap Of comfort in that old
hickory chair. lean tip back in it and
put my feet up on the desk, and not
mind things at all.
"That big fiat top desk was kind
of compromise, like the modern
springs and mattress on the bed. The
folks fixed up the bed business, but /
put in the desk myself. suppose /
ought to have got little old-fashioned
desk, but I've got 80 many papers
and things now that | had ito have
some place to put EN-, and | got me
that desk, but it's mine, and l can put
my feet up on it without worrying
anybody, and it's convenient and |
rather like it.
"And I confess Irather like that big
leather lounge over there-thst was
another Of the womens ideas. l
thought it was a little too luxurious
looking to 90 with the old rocker and
the hickory chair, but the folks in
sisted and | let EN- have their way
and put it in, and it certainly is solid,
anyway, and very comfortable; but
everything else here, all the rest Of
the chairs and things, goes with the
ingram and the rocker and hickory,
and / can stand the desk and the
lounge with the rest, all right.
1.-The folks say that they don't know
what the men that come to see me
think when they go through the rest
of the house and then get into my
room; but Idon find they worry over
it much. In fact / find that these old
chaps, who could swing an ak to-day
if they wanted to, rather like it.
"Up here they aren't 10 danger Of
clipping down on wsxsd foors, and
they're not afraid of kicking over
some bric-a-brac in the corner, nor
Of smashing spider leg gold cha ir
if they sit down in it, nor Of mussing
up the satin damssk of 81 900 sofa
If they sit down on that.
mo. sir. Up here they can just
plant themselves good and solid any.
where, and there amt anything go
ing to break and when pull open
the lower right hand corner drawer
Of the solid old desk-you see I'm be-
ginning to call that old. now-and
get out box Of cigars. why, ! don't
see that any Of them have any more
use for Daghestan and Louis than !
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