The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
WOMAN ABOUT TOWN
FrailtieS and Foibles of Her Sex.

I blow Of the road. they heard the sound
I Of ch0pping- There in the yard an aged
man, bent above the footboard Of q
/ dismembered bed. which he was with
/ some difficulty reducing TO kIndIing wood
3 Dr. Dash fairly hurled himself from the
I runabout
Look lie gasped. There's the head
i Of the bed leaning against that tree The
/ fools actually chopping UP an old ma
/ hogany four-posJer-"
4 Il was even so. The footboard was
ruined ere the medicine man stayed the
vandal hand
Good heavens. What are you doing?~
/ be cried
The simple rustic looked UP.
/ .Smashin' up this dinged old bed he
/ replied "Wfe's tired Of having SO many
I Of them"
.But IFS valuable, It's a treasurer
cried the physician
/ Got another one anyway said the
man Too heavy 70 move out for sweep
I in-"
I OF course. YOU can see what happened
/ Dr. Dash wanted that second bed He
( was willing 20 psy-why. he was willing
I 20 pay FOR new brass bed, and a box
/ sprlus- and a si.k-e.vered down cOverIet
I anG toilette set with pink roses on Il II
/ he could only secure that lovely and
] doomed antique mahogany f5ur-poster
! he expected the rustic mind 20 be grasp
/ ing as soon as It perceived the situation
Z and lr was However. one doesn't ind
genuine f1ur-poster every day. Dr Dash
I saw -- standing. fellow 10 the wrecked
! bed. safe ln an upper room. paid cash for
3 u, and sent his hired man for Il early
next day Guests were asked out from
I town merely TO hear Dr. Dash braE
about that bed Guests were asked from
{ other country places. too The Rev. M7
/ Blank. OF Philadelphia. came over from
+ his sumner retreat ten miles away. As
4 he sat al dinner he said:
] 7 always recall the drive 20 this place
4 with pleasure You've come too late. my
/ dear doctor. Just before You arrived
# drove over this way one day and about
F two miles from here 7 came upon a man
who was actually. actually my dear
+ friend. c1opping an o-d-fasEiUued four
. poster bed into kluGIinE wood Picture 70
+ yourself my delight when ] learned thar
/ although 7 came too late TO save thar rare
+ old p.ere, the man possessed the mate 70
-t. a charming bed. with which he was
. perfectly willing 10 part
. The clergyman didn't sleep in the four
. poster that night He didn't even hear Il
. ula--. .n-aC- The ra-r1IeSS friend bored a
small hole into i- wiki a E5uIet and came
away u talk He SAYS they stain birch
. beautifully out in Michigan. and NAchi-
I gan f1ur-pcs-srs look precisely Ike an
t'rG=s. especially after you've sand
. paQe-a5 scratches on The proper places
. bf.t personally, 7 don't believe him
F can't SEQ any real reason why a Connect
. e-t rustic shouldn't have ten genuine four
/ posters II ne wants TO- and j. the same
' r=a6piere IS always leaning against the
F. same tree what's that % Ue2 I hate
. those people who C-or-Is over other pe0-
PIES lost Illusions. anyway.
People who live next doo- 20 BI.-lzs.
who IS an architect OF the Pu-lst type.
have recently remo5eled -hslr house T.
has erupteI several bay windows and
where The Eiga step used 10 be is what
one may call a tr01-lspiece and q street
level entrance BIinks really talks more
than necessity requires. and Bli-ks -u-
-il- has ears as long as the next little
pitchers. Blnks junior was visiting al
tle UaEa-Cver house The other day while
the mistress OF tle mansion was explain
5-E things 10 a woman friend
The idea was really mime she SAID
M DluEla-s wanted a Greek design
but 7 stood out for this. Italian rera-s-
sa--e. call *"
That amt what pa says l- is" p5re5
up B-l-ks junior Ma said YOU said 3.
was -lar. b-r pa says its American re-
nuisance