The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-13

always So guileless and good-natured
with your friends. - (And yet this
man thought he had an original wife!)
'Wilson knew you could never resist
the color Of that dreadfully expensive
imported tile for the freplaces. "
Fred laughed at her. But upon
thinking it over, he concluded that he
was, perhaps, little too good natured
Gan original husband also, you OBJ
serve), and finally decided that he was
quite indignant over the matter; would
be BANKED if he d let anybody impose
on him, old friend or not, etc.
The situation meanwhile had become
this: work on the interior was almost
at a standstill; the contractor swore
he could not proceed a step further I'M
til he received the "detail' from the
architect; the architect swore he could
not supply the detail designs for the
trim) until the owner passed upon
them; the owner said he could not O.
K. them when they were so BANKED
fancy. (They had all reached the
swearing stage by this time.)
"For heavens sake,' he demanded
of Peters, "why can't you do some
thing simple and unassertive! This IS
neither a bar-room nor barber shop. -
Ono" snarled back Peters, horribly
insulted, forgetting at last to be suave,
"but it would be a barn if l let you
have your way"
HWeli, I'd rather have barn than
bird-cagel' returned the owner.
"Who's taste ought to be considered
here anyway9"
cit happens to be my work"
"It happens to be my house!'
A pause.
"Well. then, why did you call me
in if you dom like my ideas!"
''Simply to carry out my own ideas.
I've taste enough myself
eyes, lots of taste,'' sneered the
architect "Some of it good.
At this point entered Mrs. Carroll,
looking very pretty in her new calling
costume and feeling the peace with the
world which comes only from making
half a dozen calls upon people who
are out Seeing how crestfallen the
architect looked and knowing how
dreadful it was to suffer Fred's dlsap-
prevail, she sprang to the rescue of the
situation with woman's quick tact.
ooh, Wilson" she said in her most
gracious manner, 81 think you are do
ing wonders with our house. 1t is so
sweet and restrained.
Wilson shot look of triumph at
Fred and went back to town very
pleased with himself and with her.
S"Mrs. Carroll is charming girl, - he
remarked that evening at the club;
<sebut Fred s the limit No more crazy
artists for clients of mine! -
Meanwhile Fred was saying, You re
a nice one. Molly Egg me on, get me
mad. make me jump on him-and then
come in and praise everything IN
sight" w.,
Well, in the end, they did have Viii
son s trim-and trimmings-whlch he
pronounced simple because inexpensive,
and which Fred considered evil be-
cause it tried to look expensive. But
he had had his own way about so many
things that, in order to restore pleasant
feelings. he gracefully yielded even to
tbe little Renaissance dewdrops Wilson
loved to stick under the mantelpieces.
Most of them dropped off anyway when
the heat was turned on.
Thus the comedy proceeded
"
The house had been promised for
October the first Was ever house
finished on schedule time, or for the
estimated price? By the middle or
November they had visited all their
available relatives (who would have
enioved the Fred CAROLS more # they
had only talked about their house Iess).
Still. the house WASH t quite finished.
81 thev conceived the idea Of moving
into il without waiting for it to be
finished. and remarked originally, as
irena+ient home builders always do IN
tatino this step. "'That is the. only
wav to get the workmen out
'sAnd I can keep those blamed pant
prs from bungling the color OF the
woodwork said Fred. since thaI
man Peters absolutely declines to at
tend to his business, ! suppose / u nave
to do it myself. ~.
And I can see that we get the
shelves put in the bathrooms. He VIII
never remember il.
So. upon bright November after
noon. the Carroll family moved INTO the
urDor stories Of their newly rainteu
house ats like camping out. sng
oested Molly, trying to seem eheerIui,
eyes. with all the dscomtorts ana
,-,r,a If the charm" gr0wied Fred.
arya1-oned carly by the banging and
zcraping Of fnishers.
- wouldn f mind that. said Molly
IF only the painters wouidn T Whistle
when the baby takes his nap.
ats probably one OF their ancient
customs. - unused Fred.
However. the studio was in shape Tor
nse-and there was the best Of reasons
for industry now-but, unfortunately