Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-07-24

A POT OF PAINT.
Tho Master of the House Gets tho
Decorating Fever.

Tho Master of the House ~e'S o
Decorating Fever.
saTip the cat out of that rocker ana
make Yourself comfortable said Mrs,
Weeden, Hospitality. ''You look kinu
OF used up. Spring cleaningT
Mrs. Lipscombe leaned far back ana
settled the dispossessed cat In her zap
$50 the family say" she assented'
Though I think myself it's nothing IN
the world but Joes latest performance
Joe generally gets the painting fever
when we women get the scrubbing
fever: but seems as II this season he
took 1t extra hard. He bought pot OF
paint Saturday, and started In. FIST
he did the window-boxes and the india
rubber tree tub; that was all right
Then he did the clothes poles | wasn't
particularly grateful when they weren't
half-dry for Monday wash; still, they re
an Improvement Then he did the two
garden seats, and got so Interested he
forgot. and sat down on the one he'd
lust done while he finished up the other
Well, those trousers were pretty far
gone. and I never did like check, any
way. II he'd stopped there-but he
didn't There was some paint left, and
he was bound to use it up.
1.-THE girls planned long ago to have
a party and some music as soon as the
cleaning was done, and the parlor
spandy clean and fresh Twas set for
tonight; and this noon Linda went In
to fix up. Well, she gave kind OF wild
screech, followed by sounds like whoop-
ing-cough, and Bessy and l came flying
to see what was wrong. Bessy gave
one look, and off she went whooping
and gurgling and giggling worse than
Linda; and the pair Of them kept me
so busy scolding and coaxing and slap
ping backs and ordering. Now, girls,
stopv that / didn't really take in what
it was all about till just as they were
beginning TO quiet down. Then my eyes
lit on the mantelpiece again, and, II
you'll believe 1t, off l went, worse than
either Of theml
"You know those two plaster busts on
the two sides of the mantel-shelf-Mo
Fart and Beethoven, three-quarter life
size? Well, Joseph had painted those
There they perched confronting us-on
again, all three of us together, gurglinf
and whooping and choking and weepins
like idlots-Mozart smiling jauntiiy ant
Beethoven scowling like thunder-cloud
and both of them bright greenr
EMILY Mop burst out Mrs
Weeden.
Louisa! Yesv rejoined Mrs. Lips
combe ale means to bronze then
later; but when he bronzed a Milton
once, the white kept showing through
In thin places, so he thought this tim
he'd put a dark coat under Green |
all right, he says, because bronze is al
ways streaky with green when it's real
so II green should show through tn
, bronzing it would only be more natural
: But they've got to dry before they ca
be bronzed; and meanwhile they can
be touched or lifted; and the party
tonight Well, as Linda says. on
decorations are unique, and the onl
thing to do is to take it as joke. Blu
: was pretty tired this morning. and
a sup. ose l really did laugh myself int
? Mysteries. 1t sounds silly. but If you
come suddenl~ on two pea-green In
mortals-"
81 never hao Mysteries In my life
. announced Mrs. Weeden. firmly. IAN
a I'm going to walk back with you whe
; you go and take a peek myself
e Youths Companion