The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-10

One cool pleasant day of last week the
Smiths moved into their new country
home.
For years they had been talking about
their country place; in fact, ever since
Frank Smith, the eldest son. was a mere
infant in arms had the father of the
family been in possession of the idea that
sooner or later he'd have a country home
ana now he is nearly 3o-that Is Frank,
the eldest son, is, and not Father Smith
Now. be 1t known to all people, that
the Smiths new home is everything thai
It should be as far as money ana taste
can make 1t, for they planned 1t all them-
selves. even to the width of the porches'
the shape of the roof. and the shape OF
the bay windows.H
THE only thing that bothers u.s. said
the head of the house 10 friend re-
Gently in describing the joys OF SUBURBAN
life. and the beauties of Tangiewood
Park lis the flies.
"That is easy enough" replied the mat
ter-of-f man to whom he was talking
..Just have your windows and doors
screened and you won't notice a fly by
the end of the summer
But my dear fellow, you don't under-
stand that that was one OF the very nrs'
things that we did after moving into the
house, replied Mr.. Smith peremptorlly.
my wife. who knows 1t all, says they
are original flies; that they were built
with the house. and until they die We
can't possibly get rid of them. SO tar SO
good. but it takes them such confound-
ed long time to die
'.rhen take home a few sheets of n.y.
paper" suggested the friend as he babe
him adieu to catch a car. Its nasty
stuff, but what it will do to the pesky
flies will be caution
That happened "of Saturday morn
ing" as the darkies say. and Mr. Brown
being busily engaged at his office with
certain stocks and bonds that demanded
his attention, entirely forgot the flies and
the fypaper until all the shops were
closed and 1t was too late to buy any.
That night the flies In the Smiths
house were worse than the Egyptian
plague, and everybody from the baby to
the "grown-ups" was grumbing about
them.
Their being screened in seems to in
furiate them and make them worse than
ever,'' observed Mrs. Smith as she BRAN
dished a large Palmetto fan to and frc
vigorously, trying to keep one particular
nv from settling on the perfectly good
bridge of her nose.
"Give me 20 flies on the outside to one
on the inside. growled one of the Smith
boys as he tried hard to read the paper
In a cozy corner of the den.
ION the principal that it's better to be
on the outside looking in than on the in
side looking out" suggested his small
brother.
Which was undoubtedly the case. since
all Saturday evening and all day Sunday
the Smiths spent the time fighting the
pestiferous little insects and vowine
vengeance on every single one they hap
pened to catch, which wasn't many, ever
with Pater Families and Mrs. Pater lead
ing the crusade, armed with tea towels
and fy-kil,ing fans and charging upor
every one that settled upon piece OF
furniture, killing nary one, but instead
breaking a lovely Sevres vase and q
dainty Cloisenne in the fray.
When Mr.. Smith entered his office or
the following Monday morning grim de-
termination, and unalterable resolution
were writ upon his brow.
VIII you please remind me- he saie
to his stenographer in tones that made
her think she had mailed a letter to Tho
wrong person and that her discharge was
imminent, ito stop at Browns and gel
some fiypaper this afternoon
Certainly replied the Stenographer
sejoiced and relieved.
AS Mr.. Smith was about to leave the
office that afternoon she didn't fail tt
remind him of his self-imposed duty AMI
indeed, there was little need since tn.
horror of the two preceding days wal
still fresh in his mind and when hi
boarded the car for TsnglswoodA Pars