El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-04

~ wife had her own ideas as TO
M how our home should he fur
nished. 1 had mine Because
these IDEAS We're dramatically opposed,
we had our first bitter quarrel
You furnish the money and I'll FUR
nish the taste she once said Jesting-
y.
knew she was IN fun. yet 1 re-
scented the speech
We boarded for the first Is months
of our married life, then We selected
q pretty apartment not Tar from the
river. The rooms were all light and
my wife and I agreed perfectly as 10
their beauty.
It will be great fun getting the
furniture Constance said 4 wish we
had more money 10 spend But We can
make the place lovely anyway
Yes" j said. we can And don't
forget that / have in storage some eX-
cellent pieces from my old home When
father died, you know, the furniture
was divided among US boys
Aren't those pieces very large for
our roOms2" Constance objected.
They are all right" I told her.
like a room that's just full Of furniture
anyway"
Z don't" she remarked quietly.
But we argued no more Just then
7 went with her when she chose our
wallpaper. Our views did not agree
at all. She wanted light, soft col
Ors- I wanted bright. cheerful papers
But I remembered that. after all, Con-
stance would be in the home more
than / would. Yet when she spoke OF
twin beds for our room / protested
They would be an unnecessary e1-
pense," said. for I have mothers
old hand-carved double bed
THE brass beds would BE pretty"
Constance ventured.
The Next Disbursement.
why buy them when we have some
thing so much handSomerZ I urged
This bed Of mothers is, as / said,
hand-carved and hardwood
Constance looked relieved oh,
we'll" she said, IF it's really tine ma
hOgany- perhaps it w Il do very wen
after all"
When it came to furniture for the
living room. we clashed again She
wanted some wicker chairs re-
minded her that we had several com
Portable armchairs in storage
They viii have to be re-uphol-
stored I added, but leave that to me,
please
I was sure that when she saw how
nice the chairs We're. she would be
pleased And as she let me have my
own way about this plan. ] did not
protest when she selected ecru lace
curtains and a golden brown plush
for the pc-;lers Of the living room
They will so well with the Wnlte
enameI paint and the pale yellow
walls" she told me
On the very next day on which We
selected the dining room furniture
plain mission-made set that / did not
really like-a telegram came from
Constance's home saying that her mo-
Their, who was an invalid, was worse,
and asking her to come on and spend
a fortnight with her If possible
Z viii have the apartment. in com
plete readiness for you by the time
YOU return" 1 said as 1 took her TO
the train.
.eYoI1'd better wait to choose the
rugs until 7 come back she suggested
i did not promise. but she thought
that my silence meant consent and
she went away satisfied
had a good time getting the nat
ready for her. and / planned il all
as a pleasant surprise for my dear
wife. I had the armchairs for the
living room recovered, as they mad
been in my childhood, with stun
ming neacock-blue brOcade. It was
expensive, but I wanted it The black
walnut sofa .lad covered with Grim
son satin
colors. I did not like the porueres,
for they looked very dull beside the
warm blues and reds / had selecte9-
] was sure that Constance would think
so. too. and resolved not to call her
attention to the mistake she had made
in selecting brown -nglngs-
The carved bed was polished , ana
set in place, and ! chose a pretty blue
rug for the bedroom floor
He Gers n Jar.
I shall never forget the day when
Constance arrived in town. I took her
right I'D to our new home She gasped
as her eyes fell on the living-room
furniture
Good heavens" she exclaimeq
What colors, But. can't we haYe
these things recovered at once
Then. when she saw that the upho-