Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1921-03-25

Ibed und hold an indignation meeting
md pass q series Of resolutions de-
bouncing your toil.worn husband be-
cause he hasn't furnished you with.
marble halls and vassals and serfs BY
-FOUR side.
"You know that I am swaybacked
and kneesprung as result Of my he
foic efforts to keep the wolf from the
door. If you were the right sort Of
woman ycu would say. after seeing
the Wigglemeyer outfit, My esteemed
husband may not be able to surround
me with such oriental luxury and mag
nifcence, but everything we have.
from the sanitary couch to the plush
rocker, is paid for. and it Is better to
sit on nail keg free from incum-
brancp. than to bask at ease on Per-
san divan that may be confiscated BY
the installment house the first time we
miss payment
"If you would look at things in that
light, Mrs. Jamesworthy. I would feel
more like continuing the struggle to
sidestep the pOOrhOuse.
suppose we had the house full Of
sumptuOus furniture, what better OF
would you be? There might be q
sneaking satisfaction In showing 1t OF
to visitors. but such satisfaction is an
unholy thing. It is the pride that
goeth before destruction. It Is vanity
and vexation Of spirit. Only a mean
spirited beldame will exhibit her gor.
geous rosewood furniture to q woman
who has to struggle along with bed
and dresser made Of cheap grade Of
pine. .... -
"When the shades Of night have
fallen fast. and Mrs. Wigglemeyer goes
to her bedroom and to her imposing
mahogany bed, do you suppose she
sleeps In 1t any better than You do in
your golden oak bed that went out Of
fashion twenty years ago? trow not,
Mrs. Jamesworthy. That golden oak
bed must have narcotic qualities, for
the way you sleep Is caution to mum.
mics. If you could hear yourself snor.
Ing you'd be perfectly satisfied with q
couch that makes such snoring posi-.
bic.
I'm these degenerate days the wom'
en- think Of nothing but making big
display. II they can't do it in their
millinery, they want to do It in theil
houses. They forget that all grandeur
is superfluous. You get nothing out Of
1t. What is a bed for? To sleep in
and when you sleep you are uncon'
scious. Then what difference does II
make whether you sleep in a $500 ma
hogany bed. or a 81 cotton hammock
What is a chair for? To sit in; and
you can sit just as well in a rustic
chair that you bought at a second
hand store, as you can in the chair oi
ebony inlaid with pearl.
"When was young, women wer,
different. My sainted mother had M
use for expensive furniture. Father
always was dissatisfied with the bet
ne had to sleep In. He made 1t him
SELF, with an Ak and crowbar. when h,
was young man. The Stats were al
ways falling out Of 1t and dumping m!
fevered parent on the floor, and wheI
ne picked himself up he used to SO!
th'ngs that had smoke on them. Al
ne grew older he wanted new mod
ern he'd, but mother wouldn't stan,
Tor 1t. She wouldn't hear of such ex
'ravagance. She used to tell fathe
.hat ne wouldn't be able to sleep In
hrst'class he'd, he bad so long beeI
used to finding his feet about Q var
nleher than his head when he woke
Finally my mother"
i wish 1t was finally with you
mother" said Mrs. Jamesworthy. "ru
SICK Of hearing Of her."