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“ So weary, so sad to night I 11 
A quick step at tlie door; 
O’er your face a sudden light, 
As you bound 'cross the floor. 
One glimpse of the loved face, 
Ali sorrow is forgot; 
You’re clasped in a close embrace, 
Lip to lip, heart to heart. 
“Some one to love”—you feel, then, 
That making one life bright 
Is your mission here ; ne’er again 
Will you be sad ' at night/’ 
No toil seems hard, no sadness 
Hath power the heart to blight, 
Or cheat the life of gladness— 
One cometli home u at night,” 
To whom you know you’re dearer 
Than ali the world beside, 
And who to you is nearer 
Than e’er, whate/er betide. 
“ Some one to love,” when weary, 
Making glad, like light above; 
Shining in desert dreary— 
“ Some one to love—to love.” 
broidered with some simple pattern, or an initial in the 
centre. Mine is of black, with my initial formed of 
bright flowers and green leaves; the front and back 
are tied together with bows of green satin ribbon, and 
bows of the same ornament the top and bottom. One 
side of the room is ornamented with arches formed of 
pressed ferns and clusters of autumn leaves; in the 
centre arch hangs the “ Gems of the Flower Garden,” 
framed with autumn leaves and dried grasses. This 
frame is easily made by taking a thin board, about an 
inch larger than the picture, and upon this arrange 
the leaves, having the largest ones come at the corners 
and in the centre; then fasten them with small-sized | eutl . aiice of morning visitors. But if a lady be engaged 
pins, which will not show unless closely examined. A iu ]ittlo needle-work-and none other is appropriate in 
pretty background for picture cords may bo formed of | the drawing room _ it promotes ease, and it is not in¬ 
consistent with good manners to continue it during: 
OUR SITTING-ROOM. 
BY CALLA I). OX I A. 
In this room of ours we will, in the first place, look 
at the paper, which is a neutral tint, and well calcu¬ 
lated to bring out the warm colors of the oil paintings 
and chromos. The windows should have buff shades 
(not thick, dark yellow), for the buff will give a sun¬ 
shiny look to the room the bleakest winter day. Over 
this, if you wish, you can hang curtains of either mus¬ 
lin or lace, which will bring out beautifully the deli¬ 
cate tracery of vines which may form the cornice. 
Under each of the windows can he placed shelves, 
supported by iron brackets, for plants. The shelves 
can be made of pine and simply painted white, or they 
rational source of amusement, both for the visitants 
and inmates of the drawing room, may he derived from 
selections of literature of the day, or from the works 
of some of the best authors. In the arrangement of 
the drawing room the lounges and chairs should bo 
placed so as to facilitate intercourse of the visitors 
without the necessity of a servant entering the room 
to place them. Ease, not carelessness, should pre¬ 
dominate. Plants and flowers are pleasing ornaments 
in a drawing room, and give an exercise for taste iu 
their choice and arrangement. Occupations of draw¬ 
ing, music, and reading, should be suspended cn the 
' morning visitors. 
rose leaves of different shades pressed, and when dry 
pinned behind the cords. Something pretty for hold¬ 
ing bouquets of dried grasses and ferns are cornucopias 
of perforated hoard, or of the silvered or gilt card- 
hoard one can buy. I have a white one, embroidered 
with tiny acorns in two shades of brown, which is very 
pretty. 
Parlor Chairs.—The Rev. Mr. Murray, of Adiron¬ 
dack fame, does not put au over-high estimate on 
parlor chairs. In his new lecture he says : “ I have 
had experience with such chairs, and speak feelingly 
on the subject. They know me and 1 know them. 
We hate each other. Whenever I meet such a chair 
I approach it suspiciously. The four little legs grin 
a malicious welcome at me; the slender back fairly 
laughs in impish anticipation; the little seat, about as 
large as an old-fashioned pancake, defies me : O-ho, 
you great big fellow, you murderer of my companions, 
I know you. Sit down in me if you dare. But what 
can I do ? The sofa is occupied; the piano stool is 
under the instrument. I must take iny chances. Cov¬ 
ering my venture with a joke, I sit down timidly; 
may be stained to imitate walnut, with a preparation before half my weight is on it, it begins to crack and 
which any painter can mix at a trifling cost. In each ! threaten. The lady of the house begins to look 
of the windows, of which I have four, can he suspended alarmed. I get off another joke and draw my legs up 
hanging baskets. If you have not wire baskets a box 
that will hold earth enough to sustain the roots will 
do. Plant something around the edge that will droop 
over the sides; Ivy, Joint-plant or Money-wort are good 
for this purpose ; in the centre put a Geranium, Ver¬ 
bena, or any plant you wish, and, at no expense, you 
have a pretty ornament. Here, in this corner between 
the windows, cau siand my Ivy box; above it bangs a 
Swiss scene, iu oil colors. A pretty support for the 
Ivy cau be made of rustic work in the form of a cross, 
for then there can he suspended from the arms hang¬ 
ing baskets of cocoanut shells, or any other simple 
designs. Between this window and door is just the 
place for the hanging hook-shelves. These, like the 
shelves for the window, can he stained and supported 
by brackets, or they may be trimmed with short lam¬ 
brequins on each shelf, which can be made of black 
cloth, and brightened by little hits of bright velvet, 
under me to he ready when the crash comes, and there 
I sit like the Irishman’s frog, who sat down when he 
stood up, and stood up when he sat down, in deadly 
terror lest the pesky thing will give out under me, and 
no man under heaven can have a chair break down 
under him in a parlor before the lady of the house and 
not wish he were dead. It is had enough for a man 
of short stature and nimble, hut for a long, clumsy 
fellow to have a little chair go down under him with a 
crash is death. There is such a short distance to fall 
and so much length of limb and body to dispose of that 
it is impossible to do it gracefully, and the most piti¬ 
able sight in the world to me is to see a long-legged man 
lumbering up from a parlor floor before the company 
after such a catastrophe. 
Arrangement of a Drawing Room.—Morning- 
visitors are generally received in the drawing room. 
To preserve the apartment neat and to exhibit good 
cut in fancy shapes and stitched on with silk of a taste in its decorations and the arrangement of its fur- 
color. Unuer the niture, is of some importance to the young mistress of 
brighter shade, or of a contrasting 
conversation, particularly if the visit he pro¬ 
tracted, or the visitors he gentlemen. It was formerly 
the custom to see visitors to the door on taking leave, 
hut this is now out of fashion. Neither is it necessary 
for a lady to advance to the door to receive her com¬ 
pany, v-ho are expected to make their way to her, 
unless, indeed, great age, or marked superiority of 
rank require, according to the usages of society, a 
greater degree of attention. 
Card Etiquette for 1875.—Informal afternoon 
and evening entertainments or receptions promise to 
become frequent this season. The invitations to these 
unceremonious parties are on cards instead of note 
sheets. For instance, for kettle-drums or afternoon 
teas, “Tea at five o’clock,” on the lower left corner of 
the visiting card; the address in the lower right hand 
corner. For other afternoon receptions cards are also 
used, with merely the day, and “From three to five 
o’clock,” in the left corner. For informal evening re¬ 
ceptions, the invitation is usually a card, with 
“ Thursday evenings,” for instance, in the left corner. 
These receptions continue even through Lent. Eng¬ 
lish papers, both white and tinted, and without lines, 
are now universally used for social correspondence, 
and should be of the finest quality, either highly fin¬ 
ished or mill finished. Note papers with lines, or fancy 
French papers, are not considered “ correct,” and are 
restricted by etiquette to correspondents who are on 
terms of great intimacy. A new and beautiful paper 
is introduced this season termed the “ Gray Mot.” It 
is a first-class paper, of a delicate and agreeable gray 
tint, slightly mottled. The double rep paper is a 
novelty, and will be used this season. The royal Irish 
linen paper is still popular, and will remain so for 
some time. The sizes most in use are the long sheet, 
folding once into square envelopes and twice into ob¬ 
long envelopes, and the square sheet folding once into 
a very long envelope. A variety of other shapes are 
used, which are made to order according to fancy. 
A Certain New York clergyman, when be marries 
a couple, after the ceremony is over, steps up to the 
bride and presents her with the prayer-hook out of 
which he read the wedding services. The names of 
the bride and groom, and the date of the wedding, are 
written on the fiv-leaf of the book. 
The Latest New York fashion, imported from Ber- 
We read that, the cards 
shelves can be placed the lamp-stand ; and this we a family. From these, strangers are apt to form an 
will convert from a stiff, square-topped one, into a opinion of the character of its proprietor. The draw- 
pretty centre-table, by sawing boards to form a round ing room is that part of a private house in which kn, is that of early parties, 
top for it, which a few screws will fasten in place, decorations and embellishments are most in place. It for one of the “ swell aftaiis of the season have been 
Over this may be tacked black cloth, ornamented with is there the graces of social intercourse are chiefly dis- recently issued, with from bum to eleven I. M. 
applique work in bright colors, and the edge trimmed played. Everything, therefore, in the drawing room, engraved on the corner. According Ike system the 
with lambrequins to match ; or, if preferred, cloth of should be light and elegant; mirrors are here in char- Winds are closed and the gas lighted at four o clock in 
one color, crimson or green, may be put on and the acter, and bouquets and flowering-plants. The draw- the afternoon ; the dancing begins by the oi six, 
edge finished with heavy woolen fringe, tacked on with ing room should not be converted into a fancy bazaar the ball is over by eleven o’clock. 
six, and 
Still another for- 
gilt-headed nails. 
Next comes the paper-holder; and or toy shop for the display of a thousand fanciful orna- eign custom imported into New York, which is said to 
of these a pretty and inexpensive one may he made of ments, as old china, glass baskets, Spanish toys, : have been started by the Prince of Wales, is for gen- 
Java canvass either black, huff, brown or gray, em- | flowers made of rice and wax, and other trifles. A more tlemen to appear without gloves on full dress occasions. 
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