Standard Household-Effect Company, the (from Literature and Life)

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Standard Household-Effect Company by William Dean HowellsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Standard Household-Effect Company From "Literature and Life"Author: William Dean HowellsRelease Date: October 22, 2004 [EBook #3381]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STANDARD ***Produced by David WidgerLITERATURE AND LIFE—The Standard Household-Effect Companyby William Dean HowellsTHE STANDARD HOUSEHOLD-EFFECT COMPANYMy friend came in the other day, before we had left town, and looked round at the appointments of the room in theirsummer shrouds, and said, with a faint sigh, "I see you have had the eternal-womanly with you, too."I."Isn't the eternal-womanly everywhere? What has happened to you?"I asked."I wish you would come to my house and see. Every rug has been up for a month, and we have been living on bare floors.Everything that could be tied up has been tied up, everything that could be sewed up has been sewed up. Everything thatcould be moth-balled and put away in chests has been moth-balled and put away. Everything that could be taken downhas been taken down. Bags with draw-strings at their necks have been pulled over the chandeliers and tied. The pictureshave been hidden ...