THE FIRE-TENDER. 0h, I only spoke of the ingenuity of it.

THE Y0UNG LADY. For my part, I never can get acquainted with morethan one piece of furniture at a time.

HERBERT. I suppose women are our superiors in artistic taste, and Ifancy that I can tell whether a house is furnished by a woman or aman; of course, I mean the few houses that appear to be the result ofindividual taste and refinement,--most of them look as if they hadbeen furnished on contract by the upholsterer.