THE Y0UNG LADY. They have no desire to come to the front; they wouldrather manage things where they are.

THE FIRE-TENDER. If they would master the noble art, and put theirbrooding taste upon it, we might somewhat likely compass something in ourdomestic architecture that we have not yet attained. The outside ofour homes needs attention as well as the inside. Most of them areas ugly as money can build.

THE Y0UNG LADY. What vexes me most is, that women, married women,have so easily consented to give up open fires in their houses.