Show HER FRENCH FRENC FURNITURE URE It Was Bought i in paris Pans b but t Had a Grand Giand Rapids Mark on It Jt There is one w woman In Michigan wh who will never spend spend spenA any more any more money i In n Paris Parts said a traveling man man who pad had ita d been a guest at athe the he he house at which h t the he hee woman is Js mistress s. s She and her goo good hed d husband are entitled to the best the earth earl and can produce had ad orld a c variety arfe They Yo of have experiences labored Peo together in the their e r r forty years of married life lite Less than a year ago they thought they had reached the long long desired desired but usually receding time which men and women hope to reach where when they can sit Bt down and take their ease So they went journeYing beyond the sea se sea When a they got to Paris the good o wife began lamenting The aerl splendor p d of f the shops along the boulevards burst upon upon her vision like an unexpected dream of beauty Why had they not visited Paris long ago ago 4 Now her crochet was furniture and you know that French f furniture simply mak makes s a woman stand Still This good woman talked about the furniture she saw until her fine floe old husband told her to go and order what she wanted and the they would have It to enjoy In the evenIng evening evenIng even- even Ing of their lives When hen they got home they told their neighbors and the town paper printed pieces about the Parisian purchase and i awaiting the alt whole leth the village ll coming ln was aTm Importation standing W t tiptoe Only I two years vears before bHOre they had bad refurnished their home out of the factories at Grand Rapids All this had to be sacrificed Some of It ft was sold and some was parceled parceled par par- out as 33 gifts Finally the French Trench outfit reached Its destination destin I I I was In town w while it was being set up As an old friend nd I was Invited lied to see the Imported goods and eat dinner One of the articles was a ita handsome dresser My friends were not content with having me look at It the article but 1 must Inspect It It So far as alS my mj friends friend are concerned con concerned con con- I shall always regret that I consented con con- but the inspection also caused me to think bett better r of my mechanical friends Jn Iii this country forI for I made the discovery by a a. trade mark on the bottom of one I of ot the drawers that the furniture had been turned out in Grand Rapids shipped ped to l Trance France and there sold as Parisian handicraft As an American American I laughed from m mj my cuff buttons up to mv my shoulder But as Michigan h Is sa et rg dY a pretty y big State and lots Of Its people peo go abroad and buy on the other side I have no hesitation in telling the story I quite agree with my host who said Between the cuteness of those chaps In Grated Grand Rapids and the glibness of a Paris dealer the middleman is sure to go up against It lt New New York Sun |