Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1891 — Occupation for the Melancholy. [ARTICLE]

Occupation for the Melancholy.

Do you know any melancholy maiden with a ready pencil who has had a "disappointment in love” - and would like to indulge in an occupation suited to a lugubrious mind? If you do, ask her if she saw the following in one of the dailies last week; "A lady wanted, to draw, at home, original designs for coffin furniture--’ The unkindest cut of all is in -suggesting that the work should be done at home. Such nice cheerful drawings for a tired husband to see on the table upon his return, and enough to make a father regret that his daughter hod ever learned tp sketch at all. —London Figaro.