Contrast In Home Comforts

Probably no pcoplo genernlly wear OoBtly eilks, satins and othcr fabrics to itcot wlüob i seen in tho United States ; and Kidderminster carpet faoturer recently stated to the writor that America used niorevaluablo arin tbat brauch of trado than any nther nation, and the most extensive orders for pattern carpeta, woven to fit tLe rooms wore from that iïe albo talod that Boston eurpassed all other American markets in the demand for these expcnsive fabrics. In the higher ciroles and among the nobüitj of the old world there is every unjoymont which wcalth can purchase, lía great niiddlo class and the poor do not compare with our own in the elegaacics nnd comforts of life. In America a famüy is considerad poor indeed which has no carpet on the floor, and most of your readers would liavo been impressed with the difference i f thev had walked with me a fow days i-ince tbrough the streets of KidderminKior, and looked into the rooms of the poorer peoplc, whoso doors open on a level wiih tho street into the apartments where thoy live. Mostof these, almost under the ehadow of the great factoriea from which our peoplo get their carpets, were not only uncarpeted, but tho ioor3 were of brick or tile, which had beeu used for scores or hundreds of yeavs. One shudders at the eight of Buoh homcí", and wonders that the inmates nre not chilled to death in tho i pjet, damp winter. Jlost of tho floors of the cathedrals and churches are of the same material, and bospeak but little of the comfort tind ncatness of the better class of