Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-02
THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE.
Mrs. HOnlc~pUn's Wow
IBo<tou Traussr.pt

(Beeton Transcript
81 declar', II there amt anctheri" exclaimed
MIS- Homespun, who was seated beside Mr..
Redundancy In the railroad car, which stood
at suburban station
Another what madam" asked the phlloso-
pher, aroused from his revery On the uutabilry
of human affairs ana the nckleness OF the
Another one O. them horrid housen. - replIed
Ine oId lsoy pointing ar new dwelling on q
neighboring hill. I've counted 40 less tngH a
dozen OF EN- All OF 'em 3 bad enough. bur |
oIeve that s the wust ole o. The hun lot
why. my dear Mrs. Homespun:' said NJ
Redundancy. THAT is considered a true copy
OF The queen Anne style or architecture, much
favored by lovers OF the snStheuc lusJ nov"
u cont care whether its the style o. once.
Anne or the queen o. Sheeby. responded Mr.,
Homespun, warmly: and don't know moth
in about your aesthetics either; but haclu q
some silly queen who hadaS nothin' else 10 do
but make fool OF herself, went 10 work aud
had her house stuck all over with gtmeracks
aud flddle-faddleS. that's 40 reason WY SsnS;-
bic folks In this Christian land should fOller
suit. don't see why folks SHOULDN'T be sensi-
ole In thelr architectur as vel as IN anythin
else.
the good Old Isdy paused moment 20 look
at The ceSptsed homestead Then she went on
Wi'h hCf CTltiClsm:
Now. look at II. What's all them tlrnears A.
DON outside. should like ter Know: should
taiAk they Lad more lumbSr than they kues
WEat Ter 90 with. and after they got TIE house
zone, they went ter Work and stuck Il on y her
-
tandanSCeS may be aesthetic. Mr.. FsCrsRifan-
cy; bul IN my opinion they alBt gl01 for
n1tnln 6Gt ter give Burglars 4 good chance ter
geI IN. Why, shouldn't sleep a wink O. nights
II u Ter live IN such a stSplad3er concern as
. ght In the week" '
The philosopher quietly remarked tbat shat
would he dlSagreeably frequent 20 have ores
throat operated upon.
Without taking any notice OF the .nterru9-
/ u0n, MIS-. HomeSpun continued
Its cryfn shame ter Spite gOOi Ivnlhar
that way, when there's 80 many Poor paoDIp "A
De glad on t for firewood. 'Snuga sight better
purH Ii up 10 keep people from freczin' 80 death
Ihan 10 plaster IL on Ia that hCatheulSh fashion
That there stick across that gaOie eend look3 IS
much Ike galloHs as anythin' [ can think OF
an JtSt look at that ruGt Looks like a bat
teled tin naGin-pan. spose THAT'S Queen
Aune, too Give rae 4 goOq old-iaShioD pitch
rur ter shed water. When the raia Comes
leakip' through some O. them ilntS. I guess
. they y wish Queen Anne aud her 6rJhiteCtGT'
was ter Je.lclO. Shingles must b. gtttln'
cheap. guess. After stckin' al they could On
top. they had ter go ter work and plaster EN-
hail way down the sides; ara they waSa'i sat-
iSfie1 with that, but had u sc3!lop 'en out al
kitty CoTnered and waste half the Wool. Then
lcoE at the winders! No two OF 'em ia
lire and no Two or EN- the same
size or shape And bless me, II there aint Que
STUCK right across the corner Looks IKE a
dTy-good5 box or hen coop. P'rdpS they
Couldn't ind room inside for I any more than
they could for the chimbieyS. jest look ar
them chimblcys now" said she, appealing TO
MI Redundancy. and tell me whether II
IL house
To numor the lady, the philosopher admitted
that the chinneys did lock little old.
- A little oCd!" exclaimed Mrs. HOmeSpun
"A little odd she repeated In a higher Tone
wen, should say they was Looks a If they d
Deen !etf out there TO dry. and they'd f0rgut ter
take 'e1n In. lt makes me shiyer ter look at
emf And percepuble shutdeF agifated her
person.
How do you Ike the color, Mrs. Homespune''
a ked Mr.. F8ctandfancy, becoming interested In
Ills friend IS views on architecture.
=" Color she exclaimed. "CoIors. you'd better
say. Looks as though hull paint shop hal
been poured Oh ter IL And IL there's anythlD'
l hate, its yaller. Thank fortin, IL amt all
yaNer. That S one bleSsIn.'
" Then sou like those dark t!nts better, Mrs
IfomespUn?"
"No. l don't, That's wuss than the yaller. II
aDythin. Id Jest die o. the blues in less than
month IL had ter live there. It's gloomy as
funeral percesSion. and should Mt think o.
nothln' but hearses and pals and dead folks
But the contrast is not unpleasant, ma
damn" yentured Mr.. Redundancy.
"pIaps faint to aesthetics replied Mrs.
HomeSpun. With slight show OF impatieEce:
out for my part don't see no sense ia maxim
q mouse look like piece O. caliker. / can't
think O. nothing but circus clown when
look az that house. Give ME nice. clean
white house and green bliles, and you may
have all your fancy col0rs."
But suggested the sage, "a white house
WIN DNLuo Luz COli5lutT6I
Lob, tlddle.' cried Mrs. Homespun. contempt
uously. Artistic or not, IL looks clean aud
CHERRY; and for my part, blieye half the folks
! that says they don't like IL Jest says so cause
they don't dare TO say what they think. jest
because the papers says IL is artistic, they are
,fraid folks II laugh at EN- II they don't say SO
too. And then they so 10 work and STICK all
the color5 OF the rainbow or their housea. aad
half a dozen besides. / s'posa that's artistic,
Mr.. Factandfancy?"
"The train started st this point, and tie
% nnf f.f Gy.,I,t. h,,t II
I H0mespun continued for some t!iAU 10 !laCtsr
! 10 herself about the fences On the ful zee
"cupolcT that reminded her or 1.-THE piGurs
IN heT missionary book" and the "piaZz' c5
that we've stuck on In 81 S0gI5 . Sea5ti,sS
ways"
Mrs. H0mespun Is little behind the times
poor Old lady, Let us not judge her too har sniy