The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-04

Jones OF New 10TH can nnoNn a.
front door of Smith of Kansas with no
other directions. In the labyrinth or
lots and parcels, the eagle eye of a real
estate agent singles out lot NO. 6l, IN
AIiller's subdivision Of block % in Hay
seeds ninth addition 10 the city of Sas-
katchawan. in county Grover, in Okla
homa Territory. 1t may be noted that
there is always dual motive in making
town lots: ostensibly that of providing
homes for prospective buyers, but act
ually for the purpose of selling out at
a handsome profit. 1t happens some
times that lot or block is utilized for a
home. and here we encounter the ne
cessity for a yard fence. Like other
good things in this world the yard fence
has its uses and abuses. They serve 10
divide the human family into two
ella sses: those who like them and those
who don't. Our views are one-sided.
We stand by the yard fence as an
American institution. dating back TO the
small Enclosures" of our Puritan Ia
theirs. Aside from its defining the boun-
DIARIES of every mans estate, it serves
to keen his own children in and his
neighbors chickens out. 1t saves MN
the droyer's herd thus raising the stand
ard of our Christian religion. The very
cattle know where eminent domain
leaves off and private possession be-
gins.
Then there is the high board back
fence. Where is the housewife who
would give her husband a moments
Deace without this modest embargo be-
tween her and her neighbOr's domestic
affairs? 1t is at once an ambush and
protection for such gossip as can only
he repeated with head and eyes visible.
"She can never say that such language
ever passed my lips" OF course not.
both mouths being invisible. There
is also the midnight catterwaul-the i'm
memorial Thomas concert. What insti-
tuition or device could supply the forum
for a genuine nocturnal sleep-defying
cat concert but the high back fence?
AS neighborhood quarrel without a
sewing society, or a Schism in church,
choir without a stated place for weekly
drill. 50 would be this Tom and Tabby
concert without a partition fence.
The legal profession would suffer, too,
without a line fence to show just how
much fruit hangs over into the adjoin-
ing yard. The right of ownership, of
course. will never be determined, but
ii proyides the means for ethical and
legal dispositions upon property
rights and privileges. 1t supplies mater
ial for court reports and puzzles the
head of ye honest juryman with mat
ter which he knows nothing about.
Then there is the front gate-the hos
pitable entrance to hearth and home.
Every other panel implies the warning
mo trespassing allowed" but the open
gate bids welcome to all the world
f'OelS udNe Suus anu saNdhio VI GIL 1ic
ages have written Of the tender senti-
ment engendered at the front gate. Civ
en- lone. starry night, two lovers and
a swinging gate over which the parting
word which melts and merges into that
unintelllgible yum, yum. which no lin
gust has ever translated into an an
cient or modern language, and you have
the unbounded-the indescribable felic-
ity which sways and rocks upon the
creaking hinges of this same front gate
Like the stored entrance 10 the heart
and the affections. so Is the open gate
to the home and the fireside. We en-
dorse the yard fence, gate and all.