The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-17
ANCIENT GARRETT NO MORE.
A Place That IL No Longer Liter
ature's storehouse Nor the
Den of Genius.

One of the many estimates illustrat-
Ing that the fashion of the world
changeth is in the new estimate set by
those who built houses on the garnet.
In modern houses the garnet is made
much of and is as carefully finished of
as any of the rooms in the house. while
In the old-time the garnet was the un-
finished part of the house, the remain
der. II was the farthest from the hv-
ing and grand rooms of the house. In
tenement houses II was the cheapest
part Of the house. unless the cellar or
basement be excepted, says the Kan
sas City Star.
The garnet in private houses was the
receptacle Of things worn, wasted or
retired from active service. 1t was
refuge for human creatures who might
come under the head of disused and
left. II was in those poor ancient days
OF the garret that II made It's great
name, for associated in the garnet were
poverty and genius. In the days OF
Pope authorship became closely linked
with the garnet. DR.. Johnson, Dick
Steele and Goldsmith had their garnet
| DAYS in Cruz street. and the high liv-
ing" associated with high thinking"
existed In other days and other cap
itals. else the world would not have
| known Beranger and his famous song
of "The Garrett" with its melodious
refrain of "Give me my garnet and my
90 years"
The garret IN the city will be found
spoken of in literature generally as as
ISOLATED with poverty. sometimes with
crime, but not so in the country. Inc
garret of the village and Of the farm
is another sort Of place. This has Nc
dark, or sordid, or painful memories
1t was rude and unfinished. one large
room. divided only by such partitions
as might be made of carpeting and thu
like, but II was not associated with pr
walton. Boys who slept in the garret
slept well. even though the stars shon'
through the roof and in winter TIL
vagrant snow sifted through on tn
counterpane. The sleepers in the gaI
ret had the great advantage of hearing
the music of the rain on the roof, sup
ported by the heavy bass of the thun
der.
The rural garnet was the storehous
of things past, the place where the re-
les of the last generation were hi
away. To children-the last conner
in the world--it Vas, therefore, HeI
culaneum or Pompeii, or even a longe
secreted Troy. In it were the uniform
; of a militia which long ago crossed
stream darker than Washington's De
aware; dresses short in waist and nal
row and long in skirt, and eve
"bruised arms" were hung up ther'
> Books which had lost their covers an
= interest to a former generation wei
consigned to garrets, to be read agai
I with glowing or filing eyes by youn
l discoveries.
5 The garnet has lost it's old tenant
Z the authors. They have descended
= the first floor and the front room. Pc
haps they are not as near Heaven no
: as in the former days. Literature hi
o grown a greater and more proftab
; trade. The change 10 q good one, b'
d somehow greater names do not ri
I than those made famous of yore
= close proximity to the rafters. The o.
e garnet, however, In memory grow
$ a brighter place than it was in fac
& Some garrets fill up with a golden glo'