The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04

Labyrinth of white INK fhnrks and cnrl-
lean rolls uffjiapel.s. She has never seen
z blue print beforc. and therefore wlits'
st,c mistakes tEc3 rcar tnd OF Y ne house
tsa me frpN cid. tlfe g4naii pii int a. Il
| thin gs ;oysi,,. Fos issstaNee.s lie must OK.
pain why the lioise losiks more liSc
the seagtSUft ii sshc OF h;'lf N 4 nndw,ch
t1ail3 j littSStl, lhoi.: anAi hc-bordcrs OF
| La Ike Como fapn8EtoD. lie must 5eSpl'lln
why The thail s,6uks lake the crack between
your s,1o3l.sra So and I'D wall also Why
the den his disappointed and wiz
1.-the Colonial c%ao; has; lost It's ideE-
titN save II, ilin4 maiter of mult,tlidfnons
[.faullion window
Last Of all l,c MuA: scntlS5 break IL w
you hat his plans contemplate he cS-
rendturc Of $1,000 which does not include
l.att'oos stovc. III" plumbing. he gas rs.
lures and few Oder minutns too li'si2ni-
flcant to he discussed al tfis junctule..
G porchancc Sou--i' mere i'lip--'l;.lpGl1
70 smell a raj Il, this innct',re your VIE,
at least, Is qucessly innocent, though
bristlinglS intcs,leutivc.
Et,t the honey-tpngueu SOU with the
large titilnb.na.ls ana the s,inslii.i% It's
position PREPARES 10 leave at THIS juno
ture, though We beg him not to dcparS.
lie VIII come again, There Is no bury
And meanwhile, says lie, his balsamit.
way. VIC. are ut liberty TO change the
plans 10 suit oursclvcs--tn utilize morn,
OF the Wastesspncc, TO add a few clos cts.
4 o cut out some Of the doors nnl to make
nlcra:iors 40 please. always bearing
IN mind, however. thai the anine ccn-foot
10, Is not nude Of India rnboer.
When he Eood man. with the comfort-
Ing ways. leaves rs. wc feel IN The pres
Gnce of tile blue prints" like ba be. In
the wood, or rather like shlawrccked
mariners on5as waste of watcr There arc.
. 10
lille represents ten dollars; cacl, arch-
tccturnl piotubcr,lncc means an extra
hundred. Without the windows on the
side alley the nest will BIZ like u dun
Econ; with them there will be no room
for tho pnrlor furniture. II tic bnll,-f
ing is}pushed back i'll The rear II Will
make I he dlning-room run aDut the gar
hagc barrel: If IL struggles to he front
{ 1t will overlap the gutter: and II il goes,
to the SIDE It will trnnsgrcss the lights
Of our ncighbor So there's nothing left
to do bL- to bore downwa,ds towards
fire and witer8
ln!all tho wild confusion, hurlS-burly Of
financial terror and hopeless idocS ST.
perinduced BY the cold white lines of the
blue prints but one thing stands out
clc.,rly--to wit, that your wife Is going
4 to have wall&closets in every corner of
the house and stationary washstands
wherever there isn't a wall closet. And
what's more, shes going to have a wide
hall or die. and IL buffers pantry and
two bathrooms and mahogany 'ballus-i
ters and Walnscoatng whercvcr5it can be
put. u
10 make a long story short she has
now reached that stage OF financial reck-
lessness4 when jshe wouldn't so much as
make curl papers out of the article on the
81, 600 houses Money no longer Is am obs
ject with her. Her head is now a
Brunswick stew of cash destroying
schemes and she will not even suffer,
a protesting groan or grunt from her
unhappy consort But the story is too
sad to go further, 1t must end here.
1t touches too many homes. ! has got
the male population terrified; 1T has put
scores of men on the run. For 1t is
woman, paradoxical. remnant-hunting,
money-wasting woman, who aneencth It
over the rcal-ostate world and causctl
the contractor to bourgcon and flourish
like q green bay tree among his bricks
and mortar.#s q