The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-01-18
THEIR HOUSE
PLANS

mansion, hasn't he!' said KNOWLES,
90 he and his young wife walked away
from the new home of their prosper
Gus relative. II wish, Maud, there
was some hope of my ever building
you house like that"
IT'S nice Of you to think Of 1t, Ar
thur, but If we were erecting a
house shouldn't want 1t to be exactly
like your Uncle Jim's."
"You wouldn't! Why not?" asked
Knowles, who felt good deal OF
family pride in his uncle's new dwell
Ing. you seemed to admire every
thing when Uncle Jim was showing
u through It,"
"Well, did like almost everything,
but l couldn't stand those stairs. 60
ing right up between two walls the
way they do"
why, l thought that was very
neat. If were building l should GER
tainly wish to copy that feature
II suppose, Arthur" said Maud,
irigidly, that II you were building
you would consult my taste to some
extent at least?"
Yes. Of course, dear. But I'm sure
you'd like those stairs after you got
used to them. You see, there's no
room wasted. That's what I like
about Uncle Jim's house-every inch
Iof space counts"
Il never should like those stairs.
dislike anything that looks the least
oramped or contracted in house.
shall want broad stairs, with spa
cious landing and polished mahogany
rail coming down into wide and
lofty hail."
And suppose you'll want me to
put on a swallow-tail coat every night
for a seven o'clock dinner. Well, my
dear girl, I'll tell you now that there'll
be nothing doing in full dress for
yours truly, and that never want my
dinner a minute later than $50 just
time enough to wash up bit when
I get home from the Office before
nit down to square meal is all
want. No frills for little Arthur
thank you"
Il should think you'd like to dress
like q gentleman and dine at cor
rect hour" said Maud In hurt tone
"Well, who's to say that man
can't be a gentleman In a business
suit? And as to dining at the correct
hour, think the correct hour Is when
one Is hungry and dinner IS ready.
tell you, Maud, people get just as un
balanced over good form as they do
over any other craze"
DO you mean to imply, Arthur, that
i am unbalanced?"
why, no, of course not. Let's see
I'VE were talking about Uncle Jim's
house. You certainly must admit that
the dining room and kitchen are large
enough. There's nothing cramped
about those rooms"
1.-THE kitchen is entirely too big
Some of 1t should have been partition
cd off into a buffers pantry. Fancy
having as elegant house as tina,
with no buffers pantry"
"Well, there's no butler, either.
suppose Uncle Jim could not see why
he should provide an apartment FOL
an unknown quantity. l think having
the kitchen and dining room adjoin Is
q very good arrangement You're sure
to get your food hot then. If there's
anything hate it is lukewarm meals.
Men never think Of anything but
what they have to eat"
II suppose If we were only as ethe
real as women we could all live or
chocolates and afternoon tea and II
wouldn't be necessary to build kitch
ems and dining rooms"
How silly you are, Arthur! Really
you are the most unreasonable person
to argue with I ever knew"
Then why argue with me?"
"You began the argument yourself
by insisting upon having stairs like
iUncle Jim's in our house, and l DOM
think it bit nice Of you to plan some
thing that you know l don't like"
Knowles glanced quizzically at hie
wife's girlish profile, for she had turn
cd her face away from him. Then he
lslipped his arm through hers and
said: There, now, Maud, don't you
care. I'll throw those plans of mine
away and you can make all the next
set for our-for our dream house."
"You are silly, Arthur-a silly old
dear" Maud laughed little tremu
Ilously as she spoke.