Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-02-12


general trend of his makeup, and IL
he has not made mark somewhere
that will indicate somewhere in his
makeup a regard for refinement and
beauty I am afraid that that part Of
his nature is considerably below zero.
A Frugal English Home.
We people here in Utah talk about
expense. visited home about 20
years ago on Gold street, in the little
town Of Wellingborough, in North
amptonshire, England. The floors
were fagstone. The roof matched.
The ceilings were low, the woodwork
implanted, but bearing rich polish
given by time and use. There was no
nickle-plated range--just fireplace
in the wall. The chairs were not the
upholstered kind, the man and his
wife each had one, which was sup
posed to be an armchair, but when
the good woman accumulated flesh to
the extent that the armchair was
altogether out Of reason there was no
money to buy new one, so one # the
arms had to be sawed Off to render
1t Of continued service. A large fam
lily had been reared in that home
eleven children had gone out from it
land the average wage Of the father
in thirty-fve years had been just nine
shillings week, approximately 1925
in our money, and mind you that was
rented house. Rent had to be paid
out Of that nine shillings. 1t wasn't
a gloomy home, either, for the sun
shone in through clean glass, the floor
was tidily kept, the ornaments were
few potted plants and at the rear
was a tidy garden, well kept and
cared for, that was bright spot in
the recollection Of that plowman's
cottage.
Sentiment, Not Money, is Needed.
No, it isn't the expense, it's the will,
the sentiment, after all, that makes
things worth doing about the home.
It was little old house in a coun-
; try town. The walls were plastered
: and whitewashed. AT the corners the
plaster was raised little and laid
of in blocks and the whitewash on
these blocks was splashed with black
mixture in imitation Of the black
specks in the granite from Cotton
wood. The roof was sagging in the
middle, like the curve on sway-back
horse. It faced north, was story
and half high and had a lean-to at
the back and on the west side, and
along the front was low porch, and
extending either side Of the doorway
was long white timber that seemed
to be brace to keep the porch from
getting away from the house. The
house was only 20 feet back from the
sidewalk so the braces reached near
ly to the gate-but in those days that
seemed quite distance. On either
side Of the gateway was a lilac bush
and clamboring along the braces were
trumpet creepers. At one corner OF
the porch there was climbing rose
and in other places between the porch
and the sidewalk there were rose
bushes, and one great red peona, that
in its season gave distinction to the
little plot In which it grew. Inside,
the ceilings were low and the floors
in the lean-to portions Of the house
were step down below the floors in
the other portion. The rooms were
not large, but were bright, warm in
winter, and in summer, places Of re-
treat from heat and dust. 1t was the
home where l was born and where |
spent my childhood. All through my
life the lilac and the climbing rose
have had an influence In my thoughts
Of home. We called it the little
house. have never lived in another
house so poor nor in one of which the
memories are richer. II isn't the size
Of the house, the architecture nor the
place on which it stands that is the
great factor. What it is / can't de-
scribe. I'll just call it the nominees,
the influence of Mother, that makes
the place worth while and home.
A Handy CD Home.
~ was looking at house being
shown to me by its owner, who had
lived in it for a great many years,
but owing to changes time had bro't
had moved from the place we were
looking at. He was very proud of
the interior arrangement of that
house-in fact, he said, with some
pride, that he believed it was about
the handiest little house that had ever
been built. 1t had bath room, pan
try, and kitchen sink. AS near as I
could make out they were the things
that he expected would back up his
assertion.-or his belief, rather. Well,
that bath room was reached from the
main part of the house through one