The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-28
Should Allow Greatest Free
dom of Comfort for Each
Individual in II.
FATHERS PIPE GREATER
THAN FURNITURE POLISH
System of Operation Shol.a
Be So UnobtruSive as Not to
Interfere With Interests.

Conundrum What /, the difference
between home and a hotel writes
Mr., Christine Frederick in the New
York Mail
We S.e glowing al, which try 10 per
suadc us that this hotel has All the
comforts OF home" while ON the other
hand many homes we visit strlk II, as
soulleSS as any hotel
Some viii say that the advantage, Of
the hotel arc obvious, The service o.
good the food /, not bad there ere no
iradcSm,n 10 worry orc no repair, to
meet, and no routine to adhere ip One
comes, one goes hllhc, cat, and
smokes A. one choose,
On the other hand the home seem, to
he a constant struggle with servants.
Indifferent food. still more indiiicrcnllv
served the hutChcr the baker, the can
dle,tick maker and a stern. gripping
household routine which never ends
What is the TRUTH
A little thinking seems 10 show that
the hotel ideal at least is comfort
while many homes seem 10 prove that
the comfort OF the various inmates Is
'ubordinated to an imaginary juggcr
naut Of system which ruhles'ly rolls
over every individual preference, like
and desire
The Desire 70, Freedom.
Why is II that father so oren prefers
land no, only in the comic papers, to
60 TO the cluh unless It i, that there he
can drag trail of ashes across tho
library and scatter Ih- entire SUNDAY
supplement AZ his feet without frprp0f'
Mother may long for H%tl lic he
cause there she can lind freedom from
the ineNorahl. household Suhlcctluu II
she want, 10 20 ont shopping she has
no baking or mendng day hanging
heavy over her head She can lci her
personal preference guide her action,
IN hotel But IN the home she thinks
she must live up 10 household tradition
Why is no, not possible 10 have an the
comforts OF a hotel Al home Why can.
not III. domestic routine be more elias
tic and more subSerylent to the pres,
sure OF the inmates ui the home The
one great advantage the home should
have over and above every other living
place Is its freedom to. each individual
Who composes IL This freedom, this
privacy. this individualiiic liberty o'
action, should be provided Tor IN every
home II is the thing. the quality IN,
"som.thing" which people mean wher
they say "a home Of your own" No
one ever thought oi having = hotel OF
your own
Now NJ housekeeping r really eff
oient which put, schedule and f'u',n,
before comfort and hrpn.., II th'
husband cannot learn Co Law away hi'
coat and Stralgh,cn M, papcrs un IN,
desk, II should be hi, privilege not IN 4,
this II such careless habit, coniuDc :,
his happine',
Wasting Opportunities
To train him tp hy these thing,
might b. 10 ruin the great American
novel" which was hatchng m hi, hrlir
at the time Similarly many a house
wife nigh, he taking q brisk walk OF
reading TO her children IN the precious
time she Is polishing mp the nickelware
The gtea, value Of the home to thu
nation is It's personal and ethical in
fluenoe Take this away. take ava,
thi, spiri, and soul and We have lef
nothing bu, the perfectly ordered, per
feo,ly managed hotel
In other words the individual mus
come before the system, and father,
pipe take precedence over the iurni,ur'
polish