Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-03
WHOM THE GODS
 WOULD DESTROY THEY FIRST MAKE MAD

Not long ago upon an evening dreary while the newspaper man p0ndered, weak and weary. by his lireSi0e, over many a volume of for. sotten lore, suddenly his wife began a tapping, tapping upon the table { with a pencil, and this she said. and nothing more;
 l have all drawn out here the plans Tor our new house and I want
 you Co look at them before | submit them to the contractor.
 Name of a name," exclaimed the
 newspaper man. dropping his book
 and taking his feet from another chair with great audiences and sit. ! ting up straight to glare in consterna-
 tiOn across the table at the companion ot bis few joys and many sorrows.
 What do you mean. plans of
 houseE We have no lot upon which to build and money
 'Oh. that Sin be all right serenelv and confidently interrupted the mis. SuS- We can get them. alright: the
 main thing is the plan. Look herei" The newspaper man looked and saw
 fearful and wonderful lot of squares. curves and triangles that seemed to
 designate a No Mans Land after the last and worst bOmhardlnent. He was afraid tO say what he thought. He only looked and struggled with his , feelings.
 This is the front entrance went on the amateur architect with that sublime confidence that all amateurs have at the beginning. And this. ! tpCinting to a kind of wolf trapl
 iS tO be den just off the living room. The sun parlor will be here. (The newspaper man had thought this WAS a c,Stern or an ice hoNl Then comes the ching room. ut was twice aS large as any other two rOOmS.l This Is the hallway. tlt looked like a lat eral trenchl And the fireplace will
 be here with windows on each side and window seat Won't it be f'nee~
 The newspaper man spared for
 wind and asked about the bedrooms.
 "Oh. they will be upstairs. of course; three of them"
 ~UmPh, How do you get upstairs
 in this hOuSes"
 Why. wait a minute. Sure enough. , there is no stairway. Here. ldrSW- ing with a stub DenciN this will be the stairway. right here. and cute little closet underneAtf tlf the SnselS ever wept they had no occasion 10 smile over this stairway location and closet arrangementl
 The newspaper man became inter eSted. The cCntSgiOn and plague of architecture seized hold upon him; the lure of the house plans drew him on He took pencil and drew paper
 tO him and began. ~l will show you the plans of REAL house" he said. And he did. But this blind woman could not see. She pointed with dis dain ai a swell little reception hall and she hOOted at a grand staircase and she jeered at a hall that was as handy as an electric tOOtwSrmer. Two bed rooms DOWN STAIRS put her up in the air. She would not have them as a Sift.
 The argument waNed warm. In vain did the newspaper man point out the economy of his house plans and the tact that her plans would cost about forty thousand dollars Co carry out. lt locked like some one would have to send in a riot call over the stairway from The first Co the second floor. it had been the newspaper mans dream since bOyhOOd Co have grand stair way with noble landing in his house, but here was woman. welded 10 him 'till death do them part, who would rather die than have staircase. What she wanted vas a rope ladder Co the upper deck like they used to have rf,n0 sailing ShinS Df old
 And she wanted hrindlc fringe Tor dOOrWays and a SunrOOm and break taSt room and table d'hOte and hall way like the Louvre and partitions li6e The palisades.
 And the newspaper man fell into the trap and argued back and form and got an heated up ana excited ana enthusiastic and cOntemptuOUS and l0t Cf other things. until finally he came down Co earth again. Suddenly it occurred Co him that only a few weeSS ago he had fisured in vain upon building garage for his taith- ful and weather beaten tliVNer, ana here he was debating the renaissance of mansion.
 And not a word about the lot or the material or the exact dimensions or the WhcreWithal But just like thou sands who have lived and died in rented houses have done heiorc, happy and heated discussion Of how Co build a castle in Spain from air and fond wishes. Well. upon fond hopes are empires founded. That house ot dreams may yet come true, and u u does. the newspaper man wiN defend that staircase like N. de MsrSac. Gentleman Of France. did Of old in the Rue Ferou. All the rest will end as U has slvays ended. jn the woman atIu- her Way.