The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-08

vldual VINO DuilQS IS inoIe " w
censured than pitied? And, ii SO
why? Offhand, this seems radica
and revolutionary precept; 1t re
verses and supersedes the true ant
time tried philosophy OF the save
rre-che lid -melodrama, and the
charity that stire the heart TO sym
pathy for the erring. For, It's onl,
human to err
Perhaps that solves it, because
as may be recalled, TO err is hui
man, to forgive divine. and wher
we view the well-known human race
erring today in the business rela'
tionships OF bulldog as II erred last
week. and last year and on back be
yond that for quite some time. II
appeaSs that 4 little less torgiving
syrup and bit more corrective bit
tiers is in order.
Mr.. c. Matlack Price is largely
responsible for the penning OF the
above and foregoing paragraphic
yagaries. In his interesting volume
"The Practical Book OF Architec-
ture,' is found this comment: III
is strange and inexplicable CIR
cumstance that so many business
men. punctillious to degree in
their everyday business dealings,
and in the enforcement OF system
and routine in their Offices. are ma
erantlv unbusinesslike in their deal
| ines with the architest.
perhaps no one thing is more
important for the client to remem-
Der throughout the building OF his
house than the fact that after en-
gazing an architect he has entered
upon a business relationship. and
that the more businesslike this re-
lationship is kept the better tor both
parties.
"The building OF house, even a
small house. calls for the expendi-
ture OF too much money on the one
hand and too much skilled protes-
sional work on the other 10 be re-
garded as mere transaction De-
tween friands.
The several kinds of people who
build may be divided into the ABB
normal. the subnormal and the nor
NAL. Least harmself, and OF least
Importance in his relation to the av-
erage owner, is that individual, 4
unit OF the abnormal class, who, in
the beautiful spirit OF braggadocio
spreads wide the news that his home
or building just completed cos'
twice as much as ii really did. 1t Is
a mayer OF vanity; it draws atten-
ton TO him. il Iifords him pleas
ure NC. to be deVied.
In Vhe same ranks, but few steps
in advance, is tk man who has Sc
much OF this world. goods that i
his building costs few odd thou
sands more than he thought to
spend, il is matter OF little con
| cern.
The thirty-third degree member
! of the subnormal division is the IN
divid,yal who. also for reasons Of
personal va5ity. declares that hi
building cost only one-half as much
as it actually cost. Now, he may
have vaid twice as much as he con
templst ted. and in the noble words OF
the great Chinese mandarin, he may
have been most gloriously stung,
still it serves his purpose TO publish
the fact that he obtained his build
ing at a bargain. His idea is to
show what shrewd trader he is
how much more clever he is than
the average man who builds.
Now, he, too. has several cousins
one II whom is the canny chap who
needs neither architect nor builder
TO lend assistance in conducting his
building operation. He obtains q
set OF free ideal" plans. published
in magazine. and gives up his reg
ular business in order to supervise
the construction OF his own house
In that way he saves" architect
commissions and the expense of the
builder. Need it be said that he
saves nothing;
Most OF the Annovances ana Wot-
ries attending the usual building OPP
Grafton can be eliminated when the
prospective building owner comes
TO a realization that the art OF build
ing is a science, ana that it is strict
ly business"
Ii is not enough for him to en-
gage architect. engineers. contract
or. subcontractors, decorator and
furnisher. They are engaged Tor
every important building operation
The fault lies not with architect,
engineer or contractor. but with the
buildiog custom which fails to pro-
vide financially responsible manage
ment. Under the customary meth
cd. no one participant is in a posi-