The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-29
a Home
Own Way
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IN an NItllllt'i oiiN ''o,N wv
4 ~ rolling. Each day will have
kdded thrill. each hour be so full
vou'u wish you had time In
H. ,o get bored again,
mil learn that there are
tsods Of things to be considered
4, a house that you never sus-
- U..p in existence. You'll
,hat Iaging some things &oer-
way keeps you from having
other things "A certain other
You'll learn that caves in the
4 make YOU have windows in
II, nleres and not in others. you'll
II nat .y.rv room on the place
&ot ras. % south exposure, and
learn that when a chimney
ur the wall on onc side of the
H. room down stairs, II won't
In tine fireplace to be on the
toate side of the masters room
kouse building Is the most pro-
~, and most fascinating .occu-
IN I'm the world. II Is a pro-
hat s. yone owes 20 himself
H. at least once.
IN. moreover. everyone owes II
&neryofs else to try 1t once, just
she sake Of revenge.
6hen you put that dream OF years
timber or brick or stone. you
h. all your friendly enemies to
, and ,.iticise, and, you may be
\ that is the very thing. they do.
Gnbsr YOU know IL or not. Mostly,
Z don't know n, and it's well, for
|ould 10 awful TO lose three
ths your friendships just for
Catty remark about your
all make them. We Just
resist wondering outloud why
didn't have the pantry here, or
bubble window there, why they
a Jut-out' I'm that room and not
his, why the sunparlor was put
he east when the logical spot
/ was on the west, and what a
lake Il was TO have built on that
hon In the first place.
eople have an unusual amount
uriosity about other peoples
ses. II must have been In a
nrnn recoruins most Cmbarrass-
nometts' that ! read the fol-
VIZ:
New weeks ago my parents and
W walking In n section OF a
BIB In which quite a lot Of build
was going on. our curiosity
tcoming US, we went in one house
NJ was about half completed.
Immediately began to criticize
%ommenting upon it's instability,
I 4mallness Of the rooms, and how
n would hate TO live in such a
DC. Finally, our exploration of
first floor completed, we looked
10 see II there were rooms up
n Imagine u chagrln when
<faw a man. who we afterwards
PED owned the house. sitting on
fafters, painting a window sill.
interestedly listening to our
Hersation. We fled quickly"
Ferybody has his own notions
housebuilding. Some years
a woman moved from New
and to an apple farm in Arkan.
and to her intimates she an
ICED she was going to show
southern people how to build
use. In many respects IL turned
70 ne superior to any house IN
bounty, II was compactly built.
In winter and cool in sum-
Mad a wonderful basement and
pee and bathroom-even on a
land was beautifully designed
"a ElfHhAn EAnHAnAA 49,,
rry. But would you believe It,
tlat lovely, nine-room house,
was not a closet TO be found
OF a woman building a
el house without a closet to
up her clothes or put her In
III gather good ideas all through
pears regarding housebuilding,
y the time we are able to buIH
|aye forgotten half. One woman
earnest than some kept a lit
Eook IN which she made a note
rggestions and do and don'ts'
wanted Incorporated In her
n house when II materialized,
WASH a bad idea. One of her
was TO have the kitchen sink
oathroom lavatories built a few
higher than athe one found in
houses. Experienced builders
Is like pulling eye teeth to get
~, but the pulling OF eye teeth
near as bad as a tall woman
anut with her back broken
fhyhme.
one does forget. Thomas
1son built many houses in his
ING II Is said he always forgot
IN a staircase. As this was
essential TO a two-story house
ue oversight was not noticed
ne place was well under way.
~aIcases were always in some
ard OF location.
popularity OF his is doubt
~ Tor IN stanton there is a
piui Old home that Jeffer-
~ that bears out the report.
Vlue portico with its huge white
Is Impressive, and the great
aTk wings OF the building give
Llous and hospitable look from
sh out when one enters the
room and gazes about the
anu into the dining salon be-
no winding, ancestral stair
" eye, and only by retiring
direction of the kitchen, in a
49, nall near detachable AN
,.ues' can the narrow after.
DC found that leads To the
vOster region above.
heyIl c~riticise. but Just bear
mind. If you are building
"a the future. take courage
,iu 10 suit yourself. You are
VINO has to live in your
ahu thank goodness, you are
~ho has TO pay for it.
ahead and let you friends
gTklns out the flaws. Your
VI" come with them some
shaped Like NosaEay.
Cunhln gest vanity bag vet is
sliai' intended for use with
sAs' You carry it in your
uAe a nosegay-the oldfash.
VIII ~