Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-07-07

y. Norris, has not sacrificed good
I story to his argument: the fact that
there have been SO editions of the
book already more than OF ,Alain
Street testities to the readable
ness Of the novel. 1t makes the
reader feel perfectly at home in the
fruit orchards of California about
Nacaville. and in San Francisco and
It's suburbs. The unfortunate love
lie OF Phillip, his sister. Lucy. his
first wife Marjorie. her sister Con-
stance, and various other related
characters, give opportunity for
some remarkable pictures of domes-
tic lnIelicity. You feel the greatest
sympathy with the characters. for
they are 50 like real people in deep
trouble. You can see THEN. side of
the argument and want 10 helm
them Outrageous as her behavior
is. you feel Marjorie is not really
TO blame Tor her separation from
Philip because her mother has al-
ways spoiled her, has never pre-
pared her for life, but has wrapped
her round with a selfish love that
gave her totally false ideals 1t OBJ
viously was not Philips fault. for
he tried his best He simply could
not cope with the virago of moth .
er-in-law and her hold on Marjorie.
Yet in the end it is perfectly clear
that the divorce was wrong: that he
and Marjorie would have come out
all right if they had been left to
work out their problem by them
SELVES, had taken time to learn that
marriage is partnership in which
/ both must share the load, must give
and take. The fact that recent sta
Ptistics show half the marriages in
Washington and Oregon in six
pace we are going Is easy divorce
indicates the urgent need Of a very
serious consideration OF the present
pace " care going Is easy divorce
the result of sort of JAZZ
psychology. or the cause of it?
What constitutes a home? Isn't
comfort one OF the prime requisites?
Also convenience, indoors and out.
and beauty OF a simple sort? There
is new book Of the jolliest kind of
little house plans for real homes for
folks Of modest income. the Home
Builders Plan Book. - containing the
30 prize and honor designs for four
and six room houses by eminent ar
chitects all over the country. sub
mitted in a national competition in I
connection with the own Your Own
Home eXpositions in New York and
Chicago last year. The publishers
are the Building Plan Holding Cor
poration, though the book is being
distributed t$1.25D by Moore Nc
Cord Gilchriese and Associates, "a
W. 39th St, New York | am spe-
cific because | am so sure that there
will be many who Will want the book, .
and it can not be found in book
show some of the pictures and floor
plans and the way the surrounding
grounds, even, are laid out with
walks and lawns and strawberries /
These houses, you would say at once, |
are not merely boxes of such and |
such dimensions, set down haphaZ- |
Zard on an empty lot. They are |
homes, even while still on paper. /
The first prize house, for instance, |
as four-room white colonial cot |
tage with green roof and blinds 1t /
has d generous sized living room
with fireplace and French win
dows onto a bricked terrace leading !
to the garden behind the house. /
The dining room also faces the /
kitchen opening out Of the dining |
room, is arranged for wall cabinets, |
sink, range, etc. An outside vesti- |
bule makes a place behind for the /
refrigerator and gives access to the |
basement, where there is a laundry |
furnace room and coal bin. The bed |
room, at the left OF the living room,
has two closets, and between il and |
the bathroom is a small hall with |
coat closet. The linen closet is in
the bathroom. Nothing seems to
have been forgotten, not even the
Etrellises for roses, the window boxes
or (what is too often overlooked by |
!uchitects) the necessity of keeping |
the cost of construction within a
modest income A helpful section
of the book is devoted to a discus
sion of the subject of financing the
home, and another to proper fur
nishing. The prettiest OF little
houses can be spoiled in effect and |
comfort by crowding it full of wrong |
+b;1US pocauSa 7 belieVa this is a /