Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-19
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
When You Build Your Big House
Build Also a Smaller One TO Which
You May Retire When the Grass.
hopper Becomes q Burden
BY SARAH u. LOWR1E

Long Island. II was n warm June evening
ana we were dining out in n sort of glassed.
terraccd room openinc on the flower garden,
There wos .omo,h,n, oho,,. a.. sn,Jon
somc,h,,. W., "oV"' 'ne su,'t"' '
s,an. 'ns "ooat the long, low, comfortape
stone mouse indoors and out that was vaguely
familiar TO me. yet I had never met the
hostess Mr., IIorrr ph,n,. 80. .i,t
cvopino no, 'p'' 80
- In anu han never been in that part
VI long Island before that day.
had been interested when I knew tbo, I
was to dine with Nrs ph,nna hao,,,so =,
n Pbilodo,nhi.r ,.. ,..n,,- '
"''aoeiphlah was naturally very ap-
iec'a'i'e or what Mr.. Phipps had done in
MS great endowment Of the tuberculosis
clinic here with us. The fact that his
fnmily's generosity townrJ ,hat unrL .,iIl
goes on. though Le is now I'm" i,l nnI sLmt
away from active interests of any kind made
me doubly eager to saw In Nrs phimn., mh,,t
| knew u great muny of us fool hern in tn,n
genuine sorrow thar we cannot n, rho
years go by express to him our gratitude for
his splendid gift that still goes nm strength.
ening our hands to fight the white plagucn
In our midst
WELL, as spoke of PHILADELPHIA and of
w the phipps tInir ,bcro ur. phirns
said that she hcrsrif boJ h,on "' c,, ., i;i,Iio
in Philadelphia bur that sbo fcl, ne ,bnuyb
she were vinr in bit "f 'Ti pL,Iadel'nia Is smv"s"
"Eor," said shc ,b;s honUo vi m,,aheniu a h',;I, H.
one of your architccts, Trnmbn~or =; "
And then I rc,liycd thnt ,rho, ,,os
familiar to me was well ,ccoun,sd for
spaciousncss seemed very rcstfui md ns ~ wos
gracefully set on the crest ~ i,a riso "o 20
meadow. She sighed n HttIo md .o;d I,
seemed too big. With nil bcr cbiIJron " nav.
rcd and gone their wnvs md nnIv barsn,e
left TO enjoy II And ,Io, ,h. III 1if.i
- II
AT one period of tho family life and cunlber.
Soi.ie ana r'Soundingly lonely at a later
''i 'ou,
tnn, m"n '"n'l"urd OF an Old gentleman whom
tr,nI.I Nn' III 'he NRe OF eighty stated
49, h,,s 'na' .hs grasshopper was burden
=" ' NM or IN IcSs picturesque terms that he
"' 'yo urea ana trail to enjoy. or indeed
~ cnuure' the stir and hustle of a large
.;.;i;:s H;.;is 'onnrcti0n, or the care and respon.
't tt vi me larsc mouse which had once
f"v,i, !"sa ndequ"'e ana no more Tor the
'"n'!i! he'uS. 30 nc mad simpited life by
moving quite OUT of the family home and
sm,,'oiinen., sao, n ana had begun life again on
",t o,h, INA. was hS heariy as possible like that
". n.S c'l.l.H' h1"sekccplng as Il young man
s,a,n. lug ou' WIN lew requirements and few
posseNS,ons' fHuhd my hostess kccnly in
. .rieH'rE IN ,he org gentiemans experiment
Sne r"isrred 10 II later with sigh some.
,Is-.
Tor you hmoW' she SAID. 1t as per.
l'ctlS rue. lhcre comes q time when the
. nltIc iu.h VI '"i1he Win WIN all the FAMILY ana
!l'e"uS INA, nush' 10 HI great mouse, not
10 speak OF thc servants that are necessary
TO Keep IL IN order, Is bur"en that tires
you to think about. The things that used
10 seem h3'h,hg 70 you weigh you down.
even Lahu Shc glanced win an apprcca.
i've Sli''le u, h'r very peasant ana able COM
ln,'1n pan 'if, "nn ,h Stcre,arS- lS II some one
rsc Nus mat burden by acting for you.'
T THOUGHT at the time and I have
i thought since that in build;n, tbo,r
great big houses tbo Amrri, man ,,.nniL
do we'll to consider the time that will surely
come when for the purposes of their wivcs
or even for themselves whot was once , cons
vcnirnt roomincss will bcco,ne n Io or,o
burden. sometimes a financial h,rJen nnd
always a burden of care.
The English, whom we have conicd T., ,b;.
matter of great houses. leorneL no lnnn
experience. | suppose, to prnyide tor th;S
need '''''
Somewhere on the promises wboro ,boy
have established their largo fomiIv bnnso
there is another house nor Iess nttranti,.o
or elegant or cbnrmingly fur,;sbod b.,
much, much smaller. Annie room for n
Of a few persons. but easier TO run. easier
I" h"ep, up ana coy "n'r" the other house
wa. i' -: s ~ ~" r'pP'''iohs.
Always III ,oN'S-'"r nave no aC-
Hu"ih'ance WIN thr'h OUTSIDE of hrtion--
always IN movers nave f"it sorry for the
u"Wager "u'h'SS'H or couh'css's or noble
ihul's WIZ INV nnu W 'e'T' 10 the dowhger
houses on '," "';',hH "I 'hclr husbands in
ordcr 10 lt 'hr cues. son OF the race dwell
IN the mouse "i MS la'hers on coming into
the estate put now see thc wisdom and
also the piedS'ilt"ess OF II. Just as the
grasshopper prgihH I" be a burden or
threatens Z" i''I h"nVy on on" skirt as one
walks ,nronGh ,hr s"rHch-Just at that mo.
ment NE Is rs ',unr" ,ha fan,,, ,"r one. instead OF
having TO ne IN" lnni'N center. the person
To whom al me children and the i'm laws
come back to Tor summer outing or for
week lend parties or Tor the holidays and
all the rest OF IN" year being obliged to live
in a house Inurh TOO big. one can retire to
n charming house Just as much the family
house. too And with all the air Of com.
fort ana pi'hS''h' h''ri"oh's one can see the
family quietly. one al time. when the
big house with all its associations, sad or