Evening star., 1925-08-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

quietly. But even then, as pointed
out. the true eternal triangle" did
not exist-save in dreams.
! During the so-called Middle Ages the
world lost some of the progress to-
ward real homes which it has achieved
under the Roman rule, as little as that
| was.
, Open marble palaces gave place to
cold dirty stone buildings, wherein hu-
man beings and animals lived in con-
fusion. In the great halls of the
Danes, centuries before. left.overs from
the tables were thrown TO the dogs in
the rushes.
! Only the huge health of the early
peoples enabled them to pull through
such living conditions. Even at the
time of Elizabeth unutterly filthy liv.
ing conditions prevailed.
terrible plaques, the result of dirt,
nnally swept Europe, brushing away
some of the contagion that clung foul
ly around human life.
The Lord, it is true, tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb
Under such conditions men build UP
a certain resistance, SO that they sur
vive conditions that would decimate
| later and more tender generations.
The word tender" i'm this connec-
uon, simply describes different condi.
TONS. Men habituated to living amid
meas Will develop tough hides. whereas
those who do not consort with fleas
are easily bitten by them.
! Our poetry, our novels, seldom if
ever touch upon these points in the
lives of their heroes and he,oines of
past generations. For all we know to
The contrary, the lily maid of Tenny-
son might have been as dirty as pig
could we have seen her in fact as We
Ido in fancy.
/ There is more than suspicion that
many of the lovely creatures Of our
novels and poems would have turned
out TO need good soaking bath.
Yet one and all were working toward
the completion of the real eternal tri
ANGLIA man, woman and house.
What is the man? What is the
woman? What is the house?
The man is a certain amount of the
| divine intelligence. The woman is a
certain other amount. The house is
the place where these two work out
their destiny.
There are too many of these divine
intelligences today trying to work out
their destinies rolling around in auto.
mobiles or sitting in motion picture
| houses.
These things and places. admirable
| as they are, are not components OF
our eternal triangle. Civilization has
been building up to the home. and has
achieved it, in America, at least. We
are in some danger, sometimes, of for
| getting the third element of the tri
| angle-the house.
Even those who possess houses are
| tempted too much to leave them for
outside amusement. One reason for
! this is that they camp out, in their
own homes, rather than live in them
/ 1t is amazing how many families
camp in their own houses. Little
thought is given TO beauty, attractive
ness. The false plea of economy com
| bined with procra stination, results in
| bare, uncheerful living quarters.
! Having failed to build up their
third side of the triangle, it is nc
wonder they are always on the road.
The true homes of America on the
other hand, are attractive, clean, con
tanning plenty of wholesome recrea
ton, at the same time catering to
| the taste for the beautiful
Such a house may be small, or i,
may be large, 1t makes no difference
After all, house is just some place
TO live.
1t is the living that counts.
| Those who make an art Of Twin.
know the beauty Of the real eternal
Triangle man. a woman and q
home.