Evening star., 1926-03-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

deep doubt that assails us when we
buy anything, from a radio to a
grindstone.
Heavy wrecking bars"
There Is something, now, for which
any householder has use unlike q
grindstone).
This one is forged from three-quar.
ter.inch stock steel. 1t Is a tool for
| Opening boxes, taking down brick
walls. ripping off shingles, pulling
nails, etc"
There is a strong wedge shape
point at one end. powerful sure-grip
claw at the other. Comes in two
| lengths, "a and 80 inches, and the
| prices are "a cents and 20 cents. The
| shipping weight Is and pounds,
respectively.
Here we can get some tested cable
log chain, $3.50 for IA feet, complete
| with steel swivel center and grab
| hook on one end and round hook on
| the other.
Grabbing our big thousand.page vol
| ume, we turn over several hundred
pages at a clip and plunge suddenly
| into the middle Of furniture. 1t is
a long jump from log chains to
| couches.
Here is something we always have
wanted-1a regular old fashioned
couch, the sort that modern interior
decoration has banished from the
| living rooms in cities, but which holds
| forth as of old in countless small
town and farm houses.
And why should 1t not?
1t is one of the most comfortable
articles devised by man, and, II we
mistake not, the famous King Tut
| reclined upon one of startlingly sim
| liar shape.
The head gracefully sways up. to
give a natural support. Instead OF
| trying to make yourself comfortable
| with pillows (and falling. as with
| the davenports, day.beds, etc, on this
honest old couch one can lie natu-
rally and read at ease.
The prices here run all the way
from $17.35 to $43.
X 4 y X
The city man, by means of this
| catalogue, or a similar one, can come
| out of his selfish provinciality and
| can enter, II only for a moment, into
| the hustling, busy, wOrkaday world,
where a grindstone stands for some
| thing. where ones livelihood may
| depend upon a good log chain, where
| the right sort of cream separator at
the right price may make a great
deal of difference.
| Here the city man. who grumbles
when the rain spoils his fancy suit
may discover that thousands Of men
wear heavy work shoes" and buy
| shirts with triple seams. and wear
| socks that stand the gaff.
Here the SNUG individual. the INA n
of the cities" of whom the worthy
| Mencken sings SO industriously, gets
| a glimpse of the great, teeming back
bone life of this country Of ours.
| Here one may discover. if he tries
| land if he daresl, that the great
open spaces" are not entirely a joke
| that men do fare forth to battle with
| the elements; that logs do swirl down
| the streams; that hogs are to be fed
and that it pays to know scientific
| feeding; that cows do exist and re-
| quire to be milked; that a pouring
| rain at 4 am. requires a different
| sort of shoe and a less-hossie kind of
| raincoat than are needed on a sun
shiny day on a city boulevard.
These twice.yearly sessions with
! the big catalogue inspire us. They
| bring to us some of the reality OF
| life. which we are likely to let slip
| from us Under the super-artificial
conditions in which life has placed US
They make us realize, more than
ever, that honor and shame from no
! condition rise; act well your part
there all the honor lies