Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-13

When people are attempting to keep
! up with the JoneSes," why don't they
| try to keep up with some of the Joneses'
good points, instead Of perpetually i'm
itating their superficial and snowy
J traits?
1t is common knowledge that the
mass of the people initiate the rich
Joneses in the matter of buying as ex-
| penSive motor cars as they can, and in
| putting as fine clothes on their backs
as possible.
When it comes to the point, however,
of living with the same good taste, and
as quietly, and as decently, they seem
never to have thought of these points.
Instead of envying the JoneseS' beau-
tiful mansion placed in an estate of so
acres, they had better get q real I'M
derstanding of why the JoneseS went
across the river all by themselves, and
OF how they live there after they get
there.
There are whole communities of mod
erately we'll of people who might live
IS well as the Joneses, in the best sense
of the term, if only they would keep
up with them to some real purpose.
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There are closely crowded commu-
rities in the city where life might go
| on much as 1t does on the magnificent
Jones estate, granting that all the in
habitantS would attempt to carry out
faithfully the outlines Of living prac-
tlced within the sacred walls.
In the first place, the Joneses have
wall. It is great wall, high and
thick, with a fine big gate, through
which the envious often look back along
vista of trees to the mansion, which
shows white and glowing in the sun
shine
PasSersby never stop to think why
the JoneSes went there. They went
there to get little peace and quiet.
They took to the country because they
could not get away from the city any
other way.
They wanted to get clear away from
the noise OF tratfic and 3 am. wild
parties" and milkmen with changing
bottles, and hordeS of children I'M
schooled as to property rights and the
respect due to other human beings.
They loved dogs, but they were tired
Of listening to the other fellows hound
bark all night long when they wanted
to sleep the dark hours through.
The JoneSes knew, as everybody knows
who stops to think about 1t, that q resi-
dence community ought to be quiet;
that it Is easy enough to ind noise and
gayety; that the home. except on occa-
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tate o so-called night club.
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Over in the crowded community,
through the streets of which the costly
Jones limousine goes daily, houses are
so close together that extra precaution
would have to be put forth by all to
give any one even q semblance of the
peace, quiet and happiness which their
neighbor more fortunate in worldly
goods enjoys.
In this community real community
effort" would have to be put forth by
all hands in order for q tired man or
woman to come home from a days work
and find an atmosphere congenial to the
reading of q good book.
What are the actual conditions?
Father doesn't give q whoop or, If he
does, he scarcely dares say anything.
Mother is so glad to get rid OF the
youngsters after school is out that she
gladly pays no attention TO what they do.
Having rented one house, each fam
lily turns the kids and the dogs out to
make use of property belonging to
every one else.