Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-11

is no more common than the love for
the book, as a thing. There are thou
sands OF readers who have no respect
for the book as. an article as a particu-
lar specimen OF something TO be loved
and treasured for its own sake. Such
people read books, mostly borrowed
books, and are utterly at a loss to APP
preciate the mentality Of the book
lover who prefers to buy his own
books and stow them away in his
home cases. They would not under
stand the temper OF NJ. Chauvelin, as
set forth by Alexandra Dumas in one
of his stories, who gathered so many
books unread in his attic that his land
lord made him dispose of them tx
order to keep the house from caving IN.
Love OF the house as an entity Is
something apart from love II 1t is q
place OF rest and refuge, Of peace and
quiet, of comfortable eating and Sleep
ing. Happy memories Of homes, precious
as they are for all the duties OF life
and living, as wonderful as they are,
are only incidental to this love Of which
we speak It is the love OF the sailor
| for his ship which makes him refer TO
the vessel as "her" instead Of 'it." 1t
is the love Of the fisherman for GER
tain rod and reel or the hunter for q
priced gun. No doubt Lndbergh felt
the same way for the Spirit Of 81.
| Louis, and was glad TO see 1t slowed
away in honor and safety In the SmlLn-
sonian Institution.
! This consuming interest in houses
may or may not be felt by the real
estate operator or by the salesman, put
| it may be understood fully by one VINO
has not the wherewithal TO buy the
! house. The house as an ideal is some
thing different from the house as
HOf a
be meant when one speaks OF the love
Of a house. Those who love the con-
alteration of houses as creations thus
90 on quiet adventures which may or
| may not be understood by others. AFTER
| ALI. it makes no difference whether
others understand or not. Those VINO
| do are enough.
The seasonal change in the aspect
Of a neighborhood includes the naked
branches of the trees, the wltnereo
grass, the color Of certain autumn
bushes. trails OF smoke from chimneyS,
The added height of houses caused by
the appearance of their foundations as
flowers fade.
The tree is an amazing thing, in that
it does not look bare, despite the loss OF
its leaves The human race Is so ac-
eustomed to seeing trees without tnelr
foliage for large part OF the year that
no one thinks them ugly while in that
state.
one can imagine that II q savage,
used to perpetual foliage, should sud
denly be confronted with nude tree
he would think it very ugly, indeed
With us the skeletonlike aspect has
nothing Of the harsh about it. 1t Is
natural, and therefore right. Not
everything which is natural is correct,
according to human judgment, but the
leafiess condition of trees and certain
shrubs strikes us as right enough.
Frost on the ground and branches Oh
trees heralds the approach OF Winter.
On the trees it gives glitter OF Pc
culiar interest 10 the very early riser.
Hitherto one has seen sunrise through
leaves. but now the branches give
larger openings for the violet light OF
dawn. Bare branches form intricate
and delicate grillwork,, through which
one sees the light of day, fresh as time
each morning, coming up to delight and
help the world.
Then do neighboring houses, in their
GOODNESS and baroness, stand forth for
what they are. A street light glitters
like a star down the road. Entire roofs
are visible now, where before only their
peaks shone through the leaves. CHM
news stand up in their solemn duty.
Only the privet hedges are green, only
the remaining oak leaves and barberry
bushes glowing red.