Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Trees, losing their leaves, reveal
houses In all their beauty, or mediocrity,
This is one of the charming changes
which Nature brings u.s.
The static In Nature "a the uninter-
eSting.
What never changes In aspect tends
to become tiresome, boresome, monoto-
nous.
II the leaves OF the trees we're with
us the year around, as they are In some
chimes, no doubt We would lose some
thing which we now possess.
Ordinarily we do not stop TO think OF
the interest which change adds 10 life.
But II It were not for these differences.
in seasons, In the appearance OF things,
in happenings, we would be In the I'M
| happy state of schoolboys who were
forced TO play base ball the year
| through.
AS it is, in scholastic circles the
youngsters have their foot ball, then
when they tire of that they play basket
| ball, then indulge in the grand athletic
spree of base bali and track activities.
In life something Of the same cycle
holes good. Not only are there the
| ordinary ups and downs Of business and
social life, but periods bring depreSsions
and the like, one decade things are
| humming, the next not quite so good,
so that no man, not even the President,
can be quite sure where he STANDS.
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Houses which before had been mere
| glinpses now stand forth in their
architectural integrity, thanks to the
work of Jack Frost.
Jack has not received the recognition
| due him as master architects aid. II
Is he who strips the leaves from the trees
and lets the light shine through, which
act enables the eye to behold what the
architect and builder created. No
sensible person would say word against
| the setting of houses among trees. 1t
| Is necessary to add, however, that the
annual loss of their leaves is fortunate
provision Of Nature for our further en-
joyment of the home.
In the main there are three classes
of home-occupiers, those who love a
home and like to talk about homes,
those who love their homes and do not
talk much about them, and those who
neither love their homes nor talk about
them. This is broad classification, Of
course, containing many variations, in
elusive Of most human beings. There is
nothing hard and fast about 1t.
It will be discovered that the mem
bers of the first two classes know and
appreciate these seasonal changes in
the aspects OF their own homes ana
their neighbors' homes. They watch
out for them, as for any other change
which instructs, interests, and some
times amuSes them.
When the leaves go of the trees the
entire appearance OF a neighborhood Is
changed. Whole sides of HOUSES come
into view from particular place-one s
living room windows, for instance. Dur
ing the Summer a mere spot OF stucco
represented a magnificent home.
Today thesentire house stands forth,
high on its terrace. One sees for the
first time that 1t is a well designed
home, capably conceived and cleverly
executed. Above all, 1t is admirably
kept up This keeping up Of home
Is third only to craftsmanship and con-
struction. Without the picture in some
ones mind first of all, whether he be
architect, builder or owner, there can
be no real result In the pleasure sense.
We spoke the other day Of ugly but
comfortable houses, and their worth.
So much Is true, but undoubtedly
beauty may be incorporated as well
as utility. Every age, Of course, thinks
1t Is doing this double duty in the
homes 1t builds, and It Is no reflection
upon any generation that those who
come after sometimes find old homes
lacking In beauty. Beauty changes with
the times, or at least what many hold
TO be beauty does so change.
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The love for the house, as creation,