Evening star., 1937-07-28

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home, sweet home, they mostly re-
peated that hallowed name absent
mindedly
"Home. Yes, we plan to go home
but FIRST"
And then q far-away look would
come in their eyes as they enumerated
all the dots on the map that they
were first going to explore before go
ing back where they started.
"Home?" one smartly dressed way
farer countered a shade coolly. This
is our home"
Relenting at the interviewer's dis
comfiture, this firmly established
trailer resident smiled forgivingly and
explained that her husbands business
forced him to travel. For II years,
had moved from town to town and ho-
tel to hotel, often not spending two
nights in succession under the same
roof, until the advent Of the trailer
provided them home they could take
along on their journeys.
Iilo 10 tliC olllJ VIC 1lh
but We couldn't be more comfortable
In a lO-room house" she concluded,
adding quickly, but, Of course, ours
isn't really nice trailer as trailers
go nowadays, for We have had 1t a
long time now and they are constantly
being improved. We plan to buy a
new model next year"
X X Il
ing was grandmother from
Texas who had "just turned the key
in the door" before cruising away on
brief trailer journey that has already
extended for months. In the de luxe
trailer, designed and built by her
husband, retired architect. she has
running water, electric lights and a
multitude of gadgets to make light
of light housekeeping.
Returning from Winter in Florida
these ultra modern grandparents
planned to spend the two-Week parking
privilege permitted trailers at the
Washington Tourist Camp. then tc
move to nearby Maryland parking
grounds before going to Long Island tc
visit daughter and on to the Midwest
for visit with some newly acquired
trailer acquaintance.
Making new friends, seeing the
country and attaining carefree
sense Of freedom from routine chores
and duties are among the advantages
Of trailer life that keep addicts post.
poning their scheduled return home by
days. weeks and finally months, &C.
cording to this genial grandmother
| She and her husband plan eventually
| to 60 back to Texas. see their friend.
and settle down again for a while
but never for long.
To woman the trailer housewives
belied the dark suspicious of theil
timid stay-at-home sisters, who init
mate that all females cruising the
country in trailers must ipso factc
have been inviegled, kidnapped anc
| held captive in a rolling cage by some
! footloose male desiring home cooked
dinners along with his selfish, un.
trammelled Vanderings.
THE nearest case to a trailer kid
naplng" uncovered at the touris
camp was a stately, white haired New
England housewife, whose son snatchet
her away from a 16-room home ant
installed her in a trailer before sht
could catch her breath to protest.
AS she sat with a f1v-swatter care
fully aimed to discourage any impu
dent flies that might dare to ente
the glistening portals Of her spotles
trailer abode, this erstwhile Massa
chusetts housekeeper explained {
trif1e wistfully, I'm a person VIII,
likes to dig into a house and hav
everything clean and in order"
An obviously expensive Job
finished throughout the interior Will
genuine mahogany panelling, thi
rolling substitute for a mansion tele