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La the secret of building a home making is a place where everyone has a good time By KATHLEEN NORRIST NORRISHE NORRIS NORRISr r t - HE world is full of handsome handsome hand- hand handsome - THE T | some , useless buildingsthat buildingsthat buildings - - that have cost incalcu incalcu- incalculable incalculable incalculable - lable fortunes , and that are areno areno areno no use at allIn all allIn In your town and mine- mine mineeverywhere mineeverywhere mine mineeverywhere - - everywhere , whether you're youre you'redriving you'redriving you'redriving youredriving ' driving through New York or orN orNewport orNewport N Newport ewport , Santa Barbara or orForest orForest orForest Forest Lake , you see these thesegorgeous thesegorgeous thesegorgeous gorgeous homesteads - shut shutup shutup shutup shutupEven I up upEven Even In housing housmg shortages shortagesI shortagesthey shortagesthey I they can't cant ' rent these ridicu rldIcu- rldIcu ridicu- rldIcuIlous ridiculous ridiculous - Ilous lous palaces because to keep keepI keepthe keepthe keepthe I the bathrooms reasonablywarm reasonably reasonablywarm reasonablywarm warm would take more fuel fuelthan fuelthan fuelthan than anyone can get , to say saynothmg saynothing saynothing nothmg nothing of the great sepul sepul- sepulchral sepulchral sepulchral - chral hallways , and the pan pan- pantnes pantries pantries - tries tnes , . and the vast cave that thatonce thatonce thatonce once was a dining dmmg roomThe roomThe room roomThe The history of these old places Is Isa isa Isa a tragic one one- onenot . . - not because so much muchhappened muchhappened muchhappened happened in them - but because becausenothlng becausenothing becausenothing nothlng nothing did Some rich dull old man manand manand manand and ambitious woman built every everyone everyone everyone one of o1 them realized very soon that thatthere thatthere thatthere there was something somethmg dead about the theplace theplace theplace place and that it would never come comealive comealive comealive comealiveI alive aliveI I know one house outside of Lon London London London don that cost two million m1llion dollars dollarsand dollarsand dollarsand and never was lived In-not In not in - not tor for a amoment amoment amoment moment , . I know 1rn.ow 1rnow kz . ow another in Hills Hillsborough Hillsborough Hillsborough borough Calif into which the hus husband husband husband band and wife never moved It has has31 31 rooms and the floors tloors of at all the thedownstairs thedownstairs thedownstairs downstairs rooms are patterned In InPartan InParian inParian Partan Parian marbles These people got a adivorce adivorce adivorce divorce and tor for awhile awlule the husband husbandlived husbandlived husbandlived lived on with wlth a servant or two In Inthe inthe Inthe the gate lodge Nobody ever has haslived haslived haslived lived in the housePathetic housePathetic house housePathetic Pathetic 1IonumentsUp MonumentsUp \ Monuments 1\Ionuments 1 Ionuments MonumentsVp Vp Up Fifth avenue there are hun hundreds hundreds himdreds dreds of these pathetic monuments monumentsto to man s idea that brownstone walls wallsand wallsand wallsand and plate glass windows tiles Wes and andbrocades andbrocades andbrocades brocades bolsene bolserle botserie from Pans Paris and andrugs andrugs andrugs rugs from tram the Orient will somehow somehowmlraculously somehowmiraculously somehowmiraculously mlraculously miraculously turn themselves into a ahome ahome ahome home some dayThe dayThe day dayThe The real building bwldmg of a home must mustbe mustbe mustbe be done with elements that these thesepeople thesepeople thesepeople people never possess and never can canbuy canbuy canbuy buy Love to begin begm WIthand with and de dependence dependence dependence pendence upon each other service servicech servicechildren servicechildren ch children dren work and laughter laughterIf If by any lucky chance you are a awoman awoman awoman woman who has these things thmgs then thenthe thenthe thenthe the best thing you can do-out do out do - - out of a awhole awhole awhole whole world of servIce-is servIce is service - - is to mcor incor mcorporate incorporate mcorporate porate them into a home HarrIet HarrIetwho Harrietwho Harrietwho who writes me from trom a mid west westtown westtown westtown town has a home and just to read readof readof readof of it makes one feel what real rIchesare richesare riches richesHaving are . 0 . a . Having the seven children chl1dren always alwaysaboutand alwaysaboutand alwaysabout about-and about and - and their thelr , friends also who whonumber whonumber whonumber number seven tunes seven she shesays shesays shesays says in a letter inviting Invltmg me to VIsit VIsither visither visither her I can t promise quiet or ordernot ordernot order ordernot -not not - not al vays For my daughters are arefrIendly arefriendly arefriendly frIendly creatures and the five boys boysare boysare boysare are all over the place-porch place porch place - - porch roofs roofsand roofsand roofsand and rain barrels and ladders are arethell aretheir aretheir thell their ' natural perching places But Butwe Butwe Butwe we do have all the th ngs rigs you write writeabout writeabout writeabout about a lunch table out in the sIde sIdeyard sideyard sideyard yard a game room where the r pas pos passeSSlons possessions possessions seSSlons sessions are never disturbed a spe special special special cial closet in to which wluch they hang school schoolcoats schoolcoats schoolcoats coats and hats and put books and andpencils andpencils andpencils pencils in special pigeonholes We Wehave Wehave Wehave have a ritual for tor Saturday nIghts nIghtscooIdes nightscookies nightscookies cooIdes cookies cokes and penc pencil games wei weiJuilt we weBuilt i "Bualt Bualt iJuilt " Built by sonn some .a a . rich duUold dullold duU dull oldman old man . . , " . TRUE WEALTH WEALTHBig WEALTHBig Big fine homes hOIUe3 houses of oj o f themselvescan't themselvescant themselve3 themselves themselve3can.t themselvescant can.t cant . ' . bnng bring happiness happtTUSS ! If It's Its ' ' , thepeople the thepeople thepeople people in them that make thedifference the thedtfference thedifference dtfference difference There are plenty oj of ojmanswlU ofmansrons ofmansions manswlU mansrons around theworld the worldbuilt world , bu buzlt e by lonely rich nch people whohoped who whohoped whohoped hoped to get some real JOY JOYout joyout joyout out of oj them Too late they du dss ducovered dsscovered discovered covered that huge empty rooms roomsare roomsare roomsare are a II mockery mockeryIt It takes children and theirfnends thetr their thetrfnends theirInends fnends Inends fnendsand and andCOUSinS cousins and anduncle anduncles unclesand uncle uncles unclesand " and andaunts aunts and lots of oj ojacqwnnt facquaint o f acqwnnt acquaint acqwnntances acquaintances acquaintances ances to put life into mto a houseThey house houseThey houseThey They Theymale Theymake make male noise and they theywear theywear theywear wear out the furniture furmture , andthey and andthey andthey they cost a lot to feed but butthey butthey butthey they bring brmg human warmthand warmth warmthand warmthand and gayety They Theymake make a . ' ' house into mto a home homeToday's homeTodays homeToday's Today's Todays ' ' letter is IJ from a amother amother amother mother of oj ojseven ofseven seven chldren children chldrenThey childrenThey childrenThey , They haven't havent haven.t ' ' . much muchas as posses possesSIOM possessrons possessions SIOM srons gOo-Just gOo Just go-just go go - - just a small house housenot , not big blg enough for the five fiveboys fiveboys fiveboys boys and two girls gtrl.s gtrls gtrl.sand . and thelr their thelrlIvely theirlively theirlively lIvely fnencl.s-but fnencl.sbut fnencl.s fnencls but friends-but friends friends . - but they have havethe havethe havethe the secret of oj happiness happmess I I build bwld as many traditions as we canlike canlike can -like like - like a picnic on Dad s birthday and anda anda a comfort drawer for serious senous bumps bumpscuts bumpscuts bumpscuts cuts or injustices - this drawer Is Isfilled isfilled Isfilled filled with W2th odd toys and treasures treasuresfrom treasuresfrom treasuresfrom from which the afflicted affhcted one may se select select select lect Our children think they are arelucky arelucky arelucky lucky and other children cb11dren do too tooand tooand tooand and that s what I want to give them themhousehold themhousehold themhousehold household laws of order and helpinghappy helpmg helping helpmghappy helpinghappy happy compal companionship onshlp home securl secure securlty securety security ty tyWork tyWork Work and Fun FunOf FunOf FunOf Of course I never stop the theletter theletter theletter letter goes on ' "Meals Meals 'Meals " ' and beds bedssocks bedssocks bedssocks socks and ! floors Joors picking up and andsewlI1g andsewing andsewing sewlI1g sewing together-there together there together - there is no end to toit toit toit it I market twice a week bake bakeonce bakeonce bakeonce once have my main meal In the themIddle themiddle themiddle mIddle of the day and sandwichesnothmg sandwichesnothing sandwiches -nothmg nothmg -nothing nothing - nothing else but their variety vanety caf cah cahbe caftbe ! be endless-and endless and endless - and cooked fruit and andI andperhaps andperhaps andperhaps perhaps cookies or gingerbread gmgerbread or orpudding orpudding orpudding I pudding tor for supperI supperWe supperWe supper supperWe We put unbuffered unbuttered bread of all all'I allsorts allsorts I ' sorts on a tray fill till bowls wIth wIthchopped withchopped withchopped 'I I 'Isorts chopped eggs mayonnaise jam jamI jampeanut jampeanut ' peanut butter cheese corned beef- beef beefwhatever beefwhatever beef-whatever beef whatever - I whatever we can get with Wlth tomatoes tomatoesand tomatoesand tomatoesand and lettuce and everyone makes his hisown hisown 1 1own own sandwich and the children feel feelsorry feelsorry feelsorry sorry for other children who have haveto haveto haveto andI to set tables and eat pota potatoes toes and andbeans andbeans I beans for dinner dmner dmnerI dmnerAnd dinnerAnd dinnerAnd And what a good time It all allsums allsums allsums I sums up intoThere into mto intoThere , There is the secret of o1 building buildmg a aI ahome ahome I home making makmg it a place where whereeveryone whereeveryone , everyone has a good t me AH All the theI theempty theempty | I empty dusty magn magnificent lcent palaces of ofthe ofthe ofthe the world don t hold-have hold have hold - have never neverI neverheldthe neverheld I held-the held the - the joy of even one hour m in mI msuch insuch insuch I such a home as this They moulder moulderaway moulderaway moulderaway away in your town and mine and andthe andthe : the children go romping by them themnever themnever themnever never even stopping stoppmg to look In at attheIr attheir attheir theIr forbidding forblddmg gatesIf gatesIf gates gatesIf If you want to build a great man manSIOn mansion mansion SIOn sion , , build it in the tlfe fife ' happy s mple mplelives mplelives mplelives lives of your family - cousms cousins cousmsuncles cousinsuncles cousinsuncles uncles aunts old people children childrenThat childrenThat childrenThat That Is the only real building bu1.lding bu1lding . that thatIs thatis thatis Is what makes America what she IS IStoday istoday istoday today I I |