Show HAPPINESS by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK dean of men university of illinois VANS had been born lu new york band and had lived there all ills life lie ile was about us as provincial as must most people who have been reared in a large city and vw think they have seen tile world ills first view of nebraska as his train rolled sion slowly ly along aloni the valley of the platte was not a vlra ver alluring one the level farms stretch ing parched and tr tree eeles lebs to appa renil limitless distances dib lie hie low bare un painted farmhouses in tile hie bildt of ali flie 6 ti ay s lf a and rattie cattie ehrda tite the absence I 1 everything beautiful or comfortable comfor tabie seemed to him to make life there hideously impossible do men and women choose to live in such a pinco he asked me how do they spend their leisure time if aliey tile have hare any nothing to do nothing to see nothing to go tol with nil all this level ground I 1 seen a tennis court since I 1 left new york ivans avans had bad played tennis ever since he was a boy in prep school and he could not understand how with such auch wonderful opportunities tor for the sport no noone one seemed scorned inclined to take advantage of them they have their household duties I 1 answered very laborious ones onen at t times and they have their children 1 I 1 should think go insane he fie continued well some of them do dop I 1 answered as women do 10 in the city worn out by society and too much leisure but in general they work as regularly and as hard bard as their husbands it seems hell bell to me evans said on our way back from denver business required that we visit ono one of the despised farmhouses the man of the house was gone but lils ills young wife was able to transact the business tor for we came she was an attractive young woman with a shy little youngster hiding behind her skirts both she nud and her husband had been to college we discovered they bad traveled some find and much to evans surprise they had even been to new york how do ion live in such a pince avans maskrid it sn sli bad il she replied simply 11 e pich tell other oilier we are gning to limit lima air loii ir ind we P lieve alm yin ilm slip fit ii laying 1 ivina hr hor hand on the DIP eliis brint fin veri happa win W Wf in rn N shaper union I 1 |