Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-22 | Page 14 | And Not Even Her Thumb Was Mashed

I I AND ADD SOT NOT EVEN HER THUMB VIAS NAS MASHED WHEN YOUNG OUNG WOMAN BUILT ROOM 5 HOUSE HERSELF 1 By ny MBA t Service S OMAHA When eb Neb eb Wb When n Mrs R B RA BA RA A Bol Bolen n points to her ller homond homo nd Ind sale This Is MY home borne she q smore moro more entitled to that reflection than most women omen In the United Unite States For not only is It her home tile home homo bhe she lives but In-but In but It Its s home orne the product of o her 0 own n hands It Ue tte e home she built Prom from foundation to gable the new room five bungalow on Lt J Jaette avenue here was Sq put up by Mrs Airs Bolen Dolen alone Of co course e eshe she had to leave Iea IC l e the plumbing ard and Electrical work to licensed workers others 1 bUt lt she did all the carpentry Working alone on the Ip 11 corduroy kni knickers hers high boots and heavy work ork shirt Mrs Dolin completed d her tas task in eight months Her husband came three or four times to look Jook O Jr ov r Yh t the le and ort otter offer r l end nd whenever hene er she struck a 0 snag she s ss says s she sho went to V F 1 K K- K Stearn or of the he Updike Lumb Lumber r company compan ho d t tell her what fo Fo to do 1 0 II s A TOO Ive e 1 enjoyed cd Cry e minute If ft r tIt It ft she concludes now that she's through MJ M and I lied hid been for twp two leara ears on t house bho ho explains We Ye want want- wanted wanted an ed cd it to suit ourselves es and our ur pocketbook so wo 0 made oui 0 own n plans Mr fir Ir nolen Bolen Bolen couldn't I leave Ica e a his business to supervise the building bO so I decided Id I'd quit work ork and do doIt doit doIt It After I d watched the cement Workers put the basement in ln I de- de decided decided de decided I J could do do- do dothe the carpentry work m myself elf So I started As proof she could Mrs ills Dolen Bolen points to her youthful days When hen henon on a Farm inn near Hiawatha Kas i as shed she'd rather handle farm machin machinery try ery than wash ash dishes So building her own on home Wasn't i so o difficult after all The Tha hardest manual labor was putting up the framework she brother dys My lily old 16 helped me with the lifting BROKEN SEK n n NAILS J Otherwise lse she did it all even en tos to s putting in the windows fitting the radiators shingling the root roof ana and boring the holes fey f the plumbing I I did sacrifice or four fins finger nails nalls she confides No Xo I didn t swear but I m not telling i What hat I thought Mis Bolen figures hes s ahead of the game same lm sure e l sawed sl as much as asIlia Ilia salary I could ha hate earned rho he hc concludes and I feel fell certain that lie Ise I e made a good I ly building In a growing grO Ing part of toss to ton ti n And then theres there's the health side of it I honestly never neier felt so ell wellIn In my whole life I Ia II Ii a I i z s w wt t I Iy y t r a r 7 e I x t tt I I 1 I YI 1 z y ky k kH H x xo o r c p ti tie e a is x max Y t k 3 i t ta 1 a e eI I I IF x t tt e t Y 6 G t Ap lz 1 t r F 6 wr 4 yF a M tr we aws e J MRS R A BOLES t D D Tile ROOM rIVE-ROOM SUE SIZE J