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The San Francisco Sunday CalL
WHICH KING OF A
DOG DO YOU
LIKE BEST?
Reginald F. Mayhew
WHERE is the parent who has
not felt the gap in the life of
a child, who. sprouting up. is
without the friendship of a
dog! From the stage of Teddy bears
and squeaky pushcarts to the budding
day* of baseball bats "and UUtputian
footballs life may be a dream of won
ders and Ice cream, but for all that
there Is a big blank if there b« no lov
ing four footed friend with whom to*
frolic and romp.
There Is something in the wiggle
\u25a0waggle of a dog's taH, something In the
laugh loving: upturn of the eyes, some
thing In th« heroic forbearance under
thoughtless "rough x house" tactics
\u25a0which live in our memory long after
childhood has passed and our child
hood friend has gone to rest
Who since his toddling, prattling
days has forgotten : the friend whore
cars he mauled, whose eyes he prodded,
yet who patiently. Joyously supported
his tottering rteps and saved him from
many a fall? A mother's lovo Is one
of God's great gifts: a dog's abject
worship to helpless childhood Is an
awesome welling of devotion which
from the beglnslsr baa united man
and his dumb friend.
TTfco shall say dogs sr« not part end
parcel of our life? And to be pitied
is he who has been denied this un
shrinking affection.
Dog Is and ever baa been the.com
panion of man. Man ever has been his
god. In all the aeons which hare been
and will be the life of the on* is linked
v ith that of the other.
The process ef ages has evolved from
a common ancestor races which have
little resemblance to the remote pro
genitors. And today there are breeds
each a « distinctive in Appearance from
another as In character and habits.
Environment, aided by human Inge
nuity, has affected this, and bow a vis.
ltor to an up to date dog show is con
fronted vrlth a medley of apparent
contrasts. Superficially there' would
seem to be little in common with a
dog of the Eskimo family and a tot
of a Pomeranian. Yet stretching from
continent to continent there Is a chain
which, beginning with the Eskimo
in Alaska, extends over the lea bound
region to the Iceland, Greenland and
Norwegian sheep dog, cousins german
to the collie; thence to the nomadic
tribe of the Saxnoyedes, and taking a
southerly route through continental
Europe . one meets the German and
French sheep dogs, including the Pyre
nean variety, while in southern . Ger
many and Poxner&nia one reaches the
native home of the beautiful little
Pomeranian. To the cast. Into China.
the link of the chain Is disclosed in the
chow chow. All theso are branches of
a common ancestor, and In the dingo it
extends even to Australia.
The Greyhound Family
Another branch is the swift, #!eet
footed greyhound. Starting from ire
land, one meets the Irish trolfhound
and ccross the channel the Scottish
decrhound . and English greyhound.
Farther east is their cousin, the Rus
sian wolfhound, and. turning south,
the Italian greyhound, the Circassian
wolfhound and Persian wolfhound.
The third family is that which cen
turies c'sro was used in war and as a
guard for man. It embraces the mas
tiff. St. Bernard, Newfoundland, great
Dane, the draft dogs of '^Europe and.
the Thibet mastiff, said to fee the most
ferocious. of all breeds and only amen
able to its master, even to the < pug,
which seems to have originated :• In-
China. V
By selection from all three of these
branches of one tap root one ; arrives
at the different varieties of terriers.,
a conyTaraUvely modern Innovation,
and a family about which little can
be gathered or traced a century back.
The establishment of dog shows
about 50 years ago In some Instances
has introduced exaggerations of type;
which. In the case of the mastiff and
St. Bernard, have -come within an aoe
of obliterating these breeds*.
Human whims and f ads, never, satis
fied with a settled . order of things, but
ever .thirsting. for novelty and change,
havV conceived v many varieties \u25a0. which.
are ramifications of - what one might
designate the staple varieties. .In this.
category, one might ~ include several'
recognized toy breeds,; such as srlf-.
fons, ; bruxellois,- the .schfpperkes,;. pe
klnese spaniels, papillons and the
luplno of Italy;: andj England recently
has gone so far . as to attempt to im
pose on the public a nondescript look-
Ing animal under the venerable sound-
Ing title: of. I-hassa terrier, while this
country, riot to be.outdone, has added
the Boston terrier to the list.
Individual - preference for a dog of
any particular variety is merely a
* matter of .personal choice, Just as some
men aCec^t loud check suits and some
women dote on headgear with all. the
colors of the rainbowV The funda
mental Instinct of all dogs is to re-;
gard man as their: ordained protector.
Ways of the Collie
Take the collie and its first cousins,
the Norwegian, -Pyreneen and German
sheep dogs; its second cousins, the Es
kimo and their relatives, and * its
third cousins, the chow, chow and
Pomeranian. Each, has the same ino
madic predisposition— dormant," s per-
haps, . but lurking in the undisclosed
depths or his second self. Originally
the boon companion of the ,'Vlklngs,"
the e©lHe,;in .spite of .generations of
care and ; culture, - shown f lapses which
mark : his ancestry. , Servile to , aY de
gree, \u25a0 sup&rsensitfve .to ay harsh ivtori,
there are moments in a' collie's; life
when the old predatory Instinct -seizes
Mm and* the old lust jL or ravaging the
larder overcomes . him. - Few collies
have I known" that could resists the
temptation of sneaking off with? the
roasting leg of mutton when the cook's
back was turned. One I knew, win
some, faithful, ; brimming over .with
love, that consciously or -unconsciously,
walked; away from > the proffered meal ;
but leave a dish of meat in a secluded
corner and the thought that >he - was
stealing It put 'such an edge, on his
appetite that it' would be gobbled as
ravenously • as , If he had not . broken
his fast for days. V '
With children a collie is patient and
submissive^ provided he is given a wide
berth when gnawing a bone. And In
this respect few ; dogs that are of any
breed, that will not' resent interference
when contemplating a bone. In this it
would seem ': that ; all . dogs • demand . a
free hand, and he who loves and re
spects his dor should never /ask sub
mission under . such an ordeaL It : is
an Indignity to which a dog should
never be subjected. -
For dogs the size of a collie my lean-
Ing has been toward the bobtail sheep
dog. More courageous, a bobtail yields
his love for lore's sake and not as an
act of submission. He gives his -all,
but in return expects that kindly .con
sideration due to his allegiance. : Open
hearted, honest and true, his devotion
is unbounded and. unlike many collies,
be Is incapable of a mean action. r For
a tot 'just launching into the prattling
stage no more trusted friend or stur
dier protector could be found, ,-r
Taking the breeds, one , has
terriers in- all - their variations, cocker
spaniels* and English and French bull-:
dogs. A cocker, although intended by
nature 1 to " lead" 1 a : free, •„. open : alrV life,
hunting thej,Jitubble fields, the hedge
rows and j bramble bushes, more easily
adapts himself to city and flat life than
a terrier. • Of a yielding, nonaggresstve
disposition, he delights in 'caresses, and
so long; as ." he \ls pampered and ' petted
he Is • apparently happy ; and contend
Compared with a terrier, however, his"
character is sugar and watery and
.inane. \u25a0 \u25a0 '.. :. ..-.•.\u25a0•• ",. : ;.-
A terrier, be he fox, Irish. Scottish
or what not,'; is a "pal" from the word
go. r ,Up to; all kinds of mischief,: 'ready,
for fun and '\u25a0? frolic, no breed ' has a .
keener, sense - pf . humor. Incapable .of
minding, his;; own affairs.' he makes it
his business ito pry into all ; the : scandal .
of the - neighborhood, gossip *; with <> all
and ' sundry - : and fraternize -: with/^the
most \u25a0-'. disreputable. Yet with all '• this
he has ; an . immense opinion . of himself
and his master, and, .ultra' radical as he
may; appear, he quickly", resents a
liberty and never S forgets : an im
pertinence. 888
The Friendly Terrier
In spite of his levity: and buoyancy;
of splrit»; : he Is . 24i carat . as I a friend;
stanch : an - unselflah'in his';affection.
nHo haß.be«n charged vrtth tho Inclina
tion of atramp. but in^this I am satis
;iled he has been maligned,' although ap-,
pearances may ha ve " beexT against him. ;
This accusation Is : undoubtedly, due j to :
the fact that his bump of inquisitive- ;
ness I Is : more \u25a0 f retly : developed- than- In
other 'heads. And experience .V% has
assured me that although t his \ inherent'
tendency.^, due •to his f confidence tln i his :
own intelligence, Is to stroll 1 around in-:
dependent of his master's surveillance,
he will i always return S home? provided ;
that strange urchins'and persons gen
erally leave hlm|al6ne.:r Whenever a
terrier f a|ls to come' back to his i master
the latter, may with -confidence^satisfy,
himself; it i« because. he has been way
laid; and t captured I and ? not I because >he
Is t indifferent^ to his jmaster's^ kindness
or v possessed tot ingratitude..
ic all.! there 'is] no Jollier, or
more, sympathet;ci companion! --'than'^ a"'
, terriers be he buil^', fox.? Irish, "Airedale;;
*W«Uh k or Scotch.*,: 1 1 * ownadf a< winnin g|
wire haired f,u terVier.vwhlch, 'presum-"?
ably, from abuse In his early * «7«, ****
so " incurably; vicious :toh my wtfe > and
my sel f or anybody' else 'that ' I sold I him.
It so ' happened ' the , purchaser, a : few
months after, bees me ' a happy : father,
and this dog, which, would -bIU -thf
• hand : that fed him, became) the \u25a0 abject
d slave of c the - baby ,7 so > much ' »o 'g th*l :
hno v stranger : could approach It . la* hli
: p«•»\u25a0*»»"^'^fnJßWJßHWHflMffmillJF!p «•»\u25a0*»» "^'^fnJßWJßHWHflMffmillJF! ''\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0'
Another,' terrier which* l had, as 4
which ; ; was j anapplly Inclined, became :
, the nurs e, companion ' and '> bodyguard -
to"' the "baby" of a ' friend to whom ]
" gave; lt. : "\u25a0 r-- ' * .-; •:\u25a0 i \u25a0\u25a0:' . •-/; ~:L - '\u25a0 \t\ \u25a0'- -\u25a0 \u25a0 -
- Turning to bulldogs, the English va
riety are. as a rule, good natu red, big
' hearted! and well disposed to all corn
ers. Owing to their' Inbreeding, hew
i: ever,' they are high strung and unduly
V excited ; J they; become uncontrollable }
and . f renziodly blind while * the storm \
- lasts." " In ; f act,'r : the \ newj phrase ITbraln i
-." storm": is especially Ito the '
occasional tempests which overtake a
. bulldog. :'; His \u25a0' French cousin 'Is more '
,; apathetio •"\u25a0 and ' less .: pronounced yin -' his *
\u25a0 individuality.*'^ But he, « too,'; Is . subject \u25a0
to brain storms.
V*;Of "toyldogi^one^hasiCholoeln abun-i
"; danoeT ':?? Just •. now> I there* is v the ; new
Pekinese 'Ai spaniel, j, which V':ln,'
,' appearance I is? across be twe en a;\u25a0 pug
.and a* Japanese spaniel. That he > should
i ever^ usurpjthe ; pls.ce'of ; the] pug, one of !
'the oldest* andfpurestrofibreeds,^orl thej
i : Japanese , or; English toy. spaniel, I can
notot Imagine. s'< The f-., pug, > although? hit :
Impudent snub nose has In a measure
been put out of Joint, is a dog of muoh
I Individual character, bombastically ego
tistical, quaintly consequential. He Is
j both an amuslnV and • humorous \ \u25a0 com-
I panlon, and be certainly ov err.hel in s hie
i master ? with f deVotibn/feThat a breed
of r suchj undoubted | antiquity and dls
1 tlrictlve' personality should ; fade in ' pop
,:J ularltyi is ', al matter J if orj ngrwt'W^gß&m
Toy^ spaniels :of i recent years, es
pecially. lri~. this? oountry.Xhave become
k the I victims frof % ai blind M eravlne; m tori
»itheyj aref riowj f eeble,^ Inanimate idys
| peptlcs.t withl all r^ theirß oldl| Inherent]
?\u25a0 sprlghtliness crushed.^ Prlor^to^ the out^i
Icry I f o>} lillputlaris | the • toy (spaniel iwasi
iaM^yJUttleJ[chap,leagerlfOTlaX«ay?«?
Itl I" II I' il#Mii*yilHil llilsWll'Hleii MMh iSSJlMlsJh"»iMisWllimsßWl'«Trel>lMniiiw'l Jliitfi
ramble and keen to hunt birds of all
kinds,; * • / • .
Pomeranians; Are Nice
y- \u25a0'•; In ';; contrast fi to'"'- the"; present 1 ': laeka-J-
Aalsieal ?apanlel Is the :J active vt little" \
Pomeranian, full .-. of j life I and t energy, *;.
sharp as a steel ' trap and precocious jas ;
an ' Infant - p rodigy . To \me the Po m er- '
anlan Is the I prince Tof J toya,|f orl hel Is i
not only dainty and^picturssque. but U>
; brainy ; | a bundle of alfeotlon and< ai lit- .1
; tie J piece of I live • dog -flesh > whlohl holds f
. aloof/ f rom i strangers. ,r y^v-.>~. \u25a0' '/. '.\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 "'. . v
;: : r As i for big dogs, with the decadence :
or masUffs and at Bernards, I the deer
hound and greay Dsjw fuUy deserve
whatever 1 popol*rttjr s it I bestowed ton \u25a0.
; them- § nefclei In |characur,*
the deerhound|U - t the s aristocrat? of I all|
[«ogeVi while \ the) greet | Dsute^ is \ the; In-1
fc*rnation*S of >3pow»r^ : activity^>and?
.courage.^ . .V^^BMWeWfi^^ -- : ,^- "
p^ith a\wuntryie»tate]and^ plenty iofj^
•cr««ito;romp(over.\thelrearlngjof i .the'
\u25a0 deerhound \u25a0\u25a0 or.. \ the . ; rnbre^. > aggressive \u25a0
great' Dans would be ['«] pleasurable and
; interesting! pastime, r and | the | same|ap^|
\u25a0plies ! to] sheep I dogs lorlcolllesvil^p^^^
re^bow^rbom Ithere < is \ plentyj
iOf|funftelbe| i extractedfoirtTof|terriers, i |
[eipeciiilyj In) a}- country J[ abounding! in |
i foxes,"! raccoons, -badgers [or* other I small }
fls ?\u25a0 the"/. trsat^^nt^fJTa'^i^l
the Average \u25a0 owner expects too : much
from ia : dog . at % the*/ outset of . the '-. *c
qualntance.-3W It^be^aipuppy.^fulliof
\ spirits ' and destructiveness, he ': Is ; ex-;
pected to.be a paragon of domureness
with a head of wisdom on his shoul
ders of which few staid \ middle % aged
men; ere possessed. ,_ He' ls supposed- to:
i know,Tobedience.^ I to < be tractable /, and
iveid fof {all t •xtiberiant; spirits. 3 !; Inlother
tror ds,l many ; persons ? expect \ a^dog ito
piavejndjyouth, no wild oats to sow," and
'.whenf hejfdoes | kick f overlj the/ traces f I
: am; pained \ to T sa y -many/of ! the": kindliest
vl n ten tioned : b el ab o r th e ? often Ser whs n
I vocal ; admonition '.would serve" the pur-
Ipoie^-;';/'' 1-:-;;-'^1 -:-;;-'^ /\u25a0.:"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:"?.":_ \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'' \u25a0\u25a0 .
: "/ It g neverj should , be ' forgotten -:? that
[ puppies f are %as as chi Idren,
'.. and • kind .but 1 firm treatment Is as bene
' flclal^ for ;the'oneras T the -.other.' r-'r -'
:A> i Dog's vCliiidhood"
\u25a00& Dogs] have ,to] pass {through ,the j head
strong, impetuous stage, as is > the [case
\u25a0. with- their * lords end masters.";/; During
| this I transition;- the sowner| is |to % blame
if ; his •\u25a0 wif e f s| best | Paris | bonnet ;, is Idis£
mernbered and i favorite gloves or: shoes
: ara- gnawed Uoishredsr>Books,*;toew are
| special If objects Sot If delight '>; j f orathe
I youngster^ to ply| hlsl grinders ? on,*| arid ;
| oriel should realize that ; these : acts |of
demollshmerit 1 are! not | the| promptings
|ofjt|hj^evil ff > |butithe f ordlnaooe^ of I ha-;
ture as a relief to the irritation caused
by., the : growth of molars. •_
: V According to the' duration of develop
ment, so the necessary "for ma
turity. Terriers -may be considered to
have .arrived at the age of discretion
by/ the time \u25a0 their : second birthday
comes f round, while collies and:sheep
dogs 'would .take i six > or /nine*, months
longer. %:,Toys,v; such- as f Pomeranians,
are in the full \u25a0 possession of their men
tal capacities ten months after birth.
After these given'ages the individuality
makes its mark, and the member of the
different t varieties settles down to a
more orderly routine of life. »,
The California Bungalow
Hanna Astrup Larsen
IT is a- pity that the old Gothio war
riors can't rise" up out "of their
sculptured tombs; gather their sev
ered ' limbs together and rematexial
l2e In ' ai good sired "California bun*
galow. \ They would surely f col : *6
thoroughly ; at . home that they would
promptly begin' ono'v of their little
drinking bouts, and - perhaps end up
with one 'of the friendly squabbles that
used to lend zest to 'social gatherings
In those days and prevent the country
from getting , overpbpulated. One
could not easily Imagine j one of these
events taking place in a "parlor" with
lace curtains, plush .upholstered furni
ture . and glmcrack ornaments on an
Imitation castile marble mantel. In a
California ""dwelling of the severely
simple style that has come to be re
garded as artistic -there would be noth
ing lacking ; except the' rushes on ' the
floor and the weapons on- the wall . to
oompiete . the setting for; a mediaeval
story such as Chaucer •\u25bamight have
written' or Tennyson revived.
. The weapons may be supplied by the
collector of .antiques, and the rush
strewn floor will, no doubt," be the next
step In our development toward the
habitation ,_ of "times gone ' by.- ; Very
soon I "trow"— to keep .In the medi
aeval style— we shali be ' sleepliis; on
beds shaken down at • nightfall -,-, from
bundles of pliable twigs In the manner
described In Lady of the Lake."
The . raftered . ceiling , is like : those that
used to resound 'with the drinking
songs of the old Vikings; not so smoke
blackened perhaps, but it . may easily
become so. for. there is the cheerful fire
of big blazing. logs piled up.in;a fire
place .ef. rough bricks built up In a
semblance of carelessness. The bare
board floor would give echo to the mar
tial tread .of the warriors; the stout
chairs would support burly forms, and
the long expanse of table be Just the
thing for an old " time banquet.;. Big
copper bowls on the shelves would be
Just about the size convenient for- the
red flowing mead that, can loose the
tongues of the banqueters, and make
j words .leap from their scabbards,
sharp answers to. hot words. -
The warrior's gentledame, too. would
find the house" keeping conveniences
such as she had been used to. .There are
big heavy ? lidded wooden . chests ; for
storing her. Clothing. Benches are built*
into the walls, and shelves run around
the room In the old style. "On ] them the
plates and cups are arranged In full
view 'instead of, being- hidden :away In
the kitchen "as. if -these necessities' of
life were things that could not. with
propriety be seen \ In tha^ living room.
The . earthenware > bowls that occasion
ally f.vajsjr.~ the line of • plates . and cups
would ; be Just "what she iised to serve
thVevening.mush'.ln. The figured wall
paper, which I believe some nmn ?(I hate
to think:. where '^c'e ' twill » ro when he
dies) wns> allowed : to : : Invent ;. muoh as
Jthe ', der il' was allowed to trouble Job.
Is i[ not. ; N"eUher X are • there f ramid ; and
glared 'iandscapas with pnrllns;^ brook
In the \ foreground and a \ thatched - oot
tag*> in they middle distance nor pictures
of ' rsyche •« leaning " self-consciously to
look at herself in 'the .water. . Ob •\u25a0 the
.piain^waUs ' of -wood* in the color that
God ; made It hung bright colored
squares' of wooden pictures :or hgavy
tapestries In the rectilineal. patterns of
fa%tlmelbefore eyer our great-grand
i^aothere^at at- their; looms. Lace^ cur
tains or any of the frilly,' flowery 'things
that! have" been the. fashion' so lor.g are
luid Z ln"; their placa Tire plain
fabrics of dull green : or blue hanging
in: straight: Hnesr't The cushions; are ; In
[brJghtTaojld?colors of times long gone
y>r^*^.tej^j!^yA°^i|tb c embroidered
tlilngeM^tl^^l'eroamtnted parler
, To . say; .which breed Is prefer
kble to another isr corspan!oaih!p is
a distinction -which rests In a gTeat
measure: with the temperament mt the
: owner. v Dogs of one breed \u25a0 rary as
much ' In Individuality as humans. For
this reason oat can only speak gen
erally and draw Inferences from racial
characteristics.
In af crowded city few breeds "ere
really : tn: their . element, and although
a. dor may. lead a Ufa of apparent coa
. ten troent i ln a atuff y Cat. tt ; la because
he has not known the freedom of, the
country. To the flat. dweller who most
\u25a0 hare ' soinethls gr " more substantial than
a toy, a cocker spaniel or a French
bnlldog: would probably best fill the
bllL Either has less animal spirit than
a terrier. Is more easily. controlled and
- less ; prone to - scare the life out of ' a
i neighbor's • pet cat.' ..To ; one . who Is
willing to risk the chances of encoun
ter* with the ; other ..family's favorite
"torn" and .\u25a0 occasional rough and : tum
ble ' fights on - the sidewalk, let him
.: hare \u25a0a . terrier," by all means. He will
get far more ; fun out of his choice, and
as age tones the latter down the owner
will be more than repaid for the occa
sional trials caused by the ', terrier" s
youthful exuberance. •
, Anywhere beyond a city's limits a
- terrier Is In his element— a boon com
panion to tha youngsters and a source
of never ending amusement to his
master. Treated considerately, how
ever, I do not think - there is any \u25a0 dog
of any v T civilized breed— chow : chows
and such have been associated for too
many .'generations with Mongolians to
be Included— which Is wantonly vicious.
Breeds.' t however. In . which I would
- most trustingly confide are deerhounds,
English sheepdogs and bull tsrriers.
sofas in recent days were te show their
daisy or pansy besprinkled faces among
them,. they would b* an incongruity.
Rickety parlor tables with plush
bound album and a bound volume views
of the world's fair in" Chicago resting
upon a crocheted tidy in the center
have given place to the long, heavy.
rectangular ' table of waiod — again Just
as God -made It without any of the
stains and . varnishes that have been
Invented to obscure the real nature of
|t.lt : ls Just the kind of board around
which the. Gothio dame was want to
gather her numerous family for supper.
If there is not the >hlgh seat" for the
house father at the upper end of It, it
•hows that ws may have adopted the
old styles, but we have not gone back
to the old patriarchal way of thinking.
We may. If there. is any power In' the
influence of outward things.
The fire is fed with logs and fanned
with bellows ' such as most of us knew
only from our youthful recitations of
"The Tillage Blacksmith." until the fad
for old fashioned things instituted its
revival. . It is : stirred with the smoke
blackened poksr arid tongs which again
most of us know only from our reading
of poetry, though I can -remember a
pair of tongs used to carry - live coals
from stove to stove and relegated to
the woodshed with the advent of hot
water heating and other recent luxuries.
.We : really have not begun to * burn
pine torches In the. house yet. but it Is
about all that is lacking. We havo at
least made a' step by substituting can
dles with all • their picturesque para
phernalia of -snuffers and pincers and
delicious brass candlesticks for the
bourgeolse kerosene lamp.
IThe house Itself Is the most com
plete realization of the old fashioned
idea. Instead of cutting up the avail
able - space Into four or five boxllki
rooms, we have the spacious living
room ; with- its expanse of table ami
couches .and the pleasant dimness of
the corners. It is 'reminiscent of the
old patriarchal conditions when tho
rank of each person might be measured
inversely .- from . his distanca from the
flr«, in which gathered the lord of
the - ma: sion with bis family, guests.
hangers 7i and servants graded accord -
Ing to thylr Importance by their dis
tance from the fire and the light of the
lord's countenance. :
> ; The Ivery.i. windows open unsophls
ticatedly' upon side ; hinges such as I
have 'seen in Norwegian 'houses 100
years' old instead: of sliding, up and
down -by^any mechanical devices. The
doors do not move on Invisible hinges,
but -flaunt v big. .; honest, iron clasps.
nailed on In the sight of god and men
with heavy Iron nails. Even the lintel.
Instead :of being <. invisibly Joined,"- la
apt to " be - fitted together by -a , dove
tailing device as ingenious as it Is un
sophisticated. The .patent lock has
given place . to bolts and bars, and tha
square - hasp Is ,; perhaps ,- not quite so
large, but , of the same kind .. as . that
through which a Scottish- maiden onae
thrust herj arm ' and held It till the
bone 7 broke when warriors tried to
force their way into . the queen's apart
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The staircase comes down directly,
into the • living . room in the way in
which it surely came when our ances
tors ; first began having ' upper stories
In " their ' houses. The -Ensi Is & « have
kept the pleasant fashion In their large,
square; halls, and tt is also seen in all
modern American homes. ,
If the' house keeper of medieval days
should \u25a0. return to \u25a0us she would be .on
familiar \u25a0 ground and \u25a0' would know , In
stantly.' where ito take \u25a0 hold of th*
household rtlna. It may be true, though
that if • she eoutd \u25a0 see ; the Intervenin*
fashions, of. a short time. ago. the gilt
spindle chairs, the, flowered carpet arid
the \u25a0 lace ; curtain s s*d the parlor lamp
with c its , flowered ; china :( shade* '. they
would ; seem to ' her* like \u25a0 her . dreams of
heaven. She would aarral at th»
vulgar tastes of .those who," navlag be
held "* these civilized glories, could .go
back » to: the square simplicity of .the
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One thing would still b« new to her-—
the bathroom— and another would ex
cite her., superstitious terror , before she
got **used; ,to _it—ihe; electric .button.
t*Plenty \u25a0> there*/ .w«, v; after 'a . fashion;
magnificence " of a' rude sort .there was;
comfort \ there .was , not. and. . bein g : un
known. .it was unmlssed." says '.Walter
Scott of 1 the; Saxon ' mansion; where Ro
wena\carried \u25a0 the \ keys. : 7 The i merit "of
the modern * California '• home ".- Is that it
has <; grafted : " the ? comforts ; of ; hot i ami
cold water and 'electricity^ oa \ the ' solid
comfort, the square ' honesty, and .the
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