Catalogue of craftsman furniture made by Gustav Stickley at The Craftsman Workshops, Eastwood, . r beginning life on their own ac-count in a simple and sensible way. Boys who are brought up in such homesare taught by the silent influence of their early surroundings to take it forgranted that they must not marry until they are able to establish a home ofequal pretensions, and girls take it as a matter of course that marriage mustmean something quite as luxurious as the home of their childhood or it is nota paying investment of their youth and beauty. We deplore the kind oflife that marks a
Catalogue of craftsman furniture made by Gustav Stickley at The Craftsman Workshops, Eastwood, . r beginning life on their own ac-count in a simple and sensible way. Boys who are brought up in such homesare taught by the silent influence of their early surroundings to take it forgranted that they must not marry until they are able to establish a home ofequal pretensions, and girls take it as a matter of course that marriage mustmean something quite as luxurious as the home of their childhood or it is nota paying investment of their youth and beauty. We deplore the kind oflife that marks a mans face with the haggard lines of anxiety and makes himsharp and often unscrupulous in business, with no ambition beyond largeprofits and a rapid rise in the business world. And we also shake our headsover the extravagance and uselessness of our women and recognize that oneof the gravest evils of our times is the light touch-and-go attitude towardmarriage which breaks up so many homes and provides such constant gristfor the divorce mill. But when we come to think of it, we must acknowledge 112. A CRAFTSMAN FARM HOUSE. ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED INTHE CRAFTSMAN FOR DECEMBER 1908.
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