. Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder. THE PASSING OF THE PAR-LOR A loCtt] building company in its advertisement in the News to-day mentions the passing of theparlor irom the plans of the mod-ern house. To the incoming gen-eration, which was never im-mersed in the odor of parlor sanc-tity, that may not mean much, butto those of us who are older it isredolent with memories grave andgay, the gaiety, alas, finding itsgenesis more in a latter-day ap-preciation of the grotesque thanin joyous recollections of the hap-py past. For the parlor
. Wildwood homes : being a collection of houses and details with suggestions for the home builder. THE PASSING OF THE PAR-LOR A loCtt] building company in its advertisement in the News to-day mentions the passing of theparlor irom the plans of the mod-ern house. To the incoming gen-eration, which was never im-mersed in the odor of parlor sanc-tity, that may not mean much, butto those of us who are older it isredolent with memories grave andgay, the gaiety, alas, finding itsgenesis more in a latter-day ap-preciation of the grotesque thanin joyous recollections of the hap-py past. For the parlor of thegeneration gone was not some-thing to be entered into through the mellow haze of \ a. 24 •First Floor Pl*s«« -
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