De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 25
t is so modern. There are no dungeons in the goodmodern house, no disgraceful lairs for servants, no hor-rors of humidity. And so we women have achieved a house, luminouswith kind purpose throughout. It is finished—thatis our difficulty! We inherit it, all rounded in its per-fection, consummate in… … V:. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HOUSE And is nt it time for us to pull up short lest we side-step the goal*? We are so sure of a thousand appetiteswe are in danger of passing by the amiable common-places. We find ourselves dismayed in old houses thatlook too simple. We must stop and ask ourselves…
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