CHAPTER IV 

IT was a morning of artistic creation. Fifteen minutes after the purple prose of Babbitt's form-letter, Chester Kirby Laylock, the resident salesman at Glen Oriole, came in to report a sale and submit an advertisement. Babbitt disapproved of Laylock, who sang in choirs and was merry at home over games of Hearts and Old Maid. He had a tenor voice, wavy chestnut hair, and a mustache like a camel's-hair brush. Babbitt considered it excusable in a family-man to growl, "Seen this new picture of the kid--husky little devil, eh?" but Laylock's domestic confidences were as bubbling as a girl's. 

"Say, I think I got a peach of an ad for the Glen, Mr. Babbitt. Why don't we try something in poetry? Honest, it'd have wonderful pulling-power. Listen: 

'Mid pleasures and palaces, Wherever you may roam, You just provide the little bride And we'll provide the home. 

Do you get it? See--like 'Home Sweet Home.' Don't you--" 

"Yes, yes, yes, hell yes, of course I get it. But--Oh, I think we'd better use something more dignified and forceful, like 'We lead, others follow,' or 'Eventually, why not now?' Course I believe in using poetry and humor and all that junk when it turns the trick, but with a high-class restricted development like the Glen we better stick to the more dignified approach, see how I mean? Well, I guess that's all, this morning, Chet." 

II 

By a tragedy familiar to the world of art, the April enthusiasm of Chet Laylock served only to stimulate the talent of the older craftsman, George F. Babbitt. He grumbled to Stanley Graff, "That tan-colored voice of Chet's gets on my nerves," yet he was aroused and in one swoop he wrote:  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What leisurely activity did people partake in?
2. Which games did some participate in?
3. 
Q2:
1. Where were Hearts and Old Maid played?
2. In what location did people play Hearts and Old Maid?
3. 
Q3:
1. Whose home were games being played in?
2. Who hosted games at their house?
3. 
Q4:
1. Who didn't like Laylock's singing?
2. Who found Laylock's singing distasteful?
3. 
Q5:
1. Who did not approve of Laylock's singing?
2. Who disapproved of Laylock's tunes?
3. 
Q6:
1. What did Babbitt think of Laylock?
2. What was Babbitt's opinion of Laylock?
3. 
Q7:
1. Why did Babbitt disapprove of Laylock?
2. What was Babbitt's reason for disliking Laylock?
3. 
Q8:
1. What did Laylock do after singing?
2. Once Laylock had finished singing, what was his next order of business?
3. 
Q9:
1. What took place in April?
2. What was an event form April?
3. 
Q10:
1. State Babbitt's full name?
2. What was Babbitt's first and last name, with middle initial?
3. 
