Show t t t 1 THE BETTER HOMES MOVEMENT I II I 11 By THEODORE ROOSEVELT 11 I T GO Government emment today tody Is la bo so corn como complicated rJ t ri and the h nil that agi- agi agitate tate and threaten so I Mate that we e are arc apt to lose loe sight or of o oUn Un the city from front looking at the tho houses c c nr ale alo c apt to 10 neglect the tho big bigI bl fundamentals because of QC outer other is I sus y which though important are ale alenot 1 not nil all Important In n the tho u al analysis is In all aU of oC our problems no 0 I cove come back bReI to the tho children Child Child- Children tren reil ren are aro tho most Important Io elo- mert In our country countr for the child child- I lieu leu ell ut of today are al e the count country y of 01 II I It Snakes but little dit what hat hate no e of oC o this einen Mien n li-n may do In the tire or of governmental machmer In hit I Isco tho adjustment ot of our r relationship with other nations It If e v 0 do not also soo that the children are aie brought ought I Iseo up Ul in such In-such such ft n way nay thit they can dt dt- clop and carryon carry on the tho ideals oC M Mour I our country furthermore I ir ii I nor no only our own 1 children Lot tOI whom hm we e are responsible It Is Iq tot COI COIal al all air of our people peoples s children h he 1 I mv children race Grace Teddy Cor Cor- Cornelus nelus and Quentin are ale groan eown up calens ell cal l ens ni M I they hey will III share the coun- coun country try equally with their con tern I arks of o today For that reason It If I Ino I no other and simply in the tho Inter Inter- Inter Inter- cats ot of my own o children I must tr try to see ee that all oT of their fu turn par ners In this country get a fair I start iu lu life liCe There are nio two ways that t we 0 cane and should should orl for tor or the tho children the first la fe by providing pro them with Ith such community aids and unities as may be possible Under this head come proper schools re- re recreation creation parks parka etc The second and really the mot most important tant le Jq leby by b giving glIng gl Ing to I family the tho lh chance ince to build bUlla U up 1 proper kind of 01 o homo home life liCe It is In the 1 family circle that the gets thu th th slant on life lite that lasts Wo We get I our Ideals and character from the tho th family bl breakfast and dinner and from Irom the group around the tho lead lead-I read read- In the famil room roon 11 room In the evening It Is for tor this reason that I ant antso in so strongly In sympathy with sith tho thi Homes Campaign It l I 1 practical It endea endeavors ors to bring the tho th Instruction back to where here it count county most Articles on Improvement In I household are good but ut bu th V do not accomplish nearly aJ ai a much as of oC 01 i those improvements In the tho Bet Bet- BettI Bet tI tir I Homos Homes work this Is actually whet what is done For all over the tho th United States SItes committees have base 11 1 10 0 ar- ar arranged ar ranged model houses where the th fillers Chor and nd mothers can come and ani sea be what hat may be done As ir to ill III of ot the tho common sense henso of oC o otheir their work ork take the or soldiers my 0 own n experience leads me mc to belle bellee e that one ono ot of the best aids to intellectual and nd moral train train- tog ins is a proper commissariat sc In many hames in our oui u country the kitchen is through primitive e and totally lacking in the th I modern health and ond labor eating sa ln Ing IngI 6 I de The Better Homes Cam palm p pil In n Is allot alle alle g this Furthermore the they do not stop sto at this tills point but hut In af- af after af tel lei a stud study the mend cel certain good books for the tho home hOlo y and certain eel music m 01 Oi course coure e we rte all have hate 1111 e our pre pre- pro in books an ani I mUSIC but It ItIs itIs I Is la a good thing thinK to g get t out a II standard stand stand- ard which can be bo In the nature of ofa I a guide g Underlying e every esery cr country and a anc e C rv ell civilization l Is the tho home fly flythe I the quality of our homes wo so e slant or fall for tor the home I 14 the tho power horse of tholine the tho line line An Anything thing we w can cnn do to help our homes home n we e should dv I nn I |