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Show BEIIEUOM SUBJECT OF nop Hall Crane of Chicago Institute Insti-tute Will Be Here for Five Days During Next Week; Speeches Planned FOLLOWING the example set by Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Pasadena. Seattle. Portland and other cities of the Pacific coast, various business interests .f Salt Lake City, assisted by the Halt Lake Telegram will bring the Better Homes Inatltute of the Art In-I stitute of Chicago, to Ha't Lake for five days, commencing next Monday. The ballroom of the Hotel Utah has been selected for the Institute and ther will be public sessions twlee dally, one at t p. m. and one at t p. m. There will be no charge. Announcement Announce-ment to this effect waa made today by those fostering the Institute. The Fine Arts oelety of Utah, 'recently 're-cently organised with Miss Evelyn 8. Mayer! heard of the art department of the Unlveraity of Utah, as president, will be the patron of the Institute as the work of the institute is closely allied al-lied with that of the Fine Arts society. HIGHER STANDARDS. The Iletter Homes Institute, of which Ross Crane, director of the extension department of the Art Institute of Chl- cego, is at the head, has lor lis purpose pur-pose the raising of the standards of living in America. The inatltute proposes pro-poses to Influence people in building better, more .comfortable and more artistic ar-tistic homes: to elevate the Ideas of women in furnishing homes with better bet-ter furniture, and in u more plranlns manner; to demonstrate art In wom- on e drees; to influence municipal governments gov-ernments in correct city planning, and to elevate living conditions in rurul districts by bringing the farmer to see the desirability of building comfortable and artistic homes. These things make for better American clt.xenship, happiness hap-piness and health, it is declared by Institute In-stitute leaders. The Better Homea Institute accomplishes accom-plishes Its purpose by exhibitions, k-c-turrs and entertainments. The exhibitions exhibi-tions include twenty oil paintinga by American master of painting, valued at I S40.000; a purtuble model room allowing ' correct furniture and Interior decora- j tlon. with designs, plans und render- ; I Ijiiis In color, devoted to the showing of : houses of good design at moderat- coat. , plans, enlargement and photograpiia ! to lllualrate the aubjeel of planting the home grounds: photographs and plans showing Interesting work In rliy plan- j max. town and vllluge Improvement. community centers. tc; examples of j American made fabrics and various! manufacture J articles to Illustrate the use of art In industry and others. I MEET EXPENSES. I I The exMnse of the Institute will be paid by the furniture, lumber, clrc-trlial clrc-trlial and really Interests, a number of tne Urge stores of the city, the fait Luke Telegram and others. 'I he names of each firm or groups of firma that have combined to bring the Institute to Halt Luke will be published in full In the Immediate future. The Telegram believes that the series j I of free lectures offred by this Insti-. lute will prove of untold value to every person in Suit Lake mho la Interested in building better homes. The folliiWina Is what Ross Crime 1 himself hus to say about tne lietu-r Homea inatltute: "The Belter Homea program Is es- 1 sentlally one of community building and development. It consists of two i outstanding features. First, a campaign i of popular education to create higher laiandards of taste snd know.eilge in ;the building, furnishing and equipplnn of a home which will result in the fol- lowing: BETTER FITTINGS. I "The creation of a popular d-mand for quality n furniture and house I furnisntnga and thua ompel the man- ' ufurture and distribution of u better; I product. - i i "'Making the homes of America more j beautiful, efficient and attractive and ' thua elevate American home life and : 1 citizenahlp. I "The second feature consists of a I comprehensive, constructive. Inspiring j land practical program of community ( development which shall be the medium . through which to Inaugurate a civil J 'revival: aupply a play for future j growth and development of the community; com-munity; provide for the social, educational, edu-cational, recreational and creative activities ac-tivities of all elements in the community; commu-nity; establish the business and industrial in-dustrial interests; Introduce and flatter flat-ter civic beauty and create and promote pro-mote civic spirit." ' |