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Show tJszeim foot? TEE PESEHET SZWB, BgTPlOgV, TPTEE 30, 1927 TO 2 M To moAs a happy fire Every house usher eLore . abides And Friendship is a guest, surely home, ' and home sweet home; For there the ' heart can tide cllm teean and ip ifa, Thata the true pathos X s and sublime Of human Ufa, PC intu This Is the Place 99 rat -- icnr 1AM DTKK. If Better Homes Week--- js:being observed throughout the country.-Its- . purpose, is to direct attention and effort --toward the improvement of homes in every-respecMany familiesFlive in surroundings that cannot make for progress and happiness. Thousands need to be educated to improved housing, home The home is the corner stone of ownership and jthe art of society. Unless it is wholesome, clean and comfortableand unless the true home spirit dwells therein, it cannot be called a reaLhome. Any movement or enterprise that will foster better homes is a blessing to humanity. ; tr home-makin- g. The small home in America is improving in convenience and in general appearance and comfortable and more is becoming more attractive for all members jof the family, says Dr. John M. Gries, Chief of the Division of Building and Housing, U. S. Department of This improvement is" encourCommerce. aging to all who are interested in the welfare of the home life of our nation. A generation or so ago it was possible for a family to maintain its unity in what we now consider inconvenient and unattractive quarters. At that time there were relatively-fevj- L things which tended to destroy the familys interest in the home. Today, however, varied activities and His home , the spot of earth supremely bleat, K A dearer, sweeter spot than ell the rest. -- HTMIIIT. "Garden homes and homes in gardens," are rapidly increasing in America. This is a most encouraging sign. Beauty and attractiveness will help to bring back to the home the power and influence for good that it should wield. But more important than physical attractiveness and eon-- i enience is the home spirit. LOVE AT HOME There is beauty all around, When theres love at hornet There is joy in erfry sound, When theres love at home. Peace and plenty here abide. Smiling sweet on erfry side. Time doth softly, sweetly glide, When theres love at home. In the cottage there is joy When theres love at hornet Hate and envy nrter annoy. When theres love at home. Roses bloom beneath our feet, All the earths a garden sweet. Making life a bliss complete, - When there! s love at home. contacts keep people away from their homes for a great part of their time This makes it especially necessary that the home be comreal needs Ift fortable and attractive, and fill ' j the lives of all the members of the- family. - Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, President of Stanford University, says: Simple but artistic and attractive homes have a profound influence upon those who occupy them particuWith the larly upon growing children increase in cultivated plants, better under-standiof gardens, and improvement in architecture, the taste of a, whole generation can be improved by the Better Homes move ment. Kindly heaven smiles above. When there! i love at hornet All the world is filled with love. When theres love at home. Sweeter sings the brooklet by, Brighter beams the azure sky; Oh, theres One who smiles on high, When there!t love at home. ng 7 : Mid pleasures end palaces though we may roam. Be it ever so humble, theres no place like home. BOWJJU) gATWm. yC : If love dwells within a home, happiness will reign there in spite of other limjtations. If the family group is cemented by true affection, if there is a real bond between father, mother, brother and sister, the other good things of life will cluster arbund and the dwelling place will be indeed, HOME SWEET HOME - The Deseret News urges that in the observance of Better Homes Week, and throughout the year every week, and every day special effort be made to cultivate and nourish this most important phase of all, love and fellowships the home. And not only should this fie exist between members of the family group, but between neighbors and friends and all fellow citizens. Let lis break down the barriers between our homes; let us obliterate the lines that have divided us. Let us be interested in our neighbor, in his happiness and welfare.Let us form a true Brotherhood of Man. If wejwill do this, if we will add this accomplishment to the beauti- the - Better Homes. movement advocates; t ifwewill help to f fication and improvement-whic- h create the true home spirit, then we shall be able to say with truth and with pride, thatjor real homes, where loveand 'happiness-abid- This U the 156th pag In the series, which, s supplementary editorial, is devoted weekly by The Deseret News to advancing the interests and welfare of Utah and the Iatermonntain west. with Reader, are yon DOING YOUR SHARE In this worthy enterprise? How are yon showing your interest? Read these pages and know, why, ..THIS IS THE PLACE," , . e, X I " This Is THe Place -- If you are not a Subscriber to The Deseret News join Srith os now and help boost Utah and her wonderful resources and advantages. "T f i A |
