Show I TOWN i eLps I BUILD WITH IDEA OF BEAUTY House Should Never Be Planned Sole ly y Along Lines of Economy and Practical Utility An earnett earnest Plea lea for more beauty In building is Js submitted by a n writer In n nta the magazine T ToUchstone who says In ta part part- Building a home should be approached approached ap ap- ap- ap with reverence re as well as ns Joyous enthusiasm There is no adventure adventure ad ad- venture in life more fraught with romance romance ro ro- ro- ro mance than the creating of ot a home We Ve are apt to turn to the past for precedent In architectural styles whereas we should concern ourselves chiefly with the honest expression of our n needs eds and surroundings Love of beauty was almost a n re rev religion ligion with the tho Greeks To build an nn ugly thing was a misdemeanor punishable punish punish- able with ostracism Our country would be a much Imore more delightful anI and am much more agreeable place to live in if our home builders were guided by wise architects who took as ns much thought for beauty as they do for economy and profit Every home is isan isan isan an investment and a a- a beautiful home homp returns far more interest on the tile themon mon money expended than does an ugly on one Would it not be well for us now that ve See we ar are facing an era of home building such as the world has seldom known to p pause lUse a little and approach our task with greater carefulness We should rem remember that we we art are building for the future as well as for present delight and that our descendants descend ants may turn to our work with respect respect re rL re- re as we look into the past and bow before the genius of ot the ancient nt master builders |