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Show IS HOME LESS ATTRACTIVE? Every Member of Family Nowadays Seems to Find Entertainment Elsewhere. Tho avcrago American homo scorns to bo losing Its attraction for the household, Anna Gladden writes In tho Now Orleans Tlmcs-Plcayuno. Tho homo Is frequently only a placo In which to sloop and eat. Tho children chil-dren coming homo from school stop at homo long enough to doposlt their books and go oft In pursuit of enter-tnlnmont. enter-tnlnmont. Tho mother entertains hor visitors by shopping or visiting tho picture show. Tho ovonlng callors aro treated to a musical entertainment or n theater party. Tho call of outsldo attraction 1b strong. However, tho homo should havo its attractions and ho satisfying to both old and young In tho household. When tho back yard has been transformed from an 'ash heap and a tin-can pllo to a plot of tlowcrs; when ugliness in fenco and outbuildings has been covered with vines; when window boxes add n touch of naturo to tho houso and grass covers tho lawn, and when this Is done by tho members of the household house-hold who find pleasuro in the task, the homo will havo incrensod attraction attrac-tion and tho household will want tlmo to linger and enjoy tho development fiom day to day. |