Show All Houses Not Homes This Writer Declares Do you live e In a house or do you live In a home Th This s Is the pertinent question asked by Better Detter Homes es In America the recently recently re rev Incorporated national educational Institution which has President Coolidge for chairman of Its advisory council Herbert Hoover secretary of the Department of Commerce for Its Us president and Dr James Ford for Its I executive director i iOn On One great grent trouble with the tile United United States today It points out Is that too many people live In houses bouses rather than In homes Take a straight and honest bonest look at your your abode right now and make up your mind whether It Isa Isa Is la laa a home or merely a house If It It Is only the latter you are being cheated out of the best thing life Ufo has hns to offer orter and the best advice that can cnn be given you Is to exchange all that you have for a home A house Is permanent enough to quality qualify as as a home when It belongs to the family whose members live In It But Dut when Is It sufficiently worthy to tobe tobe tobe be considered a home Better Detter Homes In America answers In effect at least that a home Is worthy when It Is of such a type that Its possession i j gives satisfaction and content to ber Der of the family circle It must be a n nc c conveniently arranged hous house in which there ore are contrivances for for- reducing household drudgery to Its minimum so that time Is left over from the work of housekeeping for the more Important work of homemaking A well arranged kitchen leaves a mother leisure to cultivate companionship companion companion- ship with her children A comfortably and harmoniously furnished living room Is a place in la which spirits as well as bodies may be at peace A home pervaded by dignity and simplicity goes a long way toward producing lives permeated by the the same qualities The worthy home need not have overstuffed overstuffed over over- stuffed chairs and Imported rugs but H It will have good books and music and the parents will devote time to play pIny with their children since these things are of the spirit and a worthy home ministers first of all nil to the spirit High Ideals are as essential as ns comfort or efficiency In a home When Is a house attractive enough to be a home Better Detter Homes In America Ameri- Ameri ca says that It Is when It possesses the priceless attributes of end and harmony and beauty no matter how bow modest Its furnishings and decorations deco deco- rations may be Blanche be-Blanche Blanche Brace In la the Chicago American |