Show 0 11 44 4 i KEEP HOME FRESH JL ESH AND LOVELY L ov ELY by JEAN NEWTON A DIVAN in the parlor Is worth AX two benches in the park and the very foundations of the american horn home are threatened by the father who refuses to replace the old horsehair sofa ofa in his ha living room that was the pronouncement made by one of tho the delegates to a convention of furniture dealers recently held in new yorki things have hava come to a pretty pass he said when the american girl has to entertain her suitors in a cabaret just because the proper facilities are lacking in her home indeed if the furniture Is right the laughter daughter will be content to do her loving at home tile the jazz age continued this edl tor tori lally ally minded furniture dealer to his colleagues in convention assembled has not died and there Is work for all of us it if every mother could see the advantage of creating a proper home homa atmosphere by means of furniture slie she need never worry about the whereabouts of her daughter while I 1 have absolutely no interest in nor even a slight leaning towards toward s the furniture business it must be that there Is something to his appeal to change the old horsehair sofa while the motives of 0 tills this canny business man were not entirely unselfish his reminder of the importance of charm in the home by means of its lt furnishings Is nn an important one tor for many of us there are many homes in which the old horsehair sofa or something just as bad having baring become a habit Is consciously noticed by those who are spending a large part of their lives la in association with it but whether they know it or not a re furnishing and freshening up of the home would make a very noticeable difference in their disposition and mental attitude when they are at home while some women manifest a need for excitement in a too frequent and extravagant change and discarding of their home furnishings it la Is no less true that countless housewives preoccupied with the daily routine of their busy lives are oblivious to tile tact fact that they are every day looking upon and living in a flat or ugly setting betting when hen they can well afford to make the changes which would make as aa much of a difference in their outlook as if they were to move from a home facing f il i l 4 the disorder of docks or rubbish heaps to a boulevard on a park frequently the necessary freshening and re furnishing involves the th expenditure pend ture iture of little in money and can be accomplished by a little changing here a and nd freshens fres freshening hent D g there that Is mas made possible by attention and thought and perhaps a clever needle to a certain extent it Is a matter of attitude and attention this keeping lis ng the home fresh and lovely which Is so important not only tor for the purpose which tile the gentleman we have quoted refers to keeping the young people at home but tor for its restful and pleasurable value to every person in the home including the woman who spends more time there than any one else take an impersonal look at your living room I 1 M 0 by the th 1311 13 11 syndicate inc inea |