The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-10
Talk By the Architect About
the House and the Pocketbook
They Should Be Commensurate Size and Much Trouble Would
Be Home Building and of

doing work which is vital Their ideas Of
homes and home life along right lines.
which may affect larger number in COM
ing years.
'But the home builders are not confined
TO those who for any reason build houses
which are unnecessarily large and elabor-
ate. In America any one who wishes may
own his own home IL is merely question
OF denying ones self a part OF the non
essential pleasures. and the result may be
a spot of ground with house upon IL. and
safety from some of the cares and anxieties
of life. The strong desire TO own ones
home property is next door to realization.
The exceptions to this statement are not
greatly influential. The workman whose
occupation is i'm the center of New York
and whose skill does not justify fair wages
and the cost of rapid transit TO and from
his work, must live in cramped. miserable
quarters and pay p per cent. OF his income
in rent If he will live in the center OF the
great city. But why live in New York at
all?
Nearly any one may own lot lie may
BUY II on terms so favorable. so encourage
ing, that the denials made necessary i'm
its purchase will be forgotten before the ink
is dry on the last receipt. Money is cheap
ana easily obtained on even fair security
ANY man OF good habits, with indus
trious prudent wife, can secure money at
low rates as soon as he has modest basis
or security. and such will not be
long in paying for a lot. When that is
done the road is easy. The impulse 10
buy, the impulse to save. is half the battle
Any one can own a home who can nav rent
Every rent receipt should be a notidca-
ton TO build for ones self. A man who
pays rent must Of necessity pay interest,
principle and other fixed charges within
a definite number Of years upon the house
he lives in. Otherwise land values and i'm
provement values would have no existence.
INTEREST IN HOUSE PLANS.
Every one is interested i'm house plans
The newspaper which publishes them has
earnest readers, even among those who
are struggling TO pay rent and whose
larder is not plentifully supplied. 1t is
the woman who thinks most about a home
of her own. The home is practically her
world. 1t is her all. With man a home
is more nearly incident. He eats his
meals there. stops there over night. but
there are other things in the universe than
his own roof Most houses that have been
built as homes are the result of the dream
OF some woman, often woman tired and
careworn, but struggling for the safety
and comfort OF her Children struggling
against the necessity OF paying rent Ii is
the man who hangs back who hesitates.
The man cares more for the little super
fetal pleasures. He cares more for the
summer outing or the theateT, for the
streetcar rides, fishing excursions and the
gratification of his stomach than does the
woman. out OF things Ike this come our
homes.
"A house of two or three rooms is good
deal better If 1t is your own than II IL is a
four or fve-room house and belongs to
some one else. IL is a great deal better To
plant ferns and vines and trees. 10 put in
seeds in your own soil than in that which
requires a rent receipt each month In order
for you to be able to cultivate IL. \ sitting
room which may serve a. dining room, a
kitchen and a bedroom are not a bad start
for "A home. The ambition. the training
and the JOY of living under ones own roof
and digging ones own soil. even whore
the house has only two or three rooms. viii
develop the strength and impulse 10 realize
"A more convenient and comfortable struc-
h.. ~ NHaI "a
velops abilities which advance his business.
The home spirit. the home ambition. or
the American has much 10 do with his
commercial supremacy as do his practical
skill. ingenuity and ability 10 organize
lie does all these things primarily that he
may have a home OF his own.
Il have paid for more than one home IN
rents" said the architects companion.
EDWARD SMITZER-