The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25
) N EDITORIAL writer in the De-
lineator combats the idea that

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4 n modern men and women are
losing their old reverence for home ana
are not bound by Preside ties. Wnlle
admitting that there are surface lndlca-
tions that give color to this pesslmlstlc |
charge he argues that progress pushes
PEOPLE out of their old homes.
ttThe spirit Of change is in us all, but
this does not really mean that we have
sacrificed our old affections or our an.
cient faiths. -s..
Where we live is home;
Home that our feet may leave, but not our
hearts.
uTt would be considered heresy TO
argue that the migratory notlon OF
home is best, but then in modern times
wisdom itself is not always orthoooH;
There is the old idea that. we sn ion
cling faithfully to the family place,
whether It be sanitary or not; but sure
Wv it is better to enjoy life IN cot
tage on a. gravelly hill than to nave
malaria in the big stone house that
/ borders the meadows. 1t is not that
neonle of today have less home feeling
81 mich as it is that they adapt tins
feeling to new knowledge and fresh
conditions. For, says the poet, with,
ont hearts there is no home';; and, IL
follows, with hearts home can be any
where-even in hotel.
4 q America is the home of homes, the
Hand where the family domicile is the
best and happiest in the world. II
was rare foresight that MADE our
statesmen, thru the homestead laws and
other liberal and enlightened ways, cul-
tivate the home idea. It has gone on
until we count as our best citizen the
man who owns home; and thus am1o
the radical movements and propaganda
Of the times, with occasional talk OF
| anarchy and other dreadful possibilities
we look with steady and confident face
Into the future, because we see IN eacf
census a continuous increase In the unm
Der of Americans who own their homes
eyes, the American is becoming more
a home owner every year. he IS occu
plying larger space. STATISTICS show 1t
travel proves it, we all feel 1t. There
is desire for home building, and oul
young people are studying plans ant
bears Of a century ago used to pore owe
lottery circulars. In a way home build
ing is also a game Of chance. It lack
4 entirely, of course, the sins Of the lot
terv, but it is not easy to say what tn
z result will be until the game is over
Z The houses will not always resembl
B their blueprint pictures. There are n
q real rules In this game. EVerYDod.
4 should play it to his bent.
'fTo show that change does not de
stroy the home idea nor dull the yea
: for this fascinating game, the Defines
tor writer relates the experience Of
man Of 65. who has lived all his year
}. in one Of the large American cities, an
! who, in his four decades of married lift
: has built and occupied five homes. TIL
city's development has moved hill
x about every eight years. Each time b
It sold his house for less than it cost hin
and yet 81 have no regrets, b
: said. Il get the worth Of my none.
3 Building a new home is the healthies
and most reiuvenating experience on
can have. I expect to build anothe
q before / die, for, altho we have bee
e on our present street only thre
j years, Il already see those advant
agents of business, the millinery she
and the grocery store, coming up o,
II way .,