The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-05-14
WHY EVERY FAMILY SHOULD
OWN A HOME
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| TO own home and house is two
different matters. The remarks may
be heard often, THAT man owns more
than one house but he doesn't know
what home is like" He has the
house but not the home, but, in order
to own home it is very necessary to
own house, and it will not only ben
eft yourself but the entire neighbor-
hood.
When there are strangers or trav-
eIers in the community they will say
laccording to the appearance Of the
buildings, This community is pros
porous and the people up to date" or
These people are careless and waste
full. Theyrwill never be a prosperous
community" And you know it raises
Eyou up a notch or two in your own
estimation as we'll as in other peoples
| to have good buildings on the place
and to have people admire them.
The building of any buildings is a
very safe investment, but the building
of a home is the one that will pay you
the best returns in the years to come,
piness and cheer all your life.
II the family owns the place where
they live they will be pretty certain
to stay there and not travel from place
to place to live, putting the children
back in school work or work of any
kind. Then the members of the fam
lily will enjoy identifying the home if
it is theirs. Every time they get
something new they will not need to
think 81 wonder if there will be a place
for this in the next house we move to-"
How much nicer it is to own the
home than every time you think Of it
as, not belonging to you. There will
be no landlord to turn you out If he
happens to become angry. The fam;
lily will be happy If they own home.
When man and wife start out in
life the first thing of Importance is a
home How much nicer it is if the
home Isl their own. Later on there
means a lot to them to invite friends
to their home and be able to say This
is our home"
One of the most important reasons
why every family should own home
is, it gives both the parents and chill
dren a feeling of security. The par
Ients do not need to worry or think
about what they are going to do when
they no longer can pay the rent, and
the children can grow up knowing
there will always be a home some
where for them.
When our soldier boys marched
away, for those that left a mother at
home that was dependent on them for
support, it made them say with sigh
of relief, well mother has the home
anyway. She will always have some
place to live
Compare the United States with any
of our European countries and 1t can
be easily seen that the United States
eXcells them all in homes. or course
we all know that education is the first
and most important thing in uniting
and uplifting "a nation, but homes
come a close second. a.t.
If the people have homes they will
be more satisfied and will not rise up
and revolt like we have so many eX-
amples in the foreign countries.
When a person is travelling or even
working some place it is pleasant to
know that there is home waiting for
you when you arrive at your journeys
end, or when your work is finished.
So there is another thing a home
means to us. d.
Now that the war is over we have
more reasons than we had before to
build homes. To more firmly unite
our nation, and to make it a happier,
weather. and more prosperous nation.
1t isn't only the dollars and cents
that will pay your profit from owning
a home, but in seeing how 1t helps the
family in every way.
A home will pay for itself many
times over during a lifetime SO it is
always safe to invest in a home,