The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-06-22
THE ATTRACTIVE HOME
Article Ill.


The first step towards comfort in
home is accomplished when a COM
Portable house is provided Money
spent in making the house attractive
and habitable Is always a good in
vestment. IL Is most desirable to
have children learn, after they be-
come old enough. that their parents
thought of them before they were
born, and prepared good house for
them TO live in. The chief object In
having a home Is to make place
where little children will be safe and
happy.
The character of the house always
reacts on the character Of the child.
A neat, attractive house with ade-
quate furnishings has a wholesome
effect; a shabby building and unat-
tractive furniture always make an
unwholesome impression. II every
parent realized the tremendous infiu.
ence which the house. the furniture.
and the immediate surroundings have
on the child. there would doubtless
be fewer shabby houses. fewer tum-
BILE down fences. and less bare space
and broken-up furniture. One of the
chief things that drive young people
away from home early is the utter
lack of neatness and convenience IN
the arrangement Of the home. I'm.
less parents recognize this. they may
expect their sons and many of their
daughters To lesve home as soon as
they have the opportunity.
Here are some things that every
home could well afford TO have:
|. An abundance Of good substan-
tial furniture.
IL money is not available for pur-
chasing this. il may be made by hand
Any man who can use simple tools
ought to be able to make rocking
chairs, settees, tables, other heavy
pieces. In most places in the coun-
try Of the south good material is
available, and plenty Of time Is at
hand for making all the heavy pieces
the average home needs.
2. Kitchen conveniences
A table in the center Of the kitch- \
en-; a kitchen cabinet; an arrange
ment for heating water quickly; run
ming water; other time and labor |
savers are most essential. Many
man purchases all the conveniences
he needs for his barn and forgets !
that his wife needs things in the
kitchen as well as he needs them in
the barn.
3. Rustic seats, chairs, and swings:
Entirely too many parents make no
effort whatever to provide the little
extra things which add TO the COM
fort and enjoyment Of themselves and
their children. They neglect To seek
the means Of comfort and satisfac-
ton which are theirs for the asking.
And they often wonder why some Of
their older children are restless and
unhappy.
One of the reasons for all this
restlessness and unhappiness is the
utter lack Of outdoor comforts. No
chairs, no seats, no swings, no play
apparatus, no anything except a bare
yard. And the child who grows up
in such a home will have little but
a bare life. II is no wonder that he
leaves home and seeks satisfaction
elsewhere.
4. Shade trees. vines, and flowers:
Everyone has seen the little house
out in the field basking in the burn
ing sun, with rot vine nor shade
tree near it. Not everyone realizes
that a life spent in home like this
is about as void of sunshine as the
house and lawn are of shade and
flowers. There is no shady spot
where mother may sit with the baby;
No inviting pnak Uhara ,h;IJra, ,,avI