The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-11-17
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BETTER HOMES WEEK

The following is a copy Of a lettel
sent to the Federated Women's Club.
in Montana by Mrs. w. l. Higgins O:
Butte:
"Dear Madam President and Clul
Members:
"Your state federation president
Mrs. S. M. Souders, appointed me, a.
chairman of the art in the home ant
garden committee, to present plan.
for your consideration regarding trt
Better Homes in America movement
The appointment and the literature
explaining the campaign came too late
to ask you to observe the nationa
i'"Better Homes week. Oct. 8 to Oct
IA. Therefore, will you consider OBJ.
serving this most excellent ~educationa
movement during the last week il
November or the first week in De.
cember? The plan indorsed by the
advisory council, composed of Calvin
Coolidge, vice president of the United
States; Herbert Hoover and other
members of the cabinet and experts
on housing, sanitation, financing
equipment. furnishing, ETC., is com
pletely outlined in the plan book, which
may be secured by writing to Mrs
William Brown Meloney, 223 Spring
street, New York city.
"Mr. Hoover says Better homes in
America, with its intensive applica-
ton of principles in a demonstration
week, must surely meet the approval
of every p~ublic-spirited American
While attending a Better Homes ex-
hibition in Ohio, President Harding
said he hoped to see such a demon
stration in every town in the United
States during October, 1922. The
general plan is to secure a suitable
house for the demonstration in which
is installed correct equipment and ar
tistic furnishings. Every labor-sav-
ing device for the home-maker should
be on exhibit as part Of the proper
equipment.
"The plan also is to have an inter-
esting program of lectures and cook
ing demonstrations, both at the DEM
onstration house and at the schools.
"To secure the cooperation of the
merchants and newspapers as we'll as
civic and commercial bodies is re
quired to make the demonstration a
success.
III you cannot carry out the plan
as outlined this year, perhaps you
can start the idea by having a home
economics and domestic art exhibit
such as is being held this week under
the direction of the chamber of com-
merce of Butte. This exhibit is pri-
marily for the school children, altho
there is a department for adults. The
better homes department will exhibit
photographs of well-designed houses,
both exterior and interior views, mag
azine cuts of various features in in
terror decoration, samples of wall pa
per, textiles and other household fur
nlshings. Should you hold such an
exhibit and have the space, YOUR
merchants will be glad to have the
opportunity to exhibit wall paper,
furniture and furnishings. Especially
the dealers in electrical equip
ment and supplies furnish all the lat
in their line. If it is not possible
have an exhibit, perhaps you will
the better homes subject at
of your club meetings, if you have
hot already done so.
Excellent as is the idea of a dem
week, l should like to feel
sufficient interest had been Gre
ated in the home beautiful so that
in every town in the United States
there would be organized an arts and
crafts society. The course of study
would include domestic architecture,
interior decoration and the various
and crafts.
"The motto of such a club could
we'll be: Have nothing in your home
which you do not know to be useful,
believe to be beautiful by William
Morris. This great leader of the arts
and crafts movement also said: Real
art, the expression Of mans happiness
IN his labor-an art made by the peo-
pie, for the people, as a happiness to
the maker and to the USER Art does
not mean the production of pictures
and statues only; it means the prac-
teal application to the needs of daily
life.
I'm response to a number of in
quiries for programs for clubs in
in art in the home, I am en-
three: One on The Arts and
Crafts Movement using Hopes and
Fears for Art by William Morris as
a guide; another, the illustrated Out
line of Art (blue print art talks) by
Maj. Arthur de Bles, and a third Art
in the Home
I'm order to create more interest in
art in the home you may find it
to announce a photograph
ic competition for the best designed
houses. Awards could be given for
the several styles in domestic archi-
lecture. for the most attractive living
room, dining room etc; for fireplaces
and other distinctive features of the
house. If such contests are held in
the towns where there are federated
clubs, our committee hopes to hold a
state contest or exhibit at the next
federation meeting to be held at An
aconda. The prize winning photographs
vii be exhibited and awards made
from thoSo for tho I II