The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-23
Pilgrim Homes Were
 Better than Modern
 Ones Says Dr. Nutting

We talk of the frugality of our forefathers, but taking everything in- to consideration, the well to do peo- pie in America in 1880 talked better, dressed better and had better homes and better furniture, than We do to- in lecture on Art" last night at the second annual Ladies's Night banquet and dance held by the Xii wanis club in the Stratfield hotel.
 People of today seem to forget about art" Dr. Nutting continued. Recently I visited the richest and noblest hotel in the South which has recently been completed at a cost which is the greater part of a million dollars. The furniture, the carpets, the draperies, everything showed ex- pense but the pictures on the walls were terrible. l asked the proprietor why he had such awful pictures on such beautiful walls, and he replied, Well we spent all the money we had in building and furnishing of the hotel so I could only pay 50 cents a piece for the pictures"
 The speaker declared that he knew 1t to be a fact that the frames were worth 49 cents so it remained that the pictures would be valued at about one cent. pr. Nutting was in one of the best hotels in New York about a year ago and in the main lobby was 8, picture given to the manage ment by a certain beer concern which had it's advertisement in one corner of the drawing.
 ''Just as many self made men have relieved the Almighty of a great re- sponsibility so have many men who show you their homes and boast that they designed themselves, have also taken a great burden from some poor architects who might be blamed for the job,'' Dr. Nutting said. Am erica may boast that it has the best dress ed women but it cannot boast that It has the best homes.'
 l,S NnttinE showed many stereoptican views or intimate scenes in New England and also a few of Florida and Englewood. Many of the New England pitres were
 mont Beautiful which was published last week. He also showed the in- terior and exterior of historic and we'll known houses and of a house in New Hampshire which was built about the middle of the 17th cen tury and bought from him a few years ago by the Colonial Danes or New Hampshire. The members ot the society have furnished the house with Judge Potter's collection of rare antique mahogany.
 During his lecture DE. Nutting arso said: England is the most beautiful country of the Old World, and New England is the most beautiful part of the New World, but we do not take advantage of our opportunities. We cover up scenes of rare beauty in the
 
 bushes grow up to hide the picture, or by allowing the scene to be marred bv telegraph poles and big bill boards. We discourage native art by letting young American artists starve and going abroad to spend thousands Of dollars on the work of European artists. Recently an enterprising New York art lover bought up many pictures by young New York artists and sold them at a large price, be- cause the purchasers did not know that theartists were local men,"
 Prior to Dr. NuttingS lecture, Wal ter Bangs, president of the Bridge port club, introduced Prof. John G. Tracey, president of the New Haven the New England district. Prof. Tracey said that the Kiwanis spirit should be more than a feeling of good fellowship and should be a unifying force in and between cities and cOun- tries He told of several ways in which the Kiwanis clubs may make themselves such a force and urged that local Kiwanians do everything in their power to bring a greater spirit of friendship between cities and be- tween states. Prof. Tracey said that the Kiwanis program for the coming year would have three outstanding 1 objects. l. A normal expansion of the | organization: ?. The strengthening of weak clubs. if there are any; and 3, l the promotion of better intercIub reIa- tions.
 Immediately after the banuuet the roll call took place and as each mem Der answered to his name he also an- swered the roll call idea What is your best excuse" Murray's orches- tra played during the banquet and for the dancing which followed.