Gunnison news-champion., 1923-10-19

with, and l presume that is why We
all find with the passing of the years
that We have some pieces OF furnish
ings about which We wonder what
ever We bought them for. Perhaps.
1t is because this accumulation was
with little or no thought of the tastes
of the people who were to use them
and they do not enter into the scheme
of things in giving our homes that
sense of comfort, beauty, repose and
service, which is necessary to make
them the fitting background of our
daily lives.
/ | am afraid that too often We are
apt TO look upon the attractive home
as matter of dollars and cents, fine
{ honey homes are not so much n CUES
I ton of money as of right thinking
and the exercise of judgment and
taste. Few of US are born with good
taste but with the facilities now Of
fered us through the reading Of the
magazines we may develop good taste;
even the colored illustrated advertise
ments offer good way to cultivate
our tastes along the lines of home
surroundings so rich in individuality
and artistic value that the matter OF
u tNptlSt uoth NOV tiiAef llto Sie iiaeN'i
at all.
But on the contrary, the expensiv.
home with its rich decorations and
furnishings may be simply the ex-
preston of n professional decorators
taste; beautiful thing in itself but
entirely unrelated to the personality
and individuality of the inmates there
in-hence the spirit of the home is
sacrificed by the getting used to it,
process.
Our home surroundings or environ
ment exert the greatest single influ.
cnoe on our lives. Mind influence OF
rs we usually speak of it, atmosphere
in our homes is nothing more or less
than mental condition produced by
ones physical surroundings which has
soothing, quoting. refined effect up
on the mind or else irritates and an
ltagonizcs, or as we often express il
gets on our nerves." and makes thu
plcasantest household task n form oI
drudgery.
4 Whether in color, form or arrange
ment we all have an inherent love fol
beauty, instinctively we prefer beaut,
to ugliness, and it is up to us to cult
vate this love of beauty and TO keeI
ever before us the thought that tn,
real object of all beauty in the home
in fact, all the real purpose of hom'
decoration and home planning. is I,
create mental rest, rather than displa!
or show, mental calm instead of emo
ton, genuine repose in the place o
nerves, because the home is the plac,
for rest, relaxation and calmness, tn
place Of all places to which we ma!
turn for happiness and recuperation
With this thought clearly defined il
our minds let US try to separate thu
essential from the non-essential, spen,
the time devoted to the care and dust
ing of senseless bric-a-brac to reading
walking, or even plain resting. Wei
|, be all the more companionable to tn
other members of the household. Cul
tivate an atmosphere of quiet SIMPLE
; ity about US, such, as imagine, per
vaded the humble home Of Nazareth
and, like the driver at the steerin,
wheel of car, let US watch the or
ward sweep Of life, keeping one ey
upon the port to which we are steering
, And again let me say, as homemaker
!, let us try TO appreciate the import
ance of simple, restful, useful beaut
in our home surroundings, inside an
out, note its effect upon our daily live
and on the lives Of those about US
especially our children who will be tn
i homemakers of the future.