The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-05
US. Homes
Praised by
President
"Apex and Aim, the End
Rather Than the Means. of
Our Whole Social Sys-
tem,' Harding Says.
Highest Desire of Man
BY Universal Service.


Washington, June 4.-The home Is
the APEX and the aim, the enc
rather than the means of our whole
social SYSTEM" President Harding
said, in an address at the dedication
of the Washington model home. de
signed after the cottage of John
Howard Payne, author Of Home
Sweet Home"
The president paid tribute to the
management of the American home
as the greatest single industry IN
America" and pointed out that in
this industry 900 100000 women toll
~every day of the year, 100000 OF
these women doing their own work
without help"
There is no other activity or in
dustry comparable to this, in the
number employed, the effort devoted
to it, or the Importance of its pro
ducts, nor in the Significance of the
spiritual forces that envelop it., the
president said.
Home Highest Desire.
THE home he continued, is at
last not merely the center. but truly
the aim, the object, and the purpose
of all human organization. We do
not seek to Improve society in order
that. from better homes, We may
bring forth better servants of the
state, more efficient cannon fodder
for its armed forces; rather we seek
hot homes in order that
we may avoid the necessity for con-
flict and turmoil in our world. Sc
far as this world knows or can vision,
there is no attainment more desirable
than the happy and contented home
The president pointed out that only
recently has the problem of develop
ing better homes received its first
consideration in the establishment at
various universities, departments OF
home economics. The problem of bet.
ter equipment of the home, he as
serted. has received all too little
attention"
" Development in Mankind.
THE common man OF yesterday
was a serf, a peasant, bound to task;
whose significance he did not kno"
and for whose results he had small
care the president said. THE com
mon man Of today is citizen, voter
a sovereign. truly a participant in de
termining the ends and destiny of ths
state.
1T In the purpose Of the better
homes movement to make possible {
like advance in the status of woman
kind. We are going to have such ad
vancement in the mechanical appur
tenances of the home as will repre-
sent a real emancipation Of women
With that emancipation we shall SCI
women taking a new. a larger ant
vastly more significant part in thosc
great determining activities of lif.
which henceforward must mark oul
way toward realizing the best ambi
tions OF social organization"
Less Effort in Management.
President Harding emphasized th'
point that. where Importance has beer
attached to making better homes. u
providing for home ownership. thi:
movement 10 utsiShcu " duNdHIc th'
creation Of homes which require les;
effort in management. Of homei
equipped in better taste. of home.
which leave to women who must man
age them a wider opportunity, a great
er range of privilege for social ant
spiritual movement"
1t is not so much the problem o
housing as 1t is the problem OF In
creasing the home comforts. of devils
ing new conveniences. OF expandins
that understanding of domestic sci
ence which must make for the i'm
provement of American homes" tn,
president explained.