The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-12
BETTER HOMES.

During the last few days Kenosha has had
a Better Homes" exposition and 1T is encour-
aging to see the interest that has been taken
in it, There is nothing in this new world way
of living more interesting than the new con-
sideration that has come for homes. People
are building better homes, they want better
furnished homes, more convenient homes and
it will never be able to bring home satlsfac-
ton under any of the old programs again.
Better homes from a physical standpoint,
mean better homes from other standpoints.
There is no influence as great as the home and
when the home is made tasty and attractive,
it is certain that this influence will be en-
HANGED.
Time is past when four walls constituted a
home. People are building better types Of
homes than in the past and that better type IS
bringing better interest in the home and the
things it stands for. The man who has good
home is always a better citizen and the good
home is always more influential home III the
training of the children for better manhood
and better womanhood. -
Prohibition has aided materially in driving
home a desire for better homes and more
home comforts The man of the house has quit
spending his nights in the saloon and he wants
to have his home more convenient and more
comfortable
People used to think that they had done
pretty we'll when they bought some straw mat
tings for the bedroom and in ingram carpet
for the living room with here and there rug
with a dog head on it, but now the sale OF
straw mating is decidedly limited and the in
grain carpets go a begging and are usually
found as features of bargain sales. The people
have come to know that the home influence
is worth while and that the better the home is
the better becomes it's influence on the lives
of the people who live in it.
Just to see how this better home movement
is going forward one need only compare the
new types of homes with those of twenty and
thirty years ago. It's an altogether different
proposition now and the advance is one which
is decidedly encouraging
Men and women have come to know that
Eddie Guest was right when he said, it took
more than brick and mortar to make home.
They are beginning to put human interest in
to the homes and this human interest is ex-
pressed in better furnishings, better convent
ences and better direction Of the home The
one always goes with the other When a man
spends his money on his home, it is certain
that he is going to take a new heart interest
in it, for with homes like everything else,
"where your treasure is there will your heart
be ALSO"
Better Homes is a movement in the right
( ection, and one which should be encouraged
ano fostered in every possible manner Ifayou
can interest the people of any city in their
homes and the things which go with the
home-that means streets and sewers, schools
and colleges, churches and parks and with all
good government - then you have started
big movement for the building of the best
there is in manhood and Womanhood and it is
going to be reflected in a constant improve
ment of citizenship. The best way to build a
real city is to give the greatest impetus to any
movement for better homes