Evening star., 1925-02-14
ALL KALAMAZOO UNITED
IN BETTER HOME EXHIBIT
Successful Demonstration Last Year Vas
Most Notable Instance of Complete
Ciuic Cooperation.

comfortable and happy within its four
| walls.
The first floor Of the house contains
bedroom, combina ton living and
dining room, kitchen, and a bath
room. This arrangement is Of obvious
advantage to young couple, a 1t would
not be necessary for family of this
size to use the second floor. which could
therefore remain unfinished at first
Upstairs are two large bedrooms, each
with windows on two sides, giving
plenty of light and cross ventilation
Each room has dormer alccve. Room
Is provided for lavatory on the second
floor which need not be installed at
the time the house is built;
The bedroom on the ground floor,
called by the Kalamazoo better homes
committee, the mothers room, is de-
scribed as the key room of the house.
A mother, particularly one with young
by, will find her work much lightened
by the arrangement of this house. While
she is at work in the kitchen, the baby
can be out Of the way of harm but
within easy earshot and only few
steps away.
The combination living and dining
room is large, IL and q feet. 1t Is pos
sible to set table to accommodate as
many as dozen people in one. end of
ordinary living room furniture. Except
at meal times, a dropleaf dining table
can be used as study table, and the
window seat. where two of the children
may sit at meals, is quickly restored to
the appearance of lounge. This Is a
wise arrangement for the economy of
space. Dining rooms are used possibly,
about two hours a day, being usually
waste space during the balance of the
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income the economy of this space may
be an excellent plan.
Visited by :O.Op0.
Close to 10000 people visited the
demonstration house at Kalamazoo
during Better Homes week A corps
or hostesses met all visitors and con-
Quoted them through the house in a
carefully planned itinerary, explain
ing the advantages of arrangement.
1t was pointed out to all visitors, for
instance, that the house was adapt
able for families of various sizes, and
that II only two people lived in it, the
bedroom downstairs might well be
used for dining room. The adVan-
tages of the arrangement of the
house for a mother with young chill
dren were pointed out to allvisitors
Each member of the corps of host
essess was assigned to a special room
and explained its many advantages
for economy and comfort.
DIR. Crane, chairman of the Kalama-
zoo committee in general charge of
the demonstration, wrote in her re-
port TO national headquarters il
Washington: We need not have wor-
ried bout visitors to our little house.
They came literally by the thousands
-2.760 actually counted one after
noon and evening-to say nothing of
those who, detained for time at
the front door, entered in spite OF US
by the basement exit.
THE building and loan ASSOCIATIONS
have said very gratifying things
about our campaign-its stimulus to
building of small homes and its ap
peal to people of means to put money
in building and loan associations as
safe investment and an aid to peo-
pie of small means who wish to buy
The Kalamazoo demonstration COM
prised most of the features suggested