Evening star., 1926-10-23
CAPITAL BOOSTED
BY EXPOSITION
s1E-a UHvE AEHENHIE EhME
Better Homes Show Proves
Washington City for Fine
Residences.
C. f. LA XIGNE.

Executive Director Washington Convention
S.-4~ Bureau.
I9Home is where the heart is, the vital
and inner circle that supplies GOOD or
! bad citizenship for circulation through
j the community. The better the heart,
the greater the atmosphere Of affec-
ton, Of power, resolution and capacity
for the building of city that can De
/ called great. The first Better Homes
Exnosition in Washington may be re-
ferped to allegorically, therefore, IN
/ the sense of something shaped like
! heart, with it's enseunble OF varied
/ units contributing like arteries to the
forcef4ll contractions and dilatons OF
hAtfpan relations that mark the des-
tiiay of the people Of the National
Capital.
The Washington Real Estate Board
has, in this respect. set up in NINA
ture the heart of the Capital City at
Washington Auditorium this week
1t matches the better exhibitions that
have been presented from time to time
by our largest visiting organizations
and surpasses anything heretofore To-
cally attempted. TIE reaction to this
thoroughly planned demonstration is
larger attendance by far than any
local exhibit has enjoyed. Undertaken
as an experiment, but with view OF
annual repetition if successful the
first wear, attendance encouragement
and support seem practically to settle
the future annual better homes QueS-
ton for Washington.
Visitors in town, many OF whom
have accepted the opportunity to
mingle in the average daily attend
ance of 5000 folks at the show, will
carry back to their own communities
q new verified message about our
Capital City-not q Nero red-tape gov
ernmental center, but real red
blooded thriving business mart, where
more than a half million cOntented
individuals live and have comfortable
being. OF this total population, 6O,720
are Federal employeS-mOre than 20O,-
900 other people find sustenance from
commerce. trade and the industries.
The story Tor the observer in the
aisles and among the booths covering
10000 square feet of floor space at the
exposition is one that begins with the
art Of the architect, showing the part
he takes in plans and designs and
superintendent of construction; 1t
shows the handiwork Of the builder as
he executes in lasting mold the forms
and designs of the architect; it shows
the devices and materials that go into
the dwelling place as conceived and
executed; it shows the furnishings
and cOnVenlenceS and equipment that
contribute a character picture of the
mode of life Of the occupants; 1t shows
landSc9 ping ana lawn and flowers and
shrubbery and realtor development
that contribute to th3 finished atmos-
phere in and about the home where
the heart is. However modest or mag
nificent. the real quality of character
is reflected in the home setting.
The first annual exposition by the
Washington Real Estate Board has
all the attributes of the best home
maker. The conception of a purely
educational exhibit has been care
fully observed Notwithstanding
sold, no catchpenny devices or bally-
hoos, no cheap vending annoyances.
1t is a distinct progressive step in
local exposition annals of the city. a
credit to those who created and
sponsored it, fine record of the prac-
dce of home construction and home
ownership in the Capital City. Upon
James p. Schick, executive secretary
OF the Washington Real Estate Board.
rest the mantle Of commendation as
chief planner and doer for this splen-
did event, assisted by J. H. Snyder as
manager, the local newspapers as an
nouncerS, and the executive COM
mittee, composed Of Clarence F. Dono.
hoe, w. c, Miller. John F. Maury,
Ben 7. Webster, Theodore M. Judd,
Jesse ii. Hedges. and Albert E. Land.