Evening star., 1927-10-25
THOUSANDS ATTEND
HOMES EXPOSITION
Second Annual Display of
Building, Furnishing and
Equipment Opens. I

WIN several tuousand HrSt-nlghterS
In attendance, the Second Annual Bet
ter Homes end Building Exposition
conducted under the auspices of the
Washington Real Estate Board i'm CO.
operation with approximately 100 local
>NEineSs establishments and other or.
ganizations. was opened last night at
the Washington Auditorium.
The exposition will be continued
through this week, running from ]
to il pm. daily, and special fea.
lures have been planned for each
night. On Thursday evening the
Alexandria. Arlington County and
Fairfax Real Estate Board and the
Arlington County Chamber of Com.
merce will be special guests and Fri
day evening will be observed as Board
of Trade night. On other days there
viii be lectures on many phases of
home building. financing, furnishing
and equipment to be delivered by ex-
perts in the several phases of the
problems of the home.
Larger Than First Show.
Larger to q considerable extent
than the first better homes show
staged by the Real Estate Board last
Winter. the exposition this year is
an array Of all manner Of construc.
ton models, building materials. house.
hold appliances and furnishings, so
that the visitor in passing through
the Auditorium is given a visualiza-
tion of literally thousands of the
points to be considered in the con.
struction of home.
The national committee on wood
utilization has one Of the largest ex-
hibits in the show. presenting numer.
GUS models showing the approved
methods of the use of lumber in the
framing OF house, proper bracing.
the laying of shingles, insulation and
many other features Of house con.
struction. The Washington Public
Library has an attractive exhibit
showing the relation of the public
libraries to home-making, with a great
number of books and magazines on
home building and related subjects on
display. Real estate firms, members
OF the local Real Estate Board, have
large exhibits of pictures of homes in
their development as we'll as models
and other illustrations of the types Of
architecture and construction en-
ployed in their houses.
Musical Features Displayed.
There are numbers of victrolas,
radios. pianos and mechanical pianos
on exhibit as illustrations Of the musi-
cal features of the modern home, and
there are booths showing latest de-
,velopments N the heating of the
house, electric dish washers, electric
refrigeration. all manner of household
appliances and varied group of ex-
hibits by a large department store.
One of the outstanding exhibits is
that OF handicapped garden prepared
by nursery concern. Located at the
east end of the basement floor of the
Auditorium, this exhibit contains a
spacious lawn with real grass, a row
Of American box bushes, a pool with
fountain and. against the wall. row
of arborvitae hemlock hedge and
other shrubs.
An exhibit that aroused consider
able attention among the visitors at
the show last night was a one-story
Spanish bungalow erected in the CEN
ter or the basement floor. This house
was erected for the exhibition within
a period Of four days and is furnished
throughout, including many of the
latest developments in labor.saving
devices.
Other Exhibits at Show.
Other exhibits are thouse of the In
structive Visiting Nurse Society of the
District OF Columbia, a number of
local life insurance companies, the
American Red Cross, the Weather
Bureau ana the Washington news
papers. The Evening Star Newspaper
Company has a large booth showing
interior and exterior pictures of the
four Star model homes which it spon-
sored in Washington and its suburbs
this year.
The Better Homes and Building Ex-
position is being presented under the
direction of a special committee of the
Washington Real Estate Board. con-
sisting Of A. n. Miller, chairman;
Horace @. Smithy. Wilmot w. Trew,
Thomas L. Phillips, j. Curtis Walker
and A. C. Houghton The committee
is assisted by James P. Schick, sec.
retary Of the Real Estate Board, and
]. Fl. Snyder, in charge of the Better
Homes and Building Exposition Office.