The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-22
HOMES EXHIBIT
OPENS OCT. "a

The Better Homes and Building
Exposition to be conducted by the
Washington Real Estate Board viii
open Monday, October "a, at a
n. M, at the Washington Audi.
tcriun1. This exposition, under the
auspices of the Washington Real
Estate Board received much credit
and a very large attendance last
year. A great many local organi
&ations are taking an interest in
the show and a number of them
will have special evenings devoted
to their interests. The Washington
Board of Trade night-will be on
October %, and October q will be
devoted to the Alexandria, Airing
ton County and Fairfax Real Estate
Board and the Arlington County
Chamber of Commerce.
The purpose of the board in
bringing about this exposition,
while in a large measure for the
benefit of those engaged in the
real estate and building business, is |
primarily to bring to the citizens
of Washington more adequate
knowledge of the details and PROB.
lems that enter into home con-
Etruction, home purchasing, home
equipment and the modern methods
of operating and maintaining
household.
The board has endeayored to ar
range the exposition so that it will
present to the purchaser, to the
seller, to the housewife, to the
real estate man, to the builder, to
the architect and others closely |
allied In the home problem a means
- a.. ~ Aaf nod
ern methods that are employed In
housing in the National Capital
and throughout the United States.
Among the things that will be of
interest to the general public, and
which are closely related to the
home, will be the exhibit by the
Visiting Nurses Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the American
Red Cross and the public library.
These organizations which have
had the benefit of wide experience
in the intimate details of home
life, will cooperate with the real
estate board in presenting exhibits OF
Interest and of an educational ma
ture.
A model house, complete in every
detail as to architecture. modern
conveniences and furnishings, has
been built on the floor of the audi.
torium and will be one of the out.
standing exhibits.
OF particular interest to the
housewife will be a series of lee.
lures to be given during the eve.
nings on such topics as cooking,
interior decorating, landscape gar
dening, household hints. color COM
binations and the preservation of |
eyesight by proper lighting.
All methods of heating a house,
kitchen equipment. etc.. will be
shown. The newspapers of the city
will have exhibits showing the rela-
ton of the daily newspaper to the
home and their work toward better
homes. Life insurance companies
will have educational booths and
statistics of interest TO home
builders and home owners. The ex-
position will be confined to educa.
tional activities for better homes
and better building.
No efforts outside of this line,
such as contests. etc, will be made.
Demonstrations will be confined
strictly to subjects and talks useful
to the building of better homes.
The hope has been expressed by
the officials of the Washington
Real Estate Board that the exposi-
ton will be met with as generous
4 response as the show last year
so that they might repeat annually
this affair which they have inaug
urated purely as an educational
feature and to encourage home own
ing in the National Capital. 1t is
the hope of the board. also. that
the beauty of Washington and its
reputation as a residential city will
be greatly benefited by such ex-
positions from time to time. The
exposition is in charge of A. n.
Miller. Horace G. Smithy, Wilmot
w. Trew. Thomas L. Phillips. j.
Curtis Walker and A. c. Houghton.
together with J. H. Snyder and
James P. Schick.