HI 



LITTLE MIRACLES 



"WHY CAN'T OUR HOMES be as comfortable as the dustless, 

 draftless, air-conditioned, soundproofed, and almost perfectly 

 lighted war plants now in operation?" some of us have been 

 wondering. 



Despite our twentieth-century realism and scientific ad- 

 vances, the average home possesses few comforts. Suffocat- 

 ingly hot in summer, drafty and unevenly heated in winter, 

 badly lighted at all seasons, cluttered with too much furni- 

 ture and equipped with old-fashioned appliances that function 

 poorly or not at all, our homes reflect few of the engineering 

 and designing achievements of our generation. Our ten-year 

 depression and the exigencies of a wartime era were chiefly 

 responsible for this lag. But the necessity of maintaining high 

 employment levels after the war may bring about the mass 

 production of many household appliances and devices that we 

 now regard as luxuries. In this case we shall be able to purchase 

 for modest sums many important aids to better living. 



Modern Lighting Equipment 



Perhaps no improvement would mean more to most of us 

 than better light at home. Chronic eyestrain plagues millions 

 of Americans. This problem cannot be solved by increasing 

 the concentrated light supplied by floor and table lamps. The 

 contrast with the dark room beyond the circle of bright light 

 would merely aggravate the condition. The whole room 

 should be brightened up by a combination of fluorescent and 



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