X. AT OUR HOMES 



ROOMS OF THE HOUSE," THEIR FURNISHINGS, AND THE COST 



or LIVING 



A good home, together with all the comforts and influences 

 and associations that should centre in it, is essential to the 

 largest degree of happiness in life. However costly the 

 dwelling that shelters a family, it may be anything but a 

 true home by reason of the manner of life of the people who 

 inhabit it. On the other hand the best of human affections 

 and influences may centre in the rudest of structures. Yet 

 it remains true that comfortable and well-appointed dwellings 

 constitute a large factor in having good homes. To possess 

 a good home and good home surroundings, though these be 

 moderate in cost, is worthy the ambition and sustained effort 

 of any American citizen, man or woman. 



It is the testimony of close observers that people of limited 

 means and scant resources are very commonly the ones who 

 fail to get the full worth from every dollar spent for home 

 comforts and for family support. Lack of understanding 

 of what to get as appointments for the home, and of what 

 should constitute a suitable original outlay for them and a 

 reasonable period of service from them, results oftentimes in 

 deplorable waste and unnecessary deprivation. 



There is ample opportunity for the exercise of individual 

 tastes and preferences after standards have been established 

 concerning what is desirable for the comforts and conveniences 

 of modern family life. These standards may be upon any 

 scale desired for the persons whose interests are to be served. 



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