Better Homes . Show Lauded by Omahans ‘■Real Homes. Keeping Alive Good, Old Family Spirit, Must Be Planned,” Says Mayor. Expositions and shows to demon ■trate and emphasize better homes ire of inestimable value to the com munity and should be encouraged by everyone, prominent Omaha business and professional men said today In connection with the Better Homes ex position to be held at the Auditorium for a week, beginning Monday. The concensus of opinion was that belter homes mean better citizenship. happier family groups and a progres sive community. “Omaha is primarily a city of homes and it is a wonderful thought to de velop the home so that can be of highest service to its occupants,” said Harry Wolf of the H. A. Wolf com pany. "Homes keep the individuality of us alive and help to develop the city.” Refinement comes from environ ment, to a great extent. W. F. Baxter of Thomas Kilpatrick said. "Better homes mean better quality of every thing in the home,” said Mr. Baxter. Mayor Dahlman, who will make the opening address Monday night at 8, is very much enthused over the pos sibilities of the Better Homes ex position, which is being sponsored by The Omaha Bee afld the American homes bureau. "Homes, to be real homes, must be planned,” said Mayor Dahlman. "The better the home Is planned, the more attractive It is to the family, helping to keep alive the good old family spirit." “Better homes means comfort, pleas ure slid joy." said T. P. Redmond of the Burgess-Nash company. "A good home, which is a 'better hopie,' con tains little things that go to make one feel like living. It's the small details many of us overlook that count in the aggregate. Better Homes ex positions carefully expose these details to us." The better homes movement, accord ing to C. M. Wilhelm, of Orchard & Wilhelm company, is very important for the good of the people. "It teaches us how to produce the heat homes at the least possible cost. It shows how to get the best results for money spent for home furnishings," ho said. H. Feltheimer of the Hartman Fur niture company plans to escort sever al parties through the Better homes exposition. “From what I hear, it will be of especial Interest to women,” he said. "I am for any movement that al parties through the Better Hornes form the foundation of every suc cessful community." "Home is the foundation of Ameri ca,” said If. R. Rosenthal of tire L'nion Outfitting company. ‘‘On the home depends the life of the family unit. Proper furnishings is one of the ways of making for a better home. The Better Homes exposition will show in detail how this can be brought about at less cost than one realizes." J. K. Davidson, general manager of the Nebraska Power company, said that the growth of the city depends on the home. "Our home life, all in all, makes up the life of the city. The home is the root from which our progress comes.” ho said. "We can live without good homes, hut not so well, the same as we can live without pictures, but not so well, as expressed by John Ruskin,” said Carroll Belden of the Thompson Belden company. "Anything that will show us how to better our homes should be welcomed with outstretched a mis.” Charles Gardner, secretary of Ak Sar-Ben. said today that the king and queen of Quivera wished to state to all their subjects that Quivera wants j all its homes to be "better homes." | Uni Students Taken on Tour of Business Houses Forty members of the advanced class in business cost accounting of the University of Nebraska made a tour of Omaha’s big business houses Friday. They were tnet at the station by Miss Agnes Singles of the Chamber of Commerce. Luncheon was served at the Burgcss-Nash tea room. 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