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BEAUTY

The common problem, yours, mine, everyone's,

Is not to fancy what were fair in life
Provided it could be, but, finding first
What may be9 then find how to make it fair
Up to our means: a very different thing!

—ROBERT BROWNING

Life provides few more challenging problems than that of mak-
ing the home "fair up to our means." The solution of this
problem, fortunately, is not too difficult for the average person.
Almost every woman has some natural ability to recognize beauty
and suitability in houses and their furnishings. This latent talent
can be developed by study, observation, and experience in creative
problems, Most women are eager to devote time and effort to this
study, which will enrich their own lives in addition to making
them. better home makers. . . . .

' The appearance of the home should be worthy of its high pur-
pose, to provide a place for the promotion of the spiritual, intel-
lectual, and physical growth of the family, as well as to furnish a
shelter for It. Beautiful home surroundings constitute the most
important factor in the development of visual good taste, for
through daily contact with beauty a lasting appreciation of it
evolves, Those fortunate families that live in dwellings of taste,
no matter how simple, should have a higher understanding than
others of the meaning of home. Their children should in turn be
inspired to create homes that have beauty.