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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1924 NEWS OF INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING FIELDS HOOVER TALKS ABOUT 'HOMES Statement Inaugurates Better Homes Week To encourage and facilitate home building, reduce needless burdens in household operations, raise standards, not only of the home but of the community and the nation is a task' of profound importance for the welfare of America, declares Secretary of Commerce Her- bert Hoover, president of Better Homes in America, in an opening statement con- cerning Better Homes Week demonstra- tion for 1925, which will be held May 10 to 17. Mr. Hoover's statement is made in a foreward to the Better Homes Guide- book, issued by the organization of which he is the head, which tells how communi- ties may be organized for Better Homes demonstrations. In the last three and a half years Better Homes in America has been able to arouse a steadily-in- creasing number of communities to the importance of encouraging home-biulding and home owning; and the Guidebook for 1925 contains much information bas- ed on past experiences of many com- munities, both large and small. Develops Character "It is in the home," says Mr. Hoover, "that character and high ideals are best developed. The right kind of home-liie make for true success in life, and means progress for the nation as a whole. "To own a home and to make it con- venient and attractive, home where health and happiness, affection and loyal- ty prevail, brings out the best that lies in every member of the family. "Saving for home ownership, for in- stance, develops thrift and self-denial; a thing of lasting value is kept in the foreground, and all energies are bent toward attaining it. Hours devoted to keeping a home in good repair, in making improvements that beautify it or lighten the burden of housekeeping, develop persistence and thoroughness, and bring more direct returns as well. Neatness, order, and cleanliness are in- valuable habits, and the careful obser- vation and forethought needed to insure lasting satisfaction from money spent for decoration, furnishing and equipment can be applied in many other good ways. Encourages Thrift "Parents who save in order to own their home are able to look forward with confidence to a happy old age, whereas the great majority who do not save be- come a burden on someone else as they grow older. It is by the familiar ex- periences of family life that thrift, hon- esty, straightforwardness and self-disci- pline are best instilled. Practical Demonstrations "In the crowded life of today there is danger that we lose sight of the high standards for the home and the stimulus they afford. We all do better when we have a high ideal to live up to. The Better Homes in America movement aims to give practical demonstrations of comfortable, healthful attractive homes and to direct attention to the means by which family life may be elevated. It recognizes, however, that it is not the wish but the will; not sentimental desire, but vigorots, well-judged leadership, that moves our national life forward. The campaigns provide a means by which the men and women and children of our cities and of our farms may co- operate to encourage and facilitate home building, reduce needless drugery in household ~~ operations, increase good sense or balance in furnishing or decor- ating the home, raise standards, where necessary, in housing and family life, and, especially, foster the fine ideals of the American home. Movement Prospers "The 1924 campaign for Better Homes in America was greater than ever be- fore. It reached every state in the Un- ion; it penetrated rural districts and towns and cities. Fifteen hundred local committees worked with a most inspiring zeal for public service to protect and raise the standards not only of the home, but of the community and the nation as well. "As we enter the 1925 campaign for beter homes, I hope that every Amer- ican community will consider partici- pation. The movement concerns every householder, every homae-maker, every citizen. I bespeak active cooperation with the local chairman on the part of all persons or groups interested in the home -- of public. officials, schools, churches, local civic associations, trade, associations, and clubs. The home is the concern of all ,and everyone should wel- come the opportunity to contribute to its welfare. The local committees are wide- ly representative and strictly non-com- mercial in character, thereby avoiding domination by any one group, which would limit the value of the campaign. They aim to mobilize the best thought, information, and effort of the entire com- munity to bring high standards of hous- ing and home-life within the reach of all. Important Task "It is a task of profound importance for the welfare of America." The chairmen of the local committee of Better Homes in America are usually officers of Civic Leagues, Women's Clubs, Parent-Teacher's Associations and similar organizations for the public ser- vice. Letters appointing local chairmen for the 1925 campaign are now being sent out from the National Headquarters of Better Homes in America at Wash- ington, D. C. FUR INSURANCE Protects against every kind of loss and damage except that resulting from wear, at a cost of $2.00 per $100.00 value of your furs. We will give you this protection today. You may have a claim tonight. Clore, Budinger & Smith Phone Wilmette 1750 1177 WILMETTE AVENUE Opp. Village Hall "We Insure Anything" HOMESEEKERS MAY GET BETTER RAILWAY RATES Abolition of the present party sys- tem in regard to homeseekers rates into the South Eastern section of the United States is urged on all railroads entering that territory by the Na- tional Association of Real Estate boards in a communication addressed to members of the executive board of the South Eastern Passenger associa- tion, N. H. Richardson, of Jackson- ville, Fla., is chairman of the special committee of the national association which has been studying homeseekers rates. The National association asks that the present rates for homeseekers, which apply only where five or more persons are traveling on the same ticket, be retained for the year 1925, but that the party restriction be done away with, and the rates be applied to individual investigators. A conference held at New Orleans in March of last year at the request of the national association resulted in the granting of the present schedule. A test of the working of the party plan, however, according to letters received by the committee on Home- seekers' rates from homeseekers, and owners and developers, shows that there has been great difficulty in mak- ing up a party of five or more to move on the same train to the same destina- tion and to stop off at the same points en route. In consequence the actual movement of homeseekers on party tickets has been extremely light, if not negligible. Opening of a workable plan for rates for homeseekers is of great im- portance to the development of the South and has great possibilities in the matter of increased tonnage, the national association points out. Give Tourist Rates to Real Estate Convention Real estate people going to the annual meeting of the National Association of Real Estate boards at Dallas, January 13-16, from the section served by the Central Passenger association should ap- ply for winter tourist rates to New Or- leans with Dallas as a side trip if they are planning to take the post-convention real estate cruise to Havana, Jamaica and the Canal Zone, or if they are planning for any other reason to pass through New Orleans. Realty people from the Pacific Coast states will be able to take advantage of the nine-months tourist rates from that section to Dallas. IN NEW OFFICE Miss C. J. Hoey of the Greenleaf office of the North Shore Realty com- pany, will transfer to the branch at 418 Linden avenue, Wilmette, to take charge during the absence of Mr. Dornes. VISITS IN FLORIDA R. M. Johnston, of R. M. Johnston and company, Wilmette real estate brokers, left for a business trip to Florida, last Tuesday night. 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