THE REAL HOME

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8178, 20 July 1912, Page 13

THE REAL HOME

The home wherein the housekeeper is too tired to be kind —too busy to find time for any of the little personal touches that make one attractive to the eye—too worried for fear of a spot or a stain to tako comfort too much occupied with the care of overmuch beau'ty to give companionship to her' husband or family—though neither money nor strength has been spared in’tho search for it, still has nothing of the real .beauty of home therein. ... See, then, in the search for .beauty, that the furnishings fit your purse. See that they meet the requirements of your intellectual nature, apd the individual needs of each member of your family. See, also, that they fit your strength. Many a woman who cannot afford to keep a maid wears herself out. body and soul, in striving to keep her home in order, the furniture spotless, and the numerous bric-a-brao free from dust, because she is in bondage to a false idea of what constitutes a beautiful home. Better far do without the heavy draperies, the elaborate curtains, the thousand and one adornments that keep ono constantly at work, and in a simpler, saner home find time to think, to smile, and have leisure for sympathy. Many ‘ a man reaching home, _ weary after his day’s work, either physical or mental, would appreciate far more a fresh, bright wife than all the spiok-and-spanness of upholstered furniture, a multitude of ornaments, and costly oddments. Ask him wherein lies the beauty jjxai J9-U.9UT? snf 093 puu ‘exnot[ JO be’.—“Girl’s Own."