Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1918 — HOME SHOULD BE EXPRESSIVE [ARTICLE]

HOME SHOULD BE EXPRESSIVE

Character of the Owner Shows in the Architecture of the Dwelling and the Decorations Within. The essential In the art of home building Is the ability to suit your own' taste—to express, your own nature. Your taste may not at all coincide with that of your neighbor, but that is not important. There are as many individual expressions of the art that is within one as there are leaves on a tree and there is no good reAson why the expression of the individual should not continue in the home itself. Imagine what a thrilling adventure In human nature all of us might have in the course of a day spent in making calls if our neighbors and acquaintances only allowed their souls and minds to express themselves in the houses they build and furnish, says an exchange. It Is not hard to Imagine such an adventure, for about every one has seen one such home. But these are by no means frequently found. For people’s characters do show in their homes—ln the architecture of the dwelling, the decorations within, the selection of the furniture, even in the pictures and the way they are hung. To persons who are not especially observant this fact Is as plain as the fact that one can always detect the presence of feminine finders in the arrangement of. the bric-a-brac, thfe flowers or vase on the stand or the books and magazines on the library table. The thing is so palpably human that it is almost impossible not to recognize ft.