Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922...

July 21, 1922. My dear Mrs. Meloney: I am directed by the President to assure you of his earnest endorsement of the Better Homes Campaign which has been launched by the Advisory Council and is being carried on by representative women of America. He regards the campaign as of particular importance, because it places emphasis not only upon home ownership, which he regards as absolutely elemental in the development of the best citizenship, but upon furnishing, sanitation and equipment of the home.

Advisory Council CALVIN COOLIDGE Vice-President of the United States HERBERT HOOVER Secretary of Commerce HENRY C. WALLACE Secretary of Agriculture JAMES JOHN DAVIS Secretary of Labor Dr. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon-General United States Public Health Service Dr. JOHN JAMES TIGERT U. S. Commissioner of Education C. W. PUGSLEY Assistant Secretary of Agriculture JOHN M. GRIES Director Division of Building and Housing, Dept. of Commerce JULIUS H. BARNES President Chamber of Commerce of the United State

By HERBERT HOOVER One can always safely judge of the character of a nation by its homes. For it is mainly through the hope of enjoying the ownership of a home that the latent energy of any citizenry is called forth. This universal yearning for better homes and the larger security, independence and freedom that they imply, was the aspiration that carried our pioneers westward. Since the preemption acts passed early in the last century, the United States, in its land laws, has recognized and put a

A Suggested Color Scheme Walls —Buff-colored paint, or tinted walls. Woodwork —Stained mission oak or walnut. Floors —Hardwood floor, strips of coco matting, or woolbraided rugs. Softwood—a large square of linoleum. Suggested List of Furnishings Bed —Something of the day bed type. Bedspread of blue denim, with stitched bands of yellow sateen at edge. Chest of Drawers —Painted buff or brown, or walnut or mission oak. A Mirror —Antique gilt, or of wood to match chest of drawers, hung low. A Desk —

A Suggested Color Scheme Walls —Papered in a soft gray-rose, allover design paper. Woodwork —Cream paint. Floor —Hardwood—Rag rugs, with rose stripes or a gray chenille carpet. Softwood—Battleship gray paint, with rag rugs or rose chenille carpet. Suggested List of Furnishings Bed — Single —Painted ivory or cream—four post, or with some low, simple headboard. Bedspread of rose dotted swiss, with wide ruffle. A Dressing Table —To match bed, with rose colored sateen mats—bound in pale-gray with dr

PREPARED BY THE DIVISION OF BUILDING AND HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 1.—What You Buy and How to Buy It In purchasing a home a misstep may be unfortunate, so get the best advice you can, and watch every step. First of all, what you buy is the site and the improvements on it. If a building and loan association, or bank, loans you money on the property, it has a direct financial interest in helping you guard yourself on certain points, such as making sure that there are no old mortgages, no unp