What do you think that the quotation at the head of the chapter
means? In what respects do you think it true?

Some cities take pride in the fact that they are "cities of
homes." What does this mean? Why is it a cause for pride?

Is your community (neighborhood or town) a community of homes?
What is a "home"? When a person is "homesick" for what is he
"sick"?

May a good home exist in a poor dwelling? A poor home in a fine
dwelling?

Is a hotel a home? May a family living in a hotel have a home
there?

Is an orphan asylum a home? Would you exchange life in your own
home for life in an orphan asylum? Why? There are children who
think an orphan asylum is a fine place to live; why is this?

The home is important (1) because of what it does for its own
members, and (2) because of what it does for the larger community
of which it is a part. We shall consider first what it does for
its own members.

THE PIONEER FAMILY

Under the conditions of pioneer life the wants of the members of
the family were provided for almost entirely by their own united
efforts. They built their own dwelling from materials which they