TENNESSEE ALFRED A. TAYLOR, _Governor_
UTAH CHAS. R. MABEY, _Governor_
VERMONT JAMES HARTNESS, _Governor_
VIRGINIA E. L. TRINKLE, _Governor_
WYOMING ROBERT D. CAREY, _Governor_

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New York City Secretary, Mrs. William Brown Meloney




_Better Homes_


_By_ CALVIN COOLIDGE

We spend too much time in longing for the things that are far off and
too little in the enjoyment of the things that are near at hand. We
live too much in dreams and too little in realities. We cherish too
many impossible projects of setting worlds in order, which are bound to
fail. We consider too little plans for putting our own households in
order, which might easily be made to succeed. A large part of our
seeming ills would be dispelled if we could but turn from the visionary
to the practical. We need the influence of vision, we need the
inspiring power of ideals, but all these are worthless unless they can
be translated into positive actions.

The world has been through a great spiritual and moral awakening in