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 SINCERITY IN THE HOME

INCERITY should be the keynote of a life, don’t you think?

Sincerity — beauty — use — these are my watchwords.

I heard such an interesting talk on sincerity the other evening. I belong to a Little Group of Serious Thinkers who are taking up sincerity in all its phases this week.

We discussed Sincerity in the Home.

So many people's homes, you know, do not represent anything personal.

The sincere home should be full of purpose and personality—decorations, rugs, ornaments, hangings and all, you know.

The home shows the soul.

So I’m doing over our house from top to bottom, putting personality into it.

I’ve a room I call the Ancestors' Room.

You know, when one has ancestors, one's ancestral traditions keep one up to the mark, somehow. You know what I mean—blood will tell, and all that. Ancestors help one to be sincere.

So I've furnished my Ancestors' Room with all [5]