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Four Minute Essays By Dr. Frank Crane: 101 total pages.

sin­cere and effectual. It gets somewhere. It helps. It is not a conceited effort to appeal to the superior classes. When we do away with the ugly "shoe-box" farmhouse, with its abominable barn, and substitute something picturesque in their place; when we transform the village from a collection of huge dry-goods packing-cases set in rows, dull and dreary and stupid in appearance, into a lovely garden, trees and flowers, with houses of charming and indi­vidual attractiveness; when we get some FOUR MINUTE ESSAYS 138 sort of artistic unity in our city building; then we shall be entitled to be called lovers of beauty. Other states are following. California, Kentucky, Texas, and Indiana are formulat­ing programs similar to that of Minne­sota. Germany, Italy, France, and Canada have published the Minnesota plans. Says Mr. Flagg: "This better-housing program is sup­plementary to the other work of the commis­sion. It circulates exhibits of industrial art, sculpture, home furnishings, home indus­tries, and school art. It organizes home in­dustries

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