New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-28

,,,,,-,, rrrp o1rcrK APPRECIATION OF WHAT ID
GOOD AND INTUrTIvE SENSE OF COLOR. She
DOES BETTER WORK THAN MAN
with the opening up Of opportunities for "omc" "
take part in the professions. there Is no moVsmen'
''N0 ,..s,,rr in its development than the grad
ga, ,rcroose OF disposition the part OF educh'eu
and refined women to engage In the "o'A VI """
10 oo,Ied interior decoration. but which 10 ies7 '-
nos,n9 and disqu!eting when spoken OF % "o'''
decoration. -. .,-r,,ure
for public buildings VIII properly ien.' " ,ho
hands of really competent architectS vi .as'0'
- ,,,,h r,gbt claim that nothing SHAH De aooeo
% tbeir str,lctures which might teho W M
with their original conception OF INC i'i'i'"o. w.
M, as Il IS not n secret that inc oe'o, 60.
D,,.h,ro ~ the most successfully completed great
ICES ~ recent construction have been aosolu'ey
dictated and supervised by the women hio'. u,
,ad there seems no reason why the women deco-
rator has not come to stay =. !.
She Is dotted in pairs Of girl bachelors a"o'e e
larger cities OF the country. and though inc "a
ant IN dissolve after more or less oriei -,
II IS not due to lack OF business. Out ra'"e' " A..
ouick opportunity which seems to oner lor .l'
formation Of permanent paf'"eiS"P
sodated firm name. ...,.
There are those too whom reverses OF 'o''u"'
bava forced 70 use their taste and ta.ehts III 'ho
r,os, womanly OF occupations, and these, ha'i"s
once found the pleasures OF seII-heip o'N
dence are the pillars Of the procession
When questioned on the subject OF 'he "o'"
Docora,or" Joseph p Ntzhugh,, the authority VI"
everything In the line OF house decoratiohS' saiu
'Just why women with their QUICK apr eo"'O
., ubst is good their intuitive sense or color anu
| CRASH Of detail should not have discovered "hs
before this that men were unriShtfuly occupSins
their paces does not seem quite Clear put IL Il.
certain that their superior faculty OF economical
saect,on has brought forward more things OK COM
h,red utility and beauty than could nave peeh
thought possible in the brief space OF ine S1ano
their opinions have been asked for ana co"peh'
1T is particularly at this season OF the year ar
when the country house clIins rnitnre Of simple
fashion best show the influence Oh "oi' N
ton <o.-,os o,rear IN artistic colorings
. and patterns showing the weaves OF denim once
used only for working clothes and Ciuny canvas o
formerly thought only good enough Tor coIee sdch-
inS and bed ticking turns up in the daintiest pos
sible striped and lowered effects. not unlike the
an5 a desgned BY
and foliage in forms and co.orinss SO naturai una.
the result of outdoor study Is apparen ~1e ,b bs
woman's love of color has quite overcome the faint
half tones OF the aesthetic art cult c.,,.,
productions bear witness to the industry and good
taste of women in collecting the pieces which point
TO the times when simplicity and dlrectness OF con-
struction gave distinction TO the art OF the CABINET
| maker. before the of machinery MADE possipie
the addition of superfuous detail, without gam 10
! the comfort or beauty Of the piece
chairs and tables of graceful and slender parts.
but strong and good wtha, sideboards fair to the
| tents wainscoting and mante-peces of dignined
and classic proportions, these are among the Things
geousness Of modern carving and varnsh as acce5-
| Series in their schemes and plans for the making
Of the house beautiful, and fortunate are me men
whose tastes and ideas are In line with the new
| dspenSation."