The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-19
A WOMAN
DECORATOR.
She Finds Play and Great Profit
in Designing Pictures for the
Walls of Fine Houses.

1t Is the natural, laudible ambition of
every woman to preside over pretty
1t is an equally impressive truth that
not one-half the. women know how to
bring about the best artistic results for
the the money money they eXpend: In the past men
Things in color and effect thought it be-
meath their dignity to decorate anything
less than ballroom, public building
or saloon ceiling.
Since women stepped into the field
of industrial art a few years ago they
have branched out into many new de-
partures, and most interesting, most prac-
teal and broadly helpful to women has
been their work as decorators and fur
niSherS of homes.
| their attention to the modest and unaS-
Stunning apartment, but they have turned
their talents there when desired and
proven their ability to do good work on
small scale as well as magnificent work
on a lavish scale. And. besides the actual
work of decorating done, they have
how to study proportion. to understand
color schemes and to appreciate an ar
tistic economy. 1t is the promise of the
woman decorator to take few hun
dreds. or thousands if it so happens, and
achieve the best possible result for the
money And in this respect they have
an immense advantage over mere men,
for they are not accomplished shoppers
by every influence of training and hered-
fty.
quired such a brilliant name the world
over as a worker in stained glass, is one
of the first women in the world to turn
her talents in the direction of home dec
Grafton. And, her work has more often
been on sumptueus scale, where money
is no object; and the curios and draper
les from two continents might be culled
from to build up and perfect the artistic
creation of her BRAIN She can give to the
smallest room, or most crampad quarters.
an effect of beauty land appropriate dec
n hnpaISp nj knowledge
mony in the size as well as color of every
object included in the arrangement
scheme.
Her own apartment on Washington
square,, New York, in which she has re-
ceived the most interesting men and
women of every country, where Pade-
rewski has discoursed his most bewitch-
ing music. and which has echoed to the
sound of Pol Plancon's melodious notes.
is perhaps as strong an example of clever,
color schemes Judiciously brought out as
could be cited.
The walls and ceiling are of dark
greenish brown, so unobtrusive that they
sink back away from the decorations I'M
noticed the perfection of backgrounds.
The predominant color scheme is Turk
ish, which means red and blue and
flash of yellow. none crude or noticeable
but showing that careful adjustment to
each other noticeable IN an old prayer
rug. And rugs from Turkish mosques,
repeating and varying the same tones. are
on the floor.
upholstered in dark red and blue. with
pillows in brown and gold brocades. And
the windows in winter are drapped in
cool. greenish white crepe that suggests
somehow green trees just outside, and
that dilutes the sunshine as though it
had drifted through bosky foliage.
A long vista is given to the room by
glimpse of second room, in cream and
gold. that is bedroom, though one would
never dream 1t.
Rugs in old moss and yellow lead up to
dais. on which rests a couch in yellow
brocade. On a mirror hangs a bit of gold
silk and Roman chair in white stands
convenient TO the dressing table.
Although the richness and beauty OF
this room is inconSestable, the strongest
impression received is that of home COM
fort. a place to rest and to be happy in, a
room designed by woman for woman.