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c.,r,e. Benoit Levy is at present making
4. beadouarters at the American Institute
IIsocial Science while prosecuting eome-
-, neculiar mission in America. he
'''r sent here some months ago as special
's1 'n,,nissioner by the Muste Social OF Paris
~ report upon the subject OF garden cities
n America. ,,
Tho idea of garden cities. scarcely known
,r,erira. is assuming the proportions OF
nreat movement in Europe. There ID
~ nm international league Of associations
" GARDEN cities with branches In France,
W LAND. Germany, Belgium and Hungary,
IN Levy hopes that there will soon
10 me in America. The first international
,r,e.s was held last july In London,
.na the next will be held next April in
Paris
,,Gsrden Cities OF France, which Is under
go direct patronage Of the Government
,,d /. offered by the men most interested
=, economies in the Government and col
Las If France. Edmund de Rothschild
= paris recently established a. fund OF
=, mo- 100 for the improvement Of the con-
.,,;,n Of the working classes, and the
,.sociation i. to have the spending OF a
GOOD part Of the income from this.
The idea underlying the movement Is a
vas, one. being nothing less than the crea-
,anof a new type of city which shall meet
the demands Of twentieth century civiliza-
ton.
You know said NJ. Levy. that Napol-
am III. and Paron Haussmann led the way
,n the creation OF the modern city, In dis
nnotion to the old medieval walled town.
rbe mediHyal city was simply an aggre-
sc,ion of people crowded inside a walled
place for safety.
Owing to this necessity for safety. and
tbe inelastic nature Of stone walls, the
,pace within became indesoribably crowded.
'fhe narrow streets Of old European towns,
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with Zdsd's passionate, emotional nature.
1t would never do to dress Zdzu in neutral
tints.
"On the contrary. Mrs. Fiske as Becky
grays and greens and like Unconditional
colors. Following out this idea the color
scheme of a summer cottage will be or ought
to be- quite different from that OF winter
home, and a library or dining room ought
10 express in its furnishings sentiment
quite removed from a lady's bondoir.'
This feature OF his instruction Mr.. Far
SONS illustrates with object lessons which
show the development OF simple structurai
and decorative features from early Egypt
men In the class the problem Of adapting
structure and ornament to their own par
ticular needs
Examples of harmony and inharmony OF
colors, and Of good and bad taste are given
and the reasons therefor. There are also
provided illustrations Of the proper fur.
nishing Of a modern four room fiat, as well
as of the houses of millionaires, by means
of appropriate wall hangings furniture,
rugs. dc, adjusted by an expert under Mr.
Parsons directions.
ALWAYS take into consideration Natures
color scheme, which is lighter at the top
darker near the ground shown by, the sky,
the treetops, their lower branches, the
earth. he tells his pupils Let your WI walls LIS
the floor covering" and at this point a
decorator hangs section of the room to
correspond and Jays a superb Persian rug
on the floor.
Visitors to this class are astonished to
| find the costliest textiles, curtains and
rugs used in illustration, as well as more
commonplace fabrics such as are found in
the low priced fat. 1t is explained that all
OF them are lent by dealers as they are
needed, and delivered and called for free
of charge
This circumstance alone said the
teacher, proves convincingly, think, the
| interest which decorators and house FUR
nishers in this city take in the work.
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ing their example.
THE method leaves little or nothing to
the good or bad taste or the imagination
of learners. For instance, in the classes
here l make plain that there are chromatic
scales just as there are musical scales;
chords of color which are harmonious,
others which are discordant. j explain
that grouping certain colors or using to-
Kether certain notes Of the chromatic scale
will produce discord Just as surely as will
striking at the same time certain opposing
notes Of the musical scale.
But that is only the beginning Of what
with a study of all historical periods we
are evolving a system whereby any room
may be furnished and decorated according
to given chords or harmony,
Yes, a man who learns the ohromatlc
scale as he would learn a musical scale Is
no more likely, even supposing he is not
blest with a naturally refined taste, to
furnish a drawing room, say, with an in
artistic color scheme than Paderewsh
would be likely to strike false notes in
son: Each color and shade Of color represents
different note, wAc has a given name.
Pupils learn these notes thoroughly, then
learn the color chords or how to group
the notes to make harmony, and when
the, have got that far they have several
well defined. definite rules 10 stick to.
ITO Illustrate: Blue Is the oo'cest color
we have and red Is the wartnest. When
the two are combined we have color die
cord at once They give fine example
of contra stand some people like con-
trasts-but not OF harmony.
Il emphasize the Importance Of selecting
colors whose sentiment corresponds with
the sentiment Of the room, for colors. as
every person Of artistic perception knows,
can and do express various sentiments
eloquently.
Actresses in particular know this Mrs.
| Carter, for instance, when playing Zdsd
Is careful to wear rich, warm reds and
ye,lows and have stage settings which
suggest a warmth Of color that corresponds
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to move factories once establ'shed, but
new factories are being started daily.
-To these we are prepared to offer full
statistics and information, showing how a
garden city may be created. The ad-
jeotive garden typifes the idea.
Each house will be occupied by one
family and 1t will stand In garden. That
means health, beauty and strong children.
All the benefits you are able to give chill
dren in the city, all the gymnasiums, parks,
free baths and play centres, will not do as
much for them as they will do for them
selves II you turn them loose to grow up In
the country.
"The rents for these pretty, comfortable
little homes will be less than they would
pay for the wretched holes they inhabit In
the cities, wish you could see the beauti-
full little cottages at dollar week In
Garden City, England. and the wretohed.
tumbledown tenements at the same price In
neighboring cities.
Il lived in Garden City six months, and /
saw not one Of the vices OF civilization,
while village one mile away had them all.
For you can have vile little slums In villages
as we'll as in great cities.
There are eight factories now In Garden
City. and more are coming. There are 800
cottages, each in its own garden. There
are grounds for outdoor sports, lyceum,
debating club.
IAN these things must be part Of the
new industrial city. There must be pro-
visions for amusements, sports, clubs,
museums, libraries, theatres.
THE trustees for Mr.. Carnegie's fund
for Drprarnolipa Scotland are working
along this line. The advantages Of city
and country life must be combined.
This may seem impossible. but II is not
nearly 30 impossible as was the creation Of
the modern city as we know 1t to-day.
What evolved the modern municipality
out Of the chaotic hodge podge OF medieval
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Merchants, Buyers, Statesmen Studying Art at Night School

Then In addition to furniture and tex,
tiles use over 900 lantern slides, a good
many OF them In color, to illustrate historic
periods, and about 100 photographs OF the
rooms, and furniture in the palace at Yer
sailles.
'In the class of design some Of the men
work out color schemes in rugs and textiles
on their own account
The public evidently Is welcoming the
school. for scarcely. a day passes but l get
no Iseholder begging to have man, sent
To suggest-lnerely to suggest-a scheme
of decoration and furnishing. Some of
these letters are almost pathetic.
One Of them which came the other day
was 30 insistent that answered 1t In person.
] found In handsome apartment OF eight
or nine rooms some really fine bits OF fur
niture, hangings and pictures, their value,
however. almost hidden because OF a fright
fully commonplace background and the
fact that they were 80 badly arranged.
confessed that she was absolutely ignorant
as to what changes ought to be made in
the decorations of the rooms or how she
ought to distribute the furniture.
and her gratitude when finished was
almost touching. One would imagine i
had given her fortune.
her In New York-women who want their
nornes 10 DO arlsuc ana YET VINO nhVen
enough art knowledge to make them SO
without appealing to the men from whom
they purchase their household goods.
This is a good sign. It shows that even
people in very moderate circumstances
are no longer satisfied to fill their rooms
with any sort Of furniture and put up with
anything in the wall paper line, and that
scheme almost as eagerly as their wealthier
neiehbors, and it explains why the sales
mans Job isn't 30 care free as 10 used to
be, and why 4 school Of practical art for
salesmen, furnishers and manufacturers
has been 90 well received
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And then a drum for the third brother
costs another three cents. He must have
il the noisiest thing for the money.
Only II cents spent, and Nix presents
bought. That means IL cents to spend for
father and mother. Seven cents apiece.
II is much more difficult to buy expensive
little shopper hesitates and pondep long.
She goes up and down the village OF booths
many times, and even oondesoends to ask
the explorers advice.
Eventually she decides on a bright, silvery
thimble for her mother. cunninely i'm
with plush all around Il and roses on the
outside OF the box She is well satisfied
with this purchase, but she hesitates long
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HOSPITALS the Latest Hotel Luxury Proposed

railroad station by a physician and the
ambulance broughan, which is designed
to stave of the curious mob which in
variably gathers around a regulation hos
pital ambulance whenever it appears.
Besides the chain Of hotel hospitals, We
hope to establish downtown private
emergency hospital In the neighborhood
Of Wall street, FOR the small army Of men
bankers, brokers, lawyers and other ten
wholesale merchants in that part Of the
city. To this hospital any one may be
taken without his name appearing on the
police record. 1t will probably occupy
easily accessible rooms on the ground
floor Of some building, and, OF course. there
viii be a corps Of physicians ready TO an
swer instantly a call to any building in
the neighborhood and care for the sick
who come to the hospital.
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with the best surgeons, specialists or nurses
in the city, in attendance.
Most people would find II a moro pleasant,
or at any rate less formidable, experience to
be cared for in the same building in which
they are taken III. and which they consider
their home for the time being, than to
be driven of In an ambulance TO a strange
place. 1t would be safer also because OF
the time saved and the danger OF exposure
avoided.
In connection with the hotel hospital
we are planning an ambulance brougham
built on the plan Of a two-seated carriage,
and fitted with a stretcher extending dag
onally from corner to corner and leaving
room in either Of the other two corners for
one person to sit. This vehicle will be
used In meeting intended guests taken Ill
on the way to the hotel. BY telegraphing
ahead they can be met at boat landing or
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on the salesman's taste and give too much
heed to his suggestions.
Many men IN the house furnishing bust
ness feel their own need OF instruction.
For example. we have New Haven man
in the school who attends regularly twice
a week. Another pupil is a buyer, who
comes once q week from Pittsfeld county.
"A lot Of fun has been poked by enlight-
ened foreigners at the average American
modern private house in which one room
ent periods. and as many color schemes.
and am glad to say that New York's art
education is getting to a point which makes
such criticisms not quite SO deserved as
now demanded Of house decorators and
furnishers.
at is for that reason that the salesman
/ mentioned spoke to me about starting q
class to teach practical art. man who
was among the first to join the school con-
questions put by intending purchasers.
THAT this state of things is not confined
to New York is proved by the fact that st.
Louis. Cleveland Toronto and New Orleans
are soon to establish schools Of practical
art. one of the projectors writing me that
education. And so we have, the New
York class, so far as we know, being the
first of it's kind in the United States
When Frank Alvah Parsons, who has
CDaTRe Oh lHe CLASSICS III tIle SCnooi ucNotcb
10 principles OF color and form harmony,
10 the development OF historic periods and
present applications and to practical de-
sign, was asked If 1t was possible TO teach
good taste and discriminating Judgment
IN the distribution OF colors, he answered:
up TO the present, or at least until quite
lately, color and form harmony have not
been reduced to teachable basis and the
fact has been regretted by artists and dress.
makers more than by any one else.
sM. Beauvais Of Paris and DIR. Ross OF
Harvard University were among the first who
tried to reduce color harmony and form &c
teachable shape and others are now follow
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that is about as far as their hospital pro-
vision goes.
what is needed, ] think. in these days
when the public travels about 80 constantly
and when travellers will pay liberally to be
made well as quickly as possible or to be
saved from threatened serious illness.
is hospital ward situated on the top floor
Of every first class hotel, which shall
include an isolated room or rooms for con-
tagious diseases, an ope ating room, a
sun pa, lor, all the appliances in short, In.
cidental to an up-to-date hospital. And OF
course they should be under the care OF
skilled physicians and nurses.
-In that event, within five minutes after
ringing a bell and giving the order, any one
taken nj In the hotel would have physician
ct his elbow. and II his diagnosis showed that
II was necessary the patient within an
hour could be installed In top floor room,
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passes when one or another Of these persons
is not taken III, often seriously, and or
dered to hospital by the hotel physician
Rather than submit to the ordeal OF
being bundled into an ambulance and
taken to a public or private hospital, many
persons try TO hold out against illness, and
keep about when they really ought to be
getting expert care explained Dr. Crosse
a few days ago. Every physician knows
this; 90 do most Of the hotel men, but so far
there has been no help for 1t. One hotel in
town has, believe, a sort Of alcoholic ward
somewhere near the roof. where guests OF
exaggerated convivial habits may be helped
to straighten out, and another has suite
of rooms reserved for sick children, but
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An evening school to teach practical art.
Grating and house furnishing was opened
,eosntlv in the West Side Young Mems
Christian Association building at 3ls West
Iiftv-seventh street. II started with forty
pupils and now has seventy-three.
I, was salesman in one OF tbs large
stores who suggested the school. One day
he remarked to the educational director
Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
,i-n that he wished there was school or
class Of s.,me sort in New York where he
end others in his line of work might get
practical instruction in color and form
combinations and a kn9wledge OF classic
and renaissance periods and their place
in modern lie.
Il took % the idea at once" said the
director in telling about the business end
- the W RI, "and as "a means to an end l
rrceeded to present it to the heads OF big
Establishments, which handle house fur
rishing contracts and deal in such goods.
wanted to learn something about the
practical equipment of their helpers and
whether n any of them would be the better
ior special course of instruction.
At first it was uphill work My lettefs
ohen got no further than a secretary. who
PROMPTLY consigned them to a wastebasket,
Its different now. though. ..
vt began TO be different Just as soon a.
had face to face talk with some Of the
Ircn had most wanted to get at. 4 SUPER
iotendent Of one of the largest department
stores, for example, told me that only an
hour before ] called he had had a pretty
lively half hour with a customer living out
of town. who asked to have a costly rug
which had been bought and paid for by
lis wife some weeks earlier taken back
and the money refunded, alleging that the
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selling them is telling people what q good
joke II Is to invite ones friends to have
drink out of 1t. That would please Johnny.
who Is big enough to zee Joke. One cent
for Johnny. II is wonderful how money
holds out, anyway, especially In the hands
Of sldlf,l shopper who knows what things
are worth.
But Mamie Rose must haye her full three
She knows the value Of things. A dolls
washbowl and pitcher-it costs three cents,
but il /, worth IL. There IL q vine painted
all up and down one side Of the beautiful
white orookery,
little washboard for Izabeth costs
Only two oeuts. 'nzabeth h not 80 critical.
1e will be pleased with anything one gives
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one day. 1t Is very wearing to have the
baby along when one goes shopping.
She had three brothers and three sisters,
counting In the baby. And her father and
mother made eight to buy presents for,
and she had exactly Is cents. The explorer
thought Il would be profitable and interest-
ing to watch this Christmas shopping.
fhe little maid had been TO school and
knew very well that she had three cents to
spend on each one and cept over, prob
ably to add to her mother's present. But
really, the baby would hardly need three
cents. That would be eItravagant for a
baby, who cannot be.expected to appreciate
expensive preeenta- 90
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1T is not unusual for men and women "a
be taken Ill in offioee, and many Q man has
died because he didn't get medical help
soon enough. downtown emergency
hospital could and would lower the death
percentage in such oasee-
In several uptown department stores
which have q working force OF = thousand
or more men and women the proprietors
employ physician and nurse Tor several
hours daily. and there s one room set
aside for the use Of tho sick, but % far
nothing Of the hind has been introduced
into the Wholesale concerns and ofioe
buildings further downtown.
Naturally, the emergency hospital will
not be free. 1t Il expected. though, that
the heads Of certain big concerns viii pay
employees may be treated gratis II taken
Ill IN business hours
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STUDENTS no HOCSEE0RK.
The Servant Girl Problem Solved for Q
Time In Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. "a labor union
decree and the necessities Of some students
at the University of Nebraska hAve re-
suited In the partial solving of TIN ssrvant
girl question in Lincoln. Fully . d0Usn
young men who have been taking course
In domestic science are now holding down
poeiti ons as men OF all work IN "a many
families in This city.
OF the 5000 students at the university
n number are compelled TO work their
way through college. These have found
Jobs In local 81 ores, Offices and newspapert,
to the first part Of the year some worked
in rest aruants as walters.
Then the wait ers' union served notice
upon the restaurant keepers that hereafter
none but union men should be employed.
The result Of this was that most Of Abe
employment.
In casting about for somet hing to do the
suggestion was made that the boys might
be able to supply part at least Of the
demand fer household help Mons -
them was qualified. however, for such
Miss Bouton, head Of the domestic scsence
department Of the university. for entrsncs
into her classes. As the rules Of the in-
stituion make no istinctiou between ser
in any course the young men wers ad-
mitted.
For q number Of mouths thsy vxksd
diligently learning how to cook and bake.
how TO sweep and care for roouA And
when the present semester opened doees
Of the young men applied TO advertising
housekeepers for places. When they sue
ceeded In convincing the housskeepers
that 1t was not a college prsnk, but that
they were in earnest, they were tried. All
Of them are still IN service, aud they are
giving satisfaction.
The care Of the furnace and the scrubbtng
Of waIlus have always been tsaks at which
most domestics baked. but they hAve been
cheerfully performed by the young man.
School duties take up only q few hours
q day, and by hustling the boys ere able
to hold their positions and keep up With
their classes.
Early rising enables them 10 have the
morning meal ready when the family gets
up, and by o'clock their morning duties
are ended and they are tree 10 pass
two hours In the clasrooms. The after~
noon gives them additional tme for REQ
itatjon, and the evenings, after the house
hold work is finished are spent In study
Most Of these young men are sons OF
farmers and have been accustomed TO doing
chores, and they find It possible 70 make
more money. while being provided With
warm quarters and plenty of food. than
at their old precRnous Jobs Tho course
Of study In the domestic sdnoe dApsrt-
ment is well adapted to htting thsm Tor
household tasks
Some Of the girls also ele. out their
slender resources by similar wosA
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rug did not harmonize at all with the furni-
ture, hangings and wall decorations OF the
room for which It was intended.
''Of course / am not obliged to do any
thing of the kind the superintendent
told me, but rather than offend customer
I have done what ne asked, particularly
as am pretty sure that the salesman who
sold the rug was good deal to blame.
p. IL learned that in spite Of the fact that
the purchaser gave q careful description
OF the room and its furnishings and hang
ings, the salesman persisted in recommend
ing the rug she finally consented to take
and which when laid on the floor proved
10 be quite unsuitable. How the man came
to make such hlunder I'm sure l don't
know |
Naturally this occurrence inclined the
superintendent to take an interest in a
school which promised to teach principles
OF art practically, not theoretically. and in
way to make them applicable to every
day business. As result we now have
thirteen Of his men-buyers, heads of de-
partments and leading salesmen-in the
school.
THAT superintendent was only one Of
many who deplored the lack OF practical
artistic knowledge among house furnishers.
The bead: OF firm OF renowned decorators
said to me:
81 have felt daily the lack of any kind
OF art knowledge in the majority Of sales
men or what Is more. the wrong informa-
ton they give to would-be purchasers
who are inclined to receive it as gospel
truth and repeat it as SUCH
He added that although the general
public knows more about decorative art
now than It did decade ago, at the same
time it was surprising TO find how few
women intent on furnishing one room or
apartment or house, know enough to 90
ahead intelligently. In his opinion 1.-THE the
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over the gift for her father. Men are 30
hard to buy presents for.
At last she stops at rockery booth and
decides on q cup and saucer. which viii do
for fathers cofee In the morning, for he
always has coffee, n beins the main part Of
his breakfast. The cups and saucers are
10 cents. Put shs displays the last remnant
Of her funds, the nickel and the two cents
firmly demands the coiiee cup.
Some sharp bargaining eususs. The
salesman ordere her 70 20 homo and get
moro money. But whsn abe finally turns
to 60 be weakens, and the cup and saucer
are hers.
welcome, and the litale maids quarter is
Just exactly gons.