The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-03
Proportion
Is Good
Breeding
many people it ia rather hard
to understand why, in spite OF
The multitude of text books

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to understand why, in spite OF
the multitude of text books
IL now published on art and
taught in the elementary schools, there
is still such All amazing amount of ugli-
ness in the home Various foolish rea-
sons are given. such as lack OF time,
too busy" and sometimes cant afford
IT," Those are very easily knocked on
the head by pointing ont that rooms
which arc a perfect marvel OF hideouS-
ness have been brought TO that state by
a great deal Of pains-far more than
would have been necessary to make the
place really ornamental. AS for cant
afford it," l have stood in department
stores and watched people deliberately
scorn really nice looking furniture and
pay morc for things that were regular
cyesore.
The truth IS, ihat many people are
still rather afraid OF the word 'artiS-
tic And those who aren't don't know
what it really means, consequently it
comes to mean 4 lot OF bcwildering clap
trap.
1t is not generally appreciated that
beautiful surroundings have a distinct
moral value Especially Is this true OF
children You will find that people of
trivial tastes nearly always live III homes
cluttercd up with cheap bric-a-brac,
with furniture intended TO be showy and
succeeding in being vulgar. 1t Is OBJ
vious that children brought up IN places
where everything has been bought and
arranged with a sole view to making 4
fictitious display OF more money than
the family possesses will imbibc the idea
that pretending is the chief object OF cN-
istencc and that the worthcst person is
the most successful lar And the most
pitiful part Of it all is that you can buy
really good furniture and decorations
for less money than YOU pay tor the gro
tcsquc You can have home that IS
really harmonious, pleasant and reStful
for less money than you pay for one
that is only a storchousc for conglom-
crate testimonials TO ioolishneSs,
Generally speaking, there are four
kinds OF furniture There is the kind
in which the construction is poor ma
terials unreliable and the appearance
merely showy. There is that OF good
design but poor materials and construc-
tion. There IS that of good materials
and execution but no real beauty, and
there IS the fourth kind OF good mate
rials, execution and design All these
kinds are made in America; it is not
necessary to buy imported furniture to
secure substantial make or real beauty
Towards the end of summer this be-
comes 4 serious question for many peo-
pic who have given up their old house
at the beginning OF the summer, intend
ing to choose a new home after the long
vacation Difficult is tic task of those
who already have furniture and have
decided on 4 new or Gcmodclcd house.
for then they have to try to reconcile
old furniture with new woodwork, COM
pared with which the job Of putting old
wine into new bottles sounds easy The
best thing TO do is to stipulatc with the
agent of your new home that the wood
work be painted over to suit you-then
you can have it match your furniture.
Sometimes, however. this becomes I'M
possible In this case, remember that it
is comparatively easy 10 have your old
furniture done over, Some OF it can be
remodeed and, if it is badly scratched,
it can be scrapcd and revarnished or
stained In any case. 1t should match
the woodwork in shade. For half-tim-
bcrcd houses, with the interior finished
the same way as the exterior. oak fur
nture is best Mission style is also
suitable. while for plaster walls old oak
forms a pleasing contrast Above all,
avoid such soleciSmS as mahogany fur