The farmer and mechanic., 1911-10-17


architect of mine drew q design, the
other day, for house that. when put
into execution made the floor pass
through the windows He was laugh
ed at little-but that was all-but
had it been a woman, such a mistake
would be fatal. For the next few
years. 1 believe women who go into
architecture will have TO be better
equipped than men. SO the sex pre)u-
dice will have nothing to lean upon.
What is the highest remuneration
wOman-architect can expect
AT the end of the first ten years,
she can make $4,000 year. but for
the first two or three years, she will
hardly pay office rent. She must be
able to foresee, to endure the early
delight in being her own boss and
the JOY of working along congenial
lines. Who wouldn't suffer for that
not to be q machine-but human
being, working in such harmony with
your own natural gifts and tastes
that it has the zest of play.
DO you find people care very much
about the sex of their architect
No. l don't. and that is where
the Woman-architect being in more
impersonal work is ahead Of the wo-
man-lawyer and doctor. I find that
the average man cares no more about
the sex of his house-builder than he
does about the weaver of his cloth
ing. 1t will be SO in the other pro-
fessions later, but for the present we
suffer least in that way, because you
don't hear the rustic of our petit
coats when you look at the buildings
We have put up, and you do when we
enter the courtroom OR clinic.
What is the quality par excellence
an architect ought to have?
Il think thes mathematical and
practical take precedence over the
is. as soon as they discover thev have
the least bit of the artistic, they as
pire to be Rosa Bonheurs. My most
p1t1able experience in Paris was
meeting so many women who had a
substratum Of the artist, but who
lacked the flair or the temperament
that mysterious mark Of creative
genius. They had appreciation. taste
and industry. With definite train
ing they would have made excellent
craftsmen, interior decorators and
even architects. Instead their lives
are futile-for what is greater waste
than being neargenius. 1 don't
mean to say that because YOU cant
paint a picture we'll enough to get
into the salon. You can build a sky
scraper, but with training and stand
ing the test, success is a certainty in
architecture. There may be any
number of successful drauahtsmen
and mechanicians in art, but there
is but one Rosa Bonheur to every
generation. OF course the amateur
goes TO the wall at once in architec-
ture. You can get daubs hung
under the elastic term of impress
sionIst, but it you don't keen to the
piumb-line your building will be your
professional grave.
Miss kellogg's work is the fulfill
ment Of long dream. AS a child
she cared more for doIl-tools than
dolls; only when they were broken
did she notice them, and then he
cause her passion for reconstructino O
could be gratifed. Wishing to studv
medlcine, ,, her father persuaded her to
turn to mathematics fearing the
hardship Of medical clinics, only to
send her through this route to the
much more arduous profession of
architecture. She had for a tutor in
mathematics DR.. Newcomb. of the
Smithsonian Institute-one of the
most renowned mathematicians in the
world. From this, she went to de-
signing buildings and so unusual were
her first drawings that she was ad-
Vised to enter Pratt Institute Now
she has bought a farm in Long Island
and is of course the architect of her
any man-designed home,' is the only
man designed home' is the only
proud thing she says about it. Though
still a very young woman, she looks
forward to retiring upon her country
estate, devOting herself to an out-of
town clientele with an Office in the
woods. She owes her success to her
common sense, so she says: it is the
cornerstone Of any WomanS success.
she believes, especially if she is going
into the new professions, where it
balances a freakishness that prejudice
characterizeS wOmenS 8 natural long
ing for new fields of work. Miss Kel-
logg, too. has capacity for hard work,
often staying in her office overnight
Work never killed any one but a
fool she says in her quick, decisive
way; women worry themselves into
breakdowns|they fret SO over details
I go after the big things and let the
little things go. And SO I never feel
the strain. / love my work and I al
ways knew some day / would get to
where I am now. I don't care to have
an extravagant Office force but I want