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lichen- colored walls. This Is most Ell
fective when used in stencil work; 1t Ia
to be avoided for the entire wall.
Another popular color for border
ing IL q vivid orange called carrot,
and quite departure for walls in
dark northern or eastern room Is GRO
Gus. the new, warm, rich buff-on the
tones of corn color-but warmer and
more suggestive OF its namesake. For
stencil work over this crocus wall the
warm myrtle or the richer grove
greens are used a great deal, with just
an occasional touch of peony to add
interest to the design
The use of deep reds in dining
rooms is no longer in vogue. Quieter,
and more subdued colors and refined
decoration prevail this spring.
The Placing Of the Stencil.
In good interior decorating a great
deap depends on the placing of stem
GILL To give the best effect, If the CELL
ing be low, omit horizontal lines as
much as possible and avoid plate rails,
dados or walnscoting. Use narrow
| four-inch headings or bands, and out
line your woodwork by following along
Dashboard, up around doors and win
dows and back to Dashboard again.
| Have perpendicular lines, for they sug-
| gest height.
| To vary this treatment-for nothing
IS more tiresome than single method
| carried through house-use the sim
| gle stencil motifs with heavy tops,
and run the perpendicular lines to the
Dashboard. DO not get over two or
four motifs to a side wall, and these
will make a most artistic decoration
for a room. Conventionalized chrysan-
themums are delightful when used this
way, with their heavy oriental colors
against the soft color of the side wall
These oriental schemes are delight
full in libraries and dens, and some
times, when the lighting IS good. in
living rooms and dining-rooms. 1t all
depends on individual taste, as we'll as
on the kind of furniture used.
When ceilings have excessive height
and this apparent height is to be re-
duced work the stencils from the plate
or photo rail and use heavier pat
terms. Avoid white for the ceiling, for
that emphasizes height Use warm
| heavy tone of some color-either the
same shade of side wall or a contrast
ing color-drop this to the photo rail
| and work the stencil out in deep, rich
colors, such as deep, woodsy greens
and dull reds.
There is also third method of re.
ducing apparent height. This is Sc.
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sides and back of the box a low rail
will prevent spools and small things
that are being used from dropping of
the top Of the box.
Handles to the drawers and Il cur
tain for tho lower box, arranged on
rings and a wire, will complete this
convenient little sewing bench. To
finish it nicely coat of stain and one
or two Of varnish, or two thin coats
Of paint Of some desirable shade, will
add to its attractiYeness and give the
woodwork a better appearance.
This bench is quite commodious
enough to hold the necessary sewing
things, and the lower shelves will ac-
commodate nicely folded goods that
you may be working upon, as we'll as
some pasteboard boxes containing q
miscellaneous assortment OF things.
HELEN MAR ADAMS.
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cial usage. you know, is a matter
locality; hut 1t is well to know thes
local rules. III the smaller cities on
young woman sometimes acts as soci;
secretary to several wealthy or bus.
ness women.
All established girls schools naS
chaperones for the young ladies. I'll
chaperone generally has charge of
residence, or of a certain dormitor,
and her charges sit at her table. Sh
Is supposed to mother" them, I
watch their table and other manner
to escort them to the city on shoppin
or pleasure jaunts, and go on trip
with them. These chaperOues are n
cruited from the ranks of gentlewom
en- OF the same social standing as the
wards. There is no age limit to thi
position. | know one chaperone for
very exclusive school who is a grand
mother. She tried to resign recent,
giving her age as the reason. "Instea,
we will add to your salary for you
added years and experience" was til
reply. She. informed me. confldentl,
that she had yearned that all school
pay commission for pupils secure,
and she Intends next year to trav,
Sver her home State securing pupil
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cured by using much lighter tone
of the side wall colors as drop Of
eighteen or twenty-four inches from
the ceiling, and then outlining it on
the inside with narrow stencil as a
horizontal panel; then with a lighter
toned ceiling, the barnlike effect Of
height is almost effaced. Remember,
as a general principle, white ceilings
add height to your room, and colored
reduce it.
The Hall.
Quite a new departure Is the use Of
heavy patterned stencils on the lower
third of the side wall. especially in
halls where furniture is limited to a
few chairs and hall tree. The effect
is excellent and is a decided relief
from the usual treatment. These pat
terms must not all terminate in a
straight line, giving dado effect
this is the very thing to be avoided;
they must end in uniform but varying
heights, tall and short designs alter
mating.
Geometrical designs prevail, and the
colors used should be warm and rich.
The pattern is carried up to say four
or five feet, if the ceiling height will
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! N spite of the emphatic persistence
with which the cry, art is one
of the most powerful factors in

N spite of the emphatic persistence
with which the cry, art is one
of the most powerful factors in
civilization" it Is remarkable how
eager everybody seems to avoid any
practical application of the maxim.
More particularly can the truth of
this be perceived when entering the
average schoolrOom and nursery. The
sentimentalist and the sermonizer
spend many words in proclaimng the
wonderful influence of the nursery in
producing fine men and women. And
yet there is comparatively little at
tempt to educate the child indirectly
by means of his surroundings.
OF course, many improvements in
this direction have been noticeable
lately. Most nurseries now are at least
more sanitary than they were and the
influence Of the Froebel doctrines has
been felt to considerable advantage.
But in far too many houses one can
still see evidences of the tendency to
send to schoolroom and nursery what
ever furniture is too old and too ugly
to be used in any other part Of the
house. Presumably we are still far
from the day when class rooms in the
public schools will be anything else
than hideous and uninspiring of aught
but disgust and WEAKNESS. The fact
has not as yet filtered into the minds
of the boards of education that the
child's whole view of what he is set to
learn, indeed, Of the necessity of learn
ing anything at all is tinged by the
appearance of the surroundings in
which the actual studying is done.
But there is no reason why this
should not be counteracted in the
home. In fact. as most people real
ize, the home must be relied upon to
counteract a good deal of the influence
of the school, especially in the matter
of manners, grammar and pronuncia-
ton of the mother-tongue.
It is fact that the aesthetic SEN
sbilities wake early in some children
and the importance of having harmo-
NOUS surroundings cannot be exagger-
ated. Who does not remember the
associations between the appearance of
certain rooms and the daily occupa-
tions connected with them? And who
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HOW TO DECORATE A
r1ODEL SEWING ROOr1
With Homemade Fittings Adapted to Utility and
Ornament-The Importance of Light, Ventil-
alton and Subdued Coloring

~ He model sewing-room in the city
or country house should be well
lighted and ventilated, and deco
rated in such manner that,
while the room is we'll lighted. the
walls are not glazing, but restful to
the eyes. Subdued colors, therefore.
should be employed, and cream white
or oldivory colored woodwork is pre-
ferred to dark or blank-white wood.
the best model sewing-room | have
ever seen has woodwork plain and
free from fancy molding and orna-
mental work. The side walls are in
one fiat color, without design or orna-
Inent to annoy the eyes. In coloring
1t Is of soft olive green in one Of the
new light shades.
The frieze above the picture holding
has wreath and garland ornament,
although any other good pattern in a
light pink wallpaper can be used.
(Irhere are three useful features in
this room. One Is the chiffonier, with
wide and deep drawers for patterns
dress goods and fabrics that it is best
not to fold. Commodious drawers in
sewing-room are always best to keep
things in; they need not be deep, but
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which they are all provided.
FernerieS are used for growing
plants which require moist atmoS-
phere, which is Impossible in IN Or
binary room. They are made in yari-
GUS styles and Of various materials.
They consist of two partisan inner
one, porous, in which the ferns aro
planted, and an outer one, usually
decorated. Some are of iron, with q
zinc interior, OF winch the Id or top
can be lifted up to admit fresh air.
Their great advantage Is that they
only need watering every month or
SO, as the moisture which settles on
the inside OF the case returns to The
soil again. Some are made OF clay
or terra Gotta, with glass, bell-shaped
shade.
Light soil, mostly leaf mold, should
| be used to fill ferneries. After plant
ing give the soil good watering and
set the case where it will receive
plenty Of light but no sun. Remove
| decayed leaves as occasion demands.
Plants suitable for the aquarium are
the anacharls Canadensls, eel-grass,
conferva especially good in winter
time, as it is the only plant that -four
ishes them, myriophyllum. All these
are particularly valuable for aerating
the water. Remove all the decayed
stems and leaves before putting them
in, arrange them in punches of ten or
fifteen, make hole in the sand, insert
| the butt ends of the plants and be
careful to make them secure at the
bottom by pressing small stones about
| them Roots are not necessary, as the
cuttings will soon send them out
When the plants are in fill up the tank
to within an inch and a half from the
| top. Wait two or three days before
putting the fish in, so that the plants
may begin growing.
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we'll named, because it is very true to
the color of the lichen that forms on
old wood 1t is excellent for side walls
new amber shade is also very popular;
in western or southern rooms. The
it is warm in tone, very effective and
is decidedly good for bedrooms.
The dull old blues are very much
used in dining-rooms and libraries-
especially with mahogany furniture.
There is a new red-a rich warm,
deep red with plenty Of carmine in it
called peony, which is excellent to
give a touch of color to the soft
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ter can make enc for small cost.
A drop-ledge sewing table can be
made in similar manner, though not
SO large, and when not in use it can
be let down against the wall.
Pretty curtains and box filled with
growing plants add a pleasing appear
ance to the windows, and on the var
nished floor a rug of subducd colors
can be placed, although the majority
Of women prefer & bare floor when the
sewingroom Is in use.
A very convenient little sewing
bench can be made from two. boxes
one of which can be fitted with draw
ers, and in which spool threads and
silks may be kept, as well as the mis-
cellaneous lot Of sewing things a
woman accumulates. The lower box
can be twenty-four inches long. four
teen inches high and twelve or four
teen inches deep This will be found
convenient size.
A shelf is arranged at the middle
and under the four corners wooden
balls to act as feet can be screwed
fast. These balls can be purchased AT
any stationery or toy store, and are
the kind that have long elastic at
tached, and may be bought for cent
Each ball should be held in wise ano
mole bored in it with bit, through
which the screw will pass easily with
out splitting it.
Everything Homemade.
Above this box, and to one side, q
smaller one can be attached with
screws and a division made IN 1t fol
two drawers. The drawers are small
wooden boxes cut down to the proper
size. Chocolate or candy boxes can
be had about the right size and fitted
to the large box. or the case may be
cut to ft the drawers. Around the
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Stencils on Curtains and Draperies.

The use of stencils can be extended
to the curtains, table runners, drap
cries, couch pillows and hassocks witt
delightful effect. With the prlmar,
colors OF blue, red and yellow, and tn,
addition Of white, a perfect host O.
shades can easily be produced. Ado
plenty of benzine to the oil color
which should be used so that il will
dry quickly, and then there Will b,
little danger of the color running. eau
ton must be taken, however, not t,
overfill the brush, which should be o
good stiff bristles. DIP ii lightly int,
the paint try the color and stencil OF
some old fabric first, and then, by tn,
use of thumb tacks. fasteu your stem
Gil to the fabric and 80 over the pat
tern carefully and slowly.
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FLOWER
STANDS
Useful and Decorative, for
Indoor Garden-Ferneries
and Aquariums

Stands made Of willow or rattan are
very ornamental and much used
abroad. Many people prefer them, as
they can be made to harmonic with
the furniture. 1t is best to fill them
with plants in pots, although 1t Is pos
sible to use just the zinc pan with
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bear it, and the upper portion f The
wall should be plain and of warm
color. These patterns are excellent
because they adjust themselves to
stairs and risers better than any other
form of hall treatment. The dark
stencil co,ors serve to cover the effect
of soil coming from contact Of occa-
sonal hands or clothing touching the
wall surface.
Warm, rich, sunny tan makes an
excellent hail color for the side wall
and cream for the ceiling; then work
the stencil pattern out with dull blue
and touch Of dull red or orange red
and you have a peculiarly good COM
position.
If you have architectural pictures
hang them in the hall, with here and
there a good French print in color.
Let the lighting be good, but prefer
ably from the side rather than from
the ceiling, if it can be arranged.
The Treatment of Dinine-Room.
The vogue OF mahogany for dining.
room furniture has naturally devel
oped the use Of white enameled Oh
painted woodwork as u background
which usually includes wainscotins
around the room, as we'll as the trim
over doors and windows. The wal
surface is treated simply in either {
dull green or q soft Old blue, aud thu
ceiling is white. Hang the pictures
blind if possibe-bu- if they are toe
large to permit Of this, hans from two
wires to carry out the straight lin,
effect of the panels. Finish of YOU
vain SPnfiD VIII 1gINa al he ton II
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USES OF
STENCIL
For Interior Decoration
Beautiful New Colors
Now Available
By CLAUDIA 0. MURPHY

~ HERE are several new colors in
vogue this year that are espe-
cially good for interior decora-
lions, one particularly, new
sage gray called lichen, which is very
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The SIeeping-Eoom.

When it comes to the treatment o.
the bedroom, restful, quiet simplicity
must prevail. Have soft colors OF
walls and ceiling. the rug light in colo
and the curtains dainty and sheer
Painted, enameled or brass beds fit il
with almost any scheme.
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The paragraph is as TO.

Icherokees. The paragraph is as fol-
lows;
upon the rendition of final judg-
Iment by the court of claims or the SUI
preme court Of the United States deny
ing the validity of any portion of the
said acts authorized to be brought into
question, in either or both of said
cases, the court of claims shall deter
mine the amount to be paid the attor-
neys employed by the above-named
parties in the prosecution thereof for
services and expenses, and shall rem
der judgment therefor, which shall be
paid out of the funds in the United
States treasury belonging to the bene-
ticiaries under the said act of July
first, nineteen hundred and two"
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Oklahoma and Missouri, without, how
ever, Including them in the southern
totals.
For each of these. 16 states and the
District of Columbia is presented a
separate table summarizing the facts
of 80 years set forth in the topical
tables In the statistics generally the
latest and most authoritative figures
available have been used and, where
estimates have been made, the effort
has been to give conservative results.
For nearly thirty years the Manu-
facturers Record has published as
quickly as they have become accessible
the magnificent facts of southern
achievement upon which these latest
and most up-to-date statistics are bas-
ed, and has in addition issued from
time to time more or less elaborate
summaries, which have carried to the
four quarters of civilization the knowl-
edge about the south which has been
so effective in Fastening its material
development. Co-incidently the Man
ufacturers Record has furnished in
printed matter or in personal cores
pondence to thousands of statesmen,
educators, business men. newspapers
and magazines similar material for
orations. essays. editorials and other
articles, in the desire to neglect no
opportunity or means of furtherlng the
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-02
AN EPIToME or SOUTHERN
PROGRESS.
Annual Blue Book For 1911 Published
BY Manufacturers Record.

Annual Blue Book For 1911 Published
BY Manufacturers Record.
! All men OF affairs who wish to have
lin form handy for ready reference the
facts of what the south has done in
lthe past 30 years, what 1t is doing now
land what 1t possesses for greater do
ling viii find them in the Manufactur-
Iers Records "Aannual Blue Book of
Southern Progress" for 1911. This
pamphlet of ga pages is the most COM
lpact and convenient source of informa-
ton about material development in
the south that has ever been given to
the public, 1t is the statistical epi-
tome of the past and present of the
south, and bristles with information
about the elements of certainty as to
the south's great future
| In this comprehensive volume are
the records showing that Al cities in
the south, each now having a popula-
Ition of more than 25,O00. have in the
past 30 years increased their aggre-
gate population from 1.5O6,915 to 81
I57O,770, or by nearly 137 per cent, an
index to the growth of industry in the
south, that Of 100000 estimated
horsepower in southern streams only
about 100000 horsepower has been
developed, and that the value of the
cotton crop of the south in 10 years
has exceeded by more than $1,76f .000-
900 the value of the gold and silver
produced by all the mines of the
world in the same period, while the
value of exports of raw cotton has ex-
eeeded the value of all the gold mined
in the same time. The cotton crop,
with its seed. now approaches 1,0O0,-
100000 in value year and yet that
amount is less than 40 per cent of the
total value OF all agricultural products
of the SOUTH s7sO.OO0, 600. for instance,
being the value of l ,104 600. 900 bushels
of cereals hayested in 1910. Compar-
ison Of the progress of the south and
that of the country marks the indus
trial advancement of the south shown
in Diore active cotton spindles in the
south new than were in the whole
country in 1850, in a greater cut of
lumber in the south by more than
o.OO0OO0.0OO feet in pig-iron produc.
tion and in petroleum output nearly
equal the country's 80 years ago. and /
in the greater amount by 10000 900
tons of coal mined Increase in SOL
years in railroad mileage from 20,6l2
to 7l,907 miles, in the value Of exports
from s265,0OO.OO0 to $6eS,00O.OO0 and
in resources of national banks from
S171 100000 to sl.S71 900 600. are
among other items treated in the
blue Book Of Southern Progress" by
states and In comparison with the rest
of the country.
Among the special new features in
this issue are the figures of live stock
in the south, while to all the statistics .
of the ii southern states have been
added. where possible, the figures of
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-02

AS long as the Indians have dollar
to their credit the grafters will be
after it. The gist of the case known
as the too late baby" case may be
found in the closing paragraph Of the
act Of congress comforting jurisdiction
on the court of claims. This contains
the joker that allows the court of
claims to determine the amount to be
paid the attorneys representing the
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The sapulpa Light declares that city
is in death grappIe with jointists,
bootleggers and things. and that either
Sapulpa or the other fellows will have
to move If Craig county could spare
i the services of Judge Parks and County
Attorney Caldwell few days the prob
lem could be solved.
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Senator Lorimer might have been
alright so far as his seat in the United
States senate is concerned if those
bribe takers had not so many of them
'fessed up
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The Oklahoma legislature has kept
its hands off the hat-pin SO far. The
reasoning is that If the women are
given the ballot they will need to be
armed with hat-pins to enforce their
rights.
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desire to announce that am can
didate for City Marshal, subject to
the action of the democratic primary.
II. @. .CHATTERTON.
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We are authorized to announce the
name of Paul F. Mackey as candidate
for the office Of City Attorney subject
to the action Of the Democratic pri,
mary.
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This is grounding day.

Get your bed blankets out again and
hang on to that heavy underwear for
the grounding saw hisshadow today
and there is six weeks of winter to
come vet
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are authorized to announce the
name of Jacob Smith for the Office Of
City Marshal for the city of vinita
subject to the democratic primary.
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The chieftain is authorized to an
nounce H. r.. Clark candidate for City
Marshal, subject to the action OF the
democratic primary
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hereby announce myself candi
date for City Marshal. subject to the
Democratic primary. WILL BAXLEY.
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hereby announce myself candi-
date for City Marshal. subject to the
Democratic primary. BEN WILLIAMS
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work and keeping the south and the
rest of the world informed Of the vast
possibilities within the area stretch
ing from Maryland to Texas.
This pamphlet contains the cream
of all these efforts. Copies of the AN
nual Blue Book of Southern Progress"
can be had of the Manufacturers Rec
ord of Baltimore for 25 cents each.