The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-18
Women Of N. Dakota
Royalty Entertained;
Special Programme
Ladies Who Are Here Attending Grain Growers Meetings
Were the Guests Of Honor
Several Splendid Addresses Were Given on Topics Of Special
Interest to Women
Programme Was in Charge Of Mrs. ]. H. Shepperd-nspec-
ton Tour Of A. {. a Feature

and Mrs. Gretchell handled 1t in a de.
cidedly clever manner.
Home Decoration.
Following Mrs. GretchelL. Miss Ja-
cobson Of the agricultural college
spoke on Home Decoration. She said
In part:
The keynote of the color scheme
of the room is In its good work. IL
the mouldings on the walls and doors
are fine and delicate as in the old
colonial style, give them emphasis.
This emphasis may be brought abou
by the use of enamels or white paints.
On the other hand a modern interior
woodwork scheme rarely expresses any
thought n beauty, 1t is best kept
In h background and made subordin-
ate. Deep grayed brown, green's. n
the like I'LL this need and produce a
beautiful restful effect harmonizing
with nearly all wall papers. High pol
ish is not a mark Of good t~aste-sev-
eral coats of varnish which make the
woodwork have a hardened mirrowed
CLASSY appearance is most uninterest-
ing and obtrusive. woodwork should
not shine and reflect the light like a
mirror. "A wall hat is more interest
ing than the hostess is impertinent."
Large figures and loud. strong con
! trasts are most underlined. Truly I'VE
write in large on walls and floors our
likes n dislikes."
The work involved in keeping car
pets clean and sanitary is sufficient
to set n against them. However,,
there are exceptions. For instance, in
a poorly heated house or in an old
PERSONS room carpets add and hold
warmth. Conventionalized designs
and color schemes like those Of oriental
rugs are the best. Beds OF flowers
scattered owe the floor cause a SEN
sittve person to hesitate to step firmly
on the carpet which was made to stay
on the floor to walk upon, not to re-
produce a garden in ones room. Wax
floors are preferable to highly var
nished floors. Hardwood floors are
expensive in the beginning but last as
long as the house, they require lit
tie covering to be beautiful and APP
propriate at al times. Filling or good
cement is best for the bath rooms.
Hardwood, inlaid linoIeum or compost
ton floors are best for the kitchen.
However, a good substitute is q soft
wood floor painted q suitable color.
When one prefers inexpensive rugs
those woven of grass and straw are
better than cheap domestic cotton and
wool rugs. For instance a well chosen
crex rug costs about one-third of the
price of a domestic wool rug or car
pet, 1t wears better and Is sanitary
and artistic. The oriental rug, or the
good foreign rug whose beauty Is an
undisputed thing costs more than
double the domestic wool rug Of the
same size. 1t lasts a life time, its
color improving with age, whereas the
home rug shows signs OF wear in a
short time. The superiority Of these
oriental rugs in color, texture and de-
sign is due to the fact that each rug
has at least 100 years of study be-
hind it. 1t should be a question OF
quality and design rather than quantity
with rugs.
Natures landscape suggests q gen.
eral arrangement of color values
darkest in the foreground and grad
ually leading to the lightest value, the
sky, consequently. in a room the dark
est spot should be the floor, the wall
next, between the extremes of floor
and ceiling, which last ought to be the
lightest value. Putting 1t another way.
the ceiling is the Iightest and the
floor the darkest value, both re-echo-
ing the color of the wall space which
unites the whole scheme. In the room
where white woodwork is used the
ceiling had better be Of the same white.
The purpose OF bed and bath rooms
urges light woodwork and walls, white
furniture and dainty hangings all pre-
serve the clean airy atmosphere so de-
sirable in these rooms.
Collect works of art or books for the
feeling or thought in them. They
should serve to interest and ennobla
all who become acquainted with them.
They make visible the hidden things
Of life. No ell enjoy works Of art,
mainly owing to the TACT that they
have not become acquainted with them.
The cure is evident; allow one of the
masters to speak to You through, foI
example, one of his paintings. / war;
rant he will soon win you.
Pictures should not be bought fol
mere decoration, to impress visitorAE
or to fill in a wall space no more than
books to fill a bookcase with bindings
to match the carpet. Al picture or bit
Of sculpture should inspire, cheer and
not depress one as sentimental sub
jects do. One soon tires OF funny sub-
jects. They lack uplifting Influence.
AS for family photos, diplomas and
heiriooms these are out Of place in any
other but the family bedrooms. We
cherish and enjoy the picture OF our
dear ones. but good taste urges us NOT
to force them on our visitors as IL
done when they I'LL the living or other
general rooms.
A pleasing feature OF the afternoon
was the music furnished by the Men'a
J Glee club who sang most a~cceptably
Moonlight on the Lake by White.
Woman on Good Roads
One Of the most interesting paperg
on the programme was that given by
Mrs. Mary Z~etterberg of Valley City
on What Good Roads Mean to the
Farmers wife from a Wornar's View
point. This is q subject which most
{ people think is Of little interest to tha
! women, but which In reality Is fraught
j with the keenest interest. MRS. Get
terberg brought out distinctly thSE
j good roads are most essential TO the
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