The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-30

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al ya~,. When weary or H. ao'h ho,se-
substituted Ihe idea d.1t !, tsScend from
. IN - ,on j. horrible. don { htiltNe
in carr: ious changing. M.eh = VIII
ter ana re-ada?t. You ouEht | VIZ Gaes
ui+h NOR, success than Mrs. !aGh w
d.n.r in ;i,r Ncnet.; an palace ~ i'r>,on,
Sh+. studies tn" ie'orli "l ~ q I".i. 80
~, actor would his role. always isi.ii"1
~; ~ f,pts III n.riertinu TO he ao>"-
DO YOU ;hiuk surroundings inhaeAse
character. ro,ii7e
,,ut in !, sub conscious way. n S5I>!tnc
artistic nature shuts NJ like 4 se.si'ne
nlalt. if Confined uellness Assaults -
aud give to the home-comer ne isrIs.t
that all harmony does. no matter WIZ.
form ii takes. whether music, a st"it -
= Soit !v-stheined room" =,
i;n,y ming. The mechanical end Is OF shch
unportan,. that ! quite frankly can ~.
work q trade. If | cant find a piece .
furnitnrc II lit a c"rta niche. l tn
one made after my own design, ana tha3
demands practical knowledge. Then
have studied and experinlented to GET GER,
tain ne" shades OF "oods-na'e nutiv ore,s
to and rare woods; and you see there's
more of ,arpeutry than high art about
that. have an office here and TOUR
apartments and Il staff OF drauShtswonlen:
why success tlllGAtS lux "CAN "
one else-that's why speak or II as :
dot still seems Il fantasy because it was
iik. lear.ng in the dark and then indlhs
yourself Oh a bag Of gold :,
course the time was pfopltlocS. L
went into this work just when an interest,"
in simplicity and taste for interiors was
laying its lirst hold on people. had !
started ten years earlier | would nave
had a longer wait. And look ALREADY AT
our deyelopnaent-we have got rid OF the
meaningless parlcr with its ugly stiffness
and substituted the wholesome living roo"
with its honest furniture. In more eiabo-
rate esta blishnrcrts there IS the draw
, ing room, but we don't pretend any
> more, or copy cl,eaply: our furniture. mas
G good prints on our walls or photograph
OF pictures that We love and know some
! thing about. The 'chromos' and 'lnothel
{ aud father done in ctayon' are in tht
: attic. When women choose their gowns
they think even OF the room they are u
o wear them IL. FOR a wrong background
s kills everything in the picture. ~
& taste. and it can be acquired thini
: they might begin and end their study witt
I the Louis NV "eriod. for everything fr"u
shoes were perfect. With all the.r sin
the one OF bad taste could never be lai'
at their marye'ously wrought doors"
lr ~ dom think. develop as mneh as :"
Will. that We Nill ever evolve so l ca
make an American room as l do now
French one: as q country we are too hi:
ID and our tyres are too divergent. The IL
H. house in Southern California must eve
n. n remote times tc different from 4 Ne
York town house"
or "Where could a woman study interi,
40 decoration best -
do That's hard for me to say. as I a
le- not a product of schools. but Pratt l
OF %st'tute III Brooklyn and the Beaux Ar
in Paris. give courses: but | must bel {
in from my own experience that Instinct
I first. travel second-seeing the best
re- EVERY GIRL SHOULD I.EARN-TWO
leo other days and minds-~then the practit
nd adaptation and. lastly. formal study"
asst "Another reason for women going in
cot this work. in addition to her natural t
mt more and more every day instead Of mt
all More women than men come to me. l G
nd ploy more women than men. You see
our day. We've been underdegs 50 10
old hand w we put out a hand and pull
OH z few more OF u.s."
md And then Miss De Wolf arose from
his side the real log tire In her "ofhce." w
>rts its soft rugs and Versa'llessly furnitu
,er- herself the Frenchiest thing n the roc
to French in her dress-in its simnlic'
ave harmony land yet surprise in cnlorin
to nnnropriate for business Of course.
had a runle danced here and there. and
trinkety in ears and fingers made her ],
in as buS'neSSlke as did her ~'ctiice.'
Ia r. nrcnatnrely grey. waved about
ct de'irate'y pretty face and oppositcu
in black eyes so well that It ought to S
the even ncf own eAac1!ng love OF good G
and trastS. She had to go-slie would II
as to have chatte,l Ion ger, but there va
,pty million things she had to do at once.
the am must stay-there were the CIR
q in they would tell me anything else.
/. l The %"oftice' girl came in gently. a 70
must prentice decorator with a mass OF
ame billo~ilg something that looked Ike
the talicn cloud ng; a aughts-g girl pa.
throEGn with her blue print; outside Il
wo. was buzz and chatter: all because the
in tie chubby" holes OF rooms opening
i to the small corridor, each as French as
: tn office. were filled with woI zen wait
why and Miss De Wolf futtered here and II
ed a A small young person. obviously a b.
keeper: was bending over 4 boudoir de
many with big, heavy ledgers; dear no.
". ! strewn with lovely little cards, 1t
thar all SO frankly, prett ly feminine. Bust
nnts and system even evident. but everyt
was shod in velvet. \ man intruded
nv alien presence. carrying samples Of &C
u TO He timidly took his place in an obs,
was remote corner and dropped on a I
q to- NV footStool. gaZn S dejcctelly at
sance tarestriel wall. Was lie reading the
colo writing thereon Of his vanishing ST
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a r,o- tCopvri~ht 1911 Nv & Mr. tcr