The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-02

" 4AtdCl ctdtlQ fNI1s al cHttS "
the multitude OF text book
now published on art anS
fxsuqht in the elementary schools, ther,
Fisstill such an ama1ing amount OF ueli
trcss in the home Various foolish rea.
sons are given. such as lack Of time,
@too busy, and sometimes can't afford
it Those are very. easily knocked on
Ythe head by pointing out that rooms
which are perfect marvel OF hideous-
ness have been brought to that state by
great deal of pains-far more than
would have been necessary to make the
tplaee really ornamental AS for cant
safnrd it" | have stood IN department
stores and watched people deliberately
ecorn really nice looking furniture and
bay more for things that were a regular
Rycsore
The truth is. that many people are
etill rather afraid Of the word "artis-
kie.s And those who arslf't7 don't know
what it really means, CONSEQUENTLY il
comes to mean LOT of bewiidering clap
Arsp.
1t is not generally appreciated that
Beautiful surroundings have distinct
tnoral value. Especially is this true of
children. You will find that people Of
&riviaI tastes nearly always live in homes
kluttered up with cheap bric-a-brac,
with furniture intended to be snowy and
turcceding in being vulgar. 1t is OBJ
1ious tha. children brought up in places
where everything has been bought and
arranged with sole view to making a
fictitious display of more money than
che family possesses will imbibe the idea
That pretending is the chief object of ex-
ysfcnce and that the worthiest person is
The most successful liar. And the most
pitiful part of it all is that you can buy
really good furniture and decorations
kor less money than you pay for the gro
kcsque. You can have a home that is
really harmonious, pleasant and restful
Eor less money than you pay for oneI
THAT is only a storehouse for conglonl-
crate testimonials to foolisiness.
4 Generally speaking, there are four
finds of furniture There is the kind
Tn which the construction IS poor. ma
serials unreliable and the appearance
merely showy There rs -Tffst- -of good
design but poor materials and cQnstruc-
tion. There is that W sra terials
and execution but 10 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 70 buy imported furniture to
~ecure substantial make or real beauty
Towards the end OF summer this be-
comes a serious question for MANY peo-
pie who have given up their old house
at the beginning of the summer. intend |
ing to choose new home after the long |
vacation. Difficult is the task of those /
who already have furniture and have
decided on a new or rernodeled 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 stipulate 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 to have your old
furniture done over. Some OF it can be
gemodeled and, if it is badly scratched
il can be scraped and reyarnished or
stained In any case, it should match
the woodwork in shade For half-tim-
bered houses, with Che interior finished
the same way as tls exterior. oak fur
niture is best. AMson stvle IS also
suitable, while for haster walls old oak
forms pleasing Contrast Above all,
avoid such solecisms as mahogany fur