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The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-09-25
WOULD ANNEX HEIGHTS.

Little Rock, Sept. 25.-A move
ment has been strated among the cit
liens of Pulaski Heights, resident
suburb with a population of $500, to
annex to Little Rock. 1t is expected
to become lively issue in the near
future.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-09-25
MRS. ELIZABETH DAVIS.

Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, aged 20
years, died last night at her home at
Greenbrier of senility Funeral SER
vices were held this afternoon, con-
Quoted by Rev. j. H. Gossett. Inter
ment was at Shady Grove cemetery.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-09-25
DONA HOLLOWAY.

Dona Holloway, aged two years.
died of whooping cough last night at
the home of his parents at Wooster.
Funeral services were held this after
noon from the family residence.
Burial was at Bethlehem cemetery.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-09-25

Jesse Branon is visiting friends in
Little Rock
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1913-09-25

l.. M. Kinsey is in Little Rock to-
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
Miss SLs,e oe N9Z|e

house. II could always find perfect
walls I'd always paint them, and never
use yard OF paper Painted walls, when
very well done. are dignfled and restful
and most sanitary. The trouble IS that
too few plasterers know how 10 smooth
know how TO apply paint properly.
For those who must paper their walls.
however. there are many suggestions.
Among the most enchanting OF the
new papers" says the author. ARE the
black and white ones. fantastic Chinese
designs and startling Austrian patterns.
Black and white is always tempting
combination TO the decorator. and now
that Josef Hoffman. the great Austrian
decorator, has been working I'm black and
white for number OF years. the more
venturesome decorators Of France, and
England and America have begun 10 fol-
low his lead. and are using black and
white, and black and color, with amaz-
ing effect. We have black papers pat
termed in color, and black velvet carpets,
and white coated papers sprinkled with
huge black polka dots and all manner OF
unusual things. II goes without saying
that much of this fad is freaksh. but
there IL also much that is good enough
and refreshing enough to last. One can
imagine nothing fresher than black and
white scheme in a bedroom, with saw
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
TO MAKE THE BOX.

To make the box use a clean. square
box such as candy comes in for founda-
ton. Make an outside case for this out of
heavy wrapping paper, cut In four pieces,
shaped Ike the skin OF a quarter apple.
These pieces must be wired from one
point TO another and lined with very soft
white paper. To make the outside look
like chestnut burr clip dark green crepe
paper very fine and paste II to the wrap
ping paper foundation AS the outside
case is wired the ends may be bent
around to conceal the inner box.
The decorations for the supper table
may he made in similar way by using
chestnut burrS for candle shades and as
holders for the various dishes on the
table. At the conclusion OF the meal a
Jack Homer pie. filled with chrysanthe-
NUNS, can be brought on. The outside
is made Of a huge burr, and underneath
the flowers are small paper packages filled
with chocolate chestnuts, conundrums and
Jokes. The best joke OF all was that none
OF these were chestnuts.
Crepe paper, with white ground with
silhouettes of witches. owls. bats and
pumpkins Is obtainable almost every
where now and makes good tablecloth.
An effective centrepiece can be- con-
structed ont OF black cardboard cut TO
represent witch riding a broomstick.
Place the figure against white back
ground to make II stand out plainly.
Games suitable to the season, well as
all sorts OF fortune telling. can be played
later in the evening, the main thing being
10 keep the affair as simple as possible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
DETAIL s OF WORK ARE Stimuli ATING
Chapters of Her Book Are Devoted Her Ideals for the Various
Rooms Of the House and Descriptions Of the Ways in
Which She Has Carried Them Out

specifically with the various rooms Of
the house and numerous suggestions are
made and the salient points illustrated, as
in the preceding chapters, by photographs
Of existing rooms.
Miss De Wolfe defines the drawing
room, for instance, as the logical place
for the elegancies of family life. The
ideal drawing room. to my mind. contains
many comfortable chairs and sofas. many
softly shaded lights by night and plenty
Of sunshine by day, we'll balanced mirrors
set in simple panelled walls, and any
number OF small tables that may be
brought out into the room, IL need be.
and an open fire.
THE old idea OF the drawing room was
a horrible apartment Of stiffness and for
mality and discomfort. No wonder It was
used only for weddings and funerals
The modern drawing room is intended,
primarily, as place where hostess
may entertain her friends, and IL must
not be chill and uninviting. whatever else
IL may be. IL should not be Uttered up
with personal things-magazines books
and work baskets and objects that belong
In the living room-but IL welcomes flow
ers and objets dart, collections of fans,
or miniatures, or graceful mirrors, or old
French prints. OF enamels, or porcelains.
II should be a place where people may
converse without interruption from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

simple engravings and prints are prefer
able TO doubtful paintings. The effect is
the thing.
ITO me the most amazing evidence or
the advance OF good taste is the revival
of chntzes. printed linens, cottons and
so forth, OF the eighteenth century. Ten
years ago II was almost impossible to find
a well-designed cretonne; the beautiful
chintzes as we know them were unknown.
Now there are literally thousands OF
these excellent fabrics OF old and new
designs In the shops. There are charm
ing cottons TO be had at as little as
20 cents a yard. printed from old patterns.
There are linens hand printed from old
blocks that rival cut velvet In their lus-
trous color effects and cost almost as
much. There are amazing fabrics that
seem 10 have come from the land OF the
Arabian nights-they really come from
Austria and are dubbed 'Futurist and
'Cubist and such. Some OF them are
inspiring. some OF them are horrifying,
but all OF them are interesting. Old time
chlntzes were usually very narrow and
light in ground. but the modern chint2
is forty or fifty inches wide. with a
ground OF neutral tone that gives II dis
tinction. and defes dust"
IDEAL DRAWING ROOM.
There is a series Of chapters dealing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
HALLOWEEN PARTIES

For twenty people very amusing home
made decorations for two rooms-the
Witch's Bower and dining room-can be
made for the small sum Of 81 This does
not include cost of favors, prizes or
food. For a weird effect, cover all furni-
ture and pictures in the room used as tho
Witch's Bower with pieces Of old muslin
Tor white crepe paper could be used. IN
the centre Of each picture ard upon win
dow shade or curtains pin a black cat cut
from crepe paper. If procurable, punches
Of cornstalks or branches of autumn
leaves are an Improvement The room
should be lighted with the paper pump
kin shades and what bric-a-brac cannot
be covered by the pumpkin covers re-
moved and the pumpkins put In It's place
The witch, in regulation garb, should be
lowering in a corner waiting for the
guests, who, upon arriving at the house,
are greeted by sheet and pillowcased"
party, with pumpkin face mask, who
holos aloft Il signboard, upon which is
pasted Ladies' Room at the Sign OF the
Pumpkin and "Gentlemen's Room at the
Sign Of the Black Cat" There should be
guest, for the effect with white draperies
is unique. Every one should wear white
gloves to complete the disguise. Upon
entering the Witch's Bower another
sheet and pillowcased party offers the
guests a pumpkin tally card. with a num-
Der on It. If progressive games or cards
are to be played. the table and couple
numbers can be added.s When the num-
Der Of guests expected Is in the room the
witch rises and. making several passes"
with her little broom, announces in a
croaking voice that tina guests are now in
her power and that she has control over
their future occupations. She takes from
her little black bag pack Of yellow
envelopes, sealed with a gum label, rep
resenting a witch. These she must
shuttle. mumbling TO herself When she
calls the numbers from tho top OF the
pack the guest whose tally number cor
responds receives 1t. They are all given
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
BEDROOM SHOULD BE SMALL.

About bedrooms, Miss De Wolfe says,
81 do not like the very large bedrooms,
dear to the plans OF the American archi-
tect.
81 think the ideal bedroom should be
planned so that small aute-chamber
should separate II from the large outside
corridor. The ideal arrangement is an
ante-chamber opening on the boudoir, or
sittingroom. then the bedroom, with its
dressing-room and bath i'm back This
outer chamber insures quiet and privacy.
no matter how small It may be. II may
serve as a clothes-closet, by filling the
wall with cupboards. and concealing them
with mrrored doors. The ante-chamber
need not be a luxury. If you plan your
house carefully. II IS simply a little well
OF silence and privacy between you and
the hall outside.
ITO go on with my ideal bedroom. The
walls. think, should be simply panelled
in wood. painted gray or cream or white.
but II wood cannot be afforded a plas-
tered wall, painted or distempered in
some soft tone, IS the best solution. You
will find plain walls and gay chintz hang
ings very much more satisfying than
walls covered with Powered papers and
plain hangings, for the simple eason
that design repeated hundreds OF times
on a wall surface becomes very very tire
some; but the same design in a fabric
is softened and broken by the folds of
the material, and you will never get the
annoying sense Of being impelled to count
the figures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
EXPRESSIVE LIVING ROOM.

80 many people ask me-" she says:
How shall I furnish my living room?
What paper shall l use on the walls?
What woodwork and curtains-and rugs"
One woman asked me what books she
should buy,
Your living room should grow out OF
the needs of your daily life. There could
be no two living rooms exactly alike In
scheme If they were lived in. You will
have TO decide on the wall colors and
such things It is true. but the rest OF the
room should grow OF itself. You will not
make the mistake OF using n dark paper
OF heavy figures II you are going to use
many pictures and books. for instance.
You will not use a gay bedroom paper
covered with flowers and birds. You will
know without being told that your wall
colors must be neutral: that your wood
work must be stained and waxed, or
painted some soft tone Of your wall color
Then. let the rugs and curtains and things
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

cheese. apples, hickory nuts, cider, toasted
marshmallows.
FOR THE HALLOWEEN DINNER
Lettuce flower on anchovy toast Little
Neck CLAIMS on half shell. amber soup,
bread dice. olives, celery. roasted duck.
farina balls. caulinower au gratin. apple
compete. grapefruit salad, cheese sticks,
pistacho ice cream, gold cake, nuts. cof-
fee.
Cost OF materials used TO decorate two
rooms. TO make twenty false faces, the
table decorations and the witch's outfit:
Five twenty-foot rolls OF crepe paper
three yellow, one green and one black,
81 cents; twenty cards for invitations,
1914 cents; white cardboard for place
cards. cents; trimmed witch seals. 10
cents: trimmed cat seals. 10 cents four
sheets OF black tissue paper, cents;
paste. 10 cents; twenty yards OF ribbon.
40 cents; napkins. plain g cents a DOZEN,
10 cents paper ice cases, 20 cents; black
paper muslin, for witch's face and bag,
6 cents; chld's broom. 10 cents; yellow
cardboard for tally cards, cents; total,
$O2
This amount includes decorations for
two tables, one with ''witch's hat" and
place cards, the other large pumpkin
pie" and black cat place cards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
PLACE CARDS AND GAMES.

The hostess knowing the tastes OF her
guests, grown ups" or little folk, can
plan tho rest OF the afternoon or even
ing In games that Will please them. More
fun is had when the places Cor, favors, II
a buffet supper is served are found by
reading a jingle or verse describing the
fad or occupation in the everyday life OF
each.
After the coffee the ribbons are ell
pulled at once, and the pie" parts M d
gives up its contents. The children en- Toy
finding their places by matching their
tally card numbers with those pasted on
the pumpkin cover leaf.
The following menus are appropriate,
and. with the exception OF the dinner
menu. can all be prepared before the
guests arrive:
YELLOW AND GREEN SUPPER
Clam bouillon. finger rolls, chicken in
aspic on lettuce, mayonnalse dressing
Saratoga chips, olives. rolled cress sand
witches, sunshine cake. French ice cream
sailed pine nuts, coffee.
CHILDREN'S MENU.-Chicken sand
witches. olives. sponge cake. ice cream.
Halloween cookies. lemonade or cocoa.
OLDTIME HALLOWEEN SUPPER
Baked beans. tongue sandwiches. pickles.
doughnuts, pumpkin pie, crackers and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
HOW SHE WORKS.

Miss De Wolfe explains her method of
procedure as follows:
when l am asked to decorate a new
house my first thought is suitability. MY
next thought is proportion. Always keep
in mind the Importance Of simplicity. First
! study the people who are 10 live In this
house and their needs as thoroughly as l
studied my parts in the days when ! was
an actress. For the time being ] really
am the chatelaine of the house. When l
have thoroughly familiarized myself with
my part I let that go for the time and
consider the proportion of the house and
its rooms. II is much more important
that the wall openings. windows, doors
and fireplaces should be In the right place
and should balance one another than that
there should be expensive and extrava-
CANT hangings and carpets"
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Daily Bill Of Fare.
MONDAY.

BREAKFAST.-Pears fried eggs in
sweet potato nests, toast, coffee.
LUNCHEON. - Duck salad. French
bread, canned cherries, chocolate layer
cake, tea.
DINNER.-Tomtato soup using the
bones of Sundays duck for stock,
stuffed bluefish, white potatoes in a paper
bag. creamed caulihower, escarole, apple
nie with cheese top, coffee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
A CHESTNUT PARTY.

Make the invitations in the shape Of
some kind of n nut and invite your friends
TO spend the afternoon and stay for an
old-fashioned evening supper party. II is
better to have tho party small and to use
care in selecting congenial people.
Offer a prize for the person finding the
most nuts, and make the prize something
appropriate, like huge box shaped like a
chestnut burr and filled with homemade
nut goodies This is simple thing TO
make and would be suitable for either a
girl or boy. Delay the giving of the
prize until the last thing before the
guests part so that the box may be car
ried home intact The hostess will, of
course, provide sweets to be eaten during
the evening, so there will be no necessity
for "sampling" what can be carried away
as a pretty souvenir.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
PAINTED WALL BEAUTIFUL.

In the chapter on Treatment OF Walls
she says, among other things:
ITO me the most beautiful wall is the
plain and dignihed painted wall, broken
into graceful panels by the use OF mar
row mouldngs, with lighting fixtures
carefully placed and every picture and
mirror hung with classic precision. This
wall is just as appropriate TO the six
room cottage as TO the twenty-room
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
KEEP 1T INTIMATE.

mo matter how large your drawing
room may be, keep it intimate in spirit.
There should be a dozen conversation
centres in a large room. There should be
one or more Sofas with comfortable
chairs pulled up beside them. No one
chair should be isolated, for some bashful
person who doesn't talk well anyway is
sure to take the most remote chair and
make herself miserable. | have seen a
shy young woman completely changed be-
cause she happened TO sit upon a certain
deep cushioned sofa of rose colored dam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

81 have always lived in enchanting
houses Probably when another woman
would be dreaming of love affairs |
dream of delightful houses ] have lived
In And lust as the woman who dreams
of many lovers finds one dream a little
dearer than all the rest. so one of my
houses has been dearer to me than all
the others" says Miss Elsie De Wolfe In
The House in Good Taste" which was
published on Friday by the Century Com
pany.
This favorite love of mine" she con-
tinues us the old Washington Irving
house in New York, the quaint mansion
that gave historic Irving Place its name
For twenty years my friend Elisabeth
Marbury and made this old house our
home Two years ago we reluctantly
gave up the old house and moved into
more modern one-also transformed from
old into new-on East 55th street. We
have also a delightful old house III
France, the Villa Trianon, at Versailles
where we spend our summers. SO, you see
We have had the rare experience or trans
forming three mistreated old houses into
very delightful homes"
TRANSFORMING OLD HOUSES.
And the story of how the houses were
transformed reads Ike fairy tale out
a very practical tale withal and one that
is bound TO be stimulating to the woman
who is facing the problems of making
house into home. Running through the
cbanters too. is the story Of the decorat-
d., ~ the Colony Club Miss De Wolfe s
first big commission, and there are hu-
merous references TO and descriptions OF
other houses which Miss De wore mas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

out at once so that tho recipients may
collect" their thoughts. Then No. l IS
requested 10 step forward and read his
or her occupation. which may be 10 enter
tain the gathering with a funny story; TO
play on the plano or some other musical
instrument; 10 tell "A ghost story; TO sing;
to tell the funniest experience they ever
had: If sulfragette, and why; what is
their favorite dish, and how it is pre-
pared, or be requested to do some silly
stunt All must be done Disgusting the
voice as much as possible. This will cause
much merry guessing II the guests enter
into the real spirit Of the game, especially
when the occupations or stunts" are
given 10 the wrong sex.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26

go until you decide you have TO have
them. The room will gradually find it,
self, though 1t may take years and heart
ache and certain self-confession of in
adequacy. 1t will express your life. il you
use it, so be careful Of the life you live
in IL!
First Of all, | think a dining room
should be light and gay" she says in an
other chapter. THE first thing TO be con-
sidered is plenty Of sunshine. The next
thing is the planning of a becoming back
ground for the mistress Of the house. The
room should always be gay ami charming
In color, but the color should be selected
with due consideration of its becoming
ness to the hostess. Every woman has a
right 20 be pretty in her own dining room.
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81 Mss, 41sa,ae, N@:-ssss,' Lous XVI 6ouO-o1- .
MAKING A HOUSE A HOME
81 Have Always Lived in Enchanting Houses,
Declares Miss Elsie De Wolfe, in
"The House in Good Taste,

since decorated; among these the c. W.
Hardness house, at Morristown; Miss
Anne Morgan's apartments. the Rayard
Thayer house. the Ogden Armour house,
Frederick Havemeyer's and Ormond G..
Smiths.
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ing neutrality OF gray or some dun tone
for rugs. and "a brilliant BIT Of color In
porcelain. There ~ no hint Of the mourn
ful iu the decorators combination OF
black and white. rather, there is naive
quality suggestive Of smartness In gown
or chic I'm a woman. A white walled room
with white woodwork and a black and
white tiled floor, black lacquer bed
and chest Of drawers and chair; glass cur
talns of white muslin and inside ones Of
black and white Hoffman chIntz; splash
Of warm orange red In an oval rug at the
bedside. II II De winter. or a cool green
one IN summor-does this tempt you?
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THE "cHlNTz DECORATOR"

when ! began my work as a decorator
OF houses" she confesscs another
chapter. my friends, astonished and Just
a little amused AZ my persistent use Of
chintz. called me the 'Chintz decorator
The title pleased me, even though It was
bestowed in fun. for my theory has al
ways been that chlntz, when properly
used, Is the most decorative and salts
factory Of all fabrics. At first people OBJ
jected TO my bringing chlntz into their
houses because they had an idea IT was
poor and mean and rather doubtful
expedent on tho contrary, / feel that
1t IS infinitely better 10 use good chin,zes
than inferior silks and damasks. just as
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There is series Of chapters dealing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-17
IF CHILD IS CROSS,
FEVER|SH AND SICK
Look, Mother! If Tongue is
Coated Give "California'
Syrup of Figs.

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is,
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish. stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
eross, half-sick. feverish. don't eat.
lleep or act naturally. breath is bad,
system full of cold. has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother, See if tongue is coated. then
kive a teaspoonful Of "California Syr-
hp of Figs" and in a few hours all the
eonstipated waste. sour bile ard undi-
rested food passes out Of the "ystem
aud YOU have we'll, playful child
again.
Millions of mothers give "California
Syrup of Figs because it is perfectly
harmless: children love it, and it
never fails to act on the stomach
hver and bowels.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot
he of "Calfornia Syrup of Figs.
which has full directions for babies
children of all ages and for grown
nps plainly printed on the bottle. Be
ware of counterfeits sold here. Get
the genuine. made by "California Fig
Syrup Company" Refuse any other
kind with contempt.