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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
INTERESTING TALKS
ON HOUSEFURNISHINGS
BY KATE GREENLEAF LOCKE.

beautiful and harmonious commin-
Cling Of colors may be obtained in a din
ing room in the following manner: Walls
paneled in brown wood to form a five
foot wainscot and covered above with a
tapestry in which brown predominates.
There are many charming tapestries
which carry in their combination of
colors soft greens, dull pinks and vary
ing shades OF tan and gray. The ceiling
with these walls should be washed in
cafe au lait color between the beams of
brown wood. If there are no beams a
clear wash Of this color all over the cell
ing will be found very effective. Side
lights of electricity or gas that project
from this tapestried wall show up de-
lightfully with candle shades Of old rose
in drawn or fluted silk. The hardware
may be of old brass, OF silver or of
bronze A pewter finish also goes we'll
with the cOloring. Window curtains OF
mouseytan in velour or velvet should be
lined with cafe au lait taffeta and the
undercurtains should be of unbleached
lace or figured net. ! do not advise
undercurtains of plain Arabian net, for
they are not effective, though often very
expensive.
The window treatment, so far ex-
tremely quiet ia color. mSy be broken
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curtain Of some soft, exquisite shade OF
old rose in front OF 1t. This curtain.
which lends a lovely color to the room at
night when drawn together to exclude the
outside world. may be a delicate faded
old pink which merely suggests its color.
or it may be a deep tone of the same
beautiful color. 1t Is easy TO imagine
how beautifully richly carved furniture i'm
English oak Italian walnut or our own
black walnut would fit into the scheme
of this room, and how perfectly pink
roses as garnitue would carry II out. and
/ have seen kerminsha rugs glowing with
much old rose color that seemed woven
for such a room as l have described,
IL ones preference is for q floor covering
Of one color. an Austrian rug in brown
would be appropriate.
In this case the blue is that rich de-
licious shade of unfadeable blue called
''gobelin" and the yellow Is daffodil.
Above the mahogany wainscot the walls
are covered With Japanese grass cloth In
gold This grass cIcth can be treated
with brown stain so as to produce
wonderful effect-a very slight coating Of
the stain Is so rubbed into the gold as to
deaden its luster and lend II bronze
appearance. Ceilings and sidewalks OF
this are beautiful with mahogany wood
work. / have always felt that mahog-
any Is a difficult wood in decoration. for
there is so much red In 1t that one in
stinctively avoids the contrasts Of blue or
yellow in the walls and the conflict OF
red with a background OF mahogany
wainscoting and walls Of bronze-sold.
however, We may safely introduce
rich blue: curtains and chair seats OF
this color In velvet brocade or tapestry
show up we'll The blue brocade cur
tains are lined with taffeta silk In DAFT
fodil yellow hung over white lace-au
inner drapery of silk almost as thin as
chiffon, an East Indian gauze. in fact.
with narrow silvery stripes in it. adds
much to the charm of this window
scheme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
WHOLESOME FOODS
AT SMALL COST
THE LIMA BEAN.

II has been aptly said that the peas
ard beans may be called the vegetable
heefsteaks so rich are these in the food
cement contained in meats. The dry
lima bean is the richest of them all. 1t
anne originally from South America.
where il is a native plant. But at pres
,nt the lima bean is cultivated as food
product in many parts of the world. And
"a valuable article of diet the lima bean
indeed is.
The amount of its protein material,
which Is the main food element of meat,
is greater I'm the bean than in some OF
the meats. Its content of fat, on the
other hand. is small, being about per
cent But to compensate for the lack of
fat the bean is very rich in starches and
sugars On account of its richness in pro-
tein material, II may be used partly to
take the place of meats.
II il be kept in mind that porterhouse
steak for instance. contains only ~ per
cent OF proteins and the dry lima bean
contains IS per cent of the same food
element, Il will at once become apparent
what AAA dietary product TN" lima
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

lied at the rugs on the polished floor
all in shades Of brown. which mingled
together and finally brought forth the
yellow of a Marechal Mel rose.
But taken altogether, it was not sat-
isfying The window seat boosted
few cushions of reds and green's: the
couch. which was fine, and could have
been inviting, had none at all. Flossie
knew what a difference there would
be with soft, fine curtains and brown
draperies at the windows and endless
cushions of varying shades of brown
piled on the couch and window seat.
It'll be beautiful" she said, las
soon as / get rid Of that unlived look
which possesses it,
When her plans were all on paper
she consulted her shabby old girlhood
handbook, which had ever been lean
affair, made leaner and 1eaner by odds
and ends purchased for her trousseau.
She knitted her brows obviously.
STILL" she reflected, I'll have to
make it do. ] simply can't ask Stan
ley for money so SOON.
She flushed at the indelicacy of the
very thought.
q believe I'll surprise him. anyway.
I'll get everything in and make them
up And some day he'll come home
and find everything fixed as it should
be-
One by one the covers for the cush-
ions were purchased and made-creams
and browns and gold. They were beau
tiful. She slipped them over the red and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
Downright 1913 In ~, Werner

Copyright. 1913. by y. Werner.)
When Stanley Farmer and his bride
reached home everything was In read
ness. The house OF eight rooms was IN
exquisite, festal order: delicious din
ner was waiting; the old houeekeeper
and the little maid who assisted her
were curtesying at the door. It seem
ed a propit!ous beginning OF their life
Of bliss.
After dinner Flossie danced all over
the house like the child she was, despite
her twenty years. Almost twice those
years had made the step OF Stanley
Farmer slower but she waited for him
at the landing or at the doors and he
was well content.
IT'S beautiful" she said. every
room"
I'm glad you like it. F1oss.e." he
said. II always loved the old home,
lonely as 1t had been for some years
Now 1t will lack nothing"
But after the first newness Of it had
worn off. after Flossie began to feel
more like a wife and householder, less
many things that were lacking-many
things she would gladly have lacked.
Her bedroom, for instance, was red
"a fiery, startling, unyielding red
and FloSS1e liked blue. Inc curtains OF
all the windows were lace and she
had a preference for net; the dining
room-on the north side--was in a
sickly blue that promptly cast its color
over her spirits.
How any one could conspire to
make a north room more cherries,
she said to herself, Il can't understand
With this old mahogany furniture, too.
the place ought to be a dream; as it is
it's a nightmare"
Bit by bit. room by room she went
over the place. making notes of the
changes which would please her artis
tic eye. The living room, paneled, with
beamed ceilings and built-in bookcases
was little better. perhaps. than well
enough. And no one could have cav
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
THE MODERN WOMAN.
XI-WOMEN IN BUSINESS.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

OF the business details connected with
the work. Many other women occupy
positions OF responsibility in railroad Of
hces-positions which could be filled ONLY
by persons having an understanding of
the entire system.
Nearly three-uuarters of million
women are employed in the great business
enterprises of this country and for each
OF them the opportunity to advance is
greater than before some other woman
had blaZed the trail. Some great com
merc1al establishments now employ a
despite much adverse criticism. which
, may be partially merited MANY en-
plOverS consider their services indisncn
sable to the success of the business.
Nearly 20 per cent of the selling force in
American business is made up of women
and, while in most cases they are filling
the less important positions, the larger
stores annually show an increasing num
per or salesglrls rising to the rank of
buyers or heads of departments
The invention of the typewriter and tho
concurrent development of the demand
for stenographers brought into the busi
ness world a great army of women Ac-
cofdlng to census report, nearly a HIM
dred thousand women are emnlovaI I'm
the United States as stenoaraphers and
typewriters and this is one of the few i'm
porfant occupations. in point of numbers
open to women which requires tecbnica
training In addition to a good general
education. OF the female breadwinners
over fifteen years of age eighteen in
every thousand were stenographers in
1900. in comparison with one in every
thousand men breadwinncrs. The largest
number or stenOgraphers are to be found
In New York and Illinois because of tho
great commercial centers contained in
these states. One of the special pec,,liar-
tiles noted by the census man. i'm connec
ton with women in this branch of h,si-
ness activity, is that they are NOR.
frequently unmarried than women i'm any
other class or wage earnerS. nineteen ont
of every twenty being unmarried The
woman Stenogra pher has more oprort,1ni
ties for advancement than she has in most
other professions. because of the knouI
edge she frequently acquires i'm CONNECTION
with her work. Not all of them, however
are capable of utilizing this adyantage
quite so well as did Miss Amy Ryr,Im
Of Oklahoma City. who. while stenoera
pher IN a real estate office absorbed a
sufficient knowledge of values to enable
her to invest her own savings and. s,,h-
sequently, to open an Office of her own in
which her real estate transactions real
lied for her $4,000 in less than a wear
While number of classes of bust
ness houses are closing their doors tn
women, there
Liberal Opportunities never was
nr.r for Tro;n;,c time of great
WV" AA er demand and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

carefully dried. In damp weather espe-
cially the drying should be thoroughly
done after cleaning before they are re-
filed. They can be put in the oven on a
wooden board to insure dryness. If they
are kept in the kitchen between meals on
shelf over the stove or before each
meal stood I'm the warming oven their
contents will shake out readily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
THE EVENING STORY
Homogeneous furnishings

green ones and smiled at the change
wrought. Day by day she worked at
one thing or another. always with the
transformation scene in view. She could
scarcely wait for che time when her hus-
bands delighted eyes should behold 1t.
The brown and gold living room pleased
her perhaps most Of all. 1t was finished
first. She longed to arrange the new
cushions and put out the few really good
brown vases which she had picked up.
But she could not bear the thought Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
New SIS Suits
that are worth SIS

An assortment that includes
all the popular fabrics-serges,
Bedford cords, mannish weaves
every one Of which Is Of dis
tinctive model: plain tailored
or trimmed with silk and but
tons: high class in material
and workmanship-an exclus-
I've in character and effect; all
sizes-and that means every
size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
New$5.9 8Dresses
that are worth SO

French SergeS: made with
full-length sleeves and touched
here and there with just
enough trimming to give them
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. defeat
ing the idea Of daintiness-and
thoroughly we'll made: all the
seasons shades-Black. Navy
Blue. Brown, Copenhagen,
Wistaria, Gray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

1t matters little what Ii IL that you
a situation or servant
a want ad in The Star VIII reach the
+.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

Qualihed business woman. The oppor-
tunities for securing Increased bust
ness training are opening up rapidly
even to the girl who already is oblie- ii
to earn her own living. One OF the
charges made against women in the
business world is that they have not
been fully competent In many cases
for the responsibilities they assumed,
but they are awakening to the fact
that they must give earnest. careful
attention II they are to win success
and often the need Of additional quail
fcatton is felt. An organization in
Boston known as the Woman's Social
Union has for :ts chief object instruc-
ready are engaged In the business
world. A salesgirl may learn expert
classes which will fit her for business
responsibility she never could have as
sumed otherwise. The stenographer
is helped to increase her speed and
accuracy. as well as to improve the
composition OF business letters which
may be entrusted to her. Foreign Ian
guages frequently help woman in
business as we'll as a social capacity,
and these can be acquired while hold
ing position.
The added value such classes give to
the services Of the girl attending them
are SO we'll recognized that a number
of the leading mercantile firms Of Boston
are sending their clerks who desire such
an opportunity, allowing them to attend
classes from one to three times week
during the morning or afternoon without
loss Of salary on account Of absence
from the store. A man who has been
giving this business training to his store
girls for several years claims that the
added efficiency Of the girl more than
repays the expenditure after a few
months
The success Of this institution in Boston
has induced other large firms in other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

The drawing above shows a charming
frock of white cotton crepe. cluny lace
and striped eponge. The upper collar is
of the striped material. the collar beneath
Of the lace. The square tab inserted on
bodice and skirt is of the lace and the
short sleeve is banded with the same.
The skirt is close-fitting. with two bands
of the trimming at the bottom and Sept
rated by band of the eponse. the same
finishing the bottom. This is most
effective little frock. easily made and in
expensive The hat worn with it was
white chip with red aigrette
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
Philadelphia Store
Conducts a School.

SSA0ASSS q 1SAVOAs ness o0uCatlOIl
to the girls in their employ. One of the
largest stores in Philadelphia conducts
regular school, the privileges of which
are available to any employe. 1t has en-
abled many a salesgirl to qualify for
expert salesmanship or for a position
as stenographer when that calling seemed
preferable to selling. One girl had
taste for French. Lessons were provided
for her by the firm. Thus she was
enabled to be more useful in the French
underwear department. She continued
her studies, at the same time giving her
attention to that especial branch of the
business. Now she is a buyer, earning
a handsome salary and spending half or
the year in Paris, where she selects the
finer grades OF women's clothing for the
firm which made her present pleasant
position possible.
Nearly half a million women in this
country are engaged in business upon
their own responsibility. In Pennsylva-
MIA a woman has a large general store,
which supplies most Of the needs of the
community. and in addition Is the man
ager of a coal and lumber business which
was established upon rather an uncer-
tain footing at the time of her husband s.
DEATH This woman had had no CONNER
cial training and, as the mother OF five
children. no opportunity for acquiring
any, but she set valiantly to work and,
despite the OlIHCultleS encountered III TIC
way of dishonest foremen and the lnf1u-
ence of friends who wanted her to close
out the business at time when it would
have yielded but small return. she de-
voted herself to solving its details. Now
she has secured a handsome competence
for her children and demonstrated thor
oughly the possibility of woman con-
Quoting even an unknown business sue
cessfully
The time is past when the successful
bushes woman can neglect her personal
appearance. 1t may be her strongest as
set although ordinarily she does not
take it into account. The business wom-
an must be at all times tastefully. but
not showily attired. The Importance of
her class is attested by the fact that
every prominent designer of women's
fashions feels compelled each season to
put out several attractive designs for the
business woman, which are just apt
to be selected even by the society woman
as representing the acme of good taste
and style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
New SIS Dresses
that are worth SIS

Crepe de Chimes and Char
meuse Silks-with the new
broad shoulder and full-length
sleeves; lace collar, fancy
yoke; skirts draped front and
back: not q desirable color IL
lacking-and in every required
size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
New SIS Dresses
that are worth SIS

Soft Silks, Wool Challis, Silk
Poplins, and fancy effects. with
draped skirts, high or low
neck. fancy lace collar and
cuffs; silk and button trim
ming. and silk girdle-Black.
Navy. Copenhagen. New
Brown, and Wistaria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

Into every known branch Of commercial
activity some woman has now ventured
with more or less success. The increas-
ing number of women directing large
business interests is a demonstration OF
the varied talents possessed by the busi-
ness woman of today. The woman VINO
has kept closely in touch with her hus-
bands interests frequently shows her
self quite ready to manage them once
the responsibility devolves upon her. The
only woman member of the National
Association of Manufacturers of Amer
lea is Mrs. Clark Fisher of Trenton, who
is now at the head of a large iron works.
Mrs Fisher and her husband were In
railroad accident in 1908, in which he was
killed and she was partially paralyzed
for months Instead of turning over the
business to a manager she directed 1T
herself. even before she was able to
leave her room, and for months she
went to the office upon crutches and
studiad every detail of the business or
ganiZation
The banking business has attracted
many women since the time when pretty
Ida Saxton first smiled upon William Nc
Kinley through the cashiers window or
her fathers bank. In Kansas no less
than $50 women are holding positions I'm
banks. This number includes four bank
presidents. fifteen vice presidents, fifty
cashiers and go directors. Regarding
their reliability, an officer in the state
banking commission recently stated
that no woman. employed in any capac-
ity in a bank In Kansas ever had been
charged with any kind Of a breach of
trust Miss Ina Shepherd of Birming-
ham Ala, is credited with being the first
woman to have charge Of a clearing
house. Miss Shepherd for several years
has been secretary Of the Birmingham
Clearing House Association. and each
month the c.earingS from eight
banks amounting to from $4,000, 900 to
s15 900. 600, pass through her hands. An
other woman, Miss Laura Riddle of Aus
tin. Tex is engaged as a banking ex-
pert. and is one of the editors Of the
Texas Bank Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
Women Are Winning
In Railroad Work.

ger agent OF the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy railroad. Miss Ogden has head.
quarters in Chicago and is said to be
the only woman in the world to hold
such position with big railroad. Miss
Ogden began with small clerical posi-
ton in railroad ONCE and has been ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

While number Of classes of bust
ness houses are closing their doors to
women, there
Liberal Opportunities never was a
n,.n Gov Tro;,;,~ time of great
Wv" A"A err demand and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

Women are also winning their way i,
railroad circles. as has been demonstrated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
New $3.50 Suits
that are worth $50

In the Bedford Cords. French
Serges. in Stripes and Checks,
and other fancy weaves; cut
away jackets, trimmed with
silk and buttons: high waist
effect. and lined with best
grade of silk: skirts are high
girdle, draped and trimmed to
match jackets.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
ON PACIFIC COAST

The Rev. Frank Horn, the former
Richmond clergyman, who is now in
Jail at Redwood City, Cal, on big
amy charge, has Messed.
Roy K. Rankin, Los Angeles insur-
ance man, was shot by an unknown
person at Tijuana. Lower California,
Sunday, and perhs ps mortally wound
ed.
Adolph Sutro, scion of a pioneer San
Francisco family, won a hydropiane
license from the International Aero
nautical association by flights Sunday
over San Francisco bay.
Robert Heller, a brass finisher, en-
tered a drug store at San Francisco
Sunday, asked for a bottle of pain
killer" shot the clerk, Albert Irwin,
in the back as he reached for bottle
and then killed himself. Heller will
recover.
Without suit or legal proceedings
of any kind the railways in Oregon
have put in 81 commodity rates cover
ing nearly all the manufactures o.
Oregon and effecting reductions under
the old class rates of from IA to 40 pei
cent to Idaho and Utah common
points.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
Nevada Divorces Harder.

Carson City, Nev.-After long cam
paign by the press of the state ending
with a public movement headed by the
women of Reno, bill to discourage
divorce seekers from coming to Ne
vada, by extending the period of resi-
dence from six months to one year,
passed the assembly today by vote
of 80 to %, one being absent.
1t is made effective January 1, 1914.
1t must go to the senate now, and that
body is said to favor its passage.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-02-14
WILL NEW SKIRTS BE
NARROWER OR WIDER?

Women of the east and west may be
divided this year in the matter OF
skirts, according to reports emanating
from the National Ladies' Tailors and
Dressmakers' association convention
in session in New York New York
tailors, it is declared, are determined
upon making women's skirts at least
six inches smaller around the bottom
than worn last year, while western
delegates have swung the other way
and advocate that skirts be two and a
half yards wide at the bottom. While
at odds on skirts, 1t is said that the
women of both sections will wear
coats of a shorter and more mannish
cut.