Evening star., 1914-10-25

am often amused to see my husband run
the cleaner over his desk in search of stray
specks of dust before he seats himself at his
work. 1t was my aim, in this day of the
domestic servant question, so to minimize
work that one or two servants at most would
be all should need.
Il also designed my own shower bath.
You know most shower baths flow entirely
from the top, and you cannot use them with
out head wetting. Now l often come in
from drive or from shopping, in hurry
to 60 to dinner or reception or some other
social function, and have no time to wait
for my hair to dry. So l set my wits to
work to invent movable shower only
shoulder high, and l can now have my bath
with my hair in perfect order.
3Another thing, | desired a place to keep
nv belongings that would not necessitate
taking down half dozen dresses to find the
one | wanted. So instead of closets had
these wardrobes built into the wall. In this
compartment | keep my suits; in this my
house gowns; in this my evening gowns; in
this my cloaks; in this my gloves; in this
my hats. Everything is placed so that can
put my hand on it in the dark, if necessary
aMy sun parlor, with its much dis
cussed fireplace, and its tiled floor which only
needs the hose turned on it to keep it clean,
l meant to have as sunsfiny as possible.
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ordered glazed chintz in American Beauty
roses. Now look"
TT was cloudy winter day. A big log was
l burning in the wide fireplace, and the
flames f1ickered gleefu1ly round the walls;
but as the hostess of the charming home half
drew the shades, behold the land of snow
was forgotten, for on three sides of the large
room bloomed a tangle of crimson roses!
Old colonial furniture -four-poster cano-
pied bedsteads 125 years old and grand
fathers clock that antedates them by fifty
years, match the colonial design of the house.
rangement, it is doubly charming in the
spirit of hospitality and camaraderje that
breathes in every corner.
Mrs. Dunk is Detroit born, graduate of
Wells College; but it was at Lasell Seminary
in Boston, that old school of the home arts,
which graduated its first class in 1922, and
is today teaching its students by practical
example how to make and keep home, that
the first direction was given to the home
making faculty.
But it is not alone as home builder that
Mrs. Dunk has shown her greatest efficiency.
AS the first and only president of the Detroit
Housewives League, she proved herself
forceful and capable leader. For period Of
eight months $500 women looked to. her for
guidance in the fight against the high cost of
living. The milk question, the market ques-
ton, the question of the sanitation of shops
and groceries, she attacked with the same
fearlessness that she displayed in the con-
struction of her home Possessed of unusual
personal magnetism and, what is even more
potent in its influence upon mankind,
democracy of good feeling, she rallied an
enthusiastic band of women about her to
forward the work of the league.
Her attack on the Milk Trust led to sum-
mons. before grand jury. She not only
met the combined forces with resourceful-
ness that proved her mastery of the situation,
but achieved the signal victory of bringing
lowered prices month earlier than had
been the custom of the milk dealers.
MRS. DUNK has been made deputy
AvA food inspector, the only woman in
Michigan, if not in the United States, to be
accorded the honor. She is also chairman of
the home economics department of the City
Federation of Clubs, secretary of the animal
welfare committee of the Twentieth Century
Club, the largest and most progressive club
in the city, and president and State chairman
of the Housewives League.
1t was while serving her first term as