The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-09-17


INTERIOR DECORATION.
How to Furnish Your Homo Without
Superfluities.
Most of our schemes Of Interior dec.
grafton as well as u ideas on dress
originate in Paris. For some unknown
reason the American woman refuses to
believe that her own manufacturers
are capable Of turning out either house
furnishings or gowns which possess
the same amount Of artistic chic as
those designed III the French capital.
And it must be admitted by ven the
most patriotic citizen that the Partisan
designers are responsible for most Of
the new ideas In home decoration as
we'll as In feminine costuming.
Take, for instance, the modern craze
for black and white in the home. In
the drawing rooms of the aristocratic
Parisiennes this startling combination
was seen and Poirct, the master design.
er Of bizarre clothes for m was
the man who put this somber but
smart scheme into execution. Also to
the same designer must be credited
much of the futurist schemes which
now decorate our homes.
The present day Paris is a war CEN
ter, of course. and from that city has
come recently n new rae in interior
a-~~okso,a ,-I,I1h -oa0p%, Vy1rv Fr0 III
the effect of the war on Partisan
homes. 1t is the cult of simplicity, the
doing AWAY with all furniture except
that which is absolutely necessary.
Whether or not the idea will meet with
favor in America remains to be seen.
Fewer possessions and no super
f1uities will be the w%atchword for some
time to come at any rate, and the prin-
ciple embodied will not be altogether
deplorable from an artistic standpoint.
1t will prevent the overcrowding of
rooms with furniture and ornaments
and will help to link the p%urposeful to
the beautiful in that correlation Of
which true art loses sight. And
so the modern furniture designers may,
through the chain Of circumstance,
have their opportunity, and in the new
field that is opened up to them may
erect a standard in matters decorative
in which originality will have freer
scope and the sense Of fitness be given
fuller play.
We cannot all be the possessors Of
the furniture Of our f%orefathers. and
while revering old traditions and &C.
k~nowledging the romantic spell Of old
associations one yet recognize that
| altered conditions make room for al.
tered methods. and can welcome the
freshness Of new ideas evolved often
from the adapted teaching of the past.
How to Save Time In Your Housskssp.
inc Tasks.
Nowadays in the business world all
the new inventions seem to have n
end In view-the saving Of time.
Housekeepers in their no less i'm
! portant field must keep pace with the
men and be on the watch for new ways
and new means to save not only time.
but strength and energy. A good house
keeper says:
l shall be glad to share with you one
secret have learned. and that fs to
make several desserts at a time. You
will he surprised to find how much lit
tie extra trouble 1t IL when sugar, 6our.
vanilla. butter and eggs are spread on
the table before you and the dessert
for the days dinner finished to make
as well several cup custards and a pie
or some Jelly.
The refrigerator is stocked in this
way for two or three days and the
trouble of producing morning after
morning the nine or ten ingredients
necessary for the simplest pudding is
avoided.
How to Make an Economical Cake With
One EGG.
| The most economical cake l know:
Shave two squares Of chocolate and
pour over 1t one-half of a cupful Of
boiling water. Cream n cupful Of
sugar. one tablespoonful Of butter and
add well beaten yolk Of one egg; stir
we'll: add melted chocolate and water.
. Que and a half cupfuls Of 6our in
which ts one teaspoonful Of baking
powder. Mix well. then add one-balf
:, cupful Of boiling water In which has
leen dissolved one level teaspoonful of
soda. Flavor with n teaspoonful Of
vanilla. Use white Of egg for fro1ting.
How 70 Use Various Houssheid Hints.
When roasting meat In an open pan
wet a clean. white muslin cloth and
lay over the top Of the meat. This
will keep It from getting hard and
will not require basting 80 often.
A little salt or camphor put in lamps
helps to give q better light: It also
saves the. oil.
Beans. rice. dried fruit and the like
should be kept in glass Jars; then
any kind can be selected at a glance
and mice are never getting into them