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aim Is, therefore, to know how to
choose and place in a most decora i've
way the things that will best suit that
particular person.
The next thing they learn Is to dis
tinguish when a piece OF furniture is
decorative and when 1t is not. They
learn the use Of the beautiful and come
to understand that function Is a part
Of art. Instead Of teaching period
decoration as such, they seek to get
back Of the style to see what II
and why such an effect should be
chosen. The discovery Is then made
that 1t is the expression Of certain
qualities peculiar to the person for
whom Il a named.
First they find out who dominated
a certain period. II II a Louis XIV.
they Dol to see what name of nan
he a inc discover that he vas the
~atrical. fussy and fond OF pagesntry.
Therefore. lnasmuch as they want the
theatrical and fussy. they look to it
to express the individuality Of the per-
son for whom II Is intended. When
the fussiness is simplified 1t Is pos
sible to be used.
II II is the Marie Antionette period
they study that famous Queen and
learn that she was light hearted, girl
ish and volatile. II was because of
these qualities that she developed
Petite Trianon. So in decorating a
room the first thing is to see who is
the person to occupy II. IL she IL of
the Marie Antoinette type then we
connect the characteristics Of the
dominating person with the person
atty OF the subject. II on the order
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Of Queen Elizabeth, then her ideas will
be adapted.
Students studying the new method
are not allowed to speak Of periods.
you mean Marie Antoinette or Jaco-
beam" they are told. The Jacobean
| is really Cornwallian. So II they want
that sort OF expression they go there
for II. II 1t 10 something simple and
chaste they are after. then It ia to
Hepplewhite; II the formal and digni-
fed, to Italy; but whatever the style
they select 1t must be adapted to the
individual needs. 1t Ia the quality, not
the name. that counts.
Next the students are taught how to
construct a room INTELLECTUALLY. The
house always exists. So when they
tory and study It. Once the style Is
decided upon 1t is then learned by
heart, afterward adapted.
With this sort OF knowledge when
they 20 out into business, it is pointed
out, there II no chance OF failure. for
they learn to know and place at sight
every piece of furniture that mt
to their notice. And while for an anna
teur 1t would be fatal TO try to COM
bine two or more periods in one com
position, 1t Is quite feasible and pos
sible for one who understands it.
Lastly the students are taught 10
establish a relationship between the
quality of the person and the quality
of the furniture and textiles to he
used, So In c%ultivating the art sense
49, A-A. a 49, 49,
ing the practical side Of the work.
individuality. in short, is the keynote
in modern house decoration, and TO
get the personal touch In decorating
the home ia the aim Of women who
have become imbued with the value
Of the new art movement.
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been Joined by the State Food De-
partment, the city Board OF Health.
the County Medical Association, the
City Beautiful League and many in
dividudls.
All over the city dealers asked to
be inspected. No dealer was reported
until after the second visit. The first
visit was as a notice and for the pur-
pose OF i%nstructing all who did not
understand the laws OF know how to
keep their places of business in a san1-
tary condition. The dairies were
found to be In a particularly bad con.
dition, chiefly because of the Ignorance
OF the One man was seen to
go directly from milking a sick COW
to milk a we'll one. When the agent
OF the Housewives League called his
attention to this he explained that he
had thrown away the milk from the
sick COW and was surprised to learn
that he should at least have washed
his hands.
As a result Of the work among the
dairies the milk inspector Is to BE-
supplied with an automobile for the
purpose Of visiting the diaries. Prior
to the cleanup campaign he had to de-
pend on a hired horse. Another re-
suit is the appointment Of Mn.
Hodges as a deputy inspector by the
State Food Department.
The Governor of Kansas has Just
appointed Mrs. G%enevieve Rowland
Chalkley on the new State Industrial
Welfare Commission. This commits
sion will have the regulating Of the
hours Of work for women and chill.
dren as we'll as the minimum wage.
The Legislature has given 1t broad
powers in this regard. though there II
no salary attached beyond the per
diem pay with expenses while work.
ing. The offices are in the State
House.
The commission Is composed of two
members appointed by the Governor
inc the State Labor Commissioner,
who is chairman ex oficio. The Sec
ond member named with Mrs. Chalk
ley is John Craddock. president Of the
State Federation of Labor. Mrs.
Good Citizenship League, successor to
the State Suffrage Association.
Mrs. Estelle Lawton Linsey. the
newly elected member OF the City
Council Of Los Angeles, took her seat
July /.
Speaking of her plans and what
she wished to accomplish Mrs. Lin
sey said: First I want to establish
the fact that a woman Is capable of
sitting in the Council OF a city, q
county and a State. I wish to prove
that men and women can cooperate
politically as we'll as socially and be
all the better friends for II. But
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Children's Styles Partake of the Prevailing Passion For
the Fluffy--Striped Materials More Popular Than
Ever Before-.All Of the Old Models Persist

20 easily nor so satisfactorily as some
Of the other thin white stuffs. Sim
pie cuffs and collars Of white organdy
and even entire frocks Of this ma
terial are to be had for the small girl.
but they are neither numerous nor
popular.
A material revived for the delecta-
ton OF the mothers and older sisters
Ia liked for the little sisters too. and
every exclusive outfitter OF children
shows at least a few models in this
very finely dotted white swiss. made
up on the simplest Of lines and
trimmed very sparingly with narrow
valenciennes.
Dotted net-the fine cream net with
hand embroidered dots-is another
dotted material liked by the designers
Of children's clothes. but this is OF
course expensive and is reserved for
the daintiest Of party frocks.
Even prettier are the frocks OF the
plain net. very simple in line and
trimmed In little tucks and in hand
embroidered dots applied in lines
wherever they will be most effective
down the middle Of a narrow box
plat, on narrow bands OF plain net.
twixt bands Of tucking. along the
J edges If collar, cuffs. yoke. hem, Sc,
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INDIVIDUALITY is nov THE KEYNOTE
IN MODERN HOUSE DECORATION

+ is an interesting fact that m
are going into interior decorat-
ing in increasingly large numbers.
The reason is that we in America are
beginning to have a real art sense and
to know What sort of furnishings Will
best express our own needs. For
many years we have been borrowing
from France. Germany and England
and trying to live up to their stand
ards when we NEW in our hearts they
we're not suited to us. 1t is the effort
to bring individuality into the furnish
ing OF the home that is inducing
women TO take up the work.
Not only are more women taking up
interior decorating but the distinctly
varied personnel Of those who 20 into
II Is In itself indicative Of its broader
scope. First. there are the professional
decorators who are planning to work
with the architects in making homes.
Then there are those who are prem
lnent socially who are taking up the
study for It's influence in social urlift
work. There is a third class, engaged
in other fields of art. who are working
for personal culture or for art express
sion in homes of their own.
Almost revolutionary in its effect is
the new method Of house decoration
that is being taught. individuality is
the keynote instead of a blind follow
ing Of foreign fashions, whether they
become us or not. The time is past
when a feels it necessary to
have a Louis XVI. drawing room in her
home even IL it doesn't suit her per-
sonality. Nor IL II necessary, just be-
u a certain French monarch had a
penchant for a certain kind OF wall
hanging, for a woman to introduce It
into the composition. She Is likely in
stead to seek the environment thnt
will best express her individuality and
not that OF some one else.
In Colonial times u art was charm
ing because il was the natural express
sion OF the needs Of the people. Then
came the following after false gods,
and We dressed our homes up with IN
natural French e%legances or Italian
heaviness or English severity when II
was not suitable at all. Now we are
beginning TO realize that, beautiful as
IN Italian villa is on the shore Of the
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and is often the distinctive feature of
a frock otherwise noticeably simple.
Occasionally where this smoking is
done In color on white. or in white on
color. fine feather stitching to match
is used as a finish for collar. cuffs,
front plat. &c.
Organdy figures less co%nspicuously
in child wear than in the province Of
clothes for older folk. for the reason
that its delightful but ephemeral
crispness. which is its chief charm,
would not be likely TO stand the usage
given 1t by any say an abnormally
demure child, and II does not launder
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.LARE and frills for the wee
r girls as we'll as for their elders.
Shortened skirts too. though

Shortened skirts too, though
the shortening of skirts is
hardly so impressive In connection
with the six year old as 1t is when
associated with the ankles Of grown
ups.
Nor are the flare and the frills very
aggressive as they appear on child
frocks. The short skirts are just a
little wider at the hem. overlapping
rufles figure just a little more fire.
quently in the attractive models. but,
on the whole. one does not see very
radical change Of lines in child frocks.
All Of the old ideas persist. Short
waists. long waists, Russian smocks
and middies play their parts as usual,
but there are novelties Of detail and
Of material as there are every sea-
son. and these novelties are echoes
from the fashions Of the older folk.
For example. stripes are more popu-
lar for child wear than they have been
in a long time. and from among the
many striped materials provided for
women's use the makers Of ohildren's
clothes have chosen some hat make
UP delightfully."- for the wee women.
There are exceedingly pretty striped
ginghams in pink and white. blue and
white, green and white and in various
stripe arrangements which make
smarter frocks for the child this year
than the checked ginghams that have
always been so popular. The most
effective Of these striped glnghams
ere not those in alternating and equal
stripes of white and color, but those
in which moderate stripes Of color
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alternate with spaces Of white several
times as wide.
For trimming such striped stuffs
cuffs and collars or perhaps little frills
of white linen lawn are much used,
though pipings. bands or collar and
cuffs Of plain color are perhaps more
practical II not so dainty.
Striped handkerchief linens are pop
ular for child frocks too, and here n
often finds very fine stripes chosen.
while collars and cuffs are of white.
embroidered and lace edged or 4 white
with tiny hens Of color, or are re-
paced by little white frills.
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teries, 249 OF which voted afirma-
lively.
Women in the Presbyterian church
have always been allowed to vote in
calling pastors, electing deacons. elders
and trustees. but never before in the
history Of the Church have they been
permitted to hold any office. With
this opening wedge several promising
young nm who are training as
pastors assistants are asking II the
Church will admit and cali women as
pastors.
Along with this broadening in the
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Flaring and lowered froeks for the little women.

Sometimes a skirt Of striped stun
will be attached to a quaint little
short waist Of plain white trimmed
very lightly in the stripe, or a skirt
and underblouse Of stripe may have
a simulated bolero of plain color. or
there may be a skirt and bolero Of
stripe and an underblouse OF white.
The short little jacket Of the boz
lero order enters into many designs.
though 1t is usually not a jacket but
merely suggests one in It's lines of
trimming.
For instance, one delectable little
sheer white frock had a fiaring skirt
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ARE AND FRILLS FOR THE LITTLE ONES

Of Santa Cruz, Cal. the oldest m
actively engaged in newspaper work
west Of the Mississippi, has just cele-
brated her birthday. Mrs. Margaret
McGinnis of Boston has the advantage
Of Mrs. McCracken by eleven years.
Fol the past forty-fve years Mrs.
McGinnis has been actively engaged,
going to her office every morning en-
cept Sundays. on a well known Boston
afternoon paper.
Mrs. McCracken was for a number
NJ wears on the Overland MOnthiU
when that famous periodical was
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Almost any can easily embroider
such dots on net, and the result Is
effective out of all proportion to the
amount Of labor involved.
Apropos Of dots down the middle Of
a narrow box plat. a line Of narrow
lace insertion down the centre Of such
a plat Is a good trimming detail and
relieves the severity Of a straight
box plated Russian frock.
Cotton wolfe of fine quality IL con-
siderably used for the small girls
dressy frocks. and in delicate pink
with trimmings Of white and narrow
lace frills IL particularly dainty.
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edited by Bret Harte. When Bret
Harte came east Mrs. McCracken re-
signed her position on the Overland
with the intention Of permanently siv-
ing up Journalism. Seventeen years
later her home and everything she
possessed was swept away by fire and
she was forced once more to become
a breadwinner.
Last week Tulane University. New
orleans, conferred the degree of Doc
tor Of Letters on Mrs. Ruth McEnery
Stuart. This Is the first degree v e
conferred ON a woman by Tulane.
Mrs. Stuart is a native of New Or
leans and lived there until her mar
riage to a Mississippi River cotton
planter in 1879. Her first book, a coll
lection Of Southern stories. was pub
lished some fifteen years later.
The Housewives League Of Houston
Tex. under the leadership of Mrs. +.
l.. Darwin and Mrs. J. Edward Hodges
president OF the league, is making a
spotless town Of the city. In the
cleanup campaign which was inaugu-
rated a few weeks & the league has
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KITCHEN SUGGESTIONS

r VERYBODY does 70, kror
l. food in general should II
allowed to cool N 'lH C
or iron. II must be placed
hot in agate, china or We. Z
earthen ware.
Green vegetables should Pee dr'
into boiling water to wh e' \
If hicarbonate Of soda "ls
added. Put In salt when t-e a
Is half cooked.
II you have covered a i'n ~
meat is 10 be roasted "' "'
II to basic the meat. k''il ~
from start 10 finish Thu ''d :
the pans are filled with $50 .W y
penetrates the fhres of Z, 0 "'l.
desired to brown the .I.-.i"
the cover of for h" ~ A.
in a quick oven.
The shank bones of u.''0 p
little generat value, e. N' ~
add to the richness pl r'"F'''
soup stock,
When boiling har,co' U'u' ~
llmas do not put in a., a"
are nearly cooked. "'b''N -' IT.,
apt 10 split and com"
skins. They should poe
boiling point; that NI'.'.
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policy Of the Presbyterian Church
the news that A. G. Penticost,
a prominent business nan Of Pitts
burg. has resigned his membership in
the Episcopal Church because the re-
cent diocesan convention denied
women the right to vote N church
matters.
In his letter Of resignation Mr.. PEN
ticost makes the reason for his action
u~nmistakable. After stating that he
does not wish to be any longer con-
nected with a church in which women
are considered unfit to be members he
asks that his resignation be accepted
and his name dropped from the church
rolls.
Mrs. Josephine Clifford McCracken
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THE ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN

\ (RS. ESTELLE LAWTON LIN
MI SEY has just been elected to
the City Council OF Los An
geles. This is the first time a Cali
fornia woman has been chosen to take
part in the government OF her city.
There are at present less than a half
dozen women members Of City Coun-
ellis in the United States.
At the same city election Mrs, Maud
Crew Waters was elected I o the Board
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of Education. Mrs. Waters Ia the
president OF the Friday Morning Club,
the largest woman's organization in
Los Angeles and said to be the most
powerful In California.
Women may now hold ONCE in the
Presbyterian Church. During the past
year the question OF electing deacon
esses in a manner similar to that Of
deacons was voted on by 2s2 prssby.
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sos Fifth Avenue

above all things | wish to ii
woman in the city prosecutors I
Tor the benefit OF women W.,
there seeking aid when in dr
That is really my great aspiu
am Mayor Sebastian has told M.
II shall soon be done. also
to establish a municipal farm !,
gins and women may live in N. !
air and have an opportunity IN !
strong both In body and mind
At the suggestion OF Mrs. 81
Goethe the Chamber OF Comme,l
sacramento, Cal, Is undertak,
novel method Of nature study fr
children Of the public schools }
Chamber OF Commerce insist.
every child has the same rIs.
read a roadside that he has 70 "a
book" In other words the Cham1
Commerce is urging the educs.l
authorities to Introduce nature Il
excursions into public schools.
The University Of California
the State Fish and Game Comm
have taken up the subject and
working for the success Of IL,
pertinent. II It proves a succe.
Fish and Game Commission nal
extend the scheme 10 every scho1
the State. At present they are s1
~conginced that the most eYectly. }
OF preserving wild life is no, BY y
Ing with grownups as here,ofo.,
by teaching young children 10
nature.
This method Of teaching na,p,.|
suggested to Mrs. Goethe hy !rl
eating the playground ac,!v!u4l
Great Britain. Switzerland. GerJ
and Denmark. Mrs. Goethe al
that these countries are as far n
Of the United States in nature 4
as the United States is ahead 81
In the development OF our playgrI
Miss Rose Livingston Of New 1
who has been doing rescue w.
Boston. reports an incident very
flying to suffragists. In tho cou,
her work she went with a de,ccrI
that section OF Boston where N
in vice congregate. The detec,iH
troduced Miss Livingston to ID
these traders as a woman from
other State engaged in the same
ness. Talking about the conditt,
the trade Miss Livingston SAID
Il have not fully decided to re-
in Massachusetts,. I understand
you are going to have woman
frage after next November. and
might not be 20 good for our bush
Going to have woman suNrs
the fellow flared up. Wei | !
not. We've raised a big SUI
money to defeat woman suffrage
it's not going to pass"
Miss Livingston asserts tina,
unfortunate woman who is eXp.
by the traders in vice is forced 4
a heavy additional assessmor,
used in fighting equal suffrage
DR.. Lydia Allen De WINS
in charge Of the Child Hygiene
reau, which began operations 10
a July I. This bureau was So
by the women voters through
first Legislature. When a 7a'
born the bureau is at once r.
. DR.. De Vilbiss's work is see
every mother knows how t. "a
her child. Her job is to see ,ha'
baby born In Kansas gcrs rs c.
Mrs. Ruth r. Nipple has ll,,
appointed and sworn in AS :
woman for Pierre. $. u. Mrs.
has been prominent in the c.U.
suffrage work of South Dakota
good many years. She is looked
as one Of the best Informed y
on questions OF sanitation and III
OF delinquent children in her sec;
the country. As the p]oliConom
Pierre she will make II her =
business to see 0at all dirty an
slightly spots are cleaned Gp as
as enforcing the laws.
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Cha mbermaids' Minimum WV

OLYMPIA. Mass, I..' N
the accommodate
the Industrial Wel',.'
fixed 50 a week as ~
for chamhermaids Cd
help" A minimum 90
all minors, male an ,,,A
In hotels or restaura!'- N.'
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Mrs. Josephine Clifford McCracken
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
FIND REST IN NEEDLEWORK
More Women Should Realize tho Ben
efciaI Effects Such Employment
Has on the Nerves.

Not many realize what restful ef-
feet needlework has on one, and 1t has
this great advantage over books, that
one Is not lost to all around. One
woman of artistic tastes goes to the
museum and makes sketches of well.
known pieces of art needlework and
tapestry designs, and then sets to
work to copy them. And the woman
who would look charmingly pictur-
esque well knows she is most fas.
cinating sitting before frame, with
exquisite colored silks near her.
But this kind of needlework needs
more thought than white work. AS
one sews, the thoughts come fast One
remembers ones grandmother, show
ing one how to put the needle In, and
advising stroking the cotton under the
hem neatly, when an impatient begin
ner would tie a knot. One also re-
members the beautiful work she ac-
complished
That strange and interesting wom-
an Princess Helene Won RacOwitZa,
in her memoirs, amusingly describes
her first attempt at tailoring, with
| Which she was delighted. And she
says ever since her first success she
! has made all her own clothes, includ-
ing lingerie. The princess must be a
| Onument of patience and cleverncss,
/ ocause the making of gowns, in these
! lays, is an art not lightly acquired.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-07
STERN INDICTMENT OF EAGLE
apoIis, tho National Bird 10 Moth
ina to Admire.

Prof. Collett, of indianapolis. the
great Hoosier naturalist, says that
there is good deal of poetic humbug
about the eagle and that there isn't
anything noble or inspiring about him
He Is not only the biggest thief Of all
feathered thieves but he Is the cruel
est.
His special delight seems to be to
attack and torture the most innocent
OF creatures. He will capture a lamb,
tear out the eyes OF the bleating lit
tie thing and watch the agonized move
able gloating
When the lamb gets so weak that 1t
can't exhibit agony any longer the
eagle will catch another In the flock
and subject 1t to the same treatment.
One eagle has b. en- known to mutilate
as many as 10 lambs in flock in this
way frightening the ewes and even
the most pugnacious rams and keep
ing them at a distance by his harsh
cries and fierce Tapping Of his wings
The biggest eagle that flies will not
attack any animal or thing capable OF
showing resistance.
1t is all bosh about the eagle dis
daining TO dine on anything it hasn't
itself vanquished and killed, declares
Prof Collect. The bald eagle will set
tie down on and make a meal off as
vile carrion as will any buzzard that
ever scented a dead horse on the
plains.