The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20
INTERIOR DECORATION.

INTERIOR DECORATION.
How TO Furnish Your Home Without
Superfluities.
Most OF our schemes of interior dec.
grafton as well as our 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 In the French capital
And 1t must be admitted by even the
most patriotic citizen that the Partisan
designers are responsible for most OF
the new ideas In home decoration as
well 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 Poiret. the master design.
er Of bizarre clothes for women. 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 a new craze In interior
decoration which reflects very frankly
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 watchword for some
time to come at any rate. and the prin-
deplorable from an artistic standpoint
1t will prevent the overcrowding Of
rooms with furniture and ornaments
md will help TO link the purposeful to-
the beautiful in that correlation OF
which true art never loses sight And
80 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 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 forefathers. and
while revering old traditions and ac-
knowledging the romantic spell OF old
associations one can yet recognize that
o1t II
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 Housekeep.
inc Tasks.
Nowadays in the business world all
the new inventions seem to have one
end In view-the saving of time.
Housekeepers In their no less Inn.
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:
! shall be glad TO share with you one
secret I have learned. and that is TO
make several desserts at a time. You
will be surprised 10 find how much 1T
tie extra trouble II is when sugar. -four,
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 pie
or some jelly
The refrigerator is stocked In this
way for two or three days and the
trouble of producing morning after
necessary for the simplest pudding is
avoided.
How TO Make an Economical Cake With
One Egg.
The most economical cake 4 know:
Shave two squares of chocolate and
pour over IL one-half Of a cupful OF
boiling water. Cream one cupful OF
sugar, one tablespoonful of butter and
add well beaten yolk OF one egg; stir
well: add melted chocolate and water.
one and a half cupfuls of -four in
which is one teaspoonful Of baking
powder. Mix well. then add one-half
cupful OF boiling water I'm which has
been dissolved one level teaspoonful Of
soda. Flavor with one teaspoonful OF
vanilla Use white OF egg for frosting.
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How to Use Various Household Hints.
When roasting meat in an open pam
wet clean. white muslin cloth and
lay over the top Of the meat. This
will keep II from getting hard and
will not require basting so often.
A little salt or camphor put in lamps
helps to give better light; II also
saves the OIL.
Beans. rice. dried fruit and the like
should be kept In glass jars; then
any kind can be selected at glance
and mice are never getting into them.