Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-12-11

tess o. Eiiesmere's boudoirs
her that there "a rreat deal or hell
and assistance 70 81 had III eiimbial
the ladder 10 success Just lor The aals
ing Her tanr ofaEhs$ gfsat houses ii
England also lasightfisf another thing
That was that III spfkr 81 the weaiti
and history TINT these houses showed
there was sim q great deal about
the fsgnlshingA shat needed the wDrt
OF an interior decorator In many d
fhe old mansions that we're formerly
furnished ia the stately simplicity Of
the Ellgabethan or Jacobean era shg
saw rooms done over la the stuay
atrocities Of tho Victorian era dust
collecting iambreqliaB, 0ttomaus
palnsed.yelyct Gre screens, wiiatnota
and o variety OF gawgaws thai any
up-to-dafe American Housewife would
have relegated 70 the attic years ago
When Miss Ferris had made her toui
uf England ahe went 10 Vienna. whert
that art OF interior decorating has re-
ceived more attention of late years
than Il has IN England. Aud here
again she succeeded by the SAME aim
pie method in RainiaR an cntree "a
the best furnished hoasas uf that cap
ital with this inspiration and expe
riencs shs came back to America
ready % take up her profession Of ~
terror decorator.
Took Up New Work.
Mlss Ferris ia = eraduate of smith
rulleEe and when abs was graduated
sho entered ST Lnkon hospital Ia sww
York TO become 4 trained nurse When
after a few months aorh sha faced
the realization that she vas not fiied
70 stand tho strain ard fatlguea Of thia
calling, aer aTst feeling Waa one oi
w. 4 disappointment MANY young
Women would have Fixan ne The Aapa
81 making a career fer themselves a.
Ter THIS setback. but NOT 30 Miss For
RE. She went to,woris deliberately q
discover another profession. She had
alwnys been fond o. art and aseors
ton 10 hsr wOsk n the heepltsl
wards ne thinEa that asra0s her most
and pailed upon her stra the bare.
ness aHd necessary awsSefitY eT he
SURROUNDINGS tler eyes l0nsed faI
beauty, for color, harmany Ia shape
and tenn, sire thguKiii gPat al takins
ep gpls.aliaks. sgl fesil jig that shF
pus ~ e. eneufg "a TEs brnah
for this. she decided % he an inlsrlor
saeeaaior. SO fcaseesy he'd she
abandoned he nurse uniform before
slie had fnrplIed ss student IN ons
u the large schools y applied arr ii
Nes York not maaS blocks away
from The hospital viitft her lrat an
bliion had spent is sfief lHs
Started on Borrowed monsy.
II VISA nflgF Vie lnd inlaRed Z
'shorl course ii tho aft school that shs
vent 20 Europe On her return shs
went 10 sork 10 The chop u IA lutefi0l
decorator. whore she remained Three
weeks Az the end 81 thai tiiaa ths
decided To atari ID ~ bcmCif.
Her friends tried 10 discourage her
II van perfectly IsngeRsiple. they told
her. for an interior decofator 10 starr
In alone ia New York without all kinds
Of capital and Rll KINDS " backing
She would hays 70 TErnieb kar oflioe
to buy eauipMele sia l0Ecfy. sewing
machines and all the otAtr pnrapaerna
Tia d her trade lsu iga Ferris sas
coaddent OF her Own ability and her
own judgment She borrowed Eve
hundred dollars. took a tiny Office Ia q
flratelass Office building Ia tho New
York shopping center and waited 10
mako good IN tho meantims ahe told
everyone abe knees about her plans,
and kept up with the Alumnae actiYi,
ties Of her alma mater.
one OF the flrut orders that came q
her was TO decorate The home 81 Miss
Woolley, tho president of Mount Bol.
yoke college Not long aftorward the
Collegiate Equal suHngo league
opened a little ahop in the shopping
center OF New York and Miss Ferris,
who is an enthusiastic suifsagisl her,
SELF. offered 70 decorate The place free
provided tho suffrage league would
consult her on all decorating schemes
The league had taken iiopelsns little
basement store 1t Was dark and
staffy, but with thouahtial arrange.
meat Of yellow aud brown and careful
~ arranged lights the little chop waa
thoroughly transformed 2 lf.'
soon Became Known.
There are many sutfragista Of wealth
and iniIu9nce IN New York aud when
they came TO this suffrage shop 10 buy
the latest book on the feminist move.
nent, suffrage note paper. banners and
badges and other paraphernalla. they
were struck by the pleasing eject Of
the shop. Later when they thought
Of having their town or county homes
furnished or rafurnished, they would