South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-23
NE VI GENERATION
DOES NOT WANT
MERELY HOUSES
Exhibit of Miniature Furniture
Here Shows Tendency OF
Young People.


'rhat 'homes" and rot "houses"
viii be demanded bg South Bend
rising generation is demonstrated
hv an exhibit OF miniature fur
uishad homes which has been pre-
parcd by the children Of the first
grades OF the city schools and is "a
fact which might well be taken into
consideration by the maay who CON
template building at this time.
The exhibit IL an annual feature
OF the work OF the domestic arts
department OF the school system Of
which Miss Mabel Arbuckle is SUI
pervisor and consists OF tiny houses.
constructed sometimes by the man
uaI training classes Of the various
schools but more often by the
smaller pupils from whatever ma
terial and furnished by the children
OF the one a and b. grades
Courtesy of Library
Through the courtesy of the pub
tic library the exhibit has been
placed in the children's room there
and according TO Miss Edna j.
Longley, supervisor OF that room, is
constant source Of observation
and inquiry 10 the countless chill
dren who visit the children's room
during the day.
The thought which has been kept
uppermost in the minds OF the
children, evidence Of which is
shown in their finished work, is the
harmonius blending Of color ,atten-
ton TO minute detail. and the com
Portable and artistic arrangement
Of furniture
The average house has four
rooms, a large living room, dining
room, bed room and kitchen. The
living room in the majority Of cases
was done in brown, the wall paper,
rug. furniture and hangings blend
ing wonderfully we'll. In some in.
stances real wall paper was used
and rugs were clipped from adver-
tisements but more often they were
. the result OF the artistic endeavors
of the youngsters In one house a
plain paper had first been placed on
the wall and then flowers, pains
takingly cut from other papers, ap-
piled as a border. Some living
rooms contained hreplaces with
comfortable divans drawn up in
willingly before them, many afforded
a victrOla or piano. the library table
invariably held "A number OF mag
aZines and books. and book cases, in
which had been placed tiny books
laboriOusly made. held "a prominent
place in many Of the rooms. A
floor lamp was an added feature Of
one room.
An embroidered dolly i'm color to
match the paper and hangings Of
the dining room adorned most of
the dining tables. A tiny potted
fern was a feature of this room in
number OF instances.
In Delicate Shades.
The bedrooms were done in deli
cate shades OF blue. pink or yellow.
with rug, paper curtains, bed
spreads and dresser scarfs blend
ing with the general color motif
The kitchens would have delighted
the heart of Mrs. Christine Freder-
icks in their COmpactness and con-
venient arrangement. A pussy H.
low bud was used by one magma
tive yOungster 20 represent the pro-
verbal household cat reclining ON
a rug before the kitchen stove
In those houses which boosted a
nursery animals invariably frol-
and nursery pictures i'm abundance
found their place there
well built porch. with porch
swing and rug, a letter box con-
tanning a letter, and a newspaper
folded on the doorstep. was am ad-
mirable feature OF one house cspe-
cially commendable for it's fine con-
struction and the attention given
such details as tire ventilation. roof
outline, etc. This house contained q
living room, dining room. kitchen.
swo bed rooms. with "a bath between
them available from each room.
and with am entrance ON a hall
which contained doors into both
bed rooms and the dining room
Flower Boxes Feature.
a noteworthy feature of most of
the houses was the presence OF win
Glow flower boxes. and decidedly uu-
usual was the splendid choice of
pictures which the children had
made. Not only We're most of them
copies OF masterpiece uut their ass
sigumeut 20 rooms showed careful
study
with the development OF this
home beauttying INSTINCT CARRIED
on up through the grades until 10
reaches SIS elimination il tne hich
school we may naturally expect a