Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-11-10
Many Family Jars Due
to Glaring Wall Paper,
House Decorators Say
BY MarScl.y Rex

,,ustad to make home happy ana thereby cause hus
bands to stay by hearth but the latest advice is
that coming Andre Grout famous Partisan deco
ratof VINO SAYS the right kind of furniture is hall
the battle
"lnnumerabe homes broken up because people
know how choose the right KIND OF furniture,
says Monsieur Groult.
Women be blamed more than men, because
the women, rule, have most to say nbout the
home.
IF a woman Nwould bear in mind that walls should
covered with colors which suit her complexion that
carpets should be selected hide display her feet
that furniture chOud be stiff restful according TO
her temperament whether active languid she would
always look best in the home and therefore always
4 BY attractive to her husband ~ ss...,.
Harken unhappy wife, and hasten tonthat " sasIl,
where You s,lw the very chair you thought expressed
your personality before it is too late! r. -
Opinion Of N. Y. Woman. =.
Further commendaton for NJ. Groults plan comes
from New York authority household arts who IS
also pretty young wife Mrs. Christine w. Nelson,
Instructor of the department Of household arts 1if
y Tsachers, College, Columbia University. -
X II don't wish to speak officially but frem s1
personnel standpoint says Mrs. Nelson. II have al
u Ways had very decided views about home furnshins
Furniture is the background of home life and should
not be ornamental alone 1t should meet the needs
Of the family, be useful and simple. = -
furniture should be chosen SOFAS to minimize labor
in caring for it.
Simple lines less stuffng of satins and tapestries
would relieve many housewife from >burdSn y y
transform her home into q place Of pleasure.
Consider The tired husband who comes home 81 I
:
there really few parlors left in the world hard
as 1t may seem to believe. wants one good 1
comfortable chair He can't find 1t. lie wants 20 L
Nhn back and relax, to read in good light. t}.a
lighting is very important in point Of comior1, (
too l.
Easy Chair; Good Light = Il
The husband should have restful chair not faI
NUN lamp which sends its rays not only down, pu
ut 9ar enough to be useful Nothing is more irrtas-
As Oh makes man crosser than lamp that hehl
spot on the table floor and refuses to cast a.
seam on his book newspaper. I.
Many men actually afraid to relax in the homes
as nave bought and paid for the tables so per-
w ~ would create small revolution il cigarette
mrS n VT 1ell upon their surfaces. - II
am men thefe isathe subject Of color in the home
tos eh 'he person who knows nothing of color n
so, unconscousy by bad color glaring, eradef
s snr, y mas fatiguing effect.
,v "a,s are the background of the home In small
u light tint AZ !:
! park wall covering makes for a morbid atmosphere
pat. ih' Then there is the old red insaneiy
so,a paper we see seldom happily seldom. 1t IS
'''sss' irritating and distracting. : a is
"Nhu , fienty OF "Living Rooms" az
Opait .he home should primarily express tbs per.
ecn y the owner, it should be keeping with Its
EVER station station in life, and should be livable
- sAs sane and comfortable - L
sry should choose furniture that if neces-
MN NJ care for it alone. 1t should not be too
snsI assVehess and stuffed things awful I'M
" Of place. e' 'o'''o' ''''e 'H''' se"sssjI 81
~ NJ nave always been devoted to the use of u
Ids It,,a 1t Is often gay, bright note in room b
iured uh souch Of personality and is not easily Isl
"Above IN ior instance. children lean upon it. ~
ips,,,.;n a things want homes to be free from rs
''utioHal look" 0
Fom Views Of Psychologist. T.
J. who riessof Of psychology at Columbia Univer ~
mere ~ M matters of the home may be called hut a.
but ho,e comes a somewhat difference opinion lf,
ppiness furnishings and their effect marital ~
rried h, otesSor Ii. i. Hollingsworth is also C
~ ,oNs theories 100 ihuch IN Nionsie e eui' u ~
feelinox 'oN''s out. says this authority, that ~
at caus ~ not localized. that is we don't know ~
e, yop a. tel' For instance you f,ave- tooth ~.
II ener, cross unreasonable, think every one is ~
M eny and liar f'f ~ IS2
y one 'Ae sause is the tooth. but you blame E{e
In sdvo..' gets in your way. *
the ac,u- - the theory is the same You may %
i care g copy in 'ad' and vet decide YOU r
onsciopsl me article advertised because you have S
ure DnS,.'eh zen influenced by an unpleasant 5Y
sctiy 20 story which runs alongside the tf3
prinie5 - Parhaps some editors opinion. be- ~
to a ds ide il is poem that seems silly to %
ing YOU don't like or can't APPRECIATE n
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