The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-13
ARTIST WALLACE NUTT|NG TALKS
HOME BUILDING TOWOMENS CLUB5

The Woman's club room in the A. Q.
| |. ". hall was taxed to capacity yes
terday afternoon when women from all
over the city thronged there to hear
artist, deliver his lecture on Interior
| Decorating" The lecture was given un-
| der the auspices of the Woman's club
and Nicoll's Art store. which IS the
| lace Nutting products. pictures, furnl-
| ture and colonial wrought iron.
Specimens Of the Nutting products
were displayed to advantage through
! the room. and on the stage Mr.. NuttinS
has Il lovely collection Of chairs and Il
| table. which he used 10 illustrate some
! points of his lecture.
| Mr.. Nutting is a New England product
| and has done moro than any one other
! individual to make the natural and cr~''
ated beauties OF that hallowed sect
! Of our country known TO all. He h.
! cha rming personality and a most b.
I usal accent, and held his audience spell.
bound from the beginning TO the close
, Of his talk.
MIR. Nutting opened his lecture with a
| beautiful word picture of what home
should really be. He said that educa;;
ton begins and ends in the home. and
therefore it should be so constructed
! and furnished as to have a decided in
| fIuencc on those who entered there Tor
their education and moral good.
| In giving his idea of a perfect home
Mr.. Nutting talked at length on the
| homes of the pioneer settlers or Ameri-
ca, who. although handicapped greatly
in their work. constructed homes OF
wondrous beauty and perfect comfort.
! He explained the chimneys Of these
| homes. and told how this one feature
/ could be made the keynote OF the mod,
+ crn home just as 1t was in the colonial
= s. He empha sized the influence the
nrcside had on the lives OF our greatest
| statesmen and urged the women 10
/ abandon the modern methods Of indirect
heating and build fireplace IN the llv.
gather on cool evening and spend
! hours that would always be remembered
! as the happiest of their life.
Mr.. Nutting then declared that the
walls Of the modern homes were ruined
when they were plastered. as this event
, uaIly lead to repeated parrring. he
! advocates panclling The walls. as they
were finished in tho colonial days Or
! iginally with oak. and later with inc
! lovely American pine: In tnis way ,IS a
| crows more beautiful as it wears.
! 1880" he said, was the heyday or
! colonial beauties. and in those days the
! floors were made Of cube similar 70
bricks. or else of large wide boards.
sanded to lovely smoothness: Rugs or
! ting said were not originated for
their beauty or ornamentation; hut rath :
, or as a necessity as the bare floors we're
cold" Tho first covering was ruSn"S'
gathered from the swamps, and these
later we're made by the ingcnius pic
+ nccrs AS a means Of lighting as seats
; for the chairs, and also for mattresses
! of a kind" s; %
The next floor covering according 10
: Mr.. Nutting, was the beautiful and dur
! able rags rugs, which were woven from
! fabrics used in the home previously anu
: sombined sweet memories or the cntlIH
+ family. He described the various pat
! terms Of these rugs and explained when
| were the most beautiful. He said tnat
! larger rugs were preferred to number
. IF small ones. and told how the rugs OF
. fine old patterns could be enlarged by
! the use Of quilting frames.
! In speaking Of the walls OF ROOM
| Mr.. Nutting said that for various rea-
! sens they should be not more than seven
: and one-half feet. First they arc nos
nearly so artistic when higher than that
and then it requires SO much more heat
than II they are low. In this present
. day Of fuel conservation this Is SPLEEN
, did reason for low ceilings. he Said
Build your homes according to the
climatic region" said the distinguished
! speaker. He said that although an out
! side chimney was most artistic and was
J perfectly alright in England or our
southern states. that they were not the