Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-19
Art Institute Is
Highly Commended

The Extension Department 81 the Chi.
cago Art Institute. which win como
o. Amarillo on January 20 for a stay
Of five days. and which viii both shov
us how 20 make our homes moro beau.
tiful and advise us how 60 secure more
Of them will come with the very hlr'y
recommendation - the press q Other
cities, and q some u the leading mag1
zines of the country.
DIR. Ross Crane. Nha will hcsl tsr
personnel 81 IA 4, ,ter Homes inr,ll lie
is n man q national reputation In sey
sral lines tn Survey" says 4 h!n
that be- Is the MAN who paints pic'ur,s
with furniture
The october .wh c9:ol. issu. II inc
kurVey says - ~ Crane ana %. rat
tf Homes institute.
one on hardly travel In N, Middle
West these days without hearing some
enthusiastic comment ON the Better
Homes Institute ~ the AT Inst!,atu .!
Chicago and the demonstrations bv Ross
Crane. the head Of It's extensive dcprt
meni. the man who paints pictures
with furniture" Neither exhibits nor
lectures would be- the right word. frr
apparently Mr. Cranes method cun.!sfa
IN doing things with his audience rnth
Or than talking az IL Or merely apttlns
examples befOre Il, He guas around
nom city o. city With q ton n coulp.
meni. consisting 10 a Score "a! paintings
coliapsiblc threc.wall room. movable
windows. doorways and fire place. drlp
sries and hanginfa Then BOO the town
visited he borruws furniture rugs auus
and the smaller furnishings. and Tor
i've days, with two s-ssluns a dly. hold.
n practical demonstration on homo fir.
nishinI. with occasional excursions in,
such subjects as house planning. plan
ming the home grounds and improving
the ciiy as a whole. He will produce q
hideous Ornamental yasr. Ierh1ns one
that has been conspicuous ln %, win.
DOW 81 n local dealer. and place i; o-
the mantel.picce o. an uthgr7,isa rer
fectiy harmonious room. leaving II Z,
his audience To find out what l. wronr
With IL. or again h. viii u.s. furultur,
zach piece excellent " us Kind. hui
beloneing together about as well as aI.
assortment ~ catcus and Scotch heath
or IN small garden bod. ioiaIng his
audience 10 discover Tor Itself why thu
room does no, look comfortable. nh
emphasis afw;Nu lies ON the use o.:
simple and Inexpensive rather than c.
tenhtious pieces and materials a
lecture Devoted "a the ov,rcrrNd Il
room s'.ll further brings home N. n....A
Tor Tmpiification 10 attain both icau;,
anc comfort.
Mr.. Cranes popularity hrs ben sucI
that he with hia assistants has been an.
able 10 ccPe with the demand flr hi.
eervicrs. and another team has IA, ~
reen scni out. The Better Hlinrs Inst
tute was inauguraicd 4 little over thrsf
years ago. Since then. about seventy
nNe cities and towns have been visited
extending from Texas 10 District, ant
nom Winning 20 Little Rock sever1i
. towns have bcsn visited twirc. In sor,
cases state fairs arranged Tor ~. ins,i
vute n b. held us an additional stt-,ri
ion and various national and LOAF organ
nations are always trying % s.cur. D.
IN furiherance q their own olrcq,lnn,i
aims AZ rule. the institute il h %
under the auspices u a citizens assa
eiaiion. "A commercial club. au "ns,-
your home" organization %. a nrwsr,1
per. Sometimes admission A. chergel
Out not always Some ~ ,ho most 81
thusiasiic students u better homo f,:rr,
ishing have been school children q IN.
higher grades. While primarily dire,
ted toward the IMPROVEMENT n .ha b.
uviduai home, tho inr;itui. cannot FAN
70 nave n more farrcachlnr eff.r, rt
Town imprOvement--cyon II Il ala n.t
expressly Include n lecture IN "hau
70 make your town the hes, town in IA
state" Lately n dress demonvri,1r
Evely Hansen. q tho State Normal
school % Eau Claire. AVA. has h..
noied 10 the staff Ia make opinion H..
simple. good taste In women's cla-h.s
The Art institute ~ Chiclgo. which
OF course. makes no financial rrrf.t
from this department. il e. De- cln.rttu
ated on being the first institution = Il
Kind 10 devote ~ artistic ana orranl
zing Resources O. =, democratic an 81
eursiun into the lives o: humbl. ciu
sens and To hclp them ln mis- s..ap.s
way q ct mare pleasure from THOR
ho'ne surroundings. Here IL Ltief.
from the director q he art gallery AL
hfmphis Tenn. which Is typical o.
many others seen.
Mr.. Crane found our city romnar7.
siyely asleep n art. With The evc.piio,I
VI few art hNers. We had no special
Interest IN H. And while the CALLER,
has made some impression snd our r.,
Tendance Is above that Il the average
small museum. our people were dream.
tag Of art as something In the skies.
be looked al from n distance. We FEEL
Af. Crane az least has brought art Z,
Earth and 20 cur people. giving them
an idea 81 how 20 build. d ,rorate and
eea1iify house gnrien. etc and -
Abiishing thu place n art IN Tho hunl
tae place % art IN the building O.,
a eiiy.-The Survey