Arizona republican., 1922-01-19
FURNISHING Of
LIVING ROOMS
IS SUBJECT Of
UNUSUAL TALK


Yesterday saw the largest and
most interested audience of the week
assembled at the Shrine auditorium
to hear The Arizona Republicans
Better-Fo Better Homes lectures
by Mrs. Florence Austin Chase.
The Woman's club of Phoenix at
tended in body. to learn from an
expert how their homes might be
made more beautiful and their fami-
lies better served and every other
civic organization of the city was
we'll represented.
1t was just like a big class room,
with the women sitting silently
copying their recipes and jotting
down notes on the home beautiful
There was not a whisper to disturb
the hearing of those who sat further
back, and not an unnecessary move
ment to distract the attention from
what was being said from the stage.
The subject was a delightfully."- in
teresting one, and one dear to the
heart OF every lover of the home
how to furnish and arrange a living
room.
Ford Levy company as an example,
Mrs. Chase told how she would place
the furniture to give the appearance
of space, and how the lights could
be so arranged that the room at night
would be a comfort to look at as
we'll as comfort from the reading
standpoint.
Arranging a Room
A large living room could have the
davenport with the table at the back
Of it. on which the lamp and books
could be set, but in small room ii
is better to have the small gate
legged tables. and stand them near
n chair. Floor lamps should be
placed back OF the chair. where the
light is best for reading. said Mrs.
Chase, and n piano lamp is meant
for use beside the piano and no other
place in the room. Square rooms
shoud be arranged in a different way
than the long narrow room, where
the furniture should balance at each
end. For example, a desk at one end
of the room, with a mirror over it
and candle sticks on it would balance
nantel at the other, or perhaps
the piano.
"And never cover your piano or
nantel with photographs" warned
Mrs. Chase. Pictures of your friends
have their place in the homo, but not
Strewn over the mantel, or cluttering
up the piano. A piano to pianist
is an instrument of service. just as
a stove is TO a cook. You wouldn't
spread your friends pictures over
the dining room table. Don't make
your mantels and pianos look like a
country store
Mrs. Chase told how color har-
mony could be brought out. with
neutral colors as a back ground and
the secondary and complimentary
colors used in the pillows or lamp
shades, or perhaps a vivid splash of
color in the desk set.
Answers Questions
Answers to questions from the au-
| dience formed very important part
of the days program and aroused a
great deal of interest, Mrs. Chase
| giving many of the questioners some
most attractive concepts for the re-
arrangement and refurnishing Of
their living rooms.
Sandwiches, dainty and light, and
sandwiches of such practical proper
ton that they might make satisfy
ing meal were passed through the
audience by Perky Peggy maids. and
no one was overlooked in the crowd
ed house. While these We're being
sampled Mrs. Chase CAV out the reci-
pes for their making. and also gave
a demonstration of bread making
which was watched with pleasure by
other capable home lovers.
The bread served in the sandwich
es had been baked by Mrs. Chase in
the morning, and was so fresh that
some of the sandwiches We're still
warm. Recipes for the making of
white bread. whole wheat bread. and
| Danish rolls were given, while a
most appetizing cake was being
| baked in the oven. This was later
! cut and passed around among the
women to sample.
ChiIdren's Diet
Besides the talk on bread and
sandwich making, Mrs. Chase spoke
| most earnestly to the mothers in her
audience about the diet of their
children. She urged them to make
the whole wheat bread which was
! particularly nourishing, and which,
served with milk, would make a per-
| feet meal for a growing child. Milk
| and bread served between meals tc
| children is not too much for their
! little stomachs. as children are SC
active that they soon digest the food
eaten.
In many of the larger cities a daily
| test was made on the value of milk
and bread. Twenty-one of the most
under -nourished children were served
/ with milk and bread at school for 6C
days Their weights were taken al
| the start and finish Of the test, and
every one OF them showed a gain in
weight averaging from one pound tc
as high as 1S pounds. Far from being
oYerfed, Mrs. Chase asserts that
nearly all children are underfed sc
far as actual nourishment is con-
cerned. Too many sweets, and toe
much meat is very harmful for any
child, and the youngster who is fec
| cereals, stewed fruits and plenty OF
rich milk until school age is always
the healthiest and happiest,
please tell the scTawny ones in
| your audience how to gain flesh' in
one of the questions, gave Mrs. Chase
a chance to say something regarding
the diet of adults. Don't worry
don't get nervous, cat three meals a
day and bread buttered on both sides
and plenty OF milk in between meals
rest all you can" were some of her
wise admonitions
4 Coffee, tea and chocolate were
made at the end Of the talk. tn