The Washington times., 1923-10-09
HOMES.
EXPOSITION
DAzzLES
Five Thousand at Brilliant
Opening Held by Novel and
Interesting Displays.
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floor, serving, as the foundation,
should be the darkest.


floor, serving, as the foundation,
should be the darkest.
Rooms Artistic Units.
Each room should be considered
as an artistic unit he declared
Upon the background furnished by
the room itself we must create q
harmonious picture by our grouping
| of furniture and use OF decorations
The artistic value of q room de.
| pends not upon what we put into II
80 much as it does upon the indiVid
uality which we express In It Nc
room, however exquisitely appointed
can be an artistic success unless ii
expresses individuality. You cannot
arbitrarily copy some feature which
you may see and admire in your
neighbor's home and expect it to he
q success, except in rare cases, il,
| your own.
It is distinctly the duty of each
nome owner to make his home the
artistic and happy success every
nome should be. This exposition and
the lectures OF the week will point
the way to better and happier
This afternoon Mcdonald has as
the subject OF his second lecture
Home Furnishings That Talk
Every Mans Cottage"
Walter Murray. another national.
known expert on interior dec.
grafton, will lecture at 7:45 o'clock
Man"
A valuable series OF illustrated
lectures on the exterior develop.
ment OF the beauty of the model
nome VIII be given by Edward a.
dening. Marshall will make use of
one Of the most novel illustrative
devices yet used for q lecture of
this sort.
On big screen he win build I'm.
by the use of models OF homes.
garages. flower beds, shrubbery.
ana trees, the ideal setting for the
home under q great variety of nat.
uraF limitations set by the size and
contour of the grounds, the sur
roundings, and other considerations
Talk On CostuminG.
Nine. Josephine Dominlck. exuert
on won1en's costuming, will explain
the relation of proper dress Ia. the
model home in q course Of round
table lectures. She will lecture at
LSa5 O'Clock tonight on well
Dressed on a Moderate Income, !"
using living models to illustrate the
Ep0ints made in her talk. She will
answer any questions put to her
by women in the audience, either at
the close of the lectures or at arly
time during the day. by appoint
ment.
Several Of the model rooms,
which were not completely equipped
owing to delays in arrival Of ma
terials, were completed today. and
everything is in shape for tonight q
session. Great credit is given by
experts to the beautiful hangings
In the model rooms provided by
Lansburgh & Bro. These hangfngs.
which are one OF the most notable
artistic feature OF the exposition.
represent a value of many hun.
dreds Of dollars.
Elaborate Music.
An elaborate musical program was
given last night. A Meyer Davis
orchestra furnishing music during
| the evening. During intermessions
there were impromptu concerts
given on Ampico reproducing pianos
in the booths occupied by the Ar
thur Jordon Piano Co., the Homer
L. Kilt Co., and on Duo-Art in the
! booth of o. j. DeMo1l & Co.
Ruth Lloyd Kinney, a brilliant
contralto, who formerly appeared
in concert with John Philip Sousa,
sang with accompaniTnents by the
A
Barth, famed New York concert
pianist, played several numbers.
Modern Furniture Praised.
There has never been a time in
the history of America when more
sensible or better furniture was
! made, or when carpets, rugs and
accessories of the home were more
in keeping with their purpose, de.
clared Sterling Bryan Mcdonald, in
terror decorations expert, in a lee.
ture on Furnishings That Talk
at this afternoons session Of the
exposition.
If there were a secretary taking
the cultural minutes of America, he
would report wonderful progress. u
| declared Mr.. Mcdonald.
"One phase of interior decoration
Is not competing with the others for
attention, but all are pulling in
unity for a pleasant scheme. A
room can be chorus singing the
praises OF its occupants or it can be
a bowling mob denouncing it's mas.
| ter"
The essential point to remember
In decorating any room, he ex
planned, is that the room must be
regarded as the structural back
ground for its furnishings, and that
the movable furniture within il
must be regarded as animate .ob
! jects.
First comes the function Of q
room-then the duty of it's objects
and their excuse for being thore,'
MIR. Mcdonald said "They are tt
speak for themselves. The piano
should say I am not display shelf
but an instrument of music. Please
don't burden me with irrelevant
things
Tables, Chairs and Lamps.
'The table and chair in the cor
ner seems to be conspiring to make
happy anyone who will accept their
| inVitatio
1.-THE lamp has said, my human
companions get a great deal of
| PRESIDENTS PROGRAM
$40 a. m. Congressman
! Dickinson of Iowa.
| 9:45 a. m.-The Minister Of