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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31
DECORATOR APPLIES GOOD TASTE
AND ART IN FURNISHING HOMES
Design of House, Finances, Purpose of Fittings
Character of Residents and Other Factors In
vOlved in Proper Purchases

ing upon faddy notions in their at,
tempt to make something different.
The decorator, building on the work
of these three, has the next problem
seeing constantly in the houses to
which he or she is called for advice
furniture that has been badly bought
pieces that have not worn we'll that
are bad in design and that therefore
have become obnoxious to their own
ers, pieces that are out of keeping
with the design of the room In which
they are used, and not appropriate
for the house In which they are
placed.
For all these reasons, these pieces
have been had investments, Often,
too, 1t is found the clients have paid
too much for the furniture
A great deal of the furnishing In
this country is bought by young peo-
pie Just going to housekeeping, Many
of them are buying furniture for the
first time in their lives. They have
a certain sum of money to spend,
and proceed like babes in the wood.
Sad to say, most of them have no
plan to work toward, but buy one
piece after another without any idea
OF the relation of one to another and
without considering the finished eff
feet of the room. If they are lucky
in falling into the hands of a con-
scientious, trained person, all will
be well with them, but If they follow
their own faucies and proceed in the
flush of enthusiasm to buy without
good, sound advice, they viii prob
ably have to admit within a few
years that they did not know how
they ever came to buy this piece, or
that; that 1T is terrible the way
certain pieces have fallen to pieces
and that they would give anything
if they had bought something else
instead" The auction rooms are
filled with furniture, that is discard
ed only. too soon by these same young
people as their taste has developed,
and as they have learned what they
really need 10 make their homes
comfortable.
How. much better If these same
young people had bought wisely in
the first place.. so that they might
have enjoyed their furniture all the
time, and If they had not had to
live with regrets as we'll as broken
furniture. Also, how much better
If they could retain their original
purchases and not have TO replace
them by new ones, selling the first
at loss and having to reinvest
more money.
Strives for Economy.
A decorator, working as he or
she does constantly in all phases or
home furnishing, knows what peo-
pie. really need, and she also knows
the best type of furniture to fill
those needs. Also. conscientious
decorator knows and strives to get
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would be If they would use the simple
materials and plain coverings that are
well within the reach of their pocket
books. ~
Purpose Is Problem.
The purpose to which the furniture
is TO be put is another of the very i'm
portant things to consider in it's selec-
ton. In selecting living room furni
ture one must consider what are the
actual needs to which the room will
be put. In 1t one would expect TO find
comfort for reading or study and for
sociability. One should therefore have
comfortable chairs, sofa for rest,
adequate shelves or cases for books
plenty of tables to hold lamps and the
essential accessories for reading and
smoking, and plenty of lamps, Well
placed, so that more than one person
car enjoy reading at the same time
Having decided just what will be
needed, one must next study his
house and remember that his furni-
ture must be more or less fixed by the
size and shape Of the openings. For
instance, If sofa is to be selected,
the possible location of it must be con
sidered. If there is room for six
foot sofa without crowding in the
place which seems best suited for a
SOFA, then 1t is a Stx-foot sofa that
should be purchased and not a seven
foot sofa. If there is space by the
window for a nice, comfortable chair
for good reading in the day time, the
chair should be selected with some
thought as to the size of the floor
space in that corner.
Too often people shop for furniture
and only too often on sales days
only--and buy pieces, not because they
have at last found just what they
want for some particular spot, or
something that is appropriate both as
to design and size and color or COW
ering, but because it is chair or a
table or a sofa that appears to be a
bargain. When furniture is bought
in this way, without consideration for
the balance of the furnishings in the
room, there can, Of course, be no har-
mony when it is all assembled.
Besides the appropriateness Of the
furniture, andsthe use to which it will
be put, one must consider the charac-
ter of the people who are to use the
furniture. For example what would
be comfortable and pleasing to an
elderly couple of quiet and studious
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tastes would not be equally pleasing
10 a frivilohs young couple whose
thoughts are far from conservative
Likewise. the pieces of furniture to be
used especially by women differ some
what from those used by men, This
is true of chairs, particularly.
Furniture must next be selectsd. not
only because 1t is comfortable. or be-
cause it is appropriate. nor because it
Is within ones means, or because It is
suitable TO the particular purpose for
which it is to be used, but hecause IL
is attractive and pleasing TO the per-
son who will own it. The psychology
ical effect of living with the things we
like o" of having to live with colors
and pieces of furniture that we dislike
cannot be disputed. A decorator Jften
meets situations like this
We choose our friends and associate
with those who are attractive to ms
and with whom we enjoy being. We
should be quite as careful in choosing
the mute friends in our house, the
pieces Of furniture with which we
live.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31
BY GENEyIEvE HENDRICKS.
Interior Decorator

A beautiful house with correct pro-
portions and good design does not
Just happen. 1t Is the result of labor
and thought. Without careful design,
ing and planning no amount of good
building will make a house that will
be a credit TO the community or the
owner
Too often decorator is called in
to furnish n house that has been bad
ly planned and is told to proceed TO
make it both comfortable and lovely
for clients. When there has not been
proper attention given to the design,
TO the wall spaces, to the window
placement and window frames, to the
lighting fixtures, and other essentials
of the background. the decorator has
a difficult problem, and must not only
think of his or her own design, but
must also correct the faults in the ar
chitectural design as well.
A banker naturally hates TO see his
depositors invest money foolishly, and
if he is given the opportunity will adj
wise how they might invest wisely
for sure profits and no losses. A
builder viii if possible keep his client
from insisting upon the use OF mate
rails that will not make for perma-
nence. He will naturally seek to
guide his client to the selection of
materials that are the best on the
market for price that his client al
lows him. A conscientious architect
will do everything is his power TO see
that the final plans adopted by his
clients will be those which will make
an attractive, comfortable home OF
good design One of his difficulties
viii be in keeping people from insist
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the best quality for the money which
his or her clients have to spend. A
decorator does not consider himself
or herself In any way successful IL
clients come but once. If clients
can be given satisfactory plans to-
ward which they can build, and II
good sinvestments can be made for
them, they will come again as they
have more money TO spend, and as
they wish to enlarge their furnish
ings, the decorator can then be sat
isGed.
Good furniture. carefully built OF
well seasoned woods and pure in de
sign, is always a real investment
This Is proven by the antique furni
ture that has come down to us today
and which is highly priced by those
who are able TO have it. If our an
cestors had bought carelessly built and
poorly designed factory furniture
there would be very little valuable an
tique furniture In America today
Luckily, during the first half century
of living in America there we're nC
factories where furniture could be
turned out in a slipshod manner.
Copies were painstakingiy made OF
pieces coming from the master shops
of England and Europe, and were
made with all sincerity. Chairs were
made OF good wood properly treated
They were put together to stay, and
they we're built not just as so many
chairs or tables, but they were made
TO be objects of beauty for enjoyable
use.
A far seeing furniture company ad
vises. BUY your children's heirlooms.
If these modern pieces of furniture
are being built most carefully and OF
good wood. there is no reason why
they cannot be highly priced by the
descendants of their present owners in
the same way that we treasure the
furniture that our great,grandfather
and great-grandmothers had in their
long ago homes.
Victorian Era Scored
There was a time. most unhappy in
the history OF art, known as the Vic.
torian era During this period, and
for 20 years preceding it and 20 years
following ii, furniture was built large
~ with an idea Of being different. The
factory system was just being built up
in America and commercialism had
struck home with fun force. Whether
it was the manufacturers who directed
public taste to despise the old style
which had been used so long and to
want their new products is an open
question, and, lucky for the memories
of those parted manufacturers. one
that cannot be answered. Suffice 1t to
say that furniture was built without
rhyme or reason, the only idea being
to have it different.
Public taste stood this furniture as
long as 1t could and then, of course,
reacted violently against 1t in about
1900. As the result of the work of
William Morris. an English designer,
no longer were curlicues and carvings
of grapes and human figures and, even
worse. carvings with no design at all
in order Suddenly everything must
be absolutely plain and square. abso-
Iutely Spartan in feeling. While this
so-called mission furniture was n thou
sand times better than the walnut hor-
rors that preceded it. it was uncom-
Portable. totally lacking in beauty,
heavy and suitable for nothing in the
world except mems cIubrooms or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31
PUBLIC SOON TO SEE
NEW DETACHED HOME
Wesley Heights House in Model
Exhibit Will Be Fully Furnished
by End of Week. -

The second largest. oe The NOS
detached houses brs.1 for the better
homes demonstration sponsored by
The Star will be ready f,nlv furnished
for inspection by batter part Of the
week
This house is located al Wesley
Heights, Forry-foUrth and hawthorn
street. 1t was erected b. W. o. anil
A. n. Miller and designed byF Del2s-
Smith. 1t is a Georgian style house
of brick designed to INT the natural
contour Of the surrounding groiutf
The property has also been iaHd
scaped. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31
ROUTES TO MODEL
BUILDING PROJECTS
Automobile Directions 10
Various Houses Outlined
for Convenience.
The routes to the various model
home projects are as follows:


home projects are as follows:
No. 1.
The colonial stucco home erect
ed by L. +. Breuninger & Sons
at Hemlock street. Thirteenth street
and Alaska avenue, designed by Vic.
tor Mindelef, may be reached by GO
ing directly out Sixteenth street to
Alaska avenue just above Walter
Reed Hospital, north on Alaska ave-
nue. to the intersection of the three
streets, where the property is located.
No. 2.
To reach the VIC. & A. N. Miller
property at the southwest corner of
Hawthorne street and Forty-fourth
place go west on Pennsylvania ave-
nue TO Twenty-second street, north on
Twenty-secono street to Massachu-
setts avenue, northwest on Massachu-
sets avenue to Cathedral avenue,
west on Cathedral avenue to Forty
fourth place, thence south on Forty
fourth place one block to Hawthorne
street. The Miller house. designed by
Delos Smith, of Georgian style, is to
be built of brick.
No. 3.
The Hedges & Middleton home. de.
signed by Robert Beresford, is of CO.
lonial type and Is built of stone.
This house is located at Thirty-fifth
street and Massachusetts avenue. 1t
may be reached by going west on
Pennsylvania avenue to Twenty-sec-
ond street, north on Twenty second
street TO Massachusetts avenue, north
west on Massachusetts avenue to
VT CT n he cit
No. 4.
The detached frame house erect
ed in Lee Heights. Va, by Ruby
Lee Minar was designed by Ward
Brown. This is a typical Virginia
style residence. To reach this prop
erty go west on Pennsylvania avenue
to M street, west on NJ street to the
Key Bridge, cross the bridge into Vir-
Sinia, turn to the. right to the Lee
Highway. proceed 21s miles 10 Lee
Heights.
The house erected in Wynnewood
Park, Silver Spring, Md, by the
Stambaugh Construction Co, is of
colonial style, designed by Percy c.
Adams. This home may be reached
by going directly north on Sixteenth
street to Alaska avenue, out Alaska
avenue to the District line, continue
north on Georgia avenue extended,
known as Brookeville pike, thence
east on the Colesville pike to the site
in Wynnewood Park,
No. 6.
The Cafritz Construction Co. prof.
ect consists of a row of houses in
varied designs, giving each one an
individuality all it's own. These
houses were designed by Louis Juste-
ment. They are on Decatur between
Fourth and Fifth streets. To reach
this site proceed northeast on Yer
mont avenue to Florida avenue
continue north on Florida avenue
to Sherman avenue. out Sherman
avenue to New Hampshire ave
nue., turn northeast on New Hamp-
shire avenue to Grant Circle, from
Grant Circle go north on Illinois ave
nue. to Sherman Circle, continue north
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railway stations. and not comfortable

railway stations. and not comfortable
anywhere.
The reaction to this mission furni-
ture has long since come about, and
the trend Of popular taste Is again
back to old designs in furniture.
Everywhere one hears of period
furniture and this poor word has in
its turn been done to death.
There are a few manufacturers to-
day who are wisely end honestly
copying the best colonial pieces in
America and England. More power
to these few! May they and their
honest works continue. One manu-
facturer of reproductions has been
nationally known as a collector of
, antique for 20 years. He prophestes,
and probably rightly, that his repro,
auctions. made as they are of the best
materials true In design and by best
workmanship today will be treasured
as highly in future generations as the
Colonial and Georgian pieces are In
our day and age.
Far too many manufacturers are
flooding the market with pseudo
Italian renaissance dining room
suites" with MARY and William
SETS" with Queen Anne parlor SETS
and the like. These high.sounding
names are apt TO lead the unframed
buyer to purchasing furniture which
is absolutely out of keeping with his
house.
Must Match House.
In selecting furniture for house
many things must be considered.
First of all, people must consider the
type of house into which they will
place their furniture. Far too often
we are apt to see a heavy Italian
table in a living room suggesting
early Colonial and A Spanish set OF
dining room furniture in a simple,
modern dining room.
III the exterior of the house suggests
the Colonial, the furnishings within
should do the same. One should not
have the feeling when crossing the
threshold OF suddenly having jumped
from Colonial America to sixteenth
century Italy. or Tudor England, or
medieval Spain.
If the house is medium sized and
simple in design, the furniture within
should be of the proper scale to be In
proportion with the house itself. Big
bulky pieces OF furniture are as out
of place in medium sized houses as
they are uncomfortable to use In
them. Yet. how often de we enter
rooms that have dining room sets
that are far too large in design for
the room, and that are only too
often inappropriate in design. Both
the scale and the type of the house
must be borne in mind by the pur-
chaser of furniture.
Not only should one consider the
appropriateness of the furniture in
connection with the design and size Of
the house, but also one should remem-
Der that the furnishings should be
selected in accordance with the finan-
cial status Of the owner. The deplor-
able characteristic of some Americans
to make a splurge" often leads peo-
pie TO use furnishings that belong In
far richer homes then they can af-
ford. In q futile attempt ITO make an
effect" taffeta curtains that are ex-
pensive both in original cost and be-
cause they do not wear, and uphol-
stored pieces covered in heavy. gaudy
brocades and other materials are used
by those who do not realize how
much more attractive their homes
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The Star Model Home dernonstra-
ton would be far from complete
without such an ideal example of
Colonial architecture as the Ruby
Lee Minar house now reaching COM
pletion at Lee Heights, Va.
The house was designed by Ward
Brown. And it should be said that
the first step in the planning was
a thorough study of the ground it
was to occupy. The result of such
attention to the artistic POSSIBLE
ties has been the achievement of
perfect harmony between house and
grounds.
To the lover of the true type Of
Virginia Colonial home this six
room, frame, detached model resi-
dence will make a strong appeal.
It's old-fashioned porch almost flush
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on Illinois avenue to Decatur, east on
Decatur to the site.
No. Z.
This group of colonial houses
built by C. H. Small on West Vir;
ginia avenue at Queen street north
east, designed by j. Wilbur Smith,
may be reached by going east on *
street to Eighth street northeast,
north on Eighth street to Florida
avenue, thence one block southeast
on Florida avenue to West Virginia
avenue, proceed on West Virginia ave-
street.
The community group, consisting of
IA houses, erected by Walter A.
DUNCAN in Marietta Park at Fifth
and Longfellow streets. designed by
Gilbert L. Rodier, may be reached by
going north on Sixteenth street to
Colorado avenue, northeast on Colo
RADIO avenue to Georgia avenue, then
directly south to Longfellow street
east on Longfelow street to Fifth
street, where property is located.
These houses will be of the semi-de-
tached and community group style,
and feature a "three-ir1a-row" type OF
houses embodying Italian architeo
ture.
No. 9.
The w. Walter Vaughn houses. de-
signed by w. II. 1. Fleming, at Thir.
teenth and Upshur streets northeast,
may be reached by going out Elev-
enth street to Rhode Island avenue,
Rhode Island avenue TO First street,
First street to Soldiers Home gate at
Michigan avenue, Michigan avenue to
Thirteenth street northeast, one
square north on Thirteenth street to
house.
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A popularity of Japanese literature
is said to be that no self.respecting
japanese novelist ever leaves a. single
character alive at the end Of his
book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-31

Peanuts are used for the Tnanpfar.
ture OF artificial milk, butter, oils, fare
cream. face powder, ink ana wood
stains.
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with the ground; its enclosed gar
den and pleasing terraces; its open
freplaces in living-room and master
bedroom; its rooted side porch and
uncovered entrance porch-it is these
fine touches which cast the spell
of Colonial times over even the
casual visitor.
And without in any way destroy
ing this spirit of the charm Of past
years, modern convenience has been
made an important part of this
home. To fulfill the desire for perfect
hot water service, it was only natural
that the Welsbach Water Heater
was made an integral part of the
plans.
WELSBACH COMPANY
4sO 9TH Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
, 1926-11-09

IT is hereby brought to public notice
that the Letters Patent (reissue)
which were recorded in the United
States Patent Office, Washington D. c..
on February 16, 1926, in the name of
Edward A.. MelIinger, assigDor, by mesne
assignments, to Automatic Electric Inc,
of Chicago, Illinois, a corporation or
ganized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware. and patent GER
tificate No. 16, 268, issued therefor, has
this date been registered in the Office
of the Government Secretary of the Vir-
gin Islands of the United States at St.
Thomas, in accordance with the pro-
visions in the regulations governing the
registration Of Patents and Trademarks
in the Virgin Islands, approved 30 June
1920.
Government Of
the Virgin Islands of the United States,
St. Thomas
October %, 1926.
c.. S. BAKER,
Government Secretary.
, 1926-11-09
Publication.

1T is hereby brought to public notice
that the Letters Patent which were
recorded in the United States Patent
Office, Washington, D. c., on March
%, 1926, in the name Of Alexander E.
Keith, assignor, by mesne assignments,
to Automatic Electric Inc, Of Chicago,
Illinois, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, and patent certificate No.
], 578, OH, issued therefor, has this date
been registered in the Office of the
Government Secretary of the Virgin
Islands of the United States at St.
Thomas, in accordance with the pro-
visions in the regulat .ons governing the
registration Of patents and Trademarks
in the Virgin Islands, approved 80 June,
1920.
Government of
the Virgin Islands of the United States,
st. Thomas
October 20, 1926,
G.. S. BAKER,
Government Secretary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-01
Drug Traffic Compels
New Prison for Women

ANDERSON, w. Va, Aug. 80. - A
federal prison is to be constructed
here entirely for women prisoners,
most Of them convicted under the Mar
cotic Drugs Act. The number OF such
convictions has increased rapidly dur
Ing recent years.
On a 500-acre tract will be erected
S2,000,000 worth of buildings. All per-
sons in executive positions will be
women, and as much as possible Of
the work will be done by women. The
chief workshop will be for sewing and
knitting, the products going to other
federal institutions and putting out
Of employment certain number Of
textile and garment workers now en-
ployed.
1t has been stated that the Federal
Industrial Institution for Women. as
the new prison is called, will have no
walls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-01
Cons al, pie Nurus
Go On Strike to Save
Their Ancient Guild
Especial to The Daily worker)

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 80. - A
strike of Kurdish porters here has
prevented ships from unloading and
has tied up traffic in parts of the city
which depend on the time honored
method of carting freight on the backs
of men.
The strike resulted from the attempt
of employers to break up the centuries
old guild Of the mammals" or hand
porters. The guild had certain regula-
tions as to prices, prevented theft, and
guaranteed a distribution of work
among it's members, as well as distri-
buting all the profit there was, and
wages were good because of the one
hundred percent organization.
A limited liability company took
over the contracts, and hired the
porters. The latter found they were
not making as much money as before
and declared a strike. About 1000 are
out.