The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-10
FEMININE ARTS INVADED MEN READ HOW Noted Architects Cook Spaghetti Suppers, Make
 SaLcd Dressings And Enbroider In Of-hours e.

whale to a tiny baby one you hard
 Iy can see. make up his exhibit. Several famous skyscraper
 architects admitted a fondness for embroidery, samplers and other kinds of sewing. Not one would exhibit his products. fearing the appellatoin of Sissy. W. V. Allen likes nothing better than mixing his own salad dress ing, making 1t a rite performed nightly, after the days work is done. It is rare and tasy dress ing. basically French, with enough
 American touches to give 1t unique flavor. Other types of cooking also intrigue him.
 There are gorgeously colorful cuckoo clocks that call every hour
 many tiny handmade children's toys. several whoe sets for anna teur theatrical performances, | some costumes for the stage; some mounted butterflies, these caught and mounted by Roger H. Bullard. One of the most unusual exhib- tt sshows the handicraft of Mott B. Schmidt, done in spare time. It Is a mounted skunk, beautifully real, and 1t Is labelled Shanghai Lily, not dangerous"
 Many Carve Furniture. Handmade furniture comes in as one of the most popular pas- times of architects during their
 leisure hours. E. A. Dennison
 has chair,a lovely, hand-carved,
 graceful easy chair, cushioned in rose, that would make any early
 American cabinetmaker proud to claim it. There are beautiful carved tables, stools and other chairs to show the pleasure great
 men get from making things byy
 hand. G. A. Mang exhibits whole
 set of beautifully made dtoys. and one little horse that any child would love to own.
 Pleasants Pennington breeds pigeons as his hobby, lovely tame pigeons that will eat out of his
 hand or even his mouth. Julius Gregory doeos exquisite hammered silver and brass things, in his spare time, and exhibits sugar tongs. vases and candlesticks of
 his own design and work. Law renee Grant White, Stanford Whites son, translates Italian
 masterpieces during his leisure
 moments. He has two handsome volumess, illustrated with the most
 exquisite etchings. of the Divine
 Comedy.
 Models Tiny ships Three tiny ships models show what Harold Sterner does when he
 isn't building de luxe penthouse apartments. He asserts that he
 doesn't know a single architect
 who doesn't do some handwork for a pastime.
 Using your hands is the best
 way to banish worries and cares"
 he said. There is a real reason
 behind this turning to handwork.
 beliece. Every single thing you
 do with your hands is a slow pro- cetss, compared to the fast pace life
 leads us to-day. Working with
 your hands slows you down, helps
 act as an antidoe for the speedy
 existence of to-day. Gradually
 your nerves relax and you moxe
 cause of your handwork.
 And there is another reason
 for this love of handicraft." he
 added. Everyone thinks of an
 architect as the man who con-
 ceives the building, plans it and
 then actually oversees 1t. As a
 matter of fact. things are done so scientifically that once he has con- : ceived it, his work usually is at
 his desk, with draughtsmen and secretaries and the telephone do- ing much, of the work. He needs relaxatoin that uses his hands and gives him an outlet that the office can no longer give him."