The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-11
Noted Designer Born Here
Is Back For Brief Visit

ments. steel has been used to take
the place Of everything that used to
be made Of other metal.
As col1sultant to Holabird Il Root,
the Chicago architects who built
North Dakota's new state Capitol,
Mrs. Dulaney Is having q part In the
New York Metropolitan museums
plan to bring to people Of small means
the services Of the highest priced
architects in the country in furnish
ing their homes. The museum has
asked six architects to plan modern
rooms which can be executed in
mass production. John Root was one
Of the architects chosen and he was
requested to do the living room. Mrs.
Dulaney has been asked BY Mr.. Root
to work on appointments for the
room.
Brings Design 10 Masses
Commenting on this plan she said,
Il thought when I began that the
important thing to do was to design
for the ultra-sophistica taste. To-
day / believe the most important
thing is industrial design, for the
influence on the masses Is most i'm
portant"
Mrs. Dulaney IS retained by the
Republic Steel company. manufacture
ers Of steel, alloys, who loan her
services to other firms such as In
ternational Silver, the Formica COM
pany. Burlington railway and the
Holabird & Root firm, which she
considers outstanding among the
architectural firms Of the country.
Decorating first was q hobby With
Mrs. Dulaney and her business, like
many others, was one born Of the
depression years.
Moving into her penthouse at 926
Lakeshore drive, Chicago, she de-
cidad to economic and decorate the
entire suite Of rooms herself. With
out ever having taken an art lesson
or drawn line, she began painting
on the walls. That was three years
ago. Because she had become inter-
ested in sculpturing year before,
she built studio for herself and In
tended to continue to make life-size
portraits in SCULPTURE as q hobby.
Her first success in an artistic way
was selling the second figure which
she has done, black bronze.
Mrs. Dulaney Is modest about her
accomplishments, does not believe In
the so-called artistic temperament
displayed by many people engaged In
creative work. She explains, Il be-
lieve that people develop through
necessity and adversely. Necessity
does not have to be financial neces-
sity, it may be necessity for expres-
sion." In her own case, Mrs. Dulaney
has found health through her work
and now IS able to spend long hours
at her work after many years Of In
validism.
Has Kept Factories Going
The business in glass, silver, metal
and wood which she has developed
has been q joy to her in that it has
given her an opportunity to hire
highly-trained artisans who would
be unable to find work in other lines
during the depression. At times she
has employed as many Is 70 people
and she has been able to keep open
factories which otherwise would be
closed. Taking leases on the manu-
featuring equipment, she has been
able to work in her chosen lines
without initial capital investments
She directs the business from offices
apart from her studio, which Is on
top Of her penthouse.
There are few landmarks left in
Bismarck" Mrs. Dulaney commented
on the present capital city which she
has not visited for Is years. She was
born here and spent the early years
Of her girlhood here. Bismarck to-
day appeals to her Is being enter
prising, clean and wide-awake. The
architecture Of the new Capitol she
considers an outstanding example ia
build toward as the city grows.
Among those who are interested In
the work Of the former North Dakota
woman are Mrs. Franklin D. Rooee-
welt, to whom Mrs. Dulaney has
presented a set Of 4 dozen service
plates with the MIRA Blue Eagle as
the design theme. Among publica-
tions carrying articles on her work
are Country Life, House & Garden,
House & Decoration and many me-
tropolitan newspapers.