The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-01
Homes Show
r suits of
Indifference
Author Declares Women
of America Lack
Good Taste.
BY MARGARET MBRIDE
MA Service STAN Writer


NEW YORK-The reason Amer
~ lean women fail to hold their
Naturalization they DO fails
not 50 much that they "lct them
selves CO." to use an old-fashioned
expression. as that they let their
houses 60. A. least, that is what
Thyra Samtor Wnslow. wel-known
author thinks.
Career women. in nv opinion,
nave better homes. on the whole.
fthan women who are supposed 10
make a business Of home-maHng. 30
the writer declares. i am always
meeting charming. well-drcsSed,
smart looking women and then be-
ing Mortified when I get a look at
their dreadful houses. They seem
10 think that when they have used
taste in Quitting themselves, their
responsibility is finished
ANYTHING viii do, they imply,
Tor the place where they live and
IN which they entertain their
friends. The most modest women
Will have SNOWY places which they
suppose are good because Of their
COStiineSs.
Don't they realize that their
homes are reflections Of their per-
S0nalitios. too? Has it really never
occurred to them that they will be
Judged by the house where nothing
goes with anything else just as Sc
vcrclv rs by a costume that is in
appropriate and jumblcd?'
Rubbish Accumulated
Miss Winsl0W insists that not only
Gre tho most charming homes she
has ever seen the creation Of women
lawyers, doctors, opera singers and
writers. but also that their owners
achieved their ends without great
difficulty
It's an i'm starting with a plan,"
she explains. The average woman
adds gimcracks without rhvme or
reason, going bllthcly along aCcu-
mulatng rubbish
And then, there is something
worse. On top Of all that, her food
is bad. There may possibly be excuse
for bad taste in the home, though
don't believe it. but there is alb
SOluteIy none for badly prepared
food We have here the most Won
dCrful markets and food materials
Yin the whole world. This is the only
NOuntry. in fact, where bread is not
the staff Of life Our poorest Citi-
ZonS have fresh milk and vegetables,
fresh fruits. meats two or three
times a week. Those are luXuries in
other lands.
Yet with all this laviShness or
could il be because of it?-American
women undertook or over cook.
allow food which should be hot to
come to their tables lukp-Warm. and
serve their cold food in the same
jndeterminate state"
Homcs-GoOd and Bed
Miss Winslow's book of short
stories. MY Own. My Native Land.
Just published. gives some first-hand
pictures Of both good and bad
homes In her Arkansas hometown.
She saws homes are no worse there
than anywhere else. and she thinks
the food probably is better. Several
of the stories are written around
nostalgia food mcmorics-Salt-riSing
bread. sCa-fOod Creole and the like.
If women want TO do something
about this matter of lettering
their homes. Miss Winslow suggests
that they set about learning in
terror decoration exactly as they
learned clothes.
Nearly every big store in America.
/ehe points out. has an interior dec
Grating departm mt where they may
he taught. They can also read news
papers and magazines. and they can
experiment and correct their own
mistakes. She suggests that one Of
their most glaring mistakes. at pres
cnt. Is to confuse cost with beauty.
"A woman Will think because an
object costs a great sum. il must be
good She complains. vet she
learned long AGO that the simplest
most inexpensive little dress may be
charming if the lines and color are
IiGht, especially the color. In their
homes, women are still afraid Of
color. THEY'LL have to get over that"