Evening star., 1949-09-05
By Betty Miles

Wy 0Stty NuiSS
The better to streamline the
business of living, the YWCA. at
18th and K streets NV, has
added q group of interesting
courses to its curriculum this year.
Fall classes are scheduled to be-
gin Monday, September 26.
Getting down to the brass tacks
of decorating, Washington Deco
rator Otto Tingen plans to teach
homemakers how to make Slip
covers, how to make lampshades,
and how to make draperies. There
will be demonstrations in measur-
ing, fitting, cutting and pleating
the slipcovers. Students will be
taught to make a muslin pattern
and then to turn out a finished
product on a studio chair. In
the case of lampshades, students
will make their shades to fit their
own frames in class.
Another new class is the Home
makers Forum, which will be
conducted by Mrs. Godfrey Huber
Mrs. Huber, who is now teaching
in the adult education section OF
the District school system, has
long felt that the sharing OF in
formation verbally among house.
wives would solve many home
makers problems.
The mother of five children,
Mrs. Huber returned two years
ago from Salvatore. where she
lived for 20 years. She became
particularly aware of the prob
lens of house management, she
declared, after years of living with
the aid of a staff that could not
possibly be obtained in the States.
Timing is the important thing
in home management, Mrs. Huber
believes. And the elimination OF
things not necessary to gracious
living saves time and dollars, too,
she believes. For example, linen
Napkins" Mrs. Huber remarked,
"are not necessary all the time, D
when the family exchequer or your
own time budget suffers from the
constant laundering they demand.
Maintenance, money manage
ment, child care and child prob
lens and recreation will be the
main topics covered. The course
will be essentially pooling OF
experience, Mrs. Huber explained
with question box, provided
for anonymous questions and an
swers, supplementing from-the-
floor discussions.
Investments for Women Is an
other new course to be added to
the Y roster this fall. The class
to be taught by a specialist in
this field, will include informa-
ton on the principles of invest
ment, kinds of securities, and in
vestment procedure and practice
offered to help women invest their
money wisely.
Mrs. Rebecca Slater, director
of adult education, has also de-
clared that, should a strong
enough demand be indicated for
q greeting card verse writing
class, it would be possible to in
troduce one.
Other innovations include
classes in life sketching and in
portrait painting, with living
models. These courses will be
taught by M. Bruno Beran, a
fellow of the Associe National
Society Beaux Arts. in Paris. Mr..
Beran exhibited in Europe for two
decades and recently painted the
portraits of the wives of several
Ambassadors in Washington.
Miss Laura Douglas, instructor
in water color, pastel, guache and
charcoal, and herself winner of
the international Water Color
Award in 1943, plans to introduce
a new medium to her students
this fall. It is a new oil-like
casein, which closely resembles,
but is less expensive, than oil.
A class in commercial art is
also scheduled for this fall. Mr..
Mark Schillace, free lance COM
mercial artist, will instruct.
A new class in hard metals, in
cluding work in silver, aluminium
and copper, will be taught by
Charles Dorsey, for 80 years the
head of the vocational and indus
trial arts department at Highland
Park College.
DR.. James r. Mock, a former
teacher at the University of Wis
consin, Northwestern and Ameri-
can University. will teach a class
In contemporary culture, an anal
ysis Of various aspects of life to-
day. This course will supplement
another also taught by DR.. Mock
q survey Of culture. that is ar
orientation course in the cultural
history Of the world.
Selected as the new teacher OF
magazine and short-story writing
is Miss Marjorie Holmes, author
of ''Ten O'Clock Scholar" The
popular flower arrangement class
introduced last spring, also will
be available. Lectures. demon
strations and actual practice in
arranging flowers. branches and
leaves, with proper vases and