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Evening star., 1961-03-23
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN
star staff Writar

President jefferson, a true
cosmopolite, furnished the
Presidents House in the best
styles of the day covering
the designs of the 18th and
18th centuries.
Included in the period Of
the 18th century were the
finest cabinetwork of Chip
pendale, Robert Adam de-
signs, Hepplewhite and Sher-
atom, which were coupled
with the English Regency
and the French Directoire.
Generally, the new PreSi-
dent continued in selecting
the furniture to indulge in
following the lines Of his neo-
classic tastes.
Black and Gold Chairs
It is interesting to note
the Presidents House held
some 90 black and gold chairs
in various rooms, "a with
arms, in the East Room.
Undoubtedly, they served.
during receptions the pur-
pose stated by Abigail Adams
in her letter from Paris in
1894 describing fashionable
homes of the day-"standing
in double rows around the
rooms"
President George Wash
ington, in an inventory Of
furnishings Of the Philadel-
phia Presidents House which
he penned in 1897, listed 2
carved and gilt chairs with
floral damaSk and "a ia
panned chairs with gliding.
Adam designed drawing
room chairs that were a close
adaptation of the contem-
porary Louis XVI chair with
the exception that carving
on the nodded frame was
slightly lighter in scale. Cen
orally, these chairs were of
soft wood. painted in pastel
colorS or gilt.
Since Mr.. jefferson was
careful to designate mahog-
any on many items in his
inventory, including q num-
ber Of chairs, it seems safe
to assume the nearly 100
black and gold" chairs in
the executive mansion were
Of some other wood.
THE Complete Guide to
Furniture Styles" by Louise
Ade Boger asserts that "the
vogue for rich color effects
SO characteristic Of the last
quarter Of the 18th century
resulted in the production Of
q large number of decorative
and graceful inexpensive
chairs, made Of beech or
Evening star., 1961-03-23
First Lady
Returns Today

Mrs. John r. Kennedy will
return sometime this after
noon from New York City
where she has been visiting
since last Monday.
The First Lady has been
touring museums and an
tique shops looking for orig
inal pieces of furniture for
the White House. She has
also attended q performance
Of the ballet and had fittings
on her spring wardrobe.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
THE PRESIDENTS HOUsE-THE EARLY YEARS
Thomas Jefferson Furnished
House in Best Styles Of Day

the same reference guide,
recommended that his carved
chairs in the prevailing
French taste should be either
gilded or painted and par
eel gilded. "A large number
Of inexpensive chairs were
made Of beechwood and
were japanned in black and
occasionally in color. They
were often decorated with
flowers and floral garlands
painted in natural colorS,
while some were frightened
with touches of gilt"
The Great Hall Of En-
trance" in Jefferson'S day
held % mahogany chairs
with hair cloth bottoms, two
side tables, two large ma
hogany tables with leaves,
four settees, one eight-day
clock and eight fire buck
ets.Y
Covering the hall floor was
canvas painted green, a
style Of the time for large
areas where rugs were i'm
practical. Painted floor
cloth" was well known in CO.
lonial Virginia and New Eng
land. Abigail Adams re-
ferred to it as "oilcloth" and
in q letter to a sister on May
6, 1871, from Bush Hill,
Philadelphia, she wrote: "I
think, my dear sister, as it
Evening star., 1961-03-23
League Sets
Meetino

= Parks, Schools and Recre-
alton :. Independent or In
terdependent?" will be dis
cusSed at the regular meet
ing Of the Montgomery
County League of Women
Voters tonight.
Mr.. Jerome j. Harris,
chairman of the Subcom-
mittee on Information and
Standards, Montgom cry
County Recreation and Park
: Study Committee, will serve
as moderator for the panel
. discussion. The meeting will
be held at 8:15 pm. in the
Woodward and Lothrop Aud
itorium, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1961-03-23

The announcement of the forma-
tion Of a Committee on the Fine
Arts Commission for the White
House wOS mode by M1. Kennedy
lost month. THE purpose Of the
committee is TO Iocots furniture Of
the date Of the building Of the
White House (lS02) and the roisins
Of the funds TO purchase this furni-
ture as gifts to the White House."
sold the announcement.
Whot woS the furniture Of the
late part Of the 18th century, the
beginning Of the 18th? Whot were
the designs in vogue then3 Whot
was the furniture Of our first. second
and third Presidents? Is there ony
furniture in the White House thot
detes back to George Washington
For the onswers to these questions,
StoT HOmefurnishinss Editor Mary
l. NOushon did reseoreh at the
Librory Of Congress, the Smithsonian
Institution end through privots
sources. This is the fifth Of. q
series Of articIes on the Presidents
HOuse-Ths EorIy Years.
Evening star., 1961-03-23

is coming hot weather, my
oil cloth will do best for my
parlour. I would wish to
have it put down"
jefferson ran the Presi-
dents House in sharp con-
traSt to the Washington and
Adams administrations. He
dispensed with formalities
and rigid precedence, ruling
out large receptions except
on New Years Day and July
4 when the mansion doors
were open to all. He alienated
conformists with his small
dinners at round tables where
no one could be said to be
sitting either above or below
the salt" He further offended
by his informal approach to
the dining table when he
would ignore rank among the
diplomats corps and offer
his arm. not to the ranking
diplomats wife, but to whom
ever he happened to choose
to escort to the table.
Among his servants, this
cosmopolite retained O French
cook, a French steward and
an Irish coachman.
After serving as Minister
to France, Jefferson had had
shipped to this country most
of the contents of his Paris
home that he had carefully
selected during his stay
there. The shipment included
86 packing cases Of furnish
ings, some Of which must
have found their way into
the Presidents Home with
jefferson in later years.
Among those cases were
a number Of fabrics which
Jefferson later introduced
into the executive mansion.
In many Of the rooms the
President replaced the stiff
and formal brocades at the
windows with dimity curtains
that were q particular ia
vorite Of his. He also brought
back mixed chintzes and
some toile de Jouy, the latter
linen and cotton printed fab
RIGS woven at Jouy near Yer
sailleS. The designs mostly
were pictorial.
Dimity Curtains
Mr.. Jefferson introduced
dimity curtains into the Pres
ident's bedroom in the White
House, in his dressing room
and other bedrooms on the
second floor. Downstairs he
confined the dimity curtains
with cornice (of his own de-
Sign) to the large dining
room in the northwest cor
ner Of the mansion called at
that time the Public Din
ing Room"
The same dimity was
used by jefferson at Monti-
cello windows where later
samples established that the
fabric had the appearance
Of modern seersucker making
1t somewhat more sturdy than
the dimity Of today.
The Blue Room or oval
room in the White House was
the Presidents Drawing
Room in Jefferson's day.
There were five suits Of
Chints window curtains with
cornice" at the five windows.
Tomorrow: JsfferSon's furnishings.
Evening star., 1961-03-23

other soft woods which were
japanned in colors or In
black. Hepplewhite designed
a number of chairs suitable
for japanning."
Sheraton, according to
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Exhibit

An exhibit Of small an
tiques and arts and crafts by
the members will be featured
at the Fine Arts Board meet
ing Of the Prince Georges
County Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs at 10:30 am. to-
morrow at the First Method
ist Church in Hyattsville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19
Start Teaching
Your Children
Safety, NotU!

Smart parents won't wait for
school to begin drilling their
Youngsters in traffic safety.
Neither will they let up after
the youngsters begin to learn
about avoiding hazards, from
their teachers.
Here are some of the major
principles of safety in traffic
recommended by AAA as prac-
tice that parents should teach
their youngsters.
/. Look all ways before cross.
ing the street.
2. Keep from between parked
cars.
3. Cross only at corners, espe.
cially in cities.
4. Watch for turning cars.
). Be extra alert in bad wealth
er and wear white after dark.
6. When there are sidewalks
walk facing traffic.
z. Help your Safety Patrol
Obey traffic guards and lights
8. Bicycle riders obey all traf
fic rules.
Finally, parents are warned
against breaking any of tn,
good traffic safety rules them
selves. especially in the pres
ence OF Youngsters. They have
procliyity for following a bac
example.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19
Financial Gossip

NEW YORK-A southwestern
railroad, which last week dis
closed the purchase of about 81
million of securities of another
rail line, had some advice today
for the general public:
Don't weep over the vanish
ing passenger train. No matter
how much the trains or their
gradual passing from the Amer
lean scene-have been in the
public eye, not even a sudden
increase in freight revenues
would be likely to bring them
back.
The advice came from the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, which
last week disclosed its purchase
of about 81 million of securities
of the Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nois Railroad Company. The
C&EI has entry into Chicago,
which the Missouri Pacific pres.
emily lacks.
Public Misunderstands Role
In its monthly house publica.
ton "News Reel" the MOPAC
said that the American people
have never fully understood the
primary purpose of the building
of railroads, which was the
transformation of freight
What the MoPAC deplores-
and in this attitude it is joined
by other railroads, both larger
and smaller-is the concept that
the loss of the passenger trains
spells the death" of the rail.
roads.
Right from the time the first
rails were put down in the Unit.
ed States, the publication said,
the early builders were out Ia
make a profit and they knew it
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19
By Phyllis Battelle

effervescence as her product.
The actress latest assign
ment: acting as judge at the
miss America" beauty finals
September 9 on CBS-TV. This
brought up, once again, the
subject of glamor.
"Of course, I don't think a
female knows what life is about
until she is thirty" she said
simply, "but these girls in the
Miss America contest are
pretty and talented, and fortu-
nate. The one who wins can
learn more, about being CLAM
orous, in her one years reign
than another pretty girl could
pick up in Is years of the or
binary life. She can learn to
be meticulously clean and well
groomed which is such an i'm
portant part of beauty that 1
have a real fetish about it.
"The most beautiful women
can walk into room, and if
she has a twisted stocking
seam, she's lost me. So many
women dress from the chin up
Miss Crawford sighed.
"But then, l was born being a
perfectionist. It's a horrible
thing to live with, perfection
ISM"
Miss Crawford was born with
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19
Assignment America

the name Lucille lie Sueur
which seems almost a parody
of a 1920 Hollywood concoction
and raised in a convent where
she paid her way by helping
clean and cook. Out of the con-
vent she was, by turns, sales
girl, chorus girl and finally at
age II, a starlet. She was the
first, greatest and last of the
Movie Queens" and the world
has never been allowed to for
get it.
But underneath the queenly
surface, she is warm with af-
lection for most people, hot
tempered with occasional enc
mics, restless and energetic. Her
personality at this stage of her
life is pin-pointed neatly by the
following description of an av.
erage day :.
Sometimes it's necessary in
my life to change clothes, hair
do, makeup four times a day,
but l don't have time to sit in
bath and do it the leisurely
way. There's not a bath in my
house all showers. 1t may
seem work to some women, but
to me it's worth every minute,
every precious moment.
Il love life. And when you
love life, the biggest and small
est chores are fascinating"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-When
Joan Crawford was still too
young and naive to be genu-
inely glamorous it is hard to
believe that there was such a
primitive period in history, but
she claims it's true, she was
taken in hand by the late, great
stylist Adrian.
"He put me in an extrava-
gantly sophisticated costume"
recalls Miss Crawford, "and I
was a little shocked. I pro-
tested shyly, but it doesn't look
like me / don't think I'd
ever wear this
adrian said, but you're not
you anymore. You are Lettie
Lynton. This is exactly right
for Lettie Lynton.'
From that point on, Miss
Crawford claims, Il forgot me-
as an identity. I began think
ing. This is just the hat Lettie
would wear" Or, Lettie would
carry herself like this, head up,
derierre in
Finally it became automatic
and was personality quite
different from the extremely
shy person I'd been before. I'm
still not altogether rid of the
awful shyness I had as a kid
but I don't think now it shows"
1t most certainly does not. At
the age of Sand she states
her age with the easy honesty
of one who knows it doesn't
matter-Miss Crawford is flaw
lessly sculptured, animatedly as.
sured and still infinitely more
glamorous than any current
model or movie symbol. OF
course, glamor is her speciality
and she loves it, while conced.
ing it's as hard work, physical.
| ly, as being a bricklayer.
1T isn't simple" she says OF
glamor. 1T is meticulous work
You have to be willing to for
get ease and comfort much OF
the time, and give whether
you're on the screen or just
walking along the street. You
have to have the desire innately
you have to have competitive
spirit, you can't be lazy.
"A lot of women are ex
quisitely beautiful, but they
have a horrible thing called
laziness; they say, Oh, I cam
take another shower and change
clothes, and do my face, ant
, switch to another hat. It's no
worth it TO them - they resen
/. the pressures of life.
And people who resent tn,
pressures of life are the one,
b. who grow old"
Never one to grow old, Joai
submits herself to constan
pressure. Most of it comes from
|. endless giving" of her tim,
!. and famous personality to pre-
: motion of the Pepsi-Cola Com
pany which her husband, Al
d fred Steele, headed before hi
e sudden death in 1859. She tour
l. the world for Pepsi, openinl
s. new bottling plants, presiding
e at as many as dozen pres
d conferences a week, fragile I
look upon but as charged wit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19
TrilliOns

WASHINGTON CUPD-The
Federal Reserve System bought
and sold $527 billion worth of
securities last year and handled
$2.4 trillion in transfers Of
funds between banks. 1t has
the power to issue money, and
nearly SGT billion worth of Fed
eral reserve notes are outstand-
ing as against only $40 billion
in treasury currency.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19
Financial Aid
is Available
To Qualified
School Counselor Can
Guide You to Plan
Best for You

This is a message Of impor-
lance to a vast number Of high
school students who are eager
to continue their education at
a college or university. 1t is
of equal Importance to their
very much concerned parents.
Before you despair because
you are afraid you and your
family cannot raise the money
necessary to finance your high
er education, do a little check
ing.
You'll find that so long as you
are qualified for admission to a
college or university and have
gained acceptance, that you can
borrow the ready money you
will need, or at least a substan-
till part of it.
With the help of your family
you can proceed TO higher learn
ing on the installment plan. In
some instances, notably those
made available by the federal
government, you'll find you can
borrow substantial sums with
out having to worry about pay
ing any of the money back until
after you graduate.
Check Guidance Counselor
So check your high school
guidance counselor. Ask him
about the help you need, now
available in many different
forms, under many different
plans, even from some local
banks.
Some qualified students are
eligible for government loans
under the 1858 program intend
ed to encourage careers in sci
ence and In teaching. These
loans, allowing the student to
borrow up to $1,000 a year, need
not be repaid until after gradu-
alton and over a 10 year period.
Those who go into teaching as
a profession get even a better
break. Half of their loans are
cancelled.
Colleges a n d universities
through which these loans are
made available used $57,000.00
to help students this past year.
Federal and some state govern;
ments are moving toward ampli.
fication of this program.
Literally thousands of banks
now make educational loans
available, reports the American
Bankers Association, with new
ones projecting plans almost
every day.
Among the well established
''pay as you learn" programs is
that of The Tuition Plan, Inc,
a subsidiary of CIT, working
through some 300 colleges and
universities and providing in
stallment financing for all costs
of a higher education.
There are some colleges that
offer installment plans of their
own. Some big industries offer
assistance to parents Of children
for college.
Offer Work.Study Plans
Some colleges, about thirty
five, offer work.study plans
with students alternating on
job while they go to school. A
booklet entitled Cooperative
Education in the United States"
listing these schools may be
had for 25 cents by writing the
Superintendent of Documents,
Washington, d. c.
Rising cost of higher educa-
ton means that few II any can
finance a higher education with
out some financial assistance.
To the average student the
advice is: don't be sensitive on
this point; check your Guild
ance Counselor. He can direct
xr<.ts - the hnln non mad
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19

Don't be a litterbug be a lit
terbagger. Help Keep Maryland
Beautiful.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-08-19

would come from the transpor-
tation of freight. The passen-
ger business, they said, was al
ways a secondary Importance,
although it was provided be-
cause the public needed and pa
tronized it.
Cause Not Lost
But the ever present automo-
bile and in more recent years
the speedy passenger aircraft
changed all this.
There was a time when pas
senger train losses could be alb
sorbed by freight revenues but,
with the decline in freight vol
ume, this is no longer possible"
said the MOPAC.
And yet, the cause is not lost,
the publication insisted.
"Railroading, from the stand
point of its primary objective
the transportation of freight
is still a dynamic, forward-mov.
ing industry" it said.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-01-19
WHO CAN DO IT?
Chapman Shoe Store Serves Third
and Fourth Generation Customers

January /, 1861 was the 6t5h
anniversary of the founding
of Chapman Shoe Store, 1876
Main ST., Chardon, now own
ed by Bert Barnum.
The store was founded by
Glenn L. Chapman, and has
always been at this location.
Bert Barnum, started wor-
king at the shoe store in 1921,
when he was still at Chardon
High School, beginning as a
sweeper and errand boy.
In January, 1916, Mr.. Bar
mum became the sole owner
of the store.
Mr.. Barnum feels that a
customer places comfort first
in selecting a pair of shoes.
The shoe store uses the
most modern measuring de-
vices for proper fitting.
"A few years ago." Mr.. Ba-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-01-19

rnum said, "Most mothers
thought their children could
not be properly fitted with
ut the use of an X-ray shoe
filter. Today, the X-ray has
been discarded because of
the doubt created about the
effects of the radiation. Ac-
tually, good shoe filters were
certain that the shoes fitted
properly before the shoes
were X-rayed."
Chapman shoe store was
one of the first to sell "Poll
Parrot" shoes for children.
1--WE are fitting many child
rem that are the third and
fourth generation of custom
erS." Mr.. Barnum said.
Other lines of shoes sold
are "Florsheim, "MaSSag-
ic, "Wevenberg", and
Rand" shoes for men. En-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-01-19

ma Jettick," and "Trim-Tred"
for women, "Randcraft" and
the official Boy Scout shoe
and Boy Scout Hike-n-Camp
shoes and boots for boys.
Mr.. Barnum is interested
in western type horses, and
enjoys riding his horse. AS a
result of this interest, Chap
man Shoe Store carries a
complete stock of Acme
Western boots for. all men,
berS of the family.
"Thorogood," Wood & Str
cam, =" Durham Tyroleans,
and "Star Brand" work sho-
es make the complete selec-
ton offered in standard typ
es as we'll as hunting and hik-
ing boots. Chapman Shoe
store carries a complete line
of B. F. Goodrich rubber foot
wear.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-01-19

Mr.. Barnum,, a native of
Chardon, lives in Hambden
Township. He and his wife,
Ethel, have two daughters,
Mrs. Ralph L. Hanna. WadS-
worth, Ohio, and Mrs. John
j. Ucker of Erie, Pa, and
five grandchildren.
Robert Majka, Mr.. Barn
um's assistant, is fully train
ed in shoe fitting. He is mar
ried, and lives at ia Maple
ave, Chardon. Mr.. Majka
was born and raised in Mont
vile and graduated from the
Thompson high school.
Mr.. Barnum belongs to the
Sheriff's posse, the Circle Bar
Riding club, and the Masonic
Lodge. He is a retired men,
ber of the Chardon Volunte-
er Fire Department, having
served 81 years.
The Sidney herald., 1961-02-15

POSTMASTER. There was special
music and a reading by Norma
Jean McCown. Assistants were
Verginia McGinnis, Mrs. Charley
Clemmer, Mrs. Ethel Nelson, Mrs.
Arthur Anderson, Mrs. Charles
McGinnis, Rose Thiel, Kathryn
Watts, Mable REM, Gayle Howell,
Jean Salvevold and JEANNE Bar
Der. Mary Hackley played the
nuptial music and accompanied
Mrs. Eldridge who sang "My
World" Each For The Other
and "The Lords Prayer" Ronda
McGinnis, the brides sister,
played the wedding march.
Out of town guests not already
mentioned included MI. Norman
McCown, Gayle and Verle Howell
of Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Hackley of Denver, Colo,
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Howell and
Larena of Plentywood, Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron Nelson and children OF
Seattle.
After a wedding trip to Willis
ton, the couple returned to Min
neapolis where the groom is at
tending North Central Bible Instit-
ute. Mrs. McCown is employed by
Sterling Dental Laboratories. They
are residing at 3044 Tenth Avenue
South, Minneapolis.
The Sidney herald., 1961-02-15
Final Services
Held Friday For
"A. H. Baumanlr

A retired Sidney farmer, August
H. Baumann, died early Sunday
morning at the community Mem
orial Hospital in Sidney, of a
heart attack. He had been in i'll
health for several years. He was
Sc years old.
MIR. Baumann was born at john
sonville, Wis, April II, 1874, a son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Baumann,
and grew up in that area. He mar
ried Matilde Kippenhan at Green
wood, Wis. on Nov. l. 1899, and
they lived ait Greenwood for about
IL years before coming to Rich
land County m 1910 to homestead
in the Girard Community. In 1912
he retired from farming, and
moved into Sidney, where he has
since made his home.
He served for many years as a
trustee of the .Girard School Dis
trict, and was a member of Trim
ity Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife, and
one son, Walter Baumann of the
Girard Community, and one sister,
Mrs. Emma Therumer, of Mt. CAL
vary, Wis. One daughter, Ruth,
preceded him in death in 1881.
Funeral services were held Fri
day, Feb. 10 at 200 p. m. in
Trinity Lutheran Church in Sid
ney, with the Rev. John w.
Cham, of Minot, N. D. a former
pastor of Trinity, officiating.
Cloyd-G order Mortuary had
charge of arrangements.
At the service, Mrs. J. Harry
Johnson was crganist, and the
accompanist for Mrs. Frank Dan
iels who sang Heaven Is My
Home" and "Under His Wings.
Active pallbearers were William
Baue, Ernest Redlin, J. Harry
Johnson, David Albin, Harold
Chambers of Minot, N. D., former
Franz and Walter Kroemer. Hon
orary p~allbearers were Fred
Franz, Anton Dombroski, Charles
Kroemer' j. B. Johnson, John
Schmidt, j. R. McMillen, Charles
Radke, and Ernest Ullman. Inter
ment was in the Sidney Cemetery,