Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 21, Number 223, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1923 — Page 5

isl " I Amateur Interior Decorating I Is Not Beyond the Ambitious

I By an Interior Decorator

I m F.lte of the present day vo»ue I ♦ interior decorating a* practiced I AXDorts some persons hesitate I M use He principles «» beautifying I Lir homes. They apparently con I ‘ the difficulties for umateuro | Bnd\ 8 n d \ piano with those of Black I Magic or of writing "movie” seeI The ir mistake is evident when I specific examples and the choice of | JLiahlngs they require are conI aidered. Among these the Colonial

Pure Colonial Houib house as shown, with Its option of formal or informal treatment, is encountered frequently. An almost severe simplicity characterizes it in harmony with the early days of the Republic In whose troublous times It was evolved. This Is strictly adhered to in decorating according to th? formal mode. Floors are covered tp within a short distance of the baseboard with plain carpet-like rugs. The walls are either painted in an unobtrusive tone and panelled by wooden molding or covered with wall paper in which appear block figures. The weodwork of the walls and doors is white enamel. It tnay be varied by having the doors of mahogany. The furniture is a combination of simple frame mahogany with a few upholstered chairs or divass arranged In harmony with the walls of the room. Characteristic furniture of the period may be seen at any well equipped furniture store. ««*i . —... —■— I —-

Former Decatur Young Ma n Writes An Interesting Article For “Capper’s Fanner”

The September issue of “Capper's Farmer," contains an interesting article written by a former Decatur boy and a brother of Mrs. Oliver Jackson of this city. The article, “How Community Co-operation and $3,600 built a Social Center,” was written by George B. Bowers, who is now one of the leading citizens at Valley Center, California. Mr. Bowers left here a number of years ago for the Phillippines where he taught school. Mr. Bowers also Iras a brother at Magley and his many friends here will read with interest the following article written by him: “Community co-operation made possible the construction and dedication of a $12,000 social center and union school in Valley Center, 119 miles southwest of Los Angeles, ( Calif., with an actual outlay of but $3,600 cash. Three hundred citizens of Valley Center did the work. Every ablebod'ed man more than 17 years old contributed no less than 10 days' labor. The men did the carpentering, cement work and heavy labor. A ranch superintendent worked 54 days at carpentering and a cement finisher gave 27 days of his time —all free Computed in dollars and cents at the present rate of pay for those trades, those two individuals alone gave a considerable gift. "Cement blocks used in the construction were made on the spot by the volunteer laborers. Most of this work was done at night after the farmers had completed the day in the field. The women of the valley helped in that they served lunches and hot coffee day and nlglit. “By a bond issue $3,600 was made available and was used in the purchase of cement, lumber and furnitur and to pay a plasterer who had to ba brought from an outside community. "On the upper floor of the building •s the union school. There are three class rooms, an office and cloakrooms. The community center occupies the lower floor. It has a dressing room, assembly room with fireplace, kitchep and nursery. The nursery is unique in that it contains a set of sjx baby lockers in which infants may be left in safety while the mothers participate in the meetings and social activities in the assembly room. It is said that these baby lockers are the only ones installed in the United States. The idea was conceived by Mrs. Edna Cooper, a prominent Bureau worker and head of the local home department. rhe community hall is equipped v 'ith a uiaplt. wood dancing floor 23 by 60 teet. it is au mterestlag

i At the windows the overdraw . erles, which are of silk er heavily i mercerised fabric, are plain If : figured walls are chosen. If the walls are plain overdraperiea in a i figure materia! frequently give the best result. The window cnrtalne - are of straight hanging filet net or simple point d'esprit lace. i Informal or cottage Colonial ap- ! peals to many, on the other hawd, - because of its greater air of ease. Small braided rugs are substituted

Dutch Colonial House ’ for the carpet-like one. Heavy upholstered furniture disappears tn ■ favor of rush bottomed chairs. The I walls may be of rough plaster, with i low wainscoting. At the windows I chlnts overhangings replace silk > and the formality of the straight hung filet net Is relieved by * ruffled curtain, tied back. In both modes, as in any other : style of decoration, careful heed i is given to color. A dominant color - in one room is carried through all * its furnishings and is brought into . harmony with those in adjoining ’ rooms on the same floor. Walls ' and floors are neutral, serving as a background. Other exception is noted only In the case of the window curtains, which are in the best i of taste only in white, ivory or j natural tints. ( ■ ■ 1 rl ■ "

that the Valley Center community hall is used for political meetings, Farm Bureau, literary societies, Sunday preaching services and a nonsectarian Sunday school. “A center such as this would be an excellent goal for every community to strive for, and our women's community clubs might well foster the idea. Such a social center would add 1 untold interest to rural life, especial-! ly as it concerns the young folks, i Perhaps your community could not erect such an elaborate building but any gathering place, no matter how, small and unpretentious would serve the purpose and be a big improve-' meat over the small one-room schoolhouses usually used for this." Believe Counterfeiters At Work In Portland Portland, Indiana, September, 110 — Chief of Police Harry Huey is on the trail of counterfeiters who have been passing a pretty good substitute for the new fifty-cent piece here. Saturday night seven of these counterfeits were picked up ip the city from various business sources where they ■ had been passed. The designs pn the counterfeit is almost perfect, although it is considerably lighter in weight than the genuine. A comparison in the plain of each hand will soon convince one of the deception worked with the counterfeit. However, when thrown on the counter or sidewalk ’ the counterfeit pieep has a ring and aside from its weight is mightly hard [ to distinguish from the real silver piece. , Chief Huey stated this tuoruing that in his opinion the counterfeit money was being made in this city and stated he had a fairly good clew and some arrests may follow. 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1923.

' r 25 Note: Beginning today, "The Good Will Guide" offers to its readers a aeries of poems, (twelve in number, four verses in each poem,) on the fjord’s Prayer. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN . “Our Father," —then must I to all Mankind a brother be To every kindred, tongue and race And nationality. To rich and poor and high and low, And we equal heirs Os all His bounty, wisdom, love Apd each Rig mercy shares. "Qur Father"—teach us brotherhood Help us to understand The utearufig of thfit wondrous word— Hold thou faith's ir epi bling hand. And give us strength to pise above All barriers .of race; To stapd at last op .vision's mount And there behojd Thy face. o -w GAS IJJIQUSTR.y GROWING Forty years ago, when the incanhescent electric light was borp, more than nine-tenths of all the gas manufactured in the United States was used for lighting purposes. With the event of eleclpjc lights, the gas light waned, but the consumption of gas rose steadily, and has continued to rise steadily ever since, reaching last year an estimated total of more than 360,000.000 M. cubic feet. The explanation lies in the increasing use of gas as fuel; first for cooking then, industrially, now for househeating. in addition to other uses. AMERICA IS LEARNING lowa City Press • Citizen.—Real progress in making Americans see the folly of wasting in forests and woodlots is being noted in the past few months, declared Charles rop Pack of the American Tree Association. National public sentiment has at last been taught to agree to the fact that one corner of our econ omic structure rests upon having an adequate timber supply. Mr. Pack's philosophy of forestry is interesting. He believes that to • get a person interested in one tree ■ will be to get him interested in two • more, and that finally his interset will expand to ap entire forest The United States still is lacking a ' definite forest policy! long ago worked out in other countries. However, it is not being optimistic to suppose that action will be taken in -the very i near future to provide away to inI terest those who have adequate capital in the growth of American forests. TIME AND TREES A considerable notcmfwyppnC. de "| A consideration not given much thought at the time of sejectipg trees for planting is the matter of permanency, says the American Tree Association of Washington, X). C. The association welcomes you to tha treeplapting army and asks you to report your tree planting. Entire streets sometimes a whole town, are planted with short-lived and inferior trees, • when a little pddUional forethought, and patience would have brought about an equally desirable and morelasting effect. It is. therefore, much more desirable to plant comparatively long-lived trees, such as .the oak and sycamore. ■. — .—o FOR FALL PLANTING Do you know what tree to plant this fall? The box eider, or asb-leav-ed nipple, is distinguished by its asiyike leaves qt tltpye to five Jepl'-, lets op a single stalk, coarsely tOQtb ed and usually deep green, says the American Tree Association of Washington, D. C., .which will send you atreeplanting bulletin for a two-.ceot stamp. The park on the trunk resembles that of the ash. The young ! .twigs are a light olive green. ♦ TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY ♦ ♦ - ♦ ♦ from th# Daily Oemonrat ♦ ♦ 20 year* ago thia day ♦ September 20th 1903, was Sunday. I. H. S. A. A. Meets Soon The Indiana High School Athletic association will consider a number of proposed amendments to athletic rules at its annual meeting ip lp.d,ianapolis next tnonllt. Pne of the most important is that which wp ( uj,d prohibit all basketball (tournaments other than the state toutueys beingplayed alter JlarUi W4

ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOLS LARGE County Teajchers Making Reports; Plans Made for Teachers’ MeetingA majority of Uwett™ to tlte rural schopls tbrqpftiouf cy.upty and in the effy of Decatur have made (heir report of the enrollment in their respective schools, Miss Margaret Christen, assistant to E. 8. Christen, county superint.edcnt of schools stated this porting. All of the reports were due Monday and those who have pot yet sent them are urged to do ap at once. As far es known the enrollment in the rural schools will be larger this year than last year. The enrollment in the Decatur schools exceed e that of last year. Miss Christen stated that all of the school* were open and that the reports showed that very few pupils were detained at home on account of sickness. The first monthly tests will be held the last week in this month. The teachers will take but one more examination before the new teachers' law becomes effective. This test well be held in October. From then on teachers will be graded and employed on the basis of the amount of normal training they have had. The Teachers' Meeting An excellent program has been arranged for the Northeastern Indiana Teachers' association meeting which will be held in Fort Wayne on October 11th gad 12th at the South Side high school. The schools throughout the county will close so that the teachers can extend, the county board of education making it compulsory that every teacher attend this meeting M F. Worthman. superintendent of the city school of Decatur, is secretarytreasurer of the association. Supt. C. O. Lehman, of Berne, is a member of the executive committee. At a meeting Saturday of the executive committee, it was announred that the following exsellent speakers had been secured for the meeting: Supt. Benj. Burris ,of Indianapolis, who is state Superintedent of Public instruction. Dr. Aaron Suprio, of the Federal Farm Bureau, and authority on cooperative farming. Dr. Suprio is also a prominent attorney in New York Pres. M. L. Burrton, president of the University of Michigan. Dr. O’Shea, of the University of Wisconsin. Dy. Howard Briggs, of Columbia University. Miss Ella Dobbs, of the University of Missouri. It will be of interest to the farmers to learn that Dr. Aaron Suprio, of the Federal Farm bureau, will be one of the speakers on the program. Dr. Suprio will address the teachers and fanners, who are invited also, on , Thursday, October 11th. His subject will be co-operative farming. o PURDUE SWINE DAY Lafaydtte', Ind., Sept.2o.—The fourth annual Purdue Swine Day will be held at Purdue University Friday, Sept. 28. when farmers and hog producers from not only Indiana but several adjoining states will gather to get the latest experimental data on hog feeding. Plans for the day are being

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perfected now by Claude M. Vesta in charge of the experimental hot feeding. The program will start ut 1(1 o'clock in the judging pavilion at the main university farm with a discussion ol the various experiments underway The corn-soybean-mineral mixture ra tlon as evolved by Purdue will occupy considerable attention byt sev eral new rations that are showing good result* will be discussed. Mosj the aftejpaop will be given over to an inspection of the hogs on the experimental swipe farm and further discussion of the results where the men may ask all the questions they wish about the hogs and rations after seeing the results obtained on the farm which is operated as any farmer would pave to do it. Several ton litters of pork produced within six months on the Purdue rations will be shown and ton litter entrants are especially invited to attend. The meeting is free and will hold something of an interest to every fauner who feeds any hogs.

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