Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 281, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1928 — Page 15

MARCH 21,1928.

SCREENS FIND NEW PLAGE IN MODERN HOME Frankly Decorative, Lend Beauty or Illusions to Interiors. Screens have made the grade socially, so to speak, in modernistic furnishings. They have become highly decorative. Instead of resetting age-old makeshifts to hide something one is not supposed to see, screens have come out in the open as desirable acquisitions for the on their own account. Screens have alias’.; been used. But there never u%d to be any illusion about theiy purpose. Few persons cannot remember having seen, perhaps a most attractive screen, but not particularly enjoying it because it obviously screened something like an ungainly bit of furniture or an unsightly washbowl. Now screens reappear in modern interpretations as beautiful decorations. By their designs and richness they create many lovely illusions. New Uses Ingenious They may flank a neutral wall of a small room and give a sense of spaciousness. They may stand before a closed door and give a vista of outside. They may hang on a wall of a windowless room and by their design make people feel they are gazing out into the open where light and shadow play hide and seek in the sun. With their ingenious new uses all kinds of screens are appearing. One low fireplace screen, in eggshell lacquer, has the same pattern as the parquet floor, only in graduated design, so that the floor seems to recede into the distance, giving an illusion of space. A fire screen of walnut in lovely grain has inlaid design in gold and mother of pearl of butterflies fluttering in tall grasses—a bit of meadow brought in doors. Another, to keep a draft from a bed, is done in cheery colors to simulate morning sunshine. They are colorful, in queer modern patterns that mean much or nothing, depending on how modern one is. A corner screen, with six sides, uses as many woods and by shading achieves a set-back effect that lengthens the room and breaks the shock of a bare, square corner. Use Varied Woods Most of the new screens are subtly beautiful, rather than flauntingly so. And vastly subtle are their effects. Woods are used extensively for them —ebony, amaranth, sycamore, ash, acajou, tulip—and in all it is the beauty of surface that is stressed. Inlays, lacquers, or exceptionally beautiful grains, highly polished, are the rue instead of carvings or raised decorations. All kinds of materials are used for inlays—cracked eggshell for lacquer, cork, pigskin, galuchat, semiprecious stones, ivory and pearl. And the designs run from impressionistic modern scenes, emotions and people to cute, realistic little animals. In

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Every One Loves a Rose Garden; Plant Your Own

Park Assistant Tells How Best to Grow the Romantic Flower. This is the fourth of a series of interviews With Assistant Park Superintendent George Morgan on spring planting which appear exclusively in The Indianapolis Times. “Roses are the joy and pride of every American home,” believes Assistant Park Superintendent George Morgan. “Most home owners are not satisfied until a small rose garden is created and realized,” said Morgan. Morgan urged selection of a site where water does not stand after rains and which is exposed to sunshine the greater part of the day. Ideal soil is a rich clay loam but roses do' well in most any soil if well fertilized drained and cultivated. Ground should be prepared in advance so it will settle. Damp places should be drained. “Dig at least eighteen' to twentytour inches deep, replacing soil with about one-third its bulk with well rotted cow manure. If unobtainable, use other manure in lesser quantity or apply commercial fertilizer. Follow instruction for the particular brand of fertilizer. Work Soil Thoroughly “In planting dig a hole in the prepared bed of suffieent size to permit the roots to have natural spread in a somewhat horizontal position. Set so the junction of the roots and top will be just under the surface. Work soil thoroughly around the roots and firm well. “When hole is partially filled, water slightly, allow to settle and complete filling. When planting is completed rake bed smooth. Plano hybrid teas twelve to fifteen inches

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