Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1950 — Page 36

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+ NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (UP). — alian-designed lighting fixtures, exible as a trapeze artist, are in ‘the offing for American homemakers.

So far they're just in the display stage, but Lightolier, which imported. them. plans to copy

their design in fixtures which will hit department stores and decorator shops within a vear. * Flexibility comes from swivels, ball joints, swing extension arms. Soosenacks and telescopic devices, Yet the designs of most .of them © are as uncluttered as this year's

piraight and narrow dress silhouette, The fixtures range from eight - ‘Inches to 10 feet in height. Most

of them have rose marble hases and shafts made of brass, carved wood or leather Shades. are what the maker calls “matte white” metal, a color kindred fo the china-glass of the old-fashioned doorknobs.

Built Like Tree One of the most fantastic lights of the collection looks like a tree stripped of its leaves. The bush gection consists of 11 small lights with bell-shaped shades. Each light is on a gooseneck stem and

oanpe turned in any direction, “¥ou can spotlight any

section spokesman for the plained. ; Less fantastic but still a good eonversation piece is a floor lamp which tilts like a drunken sailor, ‘The tilt is made possible by a ball ‘swivei at the marble base. The light head aiso swivels and the stem telescopes to make the lamp table-size if you wish. “The telescopic principle is car‘led even further in another lamp which has a stem made in three sections. A table lamp one minte, It “matures” into a three-feet or five-feet fixture, simply by lifting on the stem. Tiny hidden locks at the end of each section of the stem make this adjustment possible, An unfolding wall fixture is ineluded in the Italian-designed group. Three 18-inch lengths of . gold-toned brass tubing are joined on hinges so that they. can ba stretched to full length 38 inches, or zig-zagged at any angle.

company ex-

“Until these designs came along.” Lightolier explained, “lighting just wasn't flexible enough. We think the Italians

have come up with the. answer.”

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‘Father and daughter at ease . . . Miss Frances Roach and Frank Roach rest before the fireplace of the Christmas tree house.

8 " » By JEAN TABBERT . This is the . story of 25,000 Christmas trees and

how they are changing a casual vacation spot into a little business . Two years ago Miss Frances Roach bought a lot near Spencer. Miss oach buyer in Ayvres' chinaware dapartment, had moved to Indiana from

Cleveland, 0. fell in: love with

Although

She quickly Hoosierland. comfortable in a

Marott Hotel apartment, she wanted some land, to call her own. “It should have some water, a view, elec tricity, yet

far enough away from the road

to assure privacy,’ she told friends. Answers Ad THE VIVACIOUS buyer relized her dream, but it took

longer than she'd expected. Narrowing down the area to southern Indiana, she answered an ad one day for a small farm near Spencer. H, P. Wiloughby real estate —agent there showed her the dozen acres for sale. It was just what she'd wanted

breathtaking scenery, a

stream meandering through the meadows and a six to eight foot

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Photos by John Spicklemire,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _ Trees Flourish Near Spencer

Times Staff Photographer.

Miss Roach and the Owen County Agent inspect a row of the property's 25,000 Virginia pines. .

electric 'r 10 the

well from which an pump could bri ng wate house. The land, though. had abandoned for years; local farmers leased it for .sheep Srazing. Would anything ever row? Miss Roach wanted it so bad. ly she discounted its aridity, even bought the whole 120 acres when she found she could have it for a song.”

Clears Titie

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IT TOOK some time to clear the titie, then the land was hers. How to improve the terrain, enrich the soil? A sug-

gestion by the Owen County agent solved the problem. Christmas. trees, he said, being sold through the State Forestry Department for just such areas. Miss Roach bought 12,000, expected them to be deHvered by truck. ‘When the agent called one day to say the trees had arrived, that he'd bring them over

were

IAAT their owner was dumb-

founded. Twelve thousand trees in a taxi? How was it possible? The “trees” turned out to be just twigs. Miss Roach had them planted, then was told to forget them. “They'll take care of themselves,” said the agent.

Miss Roach the

modeled after ong

Meanwhile had property,

designed a house for ’

she'd seen in California. Generously equipped with picture win-

dows installed specifically for

the view, it has louvers, “above

the windows for air, a fireplace, three rooms, Knotty pine paneling is used throu the floor. A bath is another ture. Kitchen goods placed on country style shelves, copper pans on the wall and, pine chests give the house an Early American Roach plans .to build a front soon between kitchen. During the building the pines had indeed taken care of them-

Shout place and

there's a tile divided

store

brea - put terrace shutters

the living room and

selves. So much had they improved the landsc ape, Miss Reach bought 13,000 more,

~had-these planted last vear.

Now. the older ones are six to eight feet tall, have grown 80 close a weeding out process is in order. Several hundred will be marketed for the holidays; just the first installment of many Christmas trees to come.

the

utilitarian fea-,

atmasphere. MISS

‘method of

"Windows facing panoramic. views, the house is set high on a hill Hear Spencer.

Woodwork

. May Wreck

Color Scheme

Paint It the Same As Wall Shade

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What makes a color scheme go, wrong, even when the colors are]

| peautiful and. go perfectly to|gether? |” One _room element can be

|plamed oftener than any other— the woodwork. It alone can spoil good

a color scheme that is

‘otherwise. «

It is white or dark and matches nothing else in the room. It has

SUNDAY, Nov. 26, 1950 - Lasso ie

Lamp Cords With Broom

Tangled Ones Create Hazard

BAD WIRING and exposed isockets aren't the only home lighting dangers the National Safety Council warns us about. There's a threat, too, in wandering lamp cords that add to the totals of accidents in the -+home, :

Tangles of lamp cords -on the stumbler’'s worst

Designing Vor

Hang Family Photographs

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{been forgotten completely - In floor are the calor planning, and the strong enemy, and they're certainly ugly ‘vertical and horizontal lines of and untidy to look at besides.

off-color window and door frames, and the large areas of doors, draw the eye upward, across and down ‘again, away from the color har-| furniture and’

monies of walls,

rugs. - Expands Walls To paint the woodwork the

same color as the walls makes an nbelievable os It smooths the woodwork the whole room, pushes it back to wall level Unless woodwork is handsome enough to deserve special importance, the planning of the room- 48 much easier if it does not intrude

difference in

room.

into scheme of

the

itself.

It's quite trué that good interior design “does include rooms with 1 contrasting woodwork, § sre a success because other room.

the

but these

Try this trick to take the lamp cord situation, in hand both for greater safety and better looks. |

‘Detach Plug First detach the plug from its socket, then wind the cord around a bmoom handle. Wind it tightly and evenly with the coils touching each other. Start six inches from the lamp and end with just enough straight cord to reach from the floor to the socket.

By ELIZABETH HILLYER

DO YOU LIKE to keep family photographs where you can

a simply framed group, too, but the easiest way to make sure all the pictures will hang har-

see them? moniously together is to frame = gn op tha cord is removed from Of course, Junior's baby pic- | them alike, not all of them 17 the bréom handle it will stay tures—mother as a girl—and | the same size, but with mats 04 oo cpetched at upper right.

dad with the biggest fish caught ©0f the same widths, as they are... {i works even if the cord

at the lake that summer aren't here, goes to great lengths. quite what an art gallery might If there are many photo- >. 4 oi your husband to do it for hang. graphs, that wide wall space at you and it will give him an idea But if they mean a lot to the top of the stairs in the to solve an office problem, too. you, why should they be hidden | second floor hall may be just i ——————————

away?

atched to the the Place for them. aT With good framing and an BR Herb Guides “Ww Hh I kery has no set list s ims. for in- interesting arrangement on a Herb cooker) a p Waite Sobre EE hile wall, the photographs can be Shellac Use . of rules. Some herbs have a close stance, are matc e : a quite decorative. To make a cleaner cut when affinity for certain foods, like {background fabric patterns, t no» vou are jigsawing an intricate de- sage for pork, basil for tomato

rugs and accessories. Furniture Focuses

With the woodwork painted the color of the walls, furnituré comes becomes more impor-

into focus,

HAVE THEM framed in datk sign out of plywood, first coat the and cheese, marjoram for lamb,

or light wood or both, surface with clear shellac. Be thyme for clam chowder and tarA pair or two in -fancy sure the shellac is completely dry ragon for eggs. These may not frames can also be worked into but they’ re safe guides.

before you start to cut, be rules,

tant than the woodwork, as it

should be.

Woodwork matching the w alls | is .alsa a corrector. of other room |

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faults. The irregularities of door) frames and the -unevenness of : gills and baseboards that show so; 2

much when their colors contrast] show not at all when their color blends into the room background, The painting of dark woodwork color

white does not solve the

problem unless the color scheme

definitely repeats white.

Use Wood Colors

White woodwork matching nothing else can be as disturbing

to the color scheme as old-fash-joned dark woodwork. It the color of woodwork must as it is, use wood. colors in color scheme to repeat the woodwork tones. ; Because wood tones are much in fashion now, it iz easy to work them into a handsome scheme. be painted a popular match the woodwork woodwork can't. be match the walls,

Paris Frock Has

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Times Special Nov. 25 Who says

there is nothing new under the sun . — and particularly in the dressmaking world? - Georgette Renel, figures. in the: Paris couture, has just answered that affirmatively. The answer —— dresses without seams. This designer has perfected, ‘and copyrighted, a new dress construction iminates all seams, with the occasional mounting of the and which holds the single piece in which the dress is cut in place by means of a few buttons, which also serve as decoration,

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