Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1910 — Page 7

Home Course In Domestic Science

XV.-Use of Color In House Decoration.

By EDITH G. CHARLTON.

In Charge of Domestic Economy. lowa State College. Copyright, 1910, by American Press Association.

HAVE you ever considered how much environment has to do with the good or bad health of I the individual or family? If you have thought about it at all you know that cheerful, pleasant and suitable surroundings in the home lend their aid in maintaining good health. These also assist in character building. The influence of such things may be unconscious to persons who have given little or no thought to the subject, but without doubt the influence exists to some degree. The choice of color, the style and arrangement of furniture, even the pictures which adorn the walls, all have their part in developing the men and women who inhabit the home. Comparatively few persons have given much thought to the study of color, and as a result its selection for house or furnishings has been mpre the result of chance or mischance than of good judgment. Color gives atmosphere to our homes, and rightly chos a It brings a sense of comfort and satisfaction with one’s abode, if these are lacking the house has failed to be a home in the fullest sense of the word. For one who has never studied color the best advice is to choose quiet tones and copy nature as far as possible. If one has a favorite color it should surround one in either house furnishing or personal adornment whenever suitable. Why not choose colors according to personal tastes? We select our friends from sympathy in thought and feeling. We do not always philosophize about it or stop to analyze why we find greater pleasure in the society of some people than In others. But we recognize certain principles in our liking and know that we are happier and enjoy our friends better when we find those principles and charms have a place tn their tem peraments. Just so it is with color. We cannot always give a reason for our preferences, but we are sure they exist, and most people are sensitive to color to a greater or less degree. One’s favorite < lor brings repose and enjoyment, is conducive to health and

■ 'V Wvl’' - ■ Ww a lis Mitt ™ i iiS « mHOi 1909 by C. ErZimmermM^o!—No.” _ f We Live Close To the Dining Room pOR it is the one room in the house that all the family get together in. Each meal, with your family is really at the festive board, so have your room furnished equal to the occasion, which means brighter faces; it will mean a greater desire to be at home, besides the satisfaction that comes from a perfectly furnished room. You should be proud of your dining room, and we will help you; first by selling you goods of quality that will stand hard-wear that furniture in a dining room gets. We sell' furniture of a lasting .quality at low prices so that you may well be proud of your dining room, not only this year but for years to come. D. M. WORLAND’S RELIABLE FURNITURE STORE

exercises an actual influence on our life and moods. But even in gratify* ing this preference wisdom must be shown, for there are* many colors of which a little is enjoyable when a mass would be unendurable. Constantly surrounded by a glow of vivid scarlet would be like close companionship’ with a brass band, but a touch of scarlet amid dull surroundings is a pleasing sensation. As far as effect is concerned, the color of a room makes its atmosphere. It may be cheerful or sad. cozy or disturbing, according to its quality and force. -"Without color a room is much like a bare canvas, which might, but does not, give a vivid picture of some phase of life. The colorless room has nothing to tell of the character of its occupants. Color in a house includes much that is classed as furniture. It applies to carpets, draperies ; and ornaments, but it is first and pre-eminently applied to wall treatment. In selecting color for a single room or for an entire house certain points must be borne in mind. The first is that one person does not make a home. It takes the combined influence and personality of every person living under the roof to give its true character. Every book, every picture, every carefully selected piece of furniture, brought into the house makes it a part of a beautiful,whole, and no house can be absolutely perfect without all these evidences of family life.

ARTISTIC DINING ROOM.

Good rules to follow in selecting colors for any room are to make the choice on this basis: With reference to the light in the room. With reference to other colors In adjoining rooms. With reference to the general character of the furnishing. Interiors with a southern exposure should be treated with cool, light colors, such as blues and greens In various tones, water green, emerald jreen and blue green; also the sil-

very tones of gray. Rooms in which little sunlight is admitted must be brightened and be given the effect of sunlight. This may be imparted by using warm colors in its decorations. These are yellow, red brown, reds, yellow with a hint of red, olive and gold green. ’ ' . * It is well to bear in mind that almost every color has a cold and a warm tone. The first Is produced by combining blue or green with the original color, ; while the warm tone is made by combining red or yellow with It Thus brown with a hint of blue is cold, while brown with a hint of red is warm, and the effect of the two is entirely different The number, size and placing of the windows also greatly affect the intensity of the color. It must always be remembered that any interior is dark compared with out of doors, and in the lightest room there wIU be dark corners or spaces where the color will seem much darker than it really is. This explains why wall paper which appeared perfectly satisfactory In the dealer’s store is often a disappointment on the wall of the room for which it was bought. The sample In the store was displayed in a different light from that in the room. Three principles will always govern the proper use of color in house decoration—first, that of color In relation to light; second. color in gradation, and, third, color in masses. These principles are not difficult to master, but they are as Important and as impossible to escape as climate. The shades of color used on walls or celling govern everything else. The color of the walls'prescribes the color that must be used in floor coverings, curtains and draperies. After the relation of color io light has been established and personal preferences have been taken into account the next principle is that of gradation. The strongest and purest tones of the color are naturally and almost by Instinct put at the base —that is, the floor covering should carry the darkest color or its strongest tone.

It is not often advisable to use what is known as a one color decoration—that is, confining the entire decoration to a single color. Such a plan is much like trying to make a melody on one note of the scale. The best effects in both sounds and color are produced by the skillful variation of tones. The gradation and combination of even opposing tints give the greatest satisfaction to the eye. But. whatever the color or colors used, they must be darkest on the floor. The walls will give the second grade tn color and the ceiling the last. These gradations, too, should be distinct and separate enough in tone to be perfectly apparent. The connecting grades may appear in furniture covering and draperies. Then the third principle, using color in masses, means that whatever color is used should be given space enough to establish itself freely. In other words, it should not be broken into patches and neutralized by divisions. Nature does not put a single red leaf on a tree and then change the color to yellow or green. Rather the whole forest will have its rarious colors so arranged that one is perfectly conscious of every one of them. The brilliant red is in quantity sufficient to make itself felt, yet '>t does not interfere with the glow of the yellow or the restfulness of the green. The general tone of the room may be what you will—green or blue or a division of each—but to be perfect every detail in the room must be related to one or both of these colors. If this rule is disregarded every piece of furniture unrelated to the whole becomes a spot which has no real connection with and puts the entire room out of harmony. Where to Use Different Colors. Some colors are much better suited to one room than another. If one’s favorite color is pink it should not be used in the dining room or balk Light blues, pinks, lavender and other dainty shades are more suitable for sleeping rooms occupied by young people, though for the average person there is no better color than a soft, unobtrusive green for a bedroom. Red has for years been the favorite color for dining room, and yet there are certain reasons why it is entirely out of place there. For one reason, the color soon becomes monotonous and has an irritating effect upon nervous dr highly strung persons. Although a warm color, it is inclined to absorb light. It is very rich and warm in sunlight or artificial light, but in ordinary daylight It makes a room seem dark and gloomy. If red is to be used at all in wall covering it should be confined to a hall or den, some room which is not in constant use. When yellow happens to be a favorite color it is a good one to use in the dining room, particularly when, as is often the case, that room has a northern exposure. Golden browns and tans are satisfactory in living rooms when conditions are right for them—that is, when there is not too, much sunlight in the room. Living rooms should be decorated not only with restful colors, but those which suggest cheeriness as well. Bleeping rooms should be soothing, and the colors which produce this effect are supposed to be quiet greens, soft grays and dull blues. The paneled wall and beamed ceiling of dark wood with color showing between make a splendid finish for living and dining rooms and hall, especially in a country house. One particularly attractive country home had the dining room celled with'birch logs op which the white bark had been retained to gleam in the firelight. A tinting of soft green on rough plaster gave the room a delightful woodsy effect quite in keeping with the rural surroundings. How much more appropriate a decoration like that In a country house than some artificial arrange* ment copied from a city bouse! -

CHOICE FARM FOR SALE.

I will sell my fa m of 320 acres, with or without! stock and machinery. It is located in the very heart and choicest part of the Red River Valley of North Dakota. Every foot of this land is guaranteed to be of the very best, and in a high state of cultivation, nice grove arbund good buildings, plenty ’of good water, rhral mail and telephone, close to first-class market and good business town, splendid Neighborhood of excellent farmers, fine graded roads, perfect title, no incumberance, but I must sell. Will take $44.75 per acre, $3,000, $4,000 or $5,000 down, the balance on terms to suit purchaser at 5 per cent Interest. I am offering you the kind of land that every farmer wants, but few get when they buy land' in any country that they are not acquainted with. Look over all the land you wish, but don’t buy anywhere until you see mine. Big crops of wheat, flax, barley and oats, and corn and clover crops grown in this vicinity superior to any in the northwest. Crop failure unknown. Choice farm lands here are sure to double in value within the next few years. Address, M. W. HOSTETTER, Grafton, No. Dak.

CLOW & HENDRICKS.

A partial list of our lands that we are offering for sale in Ransom county. We only' give a few of the many bargains we have in first class lands, and with our wide experience and acquaintance throughout the county we can always help you find a snap. Come and see us. No. 1. 320 acres, 3% miles from good town; 70 acres under plow, balance prairie. A fine hay tract and very good soil. If broke up and sown to flax would half pay for the farm first year above expense. Price S3O per acre. No. 2. 160 acres. All under cultivation, very best of soil. 7 % miles from town. No buildings t (except granary.) Price S3B per acre. ■. ... No. 3. 160 acres 5 miles from town. Lays gently rolling; black loam with clay sub-soil. Price S4O per acre. No. 4. 160 acres all under plow. 4 miles from Elliott. Very best of soil. No buildings. Price $41.50 per acre. No. 5. * 320 acres. Lays very fine and the very best of soil. 140 acres under plow; balance prairie. 4 miles from town. Price $37.50 per acre. No. 6. 37.0 acres well improved; good set 'oulldings; nice grove and lays gently rolling. Very best of soil with clay sub-soil. 6 miles from town. Price $47.50 per acre. No. 7. 320 acres well improved. Good buildings and practically all under plow. 4 miles from good town. Price $37.50 per acre. No. 8. 320 acres 5% miles from town. Lays very fine. 135 acres under plow; 160 acres fenced. No buildings. Here is a snap. S3O per acre. No. 9. 800 acres well Improved. Fine set of buildings, _ good soil. 450 acres under plow; balance can be broke; one-half section fenced with 3 Wires and cedar posts. 6 % miles from town. This is a snap. $32.50 per acre. No. 10. 480 acres. This is one of the finest farms in the county. 6 miles from town, good 10-room house with furnace heat; fine large barn, granary and other out buildings. Nice grove. All under cultivation. rice for quick sale per acre. No. 11. 160 acres. All prairie; lays fine and good soil. Price s3l per acre. Nd. 12. 320 acres, 4 miles from Lisbon; lays gently rolling. All prairie and it’s a snap. S4O per acre. No. 13. 160 acre, all prairie. 8 miles from Lisbon. Very best of soil; lays gently 'rolling. Price $32.50 per acre. ~ No. 14. , 160 acres, all under plow; lays gently rolling; very best of soil. This is a snap. $37.50 per acre. No.- 15. 320 acres 5 miles from Lisbon, improved; lays gently rolling. Very best of soil. Good buildings. Price for quick sale $36.50 per acre. No. 16. 160 acres improved; all fenced; good buildings and fine grove. 7 miles from town. Price $4 5 per acre. All the above lands are subject to sale, withdrawal, or change in price without notice. We have cheaper land where the soil is not Ijuite so heavy that has always raised good crops. Nearly all the above list have possible connection with R. F. D. and Telephone. School houses and churches are many throughtout the county, as the map will show. If interested, do not fail to write us for particulars.

CLOW & HENDRICKS,

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Lisbon, No. Dak.

= — r i ; ■ ■ ■ - - ■ -• ••• • , . ■ ... /• ••. . ..:■ / "" 111 x jX x Perhaps you Would Like a nice light Weight Blue Serge Suit for midsummer Wear, and an ejctra pair of plain or striped Flannel Trousers, a little different from those you see edery day. Made Speciallyfor you from your preference of a dozen different sty les, beautifully hand tailored. We Would be glad to show you our fashion plate designs and samples from Oder one million dollars Worth of Woolens in all shades and patterns. Trices reasonable and edery suit guaranteed. THE CASH STORE, G. B. Porter, Prop.

Wabash Portland Cement Great Strength, Durability, Fine Color. Best for Sidewalks, Foundations, Floors, Walls, Concrete Blocks, Bridges, Etc. WABASH PORTLAND CEMENT CO' Gene WoriS, C ”troh^ t lnk MlCh Sold by HIRAM DAY, and O. B. JOHNSON, Rensselaer, Indiana. Remington, Indiana

. ATTENTION FARMERS AND BREEDERS. The well known shire stallion Jim, weighing flesh, is a mahogan y bay i with plenty of bone and fine finish, is kind and good disposition. All parties interested in raising good horses should see this horse at Lee’si station before breeding elsewhere. Stand, Terms and Conditions— JIM will make the season of 1910 at Lee, Monday and Tuesday of each week and at my farm 5% miles southeast of Rensselaer on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week, at $lO to Insure colt to stand and suck. Service money becomes due and payable at once on owner parting with mare; product of horse held good for service. Not responsible for accident W. E, JACKS, Owner.

DORNBLASER, No. 4664. BLACK PERCHEROJN STALLION. Pedigree:—Foaled August 21, bred by J. D. Dornblasser, Hume, Ill.; owned by John A. Witt, Hillsboro, Ind.; got by Rabelais 50545, he by Theudis 25015 (40871), he by Beslgue (19602), he by Brilliant 111 11116 (2919), he by Fenelon 2682 (38) he by Brtlliant 1271 (755), he by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714) he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by „ Coco (712), he by Mignon (715), he by Jean-Le-Blanc . Dani, Queen 4,463, by ■■■M* iiaml 17630, he by Papillion 3559 (379) out of Mary 8257, SaSBK:, Papillion 3559 1379) by Brilliant (710),:, he by Brilliant 1899 <456), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713); he by Coco (712), he by Mignon (715), he by Jean-le-Blanc (739). ■■ 2d Dam, La Rosa 3874, got by Confident 3647 (397), he by Brilliant 1271 (755) out of Rose by Coco 11, (714). Brilliant 1271 (755), he by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713), he by Coco (712) he by Mignon (715), he by Jean-le-Blanc (739). 3d Dam, Rose 3317, got by Cathelinean 8173 (9729), he by Monarque 5149 (2428), out of Paule (9728), Monarque 5149 (2428), by Brilliant 1899 (756), he by Coco II (714), he by Vieux Chaslin (713) he by Coco (712), he by Mignon (715) he by Jean-le-Blanc (739). 4th Dam, Geneve, got by Condroy 5311, he by Charmont. Will make the season of 1910 as follows:’ Mondays and Tuesdays in Morocco, at the south feed barn. Phone 108. Wednesday and till Thursday noon at home. Friday and Saturday at Hemphill Stud barn in Rensselaer. Phone 384. | Terms: sls to insure colt to stand and suck, sl2 to insure mare to be ■’ ‘ ’< I ■ . - . ■ . ■ I. . - I .-*•

in foal. Money becomes due when owner parts with mare or moves her from tne county. Colts held good for service. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but I will not bo responsible should any occur. BEN B. MILLER Owner and Manager. KING, No. 6433 SHIRE STALLION. KING is a dapple bay stallion 16hands high and ZjML weighs 1600 lbs. at present. He was May 1900; bred by C. ~ . M. Moots, Normal, Hl. Sire, Aller-' ’"U No. 3008 (8682) 11:1111 Lula 5868, WMKWWffI’ l, y Conqueror IX. 2783 (7051). Stand, Terms and Conditions—KlNG will make the season of 1910 at my farm, 10 miles north of Rensselaer, 3% miles east of Fair Oaks, and 3 miles South of Virgie, at $lO to insure colt to stand and suck. Service money becomes due and payable at once on owner parting with mare; product of horse held good for service. Not responsible for accidents. PAUL SCHULTZ, Owner.

TOM, Norman Stallion TOM, is a sorrel horse with silver mane and tail, stands 16 hands high and now weighs 1600 pounds. Sire Vasistas 27799, out of a 15-16 Norman mare, wt. 1600. He has good style and action, is well and compactly built and is an ideal type of farm horse; Is coming six years old. STAND AND TERMS: Tom will stand the season of 1910 at my farm 10% miles north of Rensselaer and 3% south and % west of Knlman, at $lO to Insure colt to stand and suck. Product held good for service. Partin* with mare or leaving county or state, service fee becomes due and payable at once. Care taken to prevent accidents but not responsible should any occur. HERMAN SCHULTZ, Owner. NOTICE OF DITCH SALE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as superintendent of construction will let the work by contract to the lowest and best bidder the construction of the large tile drain in Cause No. 9804 pending in the Commissioners Court of Jasper County, Indiana, and known as the Mathias Zimmer, et at ditch in Gillam Township, Jasper County, Indiana. Specifications for said improvement will be found at’ my residence in Gillam Township, said County, where the said sale will take place on Saturday, April 3Q, 1910, at Two u Clock in the afternoon. The tile for said improvement are as follows: 8 Inch, 10 inch, 12 inch, 14 inch, and 15 inch tile. There are 65 stations; fall of 6.24 feet I reserve the right to reject any and all blds. The successful bidder shall enter into a contract and bond as required by law. Dated this the 6tir day of April, 1910. PARIS T. ROBINSON. P. O. McCoysburg, R. F. jy. Frank Foltz. Atty. Jasper Co., Ind.