Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1909 — House Decorating. [ARTICLE]

House Decorating.

This bit of work has grown extensively In the past few years and women are fast learning that there is money in house decorating. It is not merely to go into a house and put a piece of furniture Into one place, another Into some other corner, but It is to go to a hopse, give color schemes and lastly arrange everything in the most harmonious manner. Many paper dealers have women agents who visit these homes and demonstrate the beauty of wall and ceiling decorations. Who but a woman is better suited for such work. One has but to telephone for the person who goes forth with the view of selling paper just as much as lending ideas to the arrangement of such work. Women are fast learning everything pertaining to the home and, the arrangement thereof. Women architects are new in the field, yet they are doing excellent work. In fact we have a special writer who has built 200 bouses, laying the architectural plans for au. Her excellent Ideas will appear mostly In our new magazine. The Beautiful Homes, and from this woman’s practical knowledge will bet x gained much valuable information. S» women are helping In many ways, and the house decorator, once she branches out, will have ample opportunity for work. . >