HOME AND EDUCATION
Hunt, Caroline L. & Follette, Belle Case La
HOME AND EDUCATION The home Is the real seat of government, and the Wise Men of all nations bring their gifts to the cradle. Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT A Field for...
...There were two lectures a day...
...Their first cost, however, is high, and they are so often imitated that the average buyer has difficulty in selecting them...
...This year several rare paintings by celebrated artists were sent from the Walker galleries in Minneapolis...
...On the other hand the questions of cleanliness, convenience and economy are even more perplexing than those connected with the decoration of walls...
...This is plain, inconspicuous and easy to keep clean...
...It is to be heated by steam and is easily accessible to the town...
...And although my tale grows in length, I must add that one of the most attractive features of the woman's building is a rear porch of concrete 50x50 feet, which is literally a haven of rest, fitted out with many arm chairs and comfortable benches...
...Fancy...
...This, of course, raises the question of a convenient place to clean them, a question which is presenting itself seriously in towns where the houses are close together...
...Being washable they are well adapted for use in bedrooms...
...The south end is exclusively a lecture room...
...But this brings us to the delicate subject of friendship and the strains to which it is safe to put it, and in this matter no person can advise another...
...It is only because we can not afford to get these designs that we select plain floor coverings...
...Clearly these valuable paintings could not have been secured but for their excellent housing...
...Many of these are artistic and serviceable...
...On this account it makes little difference from the standpoint of appearance whether the floor is covered by one large rug or by several small ones laid between the pieces of furniture...
...A 9x12 rug costs about $8...
...There is a large variety of rag rugs in the market which go by special trade names, the Thread and Thrum, the Pilgrim, and others...
...The interior is of weathered oak...
...They are intended for the use of individuals and of clubs...
...Who that has ever attended any kind of a fair can fail to utter a sigh of joy at the thought that when legs and backs ache and brains grow weary with viewing exhibits and hearing brass bands, here is a cozy chair on a big, cool, back veranda where one can shut out the hurly-burly by closing the eyes or gazing only at the wide and restful prairies...
...These are machine-made rugs with oriental designs...
...La Follette : THIS fall it was my good fortune to be in Huron, South Dakota, at the time of their annual State Fair...
...It seems strange that the custom of having carpets and large rugs in dining-rooms has persisted so long, for here of all places there should be absolute cleanliness, and the cleaning problem should be simple...
...It has cost f 8,-500, and will cost $2,000 more when fully completed...
...A nursery competently supervised where the dear babies may be happy while the mothers and fathers "do the fair...
...I was so delighted with their beautiful woman's building, the educational program connected with it, and the story of how it came to be, and you are so encouraging in your invitation to report practical educational achievements, that I have thought the story might interest you...
...Among the large rugs one of the most satisfactory is the Caledon, the CARPET BORDER Showing a simple conventional pattern suitable for a machine made carpet...
...The International Studio for December commends very highly the Whitall rugs...
...Send for Literature About Flies BECAUSE of the wide-spread interest in the extermination of flies, the Home and Education Department of La Follette's is prepared to send out reprints of all the articles it has published on the subject, including the illustrated article of July 10 which attracted wide attention...
...Often a beautiful rug may be secured by having plain carpeting made up with a border...
...Be prepared to start working in the spring...
...Shall we put you on our mailing list...
...A few people have adopted the plan of having long narrow rugs called "runners" under the chairs...
...TlThe state convention of the Universalist Church, recently held in New Haven, Conn., unanimously adopted resolutions favoring woman suffrage...
...It is possible to make very good short rugs out of a piece of grass carpeting by fringing the ends and knotting the threads...
...A good plan for bedrooms, particularly spare rooms or those in which a color scheme is to be followed, is to buy strips of plain velvet carpet to lay in front of bureau and bed...
...It comes in beautiful rich colors...
...To this end they were assisted by petitions from all the Women's Clubs in the state, and the request was granted...
...There is no charge for the literature...
...Two years ago, realizing the importance of having a permanent and appropriate Woman's Building, the Fair Board of which Mr...
...It was an innovation and at first a discouragingly small audience assembled, but small handbills announcing the lectures were freely distributed, the lectures were good and were talked about, and the audiences grew until at the last lecture the room was filled with a most enthusiastic audience...
...What we seek is not plainness but the absence of unlovely decoration...
...They are about $4...
...It comes, as we said, in good colors with plain centers and well-designed borders...
...At the suggestion of Mrs...
...The north end of the upper floor is given entirely to the picture exhibit...
...A Reader of La Follette's...
...The result is a building of great beauty and simplicity of design, and plans for completion include a stately setting of terrace and shrubbery...
...Keep posted on this subject and join the campaign which means the wiping out of typhoid fever and saving the be.bies...
...Besides the special program, Mrs...
...Rorer gave daily lectures and demonstrations in Household Economics, and also had charge of a free nursery for children in a building adjoining the Woman's Building, and an adjunct of it...
...A. D. Tinsley, head of the Woman's Department, an invitation was extended to the State Federation of Women's Clubs to present an educational program, and an excellent one was planned and carried out...
...Where there is heavy furniture there can be no doubt that it is better to have small rugs which can easily be removed and cleaned...
...This is, of course, the unusual feature...
...Or, since such carpeting shows foot prints, a conspicuous design may be selected for a room in which there is much travel...
...There are people who are so much interested in oriental carpetings that they are glad to select them for others than themselves—particularly for friends...
...The building, which is of rough gray plaster and brown stained wood, is lOOx-66 feet in size, and two stories in height...
...Oftentimes oriental rugs are entirely out of the question and we must make a choice among others in the market...
...Part II.—Rugs...
...The second, which was 40x30 feet and cost $2,200 is now used for poultry...
...This kind of rugs is of course not new, but the Studio recommends this particular variety very highly...
...a square yard...
...The women of Huron and the state have always been particularly successful i n their exhibit of women's work in textiles, art, prepared foods etc., but have been hampered in the effectiveness o f their loyal work by wholly inadequate buildings, as is evidenced by the fact that the first one, a frame building, consisting of practically one room 20x-100 feet, and costing $800, is now used for the Dairy exhibit...
...At least, the problem of covering spaces in such a way as to preserve or not to conceal their outlines does not enter in for a floor is cut up into irregular formless spaces by the furniture...
...They may be oriental rugs, strips of plain carpeting or wide stair carpeting finished at the ends...
...The best plan usually is to go to a well-established dealer and to throw one's self on his mercy and honesty...
...There can be no doubt that of the smaller rugs, those best suited to filling irregular spaces, the most beautiful and in the end the most economical, are the oriental...
...Wall Coverings and Rugs (A Reading Course in Domestic Science.—Lesson XL) Note:—Outlines of the lessons in Domestic Science and a list of reference books can be obtained without cost by addressing The Home and Education Department of La Follette'S Weekly, Madison, Wisconsin...
...They were hung in fine light and always had a. rapt audience...
...Scotch ingrain rug, referred to in a previous article...
...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT A Field for Club Activity How an Artistic Woman's Building was Secured for a State Fair and is Being Mad* a Permanent Educational Center My dear Mrs...
...The subjects included Health, Economics, Music, Libraries, Equal Suffrage, and the speakers were from New York, Boston, Texas, Wisconsin and South Dakota...
...To these articles there will be added copies offother articles as they appear from time to time, news notes, etc...
...A cheap floor covering to which reference should be made is the grass carpeting...
...Not only was such an educational program voted to be a feature of successive fairs, but the Woman's Building itself is to be an all-the-year building for Women's Club meetings of the city or state whenever desired...
...The American imitations may be bought for $1.10 a square yard, but they are seldom satisfactory...
...A grand staircase about fifteen feet wide occupies the center, having an approach from either end of the lower floor...
...It would seem as if there ought to be a kind of municipal housekeeping that would accept as one of its duties the providing of a satisfactory and safe place for this purpose...
...It costs approximately $2.50 a square yard, a 9x12 rug selling for about $30...
...A beautiful design in a carpet or rug may be a source of perpetual aesthetic satisfaction...
...The design in some of the William Morris carpets and in many of the oriental rugs are of this character...
...IN SOME ways the matter of floor coverings is an easier problem than that of wall coverings...
...Finally, it should be kept in mind that in spite of all that has been said about plain carpets, plainness is not a thing to be sought for itself in carpets any more than simplicity in furniture is a thing to be sought for itself...
...J. W. Campbell is president, included the request for the necessary amount in their required appropriation from the legislature...
...There is another scheme that it is sometimes practicable to adopt...
Vol. 1 • January 1910 • No. 52
