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WANT A FUTURIST HOME?
Tt-esa Visit theAscherman Studio and See How Your "Modem"
Decorative Ideas WorR Out in Practice in the
Ubitquitous Six-Room Flat.
NOW for the Futurist house!
Farewell the imitation ma?
hogany mantel, the near ?
stained glass windows and the gas
log on the pink china tiled hearth.
All the interior decoration dear to :
the heart of the landlord is doomed
and the common flat is to he made to
blossom with reds and greens and
yellows as brave as any in gay Paree.
The first Futurist flat has been fur
r.i lied by Mrs. Kdward Ascherman,
at 120 I. Bt Not only fur?
nished, bul lived in?without a night
marc, other. Mrs. Ascherman says,
likes it. and it 's because she be?
lieves that other women are going t0
like it. too. that she chose a flat to
furnish raiher than a bungalow in the
country, which would be easier but
:>ot so useful to sister seekers who
relief from the sameness of dec-'
oratior. found in apartments.
The first thing M;:,. ?sthet man did
l she found her flat was to scrape
oft all the mahogany finish from every '?
piece of wood in the house. The oak
finish from the dining room wer.*
next, and the cherry finish from the;
bedroom. All the woodwork was!
'et! a plain white, and with the
?.sphere thus clarified she was able
;?> apply her mind to the problem at
nd.
White Woodwork Blackened.
The nice clean, white woodwork i'i
r iront bedroom was not suffered to
0. That was the fault of the,
I lae and black Viennese linen hang?
ings which Mr. Ascherman picked up
List winter. Those, he said,
must be the keynote ot the front
:; serving Ascherman and Ascher?
man, partners in the interior decorat?
ing bustni i reception room and
office. ITie curtaing had a black back
ground, OB which were set diamond?
ed medallions of white, with red
i ace and green leaves.
That single red rose formed the
motif for the room, The walls were
painted white, and then stencilled with
the rose de ?gri in bises, forming
es about ton: inches apart. The
>B ol the woodwork were painted
black to match the walls, and here
nd there in I cottier a little blacK
? was painted.
The black and white wall is the
t prominent feature of the room,
bu' the funereal effort is dissipated by'
the extreme perkiness of the little
': roses. They nod at the visitor
npertinent little welcome and djs
the convention that black i
IST the visitor looks about a bit
?he black roses ?etire into the hack
lind and the red rose; assert them?
es. There is one climbing over
the back of the big chair. The prim,
straight hacked chairs are upholstered
? ose color and the backs painted
with roses, and there are b'.ts of rose
colored pottery on the black and
white mantel.
The black and white and rose shade
< vei the electric lights is one of Mr;.
Asche oief treasures.
"It is batik work." she explains.
"That is a process which comes from
Java, and which il bound to take the
place of stencilling as soon as people
know about it. It is done on silk by
a process of dyeing.
Javanese Batik Work.
"This, for example, was a piece of
: white silk. 1 drew the design
of the rose medallion on it, and then
covered the medallion with a kind of
and dipped the whole in the black
The medallion was left uncol
?'ted.
The next time I covered it all with
wss except the rose itself, and dipped
it in red dye. This can be repeated
any number of times, ot course, ac?
cording to the number of colors in
your design. The smallest details can
be tilled in with water colors.
"The great advantage of batik over
Btencilhng is that stencilling is possi?
ble only when you want to apply dark
colors to a light background. With
batik you can have light figures on a
black background."
The second room in the Futurist
apartment ?s the den. This is in rose
and green?the brightest green that
ever lived outside of a spring poem.
The walls are lavender, covered with
tiny sprigs of roses and green leaves.
The color tone of the room is taken,
however, fron, the rose and green of
the linen with which the chairs are
upholstered. This is a curious all
color design, in which are gray, lav?
ender, blue, yellow and the rose and
green which strikes the color note of
the room.
A round green rug is under the
round black table. Rose colored silk
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THE FUTUR! SX IDEA
PERFECTED IK' THE PINING ROOT-A
cut trims edged with white fut hung
at 1 he book cases and at the window.
The telele is of special Futurist de?
sign, its rounded broad legs, with
cut out baskets of flower;-, colored to
match the room?rose, purple and
green. A rose colored silk lamp shade,
deioratcd with dancing girls applic 1
in the batik style, and a big green vel?
vet chair on which h red rose is em?
broidered, assemble the motif in their
design.
The prize room from tue Futurist's
point of view is the dining room.
Burnt orange is the only color one
sees on entering, and the effect is
somewhat like walking into a burst
of sunset. The walls are white, with
panels of pale gray outlined with
orange, reachini; to a height of three
feet above the floor. The upper part
of the walls is bare save for a sten?
cilled orange and green tree in the
centre of each large wall space and
four small woodblock prints in orange
and gray.
The table is round and gleaming
white, with a cover of orange velvet
and a basket of oranges in the centre.
The chairs are white, with orange vel?
vet cushions. They are of interesting
design, having in the place of arms a
support in the form of two straight
pieces of wood extending diagonally
from the back of the chair to the seat.
This is an imported pattern.
The square, white sideboard which
stands between the windows is an in?
vention born of necessity. It hides a
mahogany mantel which the landlord
refused to remove. Mrs. Ascherman
put her wits to woik to conceal it.
She succeeded by boxing it in witn
the white structure, which she had di?
vided into shelves and drawers of dif?
ferent dimensions. The edges ire out?
lined with gray, and bits of orange
china and gleuming silver make it an
unusually ornamental pirce ot furni?
ture.
The pigno, which hat lo he in the
dining room owing lo ihe exigencies
of space in the tiny apartment, was
also purged of its mahogany finish and
treated to several coats of shitiin-,
white relieved with silver gray. It
has a broad rectangular stool, with
bright green cushions.
Two small, round serving tables
have green covers also. The rug is
orange. So are the curtains which
hang at what would be small windows
in any other dining room, but real
sunshine is superfluous here. Like
the "truly happy person," this room
gets its brightness from within.
Mrs. Ascherman is a round-faced,
rosy little woman who believes in the
home.
"Don't you think people would en
joy eating in this cheerful orange
room of mine?" she says. "The rea?
son New Yorkers think they must go
to the hotels when they want to en?
tertain their friends is that the New
York dining room is such a disrr.a!
place. Just think of those dark green
or heavy red walls and the ponderous
oak furniture! No wonder Americans
are a race of dyspeptics. Their din?
ing rooms make them so.
"Of course, every one wouldn't want
A CORNER JN DETAIL
an orange room like this. You must
decorate your house with retcrence
to your own color reactions, not with
reference to mine, nor to anybody
else's just because their color happens
to be the style.
Even Wardrobe Decorated.
"The modern period of art is goin?
to accomplish this, if nothing else. It
will teach people to think about color.
When the old dull colors were used it
didn't much matter what the colors
really were or whether you liked them
or not. They were so dull they didn't
bother you even if you didn't ?ike
them. Consequently we neglected the
furnishing of our homes. We spent
so little thought upon them that we
had no interest in them. We sought
our pleasures somewhere else.
"Futurism will bring the women
back to the home. They will have to
stop and pay some attention if they
don't want to wake up some morning
in a bright green room with red cur?
tains and yehow sheets. Bright col
nrg are beautiful, if they are the right
colors, but it won't do to run any
risks with them.
"A woman must have her wits about
her when she furnishes her house
these days. The home that results
from the exercise of these wits will be
dearer to her than the old nondescript
assemblage which had no trace of her
own personality in it. Then, you see.
since we always love that which we
have labored to attain, the American
woman will love her Futurist home
and will want to stay in it."
THE ma:
Where She
of Greatest
Is "First Lady" and Her Needs
Importance ?? tKe Motjise?hold.
ACCORDING i" somo st.u., tl?-s there
?? v ?, ??? ,? ; of vvurk In
New York City to day, bot t'??- ?%;n
ploj rnent sri sa
hard t.? get ? good cook as tear.
With this fa? t In mind, the Home Club,
I .it Kg Rsst 7.M st., is of
Importsnce. it sraa atarted oser tsro
>?-!.is ago ' .. v? -.r.t'iy yonng ?rom?
en f?-r th.- -i<. ,,: their maid aervsnts,
he. attSS, Bfl "lie of the founders pot it.
? v\.? felt that aome of the
a sere glv i ter the ? i.n
-? of vvorlt for ?'.?' go 1"
make happier I
i rlth win m we were ::. th? closeal
.i club came t rom - ? I who
t'?' i iirr employ? r of aorne of the '
a befell l ? meal
She i ? ? U that a asrelng maid has
,
rani i "
housssrife gem rally ei meld 1
ny In the kl
?!o?a BOi UBS 10 ?in this if shf Ifl "keen?
ing ooBspasy*' srlth a rouag raen, the
raoelng phrtursa ig fl i
grs the orilv plfl they can
with Um modi sntfl tii?? old Ufa
??i alow el H of ? lob
. ? ' .
tared 'i ha I Ion ? ifl come In
A HomsliVte Clubhouse.
The ?lut? Is Installed In s ?omfortahlo
I
? modstloi ? fourti en and larfie. p:
furnished : ooma where the rm
bring nien ?>?? women frier tr efter
'? .? or tor ?lances i:i the ?
its n- troi airs Rail, is .? tralni ?
nurse, B woman of quick m-deistandlns
and broad Bympathlaa Any one brine
references may apj>!v to her
for membership it? the elsh the ?l mm of
H :? unable in instal?
ment?.
: "la te ? women
i a maids Join I be club 'or ?
. .
their own fees. T ? more
than a hundred membera, and
the t ?? ? ? ? baa two Ired tt.e
will be pra? ti< ally aclf-ati
i the . !-ii? . ? room
an?! me?is for the irirl who - tVOrk,
. .Ins a place to the one ??
v ;' e B ? ? ? ' ? r
or evenings out. Dai
three time? a month, ami Illustrated led
? ? ind rausi? al evei a m ant
The Distasteful Lodging Houae.
The . . . ?: ?.. s,. ,v -?i ita dirty
inger? ; ind?
nnis. i- the graal bugbear at the decent
k'irl who Is out of a pordtkm. Many a
maid ' la a boosehoM v\h,-re the
Work |s t??> bald or Hin condition
just BOWbars to ko while
look.t | for another place. Ho that it Is
. not surprising that the spotlea? tubs,
j clean beds and sunny rooms provider! by
comfort T -dad to conform to
? ? ?
.? I ? ? . Ve ,.,-..,
.i-t fear have failed to kSS| -P their
? i it --. b bile now girls an
month.
Hut the history of tie Home .
not been all pi ... Its tature 'a
? ? . ? . aaurad it has an t and atlll fln
Aow tirlsht OPpOSltli ? not I
it? res Its. but to the idea it ai
and thi-, HOI from the maids wi:,, -,
?it fiom the matrons who
?a-.e <(>"-, :..sk>->? to lend their aitl. Here
are some ,.; 11 I ' is:
tme amanan i ?fused hi r aid on the
ind that "a a*ofnaa's placa is ;n the
Where Did They Spend Their Time?
ed to help, but
i . ?
?v ? it ? for, she s
ed, abe era la t caret
*M " " " ? tell her v
spent tht-ir tin;? out Bhl
ic pride of h? r little i
III the two . ? ., rs BBM had been v. ith her.
bad : ? - ? -i i.? i?., anywl ? but I
ta icy
Hh? admitted that she allowed her
la te brins oartsln "foHowera" t?> the
. . t thai sha ara I arhc
Um v w, re Bad ,<n about ?
siris bsloagod to a club the) wotdd prob?
ably meet other BSrvaUtB or th?ir f
there of whom ?he kaow nothing. She
could not tak? the responsibility.
IS he
. . . ? || ?
-
Another you: .?
of th. H" - - . ?*
' ?
? 1 work.
Women Contribute Decorations.
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a < ? pe>ing tl
of s
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rnaki tin I ?
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t.ibl?? 1 in?? n an?! ?
?vhli-ti
?
r the
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? he ' -
? ri. r m
arorsers all an g the tani
? -A . .- k
aba comae 1 ouse, whrre the
? d bs? k. tl a tea tsbU -
.-???? I the riK'in . ?
lor the ?Innce.
There .tr? here
Mr?. Astorbllt/fl nil..! "l.---ilutes" with
Mis bttitb'fl I.i'.iiIh.s ? ?r the ?.?rtnan
i t r i?s tu keep Step with the
Ptsnch aVsaSBS. Tiny are ??II Just memhers
together, and all together having a good
1 time In the f.laoe wh?T** thev feel they he
LOOKING INTO DEIS? FROM OFFICE
"Now. sec my bedroom. That, o
course. :s the most personal room ii
the house. The studio has to be mon
or less formal and the dining room
too, must be ? compromise bctweei
the likes and dislikes of the whol
family, but in her bedroom a woman'
personality can rule unhampered
My particular weakness is butter
flies. People are always making mi
funny butterfly presents of everything,
from can openers to hatpins. So thi
butterfly is the keynote of my room
and the colors are butterfly colors
lavender and yellow. Isn't it pretty
I can't help being happy when I wak?
up in a yellow room like this."
The bedroom proved to be a tin,
room. The walls were covered witr
a pale yellow paper, marked with
small, white, almost invisible squares
A ruffled yellow silk curtain let in th?
sunshine and yeliow silk shades soft?
ened the electric lights.
The bed was a white wood frame
but on the head and footboard Mr.
Ascherman had inserted panels ol
linen, in dull lavender, yellow and
green, tu match the linen of the bed
spread. A few little yellow butterflies
fluttered over the white wood.
The dressing table matched the bed.
with its tiny panels of linen and wee
butterflies painted on the front of the
drawers and over the mirror. Even
the wardrobe, the only utterly hope?
less horror of many New York apart?
ments, yielded to the beautifying ef?
fect of white paint with bands of yel?
low and a butterfly here and there.
A yellow grass, rug with a green bor
der brightened the floo-. The yellow
and white motif of the wall paper was
reproduced on the corners of the little
chair and footstool.
Opening from the bedroom is the
nursery for Master Teddy, who is
only seven months old and he knows
already all about the circus which
keeps up a perpetual parade around
his walls.
It is a blue circus on a white wall
above a dado of pink covered with a
fresh white muslin ruffle to protect it
from sticky baby fingers. The circus
is at a height of about four feet from
the floor, so the baby can see it. In
most children's rooms, Mrs. Ascher?
man says, the decorations are so high
that they are never seen by the little
person for whose pleasure they were
designed.
The little chairs are covered with
pink and blue chintz, and the fluffy
muslin curtains have a narrow blue
border. The small chest of drawers
where baby'1- wardrobe is kept is
painted white, with narrow panels of
blue. In the corner is a couch cov?
ered with pink and blue chintz.
'Can a woman manage a baby and
a career at the same time?" Mrs.
Ascherman laughed at the question.
"It's the easiest thing! I have a maid
who attends to the cleaning and cook?
ing, but that is perfectly fair because
any woman is permitted to have a
maid, even if she isn't trying to fol?
low a profession after she is married.
"My day's programme is very sim?
ple. In the morning I give the orders
to the maid, and then attend to pre
paring the baby's food myself. After
this I give him his bath and put him
to sleep out in his basket. He sleeps
for three hours. That gives me lots
of time to work with my husband in
the studio.
"Sometimes we have to ro out of
town to visit the houses we are to
decorate, but, of course, the greater
part of the work is done in the office.
In the afternoon baby sits on the floor
beside us while wc work. Since he il
perfectly well and has learned that it
is not good form to howl all the time
he doesn't bother us. He goes to
sleep again at S o'clock, and so. yoi
see. it is no trouble at all to have i
baby."
BABY BOARDER,!
MotHercraft School
Will Take Care of
Students0 Babies.
I-?-aII:HT aid to ti oti e
-*! "ni rovi ti ?-ir mm i but are *M
vented from attady b I a preaaasj
?if little children ?ill -frei at
the LThautsuqua Bummer Bchoo
Miss Msry r. r?e.-,<i or tiie S baa
Mother r uft
M - Road win setahllsti then
of the ?-vhooi of Mothercraft ?our
hah-.- lore win he given by Mlaa Read ?i?
tanta? The moot Interestli i r*f
of the wmk, however, ?.*? in b* the m
nursery, wIht?? demonstrations bl 'he
of putting i ad and ft* e -
B wakes gp will lie i; ?
Baby Summer Boarder?
lie-..] v-1 ', take with her from MS
York several bablea vhoas psraati 0M
them to have the benefit of I -uremark
th? country. Tha largest ? ??' I
mol?is will be rccr ?lted from the r?**1
of the women who attend the school T5?
Children will be cared for during lbs N
fed, washed and entsrtslned while the
? rs pursue their stwlles.
"There ha? been glSSt nee'. '
thing of this sort for man] <ar-'' ?*?
hOsa Head Ul deeCSfbtng her plaSS mt?\
Of the boarding COttSgtM I iki Ar>
rtansessetatg for ? jtHdnSi. TI - pese
things have to eat what t'.rv I N
thn menu provided for their i .".rents
SCHOOL BOARD BUYS
GRADUATES' GOWNS
The Oakland S'-hool Board ?HI l*1
'his year lor all the g rbl ISSdW
intr from the Frankll: ! '':'(
pisa works out as expected ' ***
graduadas dresBea foe '-s "?
ini? their ?ourse m the Qsklaad ""i*0*
next v
Harry W. Rridgemnn. porchaaias sgaj
for the Oakland BChOOla, ?
he,,d dressmaker, bir bag I ' '' " m*"r
and measuring off the cloth a088?dlBS
the size of the gui graduai ?
will buy th? cloth, buttons, hooka a
? I t'.read and wh " - arn*?
:de,i to use, ano the firl? ?11! ?k> ?
sewing, it has not ? ? ? :*'i '
style of gown t.? use. except that U>
will have long BleOVaS, 80 !'?? B88 8? BM
??? **lovaa win not be necesaai
The decision to buy the fOWBS S"j
result of a ipnsr Bgrhl by Mrs 4aaa W
Baca Brown, "n.- ..f the i hod direct*
t?. altintnsla eeetli grsd ?sting 4L
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AMERICAN LADIES
Visiting London aro invited to view our
Original Creations, produced simultaneously
at tho
London and Paris Salons.
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