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VARIE ?>~i V RE 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 CARPET CLEANING 353 West 54th Street ? si \mi !s||, i, i an j. & j. w.Williams LIDA A. SEELY, INC. ' . i. rCMALI I 'Hill) ?It VI \(,| m \ S H ".i -1 mOlIB 1888 PLAl \ HARRY TURNER AGENCY . ?.v.. ;?i. Murray Hill 24*90 ? v. MU? A Fernm. 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. \. ertl a < ? pe>ing tl of s ? rnaki tin I ? ? t.ibl?? 1 in?? n an?! ? ?vhli-ti ? r the ?i ? 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 ?M ,atgj ? P?QUIN AMERICAN LADIES Visiting London aro invited to view our Original Creations, produced simultaneously at tho London and Paris Salons. DISTINCTIVE and EXCLUSIVE TCILETTES For All STATE AND SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. VN^?-??>i????\-W\-VV<?WV??,<? 39, Dover Street, Mayfair, LONDON ROBES. MANTEAUX. FOURRURES. CORSETS. BLOUSES LINGERIE. TROUSSEAUX. MODES. NEW YORK. PARIS. BUENOS AIN*