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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1912)
j TTTE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. FOllTLAND. AriilL 7. 1912. I Mrs- Hodges, matron and nurse, whose ! eyes fill with tears as she talks of her .little charges. No baby Is too unat ' tractive to find a place In Mrs. Hodges' i sympathetic heart black, yellow or I white, they are all babies to her. with ! their appeal for tenderness and love. I From 7 o'clock In the morning till 7 o'clock In the evening, babies of all ' ages from birth to seven years, are ' cared for at the nursery. After break fast at home, the children are left at the nursery by their parents on the I .. ThnBA AIM BTlfltll'll ttTA BUNGALOW DESIGNED BY A WOMAN ARCHITECT MANY LITTLE TOTS ARE CARED FOR AT FLOWER MISSION DAY NURSERY Be a Wise Woman Woodwork in Livinff-Boom, Reception Hall and Dining-Eoom Is Circassian Walnut Fireplace of Grueby Tile of Brownish Color. Institution Founded by Group of Portland Girls, Carry inj on Important Work In Providing- Day Homes for Little Children of the Poor. Compelled to Pass All Their Time Earninj Livelihood. HBJT IV l.vov w.w . - - - . taken by an attendant to the free kin dergarten at the People's Institute. At noon all the children are given a warm, wholesome dinner. At 1 o'clock the j, . . w. ; 4 1 7'"sw ' ' r -.'v r-i "Nfe.-rt; rC i M-f ill . a : v. i 1 . . III ( V , ...yVV v.- jr?-.. n-5 ;.; - v ' . ' vr-" - "v"-- t -ift i v Ulf - ".T.--' v-' Tv7- -n I I M x-. 'hrr dUj u cnmf from, baby dt&r Out of be nowhere Into tht hereT BT MARY CORNER. If babirs could cho.? their way hn Ihcy come -Into tho here." would they always co Just where '.hey do? I wonder. Would a baby, the snugglinr-est thing; In the world, would a helples little baby choose to come to a drunken father, with the up lifted hand to strike, and to a mother whose unwilling arms hold It because .);y must? Would a baby choose a nome where cold and want have long since driven out comfort and love? Would baby feet walk the path of bit terness and sorrow? Who knows what a taby thinks? Into sucb homes many babies first open their wondering; eyes, to whose depths Ilea the mystery of life and the begin ning of the unending tragedy of a I years tin a few youna; girls of Portland organised themselves into the Portland Fruit and Flower Mis lon for the purpose of vlltlng the sick in hospitals and needy homes, while they brought to these unfor tunate people a passing pleasure they soon began to see the need of more practical and permanent endeavor With a very small sum of money they founded the "Flower Mijnlon I'ay Nursery"" at 25 North Ninth street and became a member of the Federated lay Nurierles of the I'nited State.". Merest Beclaalag Hade. From this small beginning has grown a work remarkable In results, for the modest means at its disposal. Besides malnta'nlng the Day Nursery, the Mis sion conducts a department of general relief, providing food and clothing for the destitute. The visiting of the sick Is still kept t-p by special committees, which visit the county hospital and Other Institutions each month. Each year a concert la given at the county hospital and the day following a spe cial gift of fruit and owers. Every year a Christmas tree and supper are given the children at the nursery. puring the past week a ward of the Mission passed away. "Auntie Green." an old colored mammy of the t-outh. who had been cared for by the Fruit and Klower Mission lor seven years. "Auntie Oreen." who was Ti years old. as known to many prominent people lre and rte s-rned "cha-ity.- Al-louj-ti a home and ail other necessities ...... - -: i 7i - : h . 1 . i . r- ivM? ' :;- A l - . ' ii I I' were provided her by the Mission, so tenderly and tactfully was ' it done that she regarded her benefactors as her -friends." and to the day of her death did not consider herself the re cipient of "charity." The Day Nursery has com to he re garded by members of the Mission as the most important part of their work, hei-aune of Its need and Its posMibilltles. It is the only day nursery In Portland, rather an unusual thing In a city of this size. In Cninmhus. O.. whose else and social roiHttiions may bo compared wltu Portlands, lawte are scvcrs.1 day ' 1 f-.m---3 f. nurseries, a babies' dispensary and fresh-air camps for babies. With means, the opportonlty and usefulness of the Portland Fruit and Flower Mis sion may be regarded as limitless. Maay Little Oaea Cared For. Last year, 11S0 children were cared for. The gross earnings of the mis sion were 1619.10. an average of less than ( ceDts a .child. The demands have quite outgrown the little house at 13 North Ninth street, which is small ond Inconvenient. "We ll have a belter placo some Uy," ' cheery j o'clock the older youngsters go to bed. I Many a mother who can't manage her j one spoiled, child might learn a lesson 1 in home rule at this nursery, where 18 little taus go to oea line ciutmiuiii, and without any fuss about "it, either. I . . e i I. I. I a turv an that i v l v uuivifi. A - -. - -- j no child may go supperless to bed at I night, for In many of the homes there i i ' . m.inh In lh oitnhAnril. Esrly In the morning the hardwork- i Mit... tnntlj tha tots out of bed. gives them a cold bite she hasn't time to make a fire, for she must be early at work bundles them off to the nurs ery and hurries on to her day's work In the laundry or factory or at clean ing. One woman, whose husband Is a paralytic, has taken up his struggle to provide at living and the two little chil dren are left each day at the nursery. In another family the husband mort gaged the little home, took the money and went to California, where he is "looking for a Job," while the wife, left with a seven-months-old baby and an older child, sells papers on the street to keep the wolf from the door. She makes 50 and 75 cents a day. Father Speade Moaey for Drlak. The mother of two fine-looking chil dren, a msnly little boy and his pretty sister, works downtown on figures In a big ledger that she may provide for herself and children, while the man who promised to "cherish, honor and protect." wastes his money on drink and writes from another state that he would llke"-to send money If he had It. A husband who lost his wife was able to keep his home by Itaving- the children cared for throOgh the day at the nursery while he was at work. In some cases both the mother and father are obliged to work and while they go out to make a living, the chil dren are kept from harm and given a day homo at the nursery. What would become of these children if there were no such place for ihem to go? It Is the hope of the members of the Portland Fruit and Flower Mis sion to begin a permanent building fund with which a suitable nursery may be built large enough for the de mands put upon the mission and mod ern and convenient in accommodations. Will you. happy mother, when you tuck vour little onee to sleep toright In their warm, cosy beds, will you give a thought for the babies of the Flower Mission Nursery? And you cr-f,re men. can t you put a shoulder to the huildlng fund of the Day Nfr Eight cents a child was the cost of maintenance last year less than the price of a cigar or a soda. And who can estimate the worth of a little Public May Hels April SO. April 10 the Portland Fruit and Flower Mission will makw Its first pub lic .r.n.i fop helD since its organiza tion. On that date a college play, "Campus Mouser." will be g)ven at the Hclllg Theater, followed by a May day matinee. In the cast will be the younger society girls and men of the city The proceeds of the entertain ment will go toward the building fund for the new nursery. The present officers of the mUsion are- Mrs. Edmond C. Glltner, president; Mrs. Chester Peering, first vice-president: Mrs. E. C. Mears. second vice president: Miss Harriet Jellison. sec retary; Miss Mabel Beck, treasurer; Mrs. George W. Klelser. Mrs. Paul Froelich. Mr. Ben Bosenfeld, Mra. . 7. i u.. ,rflr.tnra- Mrs. W. .B. Fech- helmer. Mrs. F. E. Spencer. Mrs. r. Beed. day nursery committee. The membership of the mission Is 200. a small annual fee being the price of membership. New members will be most welcome, the only requirement being the membership fee. Beside the other volunteer workers for the nur sery, two city' physicians contribute their professional services and every child In the care of the nursery is given examination and treatment without ex tra charge. Menus for One Week Tuesday. Lima Bean Soup. Pork Tenderloin With Rhubarb Sauce. Glased Onions. Mashod Potatoes. Lettuce Salad. ' Oram Jelly with Cornstarch Custard. Coffee. Wednesday. Sprlnir 8oup. Roast tsmb with Nut Pressing Spiced Prunes. Brown Potatoes. Cabbage ralad. Rite Puddins. Raspberry Sauce. Coffee. Thorsdas'. Cream of Oysterpiant Roup. Minced I-amb with .Noodles. Stuffed Beets. Lettuce Salad. Rhubarb Pie. Coffee. Friday. Green Pea Boup. Baked Halibut. Clam Sauce. Scalloped Potatoes. Veceiable Salad. Batter Puffs with Preserves. Coffee. Saturday. Brown Noodle Soup. Broiled Steak. Baked . Bananas. Spinach. Jellied Fruits with Wafsrs. Coffee. Monday. Tomato Bouillon. Braised Spiced Beef. Mashed Potatoes. Fresh Horseradish. cauliflower. Lettuce Salad with Red Currant Cottage Cheese. Pineapple Cream. Coffee. Monday. Vesetable Puree. Roman Pic. Tomato Sauce. Fled Beans. Lettuce Salad. Chocolate Pudding. Coffee. New Potatoes. Creole Style. Get the tiniest Bermuda potatoes, shape them Hke marbles and drop them In cold water to keep them from discoloring. Mince very fine one white onion, one leek and one ounce of lean salt pork. Cook these together In a little butter and brown to a light golden color. Add the potatoes, salt and pepper and one bav leaf: after mixing the ingredients ! well together add one gill of hot water. Cover the pan and cook for 20 min utes or until the potatoes are done. Dress on a hot dish, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve at once. Shad or Codfish Roe Wash the roe and dry it thoroughly; season with salt and pepper and sprinkle lightly with flour. Try out, a slice of salt pork In a hot pan and pour off the grease until only a tablespoon is left. Cook the roe In this, adding a little butter when the pan gets dry. Place the roe on a hot dish, put the pork crackling on top and trim the dish with fresh parsley and slices of lemon. Either shad or codflsh roe may be broiled, but either should be covered with a slice of fat pork while cooking. Hoe needs to be basted often, as it Is very-dry. e krrc r Cmaabcs. ' - i- v"- 1-V saaJsssaaassSBSSSB amasss ', ! -ewmj.yi- . a ! ,ClAJ-.BC.' :;'nKrere- ..-.., t t 1 K i y BT LAURA BALDWIN DOOLITTLE. THE bungalow shown this week is somewhat like the one seen in CfllifornlA hut has several orisri- nal points of interest. It is the work of a woman architect, and In my opin ion women will be the future architects for homes. And why not? They have been the homekeepers for generations and have inherited domestic tendencies that enable them to see all the little details of labor-saving devices and conveniences that a man sometimes overlooks. They can economise space and turn to account places that would be otherwise wasted in building many homos. The woodwork In the living-room, dining-room and reception hall of the lower floor Is Circassian walnut done In satin finish. The fireplace has Qrueby tile of a brownish color that tones In with the wood trim. The porch has brick pillars and a red cement floor. You enter a small reception hall that has an ample closet at the rear. The large living-room Is en larged by the reception room ' being or.ly separated by a mere suggestion of a wall, just enough to break up the feeling of entering abruptly into the living-room. Floors All of Oak. On the other aide the music room is separated by French doors with an original flat leaded scroll design done In brown or bronae. The floors are all oak and wax finished. The living-room Is to be done In soft gray-green Jute for the walls a two-toned fabric very popular now and a good thing where there Is afiy danger of walls cracking, since it Is blank stocked, stretched and put on with a narrow gimp that does away with any parting and hides all shrinkage In walls. The celling is painted with a dull finish paint that looks like water col or, but is an oil paint and Impervious to moisture, can be washed If neces sary and one can mix any tint de sired. The furniture used In this room is of Circassian walnut upholstered In a good tapestry In soft shades of brown, green and old rose, with Just a touch of dull blue. The under curtains are of beige net without much design in It and the overdraperies of mulberry two-toned Magahama silk a new weave that Is very excellent' in qual ity. These are lined with a soft-toned sateen to harmonize with the color of the outside of the house, for one must always remember to keep a uniform appearance on each outside wall of the house. Archway. Has Velvet Hangings. The French doors leading to the per gola are treated the same way. The archway Into dining-room and recep tion hall have velvet hangings of the same color alike on both sides, but for the dining-room arch they are lined with a heavy printed linen In Flemish design that Is used for all the hang ings In the dining-room. This room Is beamed and all the woodwork Is Circassian walnut. It is wainscoted but without a plate rail. The same soft tone of gray green predominates in the walls of this room as in the living-room. A narrow bor der in the same design as the hang ings is placed at ceiling and above the wainscot. No net or other under cur tain is used here. The linen Is lined with the same sateen as the other dra peries, but the curtains are run on dull bronxe poles with specially de signed rings. Thy hang straight and in rich folds when adjusted properly. Vine-Covered Pergola. 'a he pergola is to be vine-covered and has cement seats specially de signed, also flower boxes. There are Just a few willow chairs and a table to add a light touch. Because the view of the pergola is attractive, the window draperies were planned to do away with any under curtain. r The dining-room Is Flemish oak. which looks very well with the dull brown tones in the walnut wainscot There are a couple of fine old portraits in antique gold frames hung In this room that look exceedingly well. The music room is lovely in tones of blue and silver. The walls are grass cloth In a beautiful dull Holland blue, shot with sliver, and the ceiling is silver grass cloth. The furniture Is teakwood upholstered In blue and sil ver antique tinsel damask. The rug Is a line, old Chinese one in dull blues and gray, and the piano Is in dull ebony. The light fixtures are of silver and really this room Is a symphony In silver and blue a place one loves that has a feeling of moon light about it. All Ruga Attractive. I did not mention the rugs In either the living-room or dining-room. The one In the dining-room Is a specially designed Axminster with dull gray green field and Flemish border, K-ith the same colors as in the hangings. In the living-room are good Oriental rugs Khlvas that tone in with the draperies and bring out the soft col ors of the woodwork. This room has books everywhere, and a big library table is the attrac tive piece of furniture. On it stands a big pottery lamp with ample shade in soft green Hikago silk. There is no center light, but one on each side wall. These all have shades of mul berry silk, same shade as the hang ings. A revolving bookcase stands near the table and within easy reach of anyone sitting Jn a Morris chair near It. A tabourette Is beside the chair and anyone coming into this room is con scious of an atmosphere of culture and refinement. Artistic paper knives and reading glasses are on the table, which has a leather mat beautifully tooled and Illuminated. Everything is for comfort and util ity, but artistic In design, combining. as Morris says is right, the useful and the ornamental. Brown Bankets for Flowers. In this room are several of those brown baskets lined with zinc for flowers. They are also decorative and especially good in this room. One big one stands on the iioor oy tne nre Dlace. filled with big branches of some Japanese shrub that we have learned to use for decorative purposes from our little brown brother, who knows so much about art, and especially about the arrangement of flowers. From them we learned to use the Klass. frogs that hold each stem sep arately and make our flowers look so much better arranged than when they are Just massed together. There is also a good roomy writing desk, and a very decorative waste pa per basket in this room, a llveaDie room as w-ell as the living-room. I like that name for this room In a small house. It means so much. The bath room and bedroom are In ivory tones. The bedroom has Ivory white wood work, with mahogany doors, an idea handed down from old Colonial day. Yellow and Bine Paper. The walls have a lovely yellow. and blue paper, a sort of yellowish tan field with border of small yellow roses. The furniture, of course. Is mahog any, and the rugs tans and blue, The same beige net curtains are used in all the rooms on the first floor that have under curtains. The bathroom is In tile and white, with just a tiny sug gestion of blue in It. Last week a woman wrote asking me to tell her about floor coverings to take the place of hardwood floors. If she will send a self-addressed en velope stamped, I'll be glad to answer her question In a personal letter. Mourning Veils. Harper's Bazar. Veils of net two yards in length fin- CORSETS This would rank as a splendid figure-reducing corset, even it it didn't drive away the fat perma nent!) which it DOES. An instant success! No. 353 3 .50 low bust No. 354 medium OTHER NEMOS A Fit for Every Figure 3.50, $4 and $5.00 D' EAR MADAM: No doubt you've noticed i how very little the usual corset ad. tells you mostly general talk that would apply to any ordinary cor set; or a weak effort to imitate the Nemo in Slyle, claims and cuts. But don't blame the ad tnan, for there is really little that can be said about ordinary corsets; but when you're asked to believe that any, other corset is "like" or "as good as" the Nemo tTlF e a Wise r Woman! Most women actually need the SPECIAL SERVICE style, com fort and wear which Nemo Corsets alone can give. Take time to talk it over with your dealer. KOPS BROS., Mfrs., New York Be a I Wise Woman ished on three sides with a double hem of crepe are worn about the hat throughout the first year. These veils are attached about the crown hanging straight and unconfined to the shoul ders. For girls the beehive crown and wide brim are best These large hats are trimmed either with huge flat chrysanthemums of crepe, with black lilacs, silk roses, or with huge crepe or taffeta bows. Loop Inside. Christian Science Monitor. Sew a loop to the inside of your apron band: then it may be hung up by the loop instead of by the band. says an exchange. When hung up by the band, an unsightly bulge is the re sult.