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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1912)
9 PUBLIC TASTE NOW DEMANDS BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL ROOMS EVERYWHERE Homes Decorated With Little Expense, if Materials Are Carefully Selected and Colors Properly Chosen Pretty Bam alow. Shown Here, Artistically Furnished is Simple Materials. -4' - ,Ayyrg " .... "-.r v ' -Vis 'V i r - - 7, "-V-v. . .. 4 I 1 i I I I I .L w- fill 1 I ,1 i, js t J iLLUj r- ' ' J3j 7 4 3 1 sJ" K6" 1 Wt-iii Jim fm r.tH Mi' " T. -. -V f';VW ' .V.'.- ' " If L. ' Y- .V.V- '.f- J 1 1 v i ; . 1 i : II; I -,-;M". i i--"if i C-s I'. J BT Ul'RA BALDWIN DOO LITTLE. THERE la no doubt about the pri nt trend of thouprht concerning interior color schemes. This past week I hars been called upon to suf test schemes for redecorating: three homes, where, each one said: "I want something light and cheer ful. Its so gloomy and heavy this w.- The public taste Is demanding light and neutralised tones, colors that are oft and restful. The psychology Is be ing studied and applied scientifically to the decorating and furnishing of our homes, with Improred results over the old haphazard methods. There was a time when woman hes itated to employ a decorator for fear her frienda would accuse her of lark of taste, but now It Is the woman of the most exquisite and exacting taste who consu'ts ber decorator, and has him carry, out to Its complete finish all her scheme, which Involves more work and patient shopping and selection of ma terials than most women have time for. Heme Kkeals Reflect ladrvMaallty. It's a much greater accomplishment to carry out successfully a patron's own scheme for a home than It Is to design the whole thing complete, but to me It Is a much greater joy, for a home should reflect the Individuality of Its occupants and have its own distinct at- , raosphere, and to be able to work from a decided word sketch, to secure' Just the exact thing wanted and looked for. la an exhilaration and gives sest to the worif. Unless t am doing some public place a club or some such place that Is the meeting place of many people, no lndl vldual or few persons having any more rights to be consulted than many oth ers I never feel like putting my own Individuality Into the work, but am constantly studying the patron's, to see that the room or house Is going to be the right setting and background for this especial family. Raagalow Artistically FaraUked. The little bungalow given this week is an Interesting home, and furnished up artistically In very simple materials. One must be satisfied with ordinary col ors, or tones of colors, in order to carry out a scheme in Inexpensive materials, but very good results can be had when one urderatands where to get the ma terials wanted. The scheme of this house Is for sim ple things and craftsman's materials. The rooms are all stained gray, and the floors are hardwood with handsome rugs in heavy wool, dyed to carry out the color scheme. The walls are tinted a warm yellow gray or blege. with .a stencil at the picture mold to add a touch of color. The door hanging's are tapl-trolea, a heavy weave similar to burlap. On the living-room side a bright golden brown. and on the dining-room a good Hol land blue. The fireplace Is ample and has built-in book cases. The rugs In the living-room are tsn. with blue and black in the border while the rug In the dining-room is a good blue with shaded border and a touch of black. The curtains at the windows tn the dining-room are sun-fast, plain and un llned Ju.-t sash curtains run on wood en rods, with brsBs rings that push back easily. The walls In both rooms are alike, aave for the stencil, which is blue In the dining-room and brown In the living-room. Coach Big and Roomy. The couch In the living-room Is big and roomy, and has a cover of a heavy weave material In mercerized cotton. It Is a very Interesting fabric, and comes In good colors, the browns and blues being about the best There are a lot of pillows on this couch, all covered with linen slips in tan and blue. I mean part of the pil lows have blue slips and the rest tan just plain and unadorned, but lovely because the color combination Is so perfect. The willow furniture has printed linen-covered cushions, and In this the predominating color Is blue, but there la also some green and just a touch of. orange. It Is an English linen In con- deed, and Is made In slip fashion. I fastened with patent fasteners so the slips can be removed and washed. The couch pillows are covered In the same way. and thus the room always can be fresh appearing and immaculate, al though used continuously. The den opening off the living-room has curtains and portieres, all of the tapl-trolea. In a rich mahogany tone, and the stencil on the wall is the same color. It adds somuch to a room to have a bit of the same color In the wall that predominates In the hangings and is In the rug or floor covering. The rug In the den Is Just a few shades darker than the wall a tan), and has the ma hogany and black in the border. Fnralrare Famed Oak. The furniture Is fumed oak. and the pictures on the wall all good prints and reproductions are framed In dark wood that harmonizes perfectly. There are a number of green plants at the window in the room, which add greatly and are charming against the dull olil red curtains. The chamber opening out of this room Is dainty and pretty, with a very light gray wall, enamel woodwork and white swiss curtains, with a simple pretty cretonne with white background and dainty hawthorne blossoms, and tlnv little birds In blue. The rug Is a rag rug. woven espe cially with well-sewed and matched reus. The body Is blue and white, cut-and-run. with a wide pink border. The bedspread Is made of the cretonne and a screen is filled with It also. Field V Success Was Won Against Great Opposition Whole Natloa Jeered Efforts of De termined Man to Lay Cable tn At. laatle Ocean Klaally Sneceaafol. BT MADISON C. PETERS. CTRVS WEST FIEID retired from business at 35 years of a&e with a large fortune, when he first gained the Idea that by means of cable laid upon the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, telegraphic communication could be es tablished between Europe and America. Some enterprising men nsd tried to stretch a wire across Newfoundland the most easterly point on the Ameri can coast, and to have this connected with a line of fast steamers, which it was thought could repch the nearest point In Ireland in fire days so that news could be carried from one conti nent to another within a week. An attempt to build the line had failed, and a man rich enough and brave enough to carry It through wu sought. Mr. field, known as a man who had built up a large business from the smallest beginning, a urged to pro mote the scheme. He agreed to think about It. Sitting In 1.1s library, and turning over a globe the thought came to him: "Why not carry the line across the ocean7" The more he thought of It the surer he felt that the two con tinents could be united by a cable. Morae Orlartaator of Plaa. Morso In 1S43 first suggerted the union of the Old and New Worlds by means of the electric telegraph, but the principle obstacle was the unknown depth of the Atlantic and the supposed rocky nature of the bottom. When, however. Lieutenant Maury discovered that between Ireland and Newfound land the bed of the ocean was nearly level and covered with soft ooze. Field began to discuss practical methods to lay telegraph lines on the bottom of the ocean. He obtained from the Legislature of Newfoundland the sole right for 60 years of landing teleeraph cables on the Island from both sides or the At lantic, lie formed a stock company at once, of which Peter Cooper, Moses Tsylor. Marshall O. Roberts and Chan dler White were members. Field fur nished one-fourth of the capital him self. The Governments of Oreat Bri tain and the United States provided ships, snd the first expedttlor to lay the wire set out In 1857. Th attempt was fruitless. In 158, the cable 2500 miles long. weixhlng one tnn a milt, was taken In equal portions on boa-d H. M S. Aga memnon and the United States frigate Niagara, spliced In mid-ocean and finally landed, the on- end at Valen tla. Ireland, the othe' at Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, but the wire was so weak that the congratulatory message from the Queen to the President. 90 words, took (7 minutes to transmit. and after a few more message the ca ble became useless. Serosd Llae Placed. In 1865 capital was found to make another attempt, and t ie cable, weigh ing 4000 tons, was shipped on hoard. he Oreat Eastern, but when the vessel was 1084 miles from Valentla. the io ble broke, and this cable. In 186B. by menns of the same vessel, was grappled from a depth of two miles and complet ed to Trinity Bay. The lost cable of 15C5 also was lifted from Its cozy bed wo miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and war found In good condition. Thla cab'e. after 1J months at the bottom of the A.lantlc, spoke! Field was backed By a powerful lob by, but had much oprosltior so that the measure for Government sld had a majority of only one In the Senate Directors were disheartened, capital Ists were shy, and the skeptics I public sneered. But Field worked day and night, almost without food or sleep Thirteen years of harj labor amid dis couragements and ridicule brought him full reward. Congress Votes Medal. Congress now gave him the thanks of the Nation, a gold medal and other testimonials, while the people on both sides of the Atlantic proclaimed the cable one of the greatest achievements of the century. Several Englishmen who hzd given their money and extended their lnflu ence In helping along the work was knighted. ' The French Exposition, which was held after the cable had stood the test of about a year, gave Cyrus Field Its highest award. Its grand medal, given only to tl'ose who had proved themselves greal public benefactors. Success Is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposl tlon which he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against femendous odds. The h'lshts by great men resrhed and kept. Were not attained tty auaoen Tiini. But they, while their companions slept, Were lolling- upward in tne ntitnt. DAUGHTER OF PROMINENT TEXAS COLONEL TO CHRISTEN BATTLESHIP New Man-of-War Texas, Which Will Slide Into the Ways This Month, Will Be 'First to Carry Late 14.inch Guns. Colorado Claims Only Woman Judge in Mrs. L. B. Tague. te"W "-vX If - -! " ll sl - tr x. -f ,yfy & NEW YORK. May 4. (Special.) Claudia Lyon is the sponsor for the new battleship Texas which will be launched at Newport News about the middle of May. -Miss Lyon Is the daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, of Texas, that friend of administrations who was once so close to President Taft but Is now opposing his renomln ation. What Miss Lyon thinks on the subject of renominations does not ap pear, but she is strongly In favor of the larger navy. The Texas will be the first battleship to carry the new 14-inch guns. She will have ten of them. Her displacement Is to be 27.000 tons. They have not only women voters In Colorado they have had them for years but a woman Judge as well, and now women Jurors. Mrs. L. B. Tague Is the Judge and she presides over the court of Eagle County, which meets at Red Cliff. She Is the only woman Judge In the state. Princess Victoria Louise, of Prussia, is the only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm. Good pictures of the Princess are scarce but she recently posed for one that is considered excellent.- Countess Troubetzkoy. nee Amelia Rives, the noted American novelist, is now living In Paris. She was divorced from John Armstrong Chajiler and married the celebrated painter. Count Troubetzkoy. The Countess and her pet wolf can be seen any day prome nading the Bois de Boulogne. Princess Mary of Great Britain, cele brated her fifteenth birthday in April. She is fond of outdoor exercise and recently was photographed while riding a bicycle. Miss Grace C. Strachan. New York City district superintendent of schools and president of the Interborough As sociation of Women Teachers, is a. can didate for president of the National Educational Association. Her name will be presented at the convention to be held In Chicago. COOS COUNTY CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL IN BOATS Many Buildings Located Along the Rivers Are Beached by Steamers. Homesteaders' Boys and Girls Receiving Education. Social Calls In Bermuda. London Tit-Bits. American women who have visited Bermuda have been interested In the Queen's Own regiment of soldiers, sta tioned there. They have, been amused to observe the social customs regard ing the officers and the hospitality which those In the Summer resort ex tend to them. The change of a rearl- ment In the Island means a lull In the social gayety for several weeks or so. There are parting gatherings, but when the new regiment arrives none of the officers Is supposed to make any calls on the townsfolk until after they have received visits from them. The civ ilians, with their wives, make calls on the officers who are married and In vite them to dinner. By the exchange of visits the bachelor officers are In troduced to the townsfolk, and grad ually get invitations to dinners and balls.. After acquaintances thus are made the social festivities are con tinued unabated until orders are re ceived by the regiment to move to an other etitlon. r i 1 "if r - if "T I - V V - .. .... llLzr v2 S"CX ' .rf-TS' to.- -I . l t:'rX &tr2 V lav - " . t- . "i TOP. COOS COUKTY SCHOOL IS MOO TAIN DISTRICT LEFT, COOS COUN TY SCHOOL REACHED BY LAKE BOAT RIGHT, COOS COUNTY SCHOOL IN LOGGING CAMP. M K RSHFI ELD, Or., May (Snecial.) Few districts In th country depend upon waterways for transportation of school children. as is tne case in ob -ij. rural school of the county are par ticularly good, and as the waterways . . t. I 1- ... . . n Vi antiAA, are the cmei hikhwo, are very largely located among the many rivers. In such cases tne cnu- dren go to and rrom scnooi wu m regular Dassenger boats, an arrange ment which Is especially good In rainy weather. These country schools are located in all parts of the county, and it would be difficult io Iina a tocauiy wnere the schools reached out more In the wilder districts. wr- i h convenience of homestead ers and those living In the mountain nnuntrv. which 4. 1 there I of-the-way places, is sparsely settled. re schools in a nunmber of out- and when a new district Is settled up sufficiently to warrant a school, one Is located, even though there are but a few children In the neighborhood to attend. One School In Mountains. Far up above Allegany, at the head of navigation on Coos River, Is a school In the mountains which gives the children of the neighborhood an opportunity to get an education. In the Ten-Mile Lake country there is a school which is reached by lake boats. In one of the 8mlth-Powers logging camps a rough building was turned over for school uses and the children of men working in the camp attend. In another camp the Smith-Powers Company has offered the lumber free of charge for building a new school house. There is scarcely a district In the county which is inhabited that is not supplied with a school in the conve nient place. As the population is scattered over a large territory, much of which Is yet rather wild, the schools are necessarily widely separated Even In the out-of-the-way places good buildings have been put up and the last of the log schools has passed away. The last log schoolhouse was located on the old Coos Bay wagon road, at Cherry Creek, and was attended by John S. Coke, now Circuit Judge, and whose father taught the school. This building, even as a relic, has passed away and most all of the country schools of Coos County now are modern buildings. Eighty-three Districts In All. - There are 83 school districts in all. and in each of the cities there are new first-class high schools. The fact that so many of the country schools are located along the waterways has led to the tendency to centralize, and the plan is to consolidate as much as pos sible the smaller schools, which can be reached by river boats. On the 10 waterways tributary to Coos Bay, and on the Coqiiille River, are located many of these schools, and the children, by no means, make up the smallest class of passengers. W. H. Bunch, .the County Superin tendent, and Dr. J. T. McCormac. who was recently appointed Supervisor of the Schools, will each make a personal visit to every school in the county dur ing the year to study the needs of the pupils. Large sums of money are ex pended on the Coos County schools, and probably no county of the same population in the state has a better system or one which so generally cov ers the entire territory. Rome as a Seaport. Baltimore American. Projects for making Rome a seaport have been discussed for years past. One of these is to lay out a seaport of 35-foot depth near Castel Fusaro. formed by running two jetties out Into the sea for some distance, as at the port of Ymuiden, Holland. From the port will lead a ship canal 15 miles long and 200 feet wide and 27 feet deep. At Rome shipping accommodations will be laid out in the river below the city and this will be connected with the navigable part of the Tiber by a system of locks. It will cost about 115,000,000 to carry out the project. HOW TO DESTROY THE DANDRUFF GERM BT A SPECIALIST. That th dandruff germ is responsible for nearly all the diseases to which the scalp is heir, as well as for baldness and pre- mature ffray hair. Is a veil known fact, but when we realize that it Is alao Indirectly responsible for many of the worst cases of catarrh and consumption, we appreciate the Importance of any a pent that will destroy Its power. We are, therefore, particularly pleased to give herewith the prescription which an eminent scientist states he has found, after repeated tests, to completely destroy the dandruff germ in from one to three applications. It will also almost im mediately stop falling' hair and it has in numerous coses produced a new hair growth after years of baldness. This prescription can bo made up at home, or any druggist will put it up for you: 6 ounces bay rum. 2 ounces lavona de composse, u drarhm menthol crystals. Mix thoroughly, and after standing half an hour it Is ready for use. Apply night and morning, rubbing into the scalp with the finger-tips. If you wish it perfumed, add half a teaspoonfnl of to kalon perfume, which unites perfectly with the other ingredients. While this preparation is not a dye. it is unequalled for restorina gray hair to its original color. Caution Do not apply where hair Is not desired and be sure to avoid, tonics contain ing poisonous wood alcohol.
