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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1912)
dlK V. l!li:r. tlon of matrons look upon tha work of keeping house as a kind of necessary evil that Is to be got hrough with as quickly aa possible. They are neither to the manner born nor to the manner bred. Seldom If ever doea the young matron enjoy her home aa a field of domestic activity In which she finds an opportunity for the full expression of her best efforts. Only occasionally VALUE OF DOMESTIC ARTS COURSE SHOWN BY HIGH SCHOOLS EXHIBITS Instruction It Practical It Include Drawing and Catting Dress Patterns. Remodeling and Repairing Worn Clothing as Well aa Making Tailor-made Gowns for Street Wear and Evening Frocks. WORK OF ENGLISH ARCHITECT PROVES ORIGINAL IN PLAN AND INTENTION Many Windows and TrencliDoors Give Chance to Add Color to Rooms by Their Hangings Sun Porch It Popular and Is Enclosed in Glass Fireplaces in Bedrooms Attractive. t I do you find among the women of the younger generation one In whom tha love of home and all Its duties ap proaches sn Instinctive Inclination. And If you Inquire Into the matter ynu will find In nine cases out of ten that aha is foreign born or of foreign parent age and that her Inclination has been fostered and encouraged by some sort of home training. But even these, how ever numerous they may be. do not constitute a sufficiently large number to affect materially the antl-domestlc feeling that is rapidly growing more and more general. That thla tendency to regard with 'dtstste all forms of housework is not confined to the very rich Is quite evident from the readi ness of the average American girl to seek employment In office, store or factory rather than take up thf dutlea of a home. XlllS SUADAY Unction 1A. rUKTIjAPUJ, A -rx"riTLAND high schools have just M,aT been proving by mm of exhibits that ths domestic arts course. In sofar aa It relates to sewing, is one of the most necessary and advanta geous subjects In the schools' curricula of the modern day. In sewing exhibits held at the differ ent schools. Jefferson furnished the proof Msy It; Lincoln welcomed doubt ers May 21 and May 13; Washington also added Its testimony. Although It la but three years since the course was flrstr Introduced In the Portland schools, anyone who noted the different exhibits would be amased at the ran ire and scope of the work shown. No small amount of the credit for the results la being given to Mrs. A. A. Sanborn, supervisor of sewing In the schools of Portland, with over 40 schools. In which she must keep an eye on the work achieved. Courses have been planned by Mrs. Han born, beginning in the grade schools and ending In high School. Those ac quainted with both the work and the subject declare that neither East nor West csn Improvement be made. Th high school exhibits were re markable for the diversity of articles shown. The results nimble lingers achieved were not only "plain and fsney sewing." but Included all that lies between those generlo terms. Some Idea of the value of the course may be gathered from the fact that at the Washington High School exhibit there were 10 young women, each wearing a gown ah had made In class. And when It was pointed out that In one ease the student had not worn a thimble or had a needle In hrr fingers until the preceding September, the wonder grew. It waa not only parents and rela tives that admired the handiwork dis played. Many drawn to the school rooms by curiosity found plenty of food for cogitation. Dainty aprons and un derwear, dresses varying from (Ingham frocks to elaborate party gowns, "tallnr-made" coats and suits were but a few of the articles to be seen. Naturally, the- largest of the three exhibits waa that made by Washington with Itf correspondingly large number 1 of student. In the other two high schools the final result was Just as ef fective. If not composed of so many In dividual articles. Lessens Are Practical. The practical and scientific sides of sewing are the atrong points brought out, little attention being paid to fan cy sewing;. Aside from making the garments the girls are taught to draft anil cut their own patterns. They are also taught to use commercial patterns. The material Is furnished by the girls and the garments are theirs. Old gar ments, dresses and coats are brought and made over by the pupils. The aim la to make the work aa practical as possible In order to fit the glrn for work In the home and teach them to utilise material at hand. The Imple ments used at school are those which every ordinary home possesses, a sew ing machine, a table fur -cutting, and a pressing board. It would be impossi ble to find a more practical course In sewing than is given in the Portland High Schools. The work Is begun In the grades where the practical atitchea and aeams are taught. The proper method of making the models and of handling the work gives the girls a drilling which thoroughly prepares them for the more advanced work In the high schools where they are taught the care and use of the sewing machine, the cutting and making of under-garments by pattern or drafting, leading up to the proper cutting, fitting and making of shirt waist suits, simple dresses, more elab orate walsta and skirts, one-piece dresses, tailored suits and coats, prin cess and seml-prlncessV evening and reception gowna. Children's garments and household sewing of all kinds have a place in the course. Reaalt la Apparent. As a natural result girls who. a year or more ago, would no more think of making their own costumea than they would of performing, some menial act. now consider that doing so gives them better results and more dresses with a smaller expenditure of money. The following list compiled from the articles exhibited at Washington will give some Indication of the scope of the work done In the sewing classes. This was all done subsequent to Feb ruary . 1U: I'resses varying from plain to elabor ate. 131: waists, plain, silk and fancy, 42: suits, wash and wool. 13: long coats, 4: separate skirts, wash and wool, T; cloth patterns drafted and fitted, 40: kimonos. (: children's dresses and aprons. C; fancy aprons, 41: corset covers. 14: drawers. 46: petticoats, 41; nightgowns. 47: combination suits. I. Similar efficiency is being displayed by the boys taking up manual training In the city schools, including the school of trades. The training given to both girls and boys tends to make them self-sustaining from the moment they leave high achool. Home Traditions Vanishing. Women's Home Companion. Deaplte the many American women who are model housekeepers and no where In the world are there to be found more delightful hostesses than the American wemen of the older gen erationwho still maintain throughout the country the best traditions of tha home, nevertheless, an Increasingly large number of the younger genera. II . ' f Vpfc-fferj-on fr'gh Schoo2 I Ml I XiSluyyvn"' India Women Are Modest Caverameat Kaowa I.lttle Abnat Vaat Pert ef Coaatry'a 1'npala. tloa. POMBAT, June t. To the observant traveler through India It Is strikingly evident that the only women to be seen about In public are those of the lowest working classes. In Bombay, It it true, the Paraee women of all ranks are seen to move about freely, but though Asiatics, this small community has, to a very large extent, adopted Euro pean customs. The only woman who paid homage to the King-Emperor at the gorgeous masculine gathering of the great Durbar was tha Begu.n of Bhopal, a Princess, a ruler, a wife, and a mother; she appeared, veiled, to swear fealty to her aoverelgn. This Is typical of India. No Englishman in India, from the Viceroy downwards, knows anything about the women of India; what they feel, whst they think, what they know, what they do; these millions and millions of women. These 160.000.000 wives and mothers are an absolutely unknown quantity to their rulers. Happily for India, her Ideal of wo manhood Is still the good mother and wife. To the India man his women-folk are sarred and apart, his mother's word Is his Isw from hi first conscious moment to her last, and the wife who has borne him sons is bis most cherished possession. This fierce modesty of the India woman, her shrinking from all man kind except the Immediate circle of her own family and her chosen husband, seems to be Inherent In the breasts of all nstlve women, whether Hindu. Mo hammedan. Parse. Jewess or Chris tian, and even among the aboriginal tribes. It may seem extraordinary, but It Is true, that the government of India has never fully grasped this strong "fenl nlst" feeling among the women of the country; the views, opinions and wishes I of this half of the vast population have never been considered for one moment In regard to the provision of medical relief. India Is a country that has no poor Isws. though her labor ing classes are the psiorest In the world. India possesses no old-age pensions, be cause family feeling Is so strong that good relatives are seldom left In want, but India does rejoice In a state medi cal service, which, though primarily and theoretically for the army., prac tically gives medical relief to the whole population, who otherwise would be left to the Ignorant ministrations of the bsrber and his wife. And what has been done for the wo men by this humane and beneficent government? Nothing. unless she chooses to be attended by a man. which, as Is well known, the large majority of the respectable women of all classes will die rather than do. Fifty years ago the government of Inula might be forgiven for this scan dalous neglect, for at that time wo men doctors practically did not exist, but now. when medical women of the highest attainments and proficiency are available, equally competent as the doctors, to take positions In sole chsrge of women's hospitala under the aegis of the state, how can tha government of India shut Its eyes to the duty that lies before It? A service of medical women for wo men, organised on the lines of the present existing service, tinder state recognition and control, and beginning on however small a acale, would be one of the greateat boens to. India that could ever be given to this country. POWER OF THE HUMAN EYE a Man Tut Savage Dogs to night With HI Steady Sure. Our Dumb Animals. The following Incident I relate as an example of this silent but effective -nethod. Several years ago I waa sketch, ing In an orchard which I afterward learned had been repeatedly robbed by roughs from a settlement of hard char srters a half mile away. Suddenly a large Newfoundland dog aprang out from a hedge that surmounted a series of terraces. With threatening growls he bounded toward me. his eyes glaring and foam running from his mouth. 1 ceased sketching and fixed my eyes on him aa he deacended. wltb all the Inten sity I could commend. "When the dog had reached the mid dle terrace he stopped, and though he barked furiously and showed his shin ing teeth, came no further. I stood mo. tlonless and with eyes fixed aa ada mant. All at once he turned, and. run ning up the terraces, disappeared be hind the hedge. I resumed my sketch ing, -tout It waa with a sense of weak ness, resulting from the Intense con centration of my will upon the dog. "Five minutes passed when the New foundland again appeared. He did not stop to bark this time, but down he came upon me, clearing a terrace at each spring. Why this unhaltlng charge? Ah, there It Is! A huge mastiff Is close behind, making springs like a wild beast. Both dogs were growling fiercely, and this, with the foam that glistened on their teeth, told too plain ly what awaited me. The Newfound land had gone to get help and ha got It "I saw that the mastiff had loat an eye, and so I had only three eyes to magnetise. Aa before. I stood fixed, not even permitting my lids to wink. The Newfoundland leaped first and planted hia great pawa so heavily on my breast aa nearly to knock ma ever backward. My eyes wera riveted upon him In all his fury, and In an Instant he dropped to tha ground. Three times he sprang at me. and each time I moved not a hair, keeping hta eyes to mine. When he dropped tls third time the mastiff, who had been growling wfcth Impatient fury, took his turn. Hia mas sive pawa struck my chest more heavily even than his leader s, and It was with effort that I stood against the blow. "He. too, aprang at my throat and. like the Newfoundland, dropped to the ground. He repeated the attack three times and seemed at tha limit of fran tic rag when hi made his last spring. But my two eyes wera too much for his one aye. The moment tha maatiff dropped to tha ground for tha third time both of tha dogs turned and ran up the terrace as If I had charged them with buckshot. They dtaapeared be hind the hedge, and though I waa half an hour finishing tha sketch they did not appear again. I could have robbed that orchard with Impunity." vvh1 nil, ,lihl A -Mh : 1 y A i .fin - ikr. - I I mrmM01 aiswf a'aaaaaaa. j saiw.aw. - - - " .-a v ' " erf yi ' ' 4 I y, 1 .v'-frv'.i:i-v...7 1 " ' f6-??,t - Vn ra c s btt ni 1 h Wrt- Chn4Awly ( fi I II Ltvmif Zoom. a H 11 H H U ' t s: 3 rT3 Mix - ft Bi Rpom. I Vrwoif I fi Bi Rpom. BT LAURA BALDWIN POOLITTI.E THId week we have sn Interesting house done by an English arrhi fbet which Is distinctly original In Its plan and Intention. It la built ac cording to Its surroundings, as all homes should be. A home should be considered from every standpoint before its construction Is begun. This home la built on the very edge of the dense woods along the river bank, commanding a fine view from what Is conventionally called the bark of the house. The entrsnce door la an especially good feature of the house 'to me. This opens 'into a hall that goes straight through the house Is a large veranda faring the fiver. Thla veranda Is charming with Its originally designed floor of cement end tile, small red tile aet In a good design In pure white ce ment. Thla Is a good out-doors' Fitting-room, where porch furniture Is a feature. I would suggest a good Chi nese rug cotton rug In vegetable dyea that never fade and are aoft and lovely In tone. The wicker furniture Is all cushioned In bright Una: tun chlntx. The awning cloth has the same coloring and givea brightness and a touch of color to a room with white walls opening on a green lawn sur rounded by green trees and shrubs. There are terra cotta vases and benches that add distinction and charm. The whole house ia dona In Ivory white, a daring acheme. raaellag la Attractive. 1 The living-room. hall. dlning-rora and sun porch ail being paneled up to tha top of tha doors In white enamel. Above thla enamel wainscot If an Ivory wall and to add Jutt a touch of color I suggest a etem-il carrying out the de- lgn and coloring. , There are ao many windows and French doors that It gives a rham-e to add color to the rooms by their hang ings. The fireplace is built ff rream colored brick and the hearth la raised, which is a feature I like much. It's a big. roomy flreplae with bullt-ln book caies on each side. The living-room Is large1 and Irreg ular In shape running the whole width of the home, having three large win dows In front or on the street side and a stretch of four casement windows above, an ample seat at the bark of the room that has a lovely view of tha river and grounds. The sun borch is charming and In closed In glace. Thla Is a fine drn and Is just t lie place for glased hints shades that are to popular with the birds Ln gay plumage and bright flow era. No other curtain or hanging Is neceseaty when tliese shades are used and they make a frlcxe of color around the room on one side and part of the other two. This has the same red and white tile floor aa the veranda. I like tile or cement floors In such parlors. One always wants a lot of potted plants and it's so mm h essier to keep the plants watered and" healthy when one la not afraid of hurt'ng the floor with the wa ter that Is always beund to run over, drop or spstler. Tafclea Art a Maady. The living-room has Oriental rugs and must have a lot of, mahogany and wlrker furniture with numerous lamps with silk shades and tables galore to make It homelike. Tables are u.-li a atlsfar-tlon la furnishing a place small tables to put in a corner here and by a big chair there, to hold a lamp, a few books, a psper knife; that give comfort and produces the home at. inospliere. A teatable ample and well stocked with all the tea trappings Is snother feature for this room where there are so many corners Just suitable for ts bles and cosy chairs, llig Chippendale winged chairs, upholstered In rhlnts are just the thing here with Its back ground of liry while. The hall has a vaulted celling and close. l-ln stair way. The flreplare In the dining-room has an ingle nook with high-hack set ties on each side. The scheme I hsve for this room la reed-craft furniture, stained green table and chairs a Scotch rug In soft greens end red and bright rlilnts cur tains. It Is only ly a profuse use of hangine.a and upholstery that one can bring enough color Into a room or rooms like tlirse hut by carrying hut the scheme properly a charming and original effect la produced. nedroaaia Are Same. It Is Hie .ime way with tha bedrooms. Tha malls being all done In cream color with Ivory woodwork. It takes a pro fusion of color In furnishings to piafce It "homey" and so there must be bed spreads with variances ample curtains and hangings at doors In hrlght roinied printed cretonne to offset the lack of color In the walls. It Is always to me a difficult teak to plan a home without papered walla and to overcome the coldness of plain walls I am using cut-out borders to match my cretonne hangings. This ad. la so much to tha effectiveness of a color scheme, and on a cream colored bark" ground In charming. Fireplaces in all the bed chambers add much to this house. A llreplara. with a fire In It la of itself tha best furnishing a room can have to give cheer and charm. 1