THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1920
ENVIRONMENT IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION
WHEN CONSTRUCTING DWELLING HOUSES
Architect Declares Few People Give Proper Attention to Outside Details in Selecting Place for Home and
He Proceeds to Dilate Upon Just What Procedure to Follow. -
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A CHEEKY "Come to" greeted the
- axcbltect's knock. .t a, door
which bore the card:
: RITA A, CARSTAIRS
lUostrator
The architect's entraace w&a greet
ed by a hasty rising- on the part of
the young woman and her companion,
and a scattering of a' score or mora
' magazines upon the davenport.
"My dear Paul." remarked the
youthful Rita, extending her hand,
'.Tm very pleased to see you again.
Tor while,"- and she glanced at her
wrist watch, "I was afraid you'd for
got or neglect my Invitation to call
this evening. But give m your hat
and stick. rora has promised to be
here In a few minutes, andV oh! by
the way," and she turned toward her
companion. "I don't believe you ever
met my fiance, Mr. WlncheUL. Mr.
Win chell Mr. Darrell."
tlad to meet you," responded Dar
rell. "But. what's the idea of all the
magazines? Hunting data for some
illustration or article. Rita?"
- The girl blushed. Wlnchell picked
wd one of the magazines, turned a few
pages and finally looking up with a
broad smile on his face, said: "No,
Rita and I are simply looking over a
few Illustrations of some houses. Tou
know, we expect to be 'married In a
feW months and while we Intend to
live for a short time In apartments
well, we rather like to look over
these things and dream a little of a
tittle house that we're going to have
one of these days. Eh! Rita?"
. "I suppose, Rita," the architect
asked turning his attention to one
of the magazines, "you have some def
inite Idea as to Just what you'd like
In the way of a house?"
"Well," Rita explained. Tve
dreamed and dreamed about a house,
but when I look through such a mag
azine as you have in your hand I see
some pretty little thing of a house
which knocks my dreams to pieces."
"The trouble is you have altogether
the wrong idea, my dear friend. Now
suppose you are going to build a
house for yourselvee one of these
days, what is the first question you
should consider? Surely it is not the
house as it will look when finished?
Rather it is the environment of the
house or the kind of ground you in
tend to build on."
Why, 1 had hardly given that any
thought," Interrupted the glrL
"Naturally," agreed the architect,
"and ft is a thing to which very few
people give any consideration. But it
is the first thing to which thought
should be given. Now. you live in a
very nice locality, but ,of all the
houses around here how many of
them have the appearance 'of betag
homy'? Truly, they are mighty fine
types of houses, well studied, well
detailed, but in a great many of these
you'll find an absent quality that of
being 'homy." They are bouses, but
never homes. There is a great deal
of reetfulness and quietness lacking
In them.
"'Now. a house may be perfect In
very respect; a house may have been
studied as well as possible; It may
have been erected according to the
architect's drawings and specifica
tions. And yet something Is missing.
("And you mean?" the young man
questioned.
"Simply that a great many houses
are designed by architects which do
not suit the surroundings. After all.
a correct environment tends toward
giving reetfulness and dignity to
bouse, and a house should be designed
to suit the plot of ground. Too often
does one wander down a byway of
one of the suburbs and sees houses
which have the appearance of having
been designed for some locality and
then simply 'dumped on another plot
of ground wholly unsuitable for this
type of house.
"So, then, dectd whether you want
a level lot, a gently rolling lot or one
with a steep elope to It Then decide
whether you wish the lot to have an l house. Tou'll beg n to win you had
abundance of foliage, thickly wooded. I built it differently, or else had chosen
or whether you desire large expanses I Bomo other style. Do not be satis
of level lawn. Decide what frontage 1 fled too easily with a certain type
of lot you want, which direction you and demand your architect to design
wish the house to face, whether you
wish -the house to be in a thickly
populated . suburban district or
whether you wish It to be in the
country. All of these, and many
more, are points of important con
sideration, and points of Information
which will help your architect in de
ciding which type of house is suitable
for the locality.
"Now different types of houses
have- their adherents, and each type
or style of house has its good; points.
But no matter how much you admire
a certain - style, English, colonial,
some other style or whether you pre
fer the bungalow to the cottage type
of house. If you, place the type of
house you most admire In a locality
unsuitable to it there will come a
time : when you . will grow tired of
your house. Something will seem
to be wrong with It. and you'll be
gin to feel a sort of restlessness
very time yon enter or . leave the
a house simply because It will be
picturesque and out of the ordinary
Think, for instance, that the io
cality In which you are going to
build has been built up mostly of
houses designed in the colonial style
a type of house which calls for
a great deal of restraint In its de
sign, and which can be made equally
as attractive and picturesque aa any
other style. Mind, I'm not trying
to influence you regarding the colon
ial, but am merely using this style
as an example. Rather, I'm merely
trying to show that the type of archi
tecture of the surrounding houses
should Influence the style of your
house."
"Here's Dora now," Rtta Inter
rupted, ee a knock sounded on the
door and a young lady entered the
room. "I'm afraid." ehe continued,
glancing toward the architect, "you'll
have little time now to talk about
style."
"FEEUNG" FOR PICTURES IS
NEEDED TO FRAME THEM
More or Less Knowledge of Art Most Be Obtained Before Proper
Effects Can Be Obtained in Placing Thenu.
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she said, "when nothing gives me
more delight than to linger before
this window and at other times It
fairly racks my nerves."
The Outdoor Girl waa not gifted
with an abundance of Imagination, so
her left eyebrow became a question
mark. j
The Decorator said quickly: " Tem-
I perament,' I suppose you're thinking.
my dear, but 1 pass this window sev
eral times a week and I know where
of I speak.
"I do not always see pictures from
an artist's standpoint, but I do see
them from a decorator's. So aside
from their intrinsic value of art for
arfs sake, they must also measure
up to the standard of art for the dec
orator's sake. That Is why color Is
so Important, to my way of thinking,
when one Is selecting pictures; at
least it usually is. There are times,
however, when black and whites,
etchings and engravings, or the like.
are so lovely and even appropriate.
that they are Just the things to use.
They are particularly good In a li
brary. There one does not have to
worry about a color for the walls, for
the bookbindings supply it In rich
profusion.
Living room pictures should be
both interesting and colorful. There
one may have an almost unlimited
amount of subjects, unlike the dining
room, wnich is confined more or less
to still life pictures of fruit or fruit
ana xiowers comDinea. i sicken at
the sight of dead game, whether It
be a picture or stuffed, and no fas
tidious person, especially when eat
ing, likes to have It within the line
of vision. There are some eating and
drinking scenes which are good, par
ticularly so In oils. Prints do not
look well in a dining room for some
reason or other and engravings and
etchings appear rather flat and cold,
except, perhaps, in a man's club din
ing room. Some of - the old Dutch
masters, Franz Hals, for example,
have painted pictures that add a cer
tain touch of cordiality to a dining
room, though to be sure some of them
are likely to arouse pre-prohibition
memories and regrets in the hearts of
one-time Imbibers."
" suppose one must have certain
kinds of pictures in a bed room, too."
commented the Outdoor Girl they
had long since strolled away from
the shop window.
"To be sure, exclaimed the Decor
ator Woman, "for there are pictures
that would well nigh keep one awake
nights!" The Outdoor Girl laughed.
Truly there are, you young scoffer!
Some," explained the Decorator
Woman, "are entirely too noisy, oth
ers are too heavy in color, possibly
even in size. The bedroom pictures
in a woman's or child's room should
be, first of all restful (this is true of
man s room, too), and second, they
must be dainty, or, rather, delicate.
That is the reason why the French
prints are so attractive for the aver
age dainty bedroom, almost regard
less of style, provided, of course, that
style be good. The little prints are
far too aristocratlo to tolerate any'
thing but an environment of good
taste.- The Watteau prists are lovely
with their pretty women of the Louis
periods, frocked In. the most delicate
pastels. There are some English pic
tures which have much the same
character, at least In that they are
suitable for a bedroom. Included
among the latter are the Romneys in
their lighter tones, and some of Sir
Joshua Reynolds' work.
"I- am very fond of modern art for
decorating not the extremists; but
there are such delightful subjects
now being reproduced from modern
oils and water-colors in what are
known as "platinum prints.' Here the
colors are reproduced most faithfully,
and some of these prints are hand
colored. Such surfaces have they
that they remind one of Ivory minia
tures, though, to be sure, many of
them are larger. Other rich colors
are reproduced by a process of oil on
copper.
"It is difficult to tell another how
to select pictures, but the task (per
sonally I consider it a pleasure) is
much like selecting books. There are
some books which we read and have
no wish to keep upon our library
shelves. They are amusing for the
time, but once read resemble very
much the traditional sucked orange.
Other books have lasting qualities.
They are worth keeping from year to
year. Perhaps even so much as six
times in a lifetime we will care to re
read a single book that is because
the book is worthwhile, there is
something eternal in it it is real art.
And that is how we must Judge pic
tures. In other words, when you
think of buying a picture, think well
if you would care to live with It. to
see it day after day. to put it away
tor a season and then bring It out
again, or is it an insincere or trifling
picture, possibly one even badly done,
which would pall on your Intelligence
and your esthetic sense after a brief
while. Just as would a cheap novel?
"Something - else, too, my dear. 1
cannot see why folk hang misery
upon their walls. For a time there
was a craze for dying animals, starv
ing beggars, freezing waifs and the
like. Could anything be more - de
pressing? Pictures should add color
and cheer to a room. The depressing
picture is an abomination not to be
tolerated in this enlightened age.
"Beware of too manjr pictures, too.
and never have pictures for the sake
of having pictures. Give them the
correct spacing, let them retain their
individual dignitly by a lack of
crowding. In the living room one
may have more pictures than In any
other room. The tiny pictures, if
their subjects and colors harmonize,
may even be hung in croups, to form
a unit upon the wall rather than
various spots. The larger pictures
should not intrude one upon the
other. Living room pictures (as. In
deed. In all the rooms) should be se
lected with the thought of the color
scheme In mind. They should bring
out the colors of the draperies and
the ruga, and the frame of any pic
ture should either emphasize the
color in the picture (as so many of
the painted frames are doing at the
f resent time) or act as an unobtrus
ve foil for them. -Also, the frames
should harmonize with the furniture
of a room. But now I am getting to
the big subject of framing and hang
ing pictures and I shall have to tell
you about those matters another
time."
Buenos Aires to Have Exposition.
BUENOS AIRES. Application has
been made to the government and the
municipal authorities : for permission
to organize the "Exposition Universal
de Buenos Aires, 1922" by a company
which wants to hold an exhibition of
Industries and manufactures not only
of domestic - character but from all
the important countries of the world.
It Is proposed to build an exposition
to cost 10, 000, 0D0 pesos and. to send
special representatives to the capitals
of foreign countries to Invite exhibitors.
To reduce fire danger 400 miles of
telephone lines will be installed in
Canadian timber lands.
This picture is admirably fitted to the a pot in which it la knag and Its airn-
. p 11 city and dignity harmonise with the architecture.
of art. he didn't have the "feeling"
BT RENE STTTiTiMAN.
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Interior Decorator Woman I or Pictures that would enable, him in
rv.,- Vi.i I every instance to surround them with
the Outdoor Girl (who yet just the right frames, group har
a penchant for decoration) mnninn auhit hi ninno i..
ingered before the art shop window. ; play, or Invariably select pictures
To the experienced eye of the Decor- i that were undeniably "art." Of the
ator Woman conscious ae ah turned I dealer's deficiencies waa the Decor
the owner "of tha shop had a varied j ator Woman cnoscious as she turned
and more or leas oomplete knowledge to her companion. "There are times."
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Public Schools Teach Do
mestic Science.
Philadelphia Students Are Being
Taught Home-Making Fuji da
mentals.
pupils, when they cannot borrow a
real baby from one of the mothers
In the neighborhood, practice on dolls
as large as an average infant. They
are taught how to wash and dress
the . baby and lnetruoted in health
rules for its care. Many of the small
pupils in the congested districts of
the city bring their own wards for
the class to "mother."
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18. The art
of making Philadelphia scrapple,
chow-ehow. ofalrl sauce and of pre
serving fruit Is now taught here In
the public schools.
Instructors In the domestic science
department have asked pupils to
bring part of their mothere' canning
and preserving utensils to school.
The youngsters are being taught the
best methods of preserving.
Other innovations introduced in
local schools in an effort to train
girls for- home-making are:
Little mothers' classes, urajer super
vision of the child federation.
Grocery stores in some schools to
teach arithmetic and economy in
buying.
Millinery and dressmaking in the
girls' trade school.
School cafeterias with domeetlo
science classes.
In the little mothers' classes the
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