P5kwie Of Chtrm
?the Home Agent's Oftlce)
Your time may be so. tilled
with the activities that have to
do with the physical development
of your family that yw may
AVI
overWk some of the other fac
ta the ho
tors tn the home that have Just
as great, if not a greater effect,
upon the development of its
members. Environment is one
of the strongest factors in man's
development. Man is what he
lives tn?beauty in his sur
roundings becomes a part of his
Mfe. If in your home there are
harmonious colors, pleasing ar
taAgements, and beautiful pic
tures, its members will have a
tendency towards culture, refine
ment, and artistic appreciation.
Since beauty in one's surround
ings becomes a part of his life,
character, and personality, it
should not be set apart for an
occasional enjoyment. It is the
obligation of every - home maker
to set the highest possible stand
ards of beauty in her home. It is
thought by many that art means
drawing and painting, but "Art!
is Creation." It is the personal;
expression of the individual In
any material. The home maker'
that can select and arrange fur-'
niahings to make a beautiful
room is an artist, just the samel
man who paints a beauti-j
"TuT^Pture.
If your home has charm and i
distinction, it must be comfort
ble to the body and convenient
^ all home activities?it must
also be soothing to the mind,
satisfying to the taste, and pro
ductive of an inner contentment.
When you choose a piece of
furniture, a rug, or even a pic
ture you should remember that
mere things have a tremendous
Influence In forming the charac
ter of your family. The home
not only moulds the character,
hut It develops the taste of Its
members, it Is seldom that a.
person has high Ideals of truth
and sincerity, If dishonesty Is
the keynote of her home. Such
things as Imitation fireplaces,
chfeap wood painted to Imitate
costlier wood, Imitation .leathers,
paper flowers, and all such things
should be avoided.
Every rug, every picture, eve
ns piece of furniture speaks of
the vulgarity or the fineness of
Its owner.
Have you ever entered a room
that has gaudy flowered walls,
showy laee curtains, bright rugs,
over decorated vases and lamps?
What type of person do you ex
pect to find living in such a
room? One that chews gum, uses
slang, and dresses gaudily.
What kind of people do you
think would live in a room with
ivory walls, soft mellow lights,
rugs with subdued and harmoni
ous coloring, quaint draperies,
comfortable chairs in front of a
fire, plenty of books, and a few
good pictures?
Every home maker should
stand off and in an impersonal
way judge every detail of her
home and ask herself these ques
tions, "What does my home ex
press? Have the vases, candle
sticks, and lamps been chosen
for their beautiful shape and
color, or are they showy and
over decorated? Are these ob
jects placed where they are need
ed to relieve * bare spot, to
create a place of interest, or to
balance some other object? Do
these objects enhance each oth
er, or do they make confused and
over decorated rooms? Do the
rugs and wallpaper stay back
quietly? Does the room look at
if it is used and enjoyed? Make
such a study of your home and
if you are not completely satis
fied, it would be a good plan
to find out just what is the mat
ter.
Remember that in furnishing
a home a knowledge of the art
principles will aid in discrimi
nating between honesty and
sham, between simplicity and
ostentation.
If your home is pleasant and
attractive, it must be "home
like." The woman that has a
home of charm must succeed in
putting a "livable'' quality into
it.
"Homelike" quality is an in
tangible thing1?yet, it is the
most vital of all essentials of
the home that has individuality,
that appears to belong to one
family. If you secure a homelike
effect in a room, it must be sim
ple. If it is overcrowded with
furniture and small objects, it
will look so confused. Many
women seem to have a fear of a
vacant space, in a room, or cn
the wall. The picture idea has
become a mania. "Silence is gold
en, but a blank space on the wall
is often diamonds and emeralds,"
compared to one filled with pic
tures. Only the essentials of com
fort and the things to complete
the design should be used. You
should remember that objects
which have no practical- use
should only be used when need
ed to bring color and interest
Into a room.
Furnishings should be group
ed for convenience, for instance,
in the living room there should
be a place for conversation, a
place for reading *ith well shad
ed lights, a place for writing,
and maybe a place for a music
group. Tlfis room should be a
place to live in and should have
a quiet, restful, pleasant atmos
phere.
The bedroom is for rest and
sleep and it should contain the
things that make an atmosphere
of calm contentment and deep
sound sleep. Did you ever see a
red room with spotted wall paper
which one involuntarily counts?
Every room in the house
should be submitted to the test
as to the performance of its
function. All furniture should be
arranged in an orderly design.
Large pieces of furniture should
conform to the lines of the room
and should balance each other
against the four walls.
Color has an important place
in the home of charm. "Success
in color work depends upon se
lecting colors which are beauti
ful for a particular purpose, and
combining them so that they en
hance rather than detract from
each other's beauty. The ability
to do this is worth all the trou
ble one must take in order to
learn the guiding principles of
color use."
In closing, I would like to
urge you to make a study of
your home, and if it is not a
place of charm, that inspires
pride in its ownership, a place at
tractive and convenient to all
members of the family, then be
gin now to improve it.
o
Ladino clover seed production
in 1949 is the largest on record,
with an estimated crop of 2,
370,000 pounds of clean seed, as
compared with 1,950,000 pounds
in 1948 and 812,000 pounds for
the average of 1943-47.
Support the Y. M. C. A
Mountain Park Fair
Planned For 7th
Elkin.?A community fair for
Mountain Park will be sponsored
October 7 by the Mountain Park
Agriculture department, it was
announced yesterday by Jim Dan
Hammings, teacher of agricul
ture and supervisor.
Farmers^ producers of farm
crops, F.F.A. members, 4-H club
members, Veteran farmer train
ees, Home Demonstration club
members, Future Homemakers
and 'any interested persons of
the Mountain Park school dis
trict will be welcomed to the ex
hibit, Mr. Hemminga said.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF
MOORE'S MEAT MARKET
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership formerly existing be
tween L. H. Hollar and M. C.
Hollar under the firm name otf
Moore's Meat Market, has been
dissolved by the death of L. H.
Hollar on the 4th day of April,
1949.
Notice is also given that all per
sons having claims against Hie
partnership which was in exist
ence at the time of the death of
the deceased partner to exhibit
the same to the undersigned
surviving partner on or before
26th day of August, 1950.
M. C. HOLLAR
This 26th day of August 1949.
Surviving Partner.
10-27 6t (T)
NOTICE
North Carolina, Wilkes County.
In The Superior Court
Theodore Rush vs. June Schultie
Rush.
The above named defendant
June Schultie Rush, will take no
tice thpt an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Wilkes County,
North Carolina, by the plaintiff to
secure an absolute divorce from the
defendant upon the ground that
plaintiff and defendant have lived
separate and apart for more than
two years next preceding the
bringing of this action; and the
defendant will further take notice
that she is required to appear at
the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Wilkes County, in
the courthouse in Wilkesboro,
North Carolina, within thirty days
after the 29th day of September,
1949, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This 6th day of September, 1949.
C. C. HAYES
Clerk of the Superior Court
9-29-4t (T)
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