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A PLACE WHERE WORK MEANS HAPPINESS
  It is in the interior of the home that the
Craftsman influence is strongly felt, the liv-
ing room being a typical Craftsman room.
The walls are finished in oil of plain brown
shade with a conventional design stenciled
between the massive beams of the ceiling.
The Craftsman furniture was carefully
matched in the woodwork (No. o fumed
oak) so that great harmony was obtained.
The fixtures of dull hammered brass give
flashes of light in iceeping with the general
color scheme of the room which is of browns,
yellows, greens. A fireplace of Tapestry
brick with a large Grueby tile panel empha-
sizes again the color scheme. Donegal rugs
in browns and greens, 6cru net curtains,
heavy hangings also in browns and greens
adhere closely to the prevailing plan of color
harmony.
  The stairway is an original feature both
of this room and the house, for it influences
the line of the exterior walls, making a
pleasing bay effect.
  The color scheme of the dining room is
sage green and yellow carried out by the
Donegal rug, the yellow sandour hangings,
6cru net curtains. Craftsman fixtures of ham-
mered copper are used, and the woodwork,
buffet and beamed ceilings are finished in
No. 5 light oak. The walls are broken into
panels and the chairs are high-backed with
solid leather panels.
  A decorative note of interest is the frieze
of conventional orange-tree design. The
built-in buffet, the furniture, hangings, fix-
tures and color scheme of this room are
distinctly Craftsman.
  The morning room trim is of light-colored
fumed oak. A Nile-green tile fireplace with
hammered brass hood of peacock design
graces this room. The Donegal rug is of
Nile green and old rose, the furniture is of
silver gray wicker upholstered in Nile green,
so that all is in agreeable accord.
  The plan of the upper floor is simple, com-
modious, convenient in the extreme. All
the rooms on this floor are finished in white
enamel with mahogany doors and glass door
knobs, the inside closet doors being cheval
glass.
  The large west bedroom is abundantly
lighted, sun and air coming in through seven
windows and the two French doors. These
doors open onto a balcony that overlooks
the garden in the rear of the house. Gray
and lavender tones prevail in this room, em-
phasized slightly in the conventional frieze
running along the walls.
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  The furniture, bedspreads, dresser scarfs,
etc., are from the Craftsman workshops; the
room, therefore, well represents a Craftsman
bedroom, though it is in no sense designed
with this idea in view.
  This house shows that it is one to be lived
in, not just dwelt in now and then. It is at-
tended by a generous garden, there is plenty
of room everywhere for the coming and go-
ing of the different members of the family
without disturbing all the household.
  The choice of colors make it peculiarly
harmonious and restful within, for a home
should embody peace. It must be a refuge,
a place where one can flee for quiet, where
one can recuperate from the stress of busi-
ness life. It is a home that can give such
rest to the older members of the family and
at the same time provide the younger mem-
bers with the surroundings that they so need
to develop them, to form their ideals.
  There is no artificiality or cheap show,
but everything that makes for sturdiness, in-
tegrity of character, love of beauty.
A PLACE WHERE WORK
MEANS HAPPINESS
A N interesting and radical improvement
     over old methods of schooling is being
worked out at Vineland, N. J., and although
a "Training School for Feeble-minded Boys
and Girls" it is one which any educational
institution would do well to study. At this
school children are given individual not
wholesale instruction. The personality of
each pupil is considered, his likes and dis-
likes, his aptitudes and tendencies, his short-
comings and defects are all studied and
made the basis from which to work. And
by incentive instead of penalty, by persua-
sion, not compulsion, his education is guided.
   Nothing could be more optimistic than the
motto of the school-"We believe in happi-
ness, all else follows." Play in its varying
forms, with ample choice for healthy out-
door sports, forms an important part of the
curriculum, and the school Zoo, the gardens,
fountain and woodland camping ground are
some of the pleasant features of this whole-
some educational system.
   Here "parrot" study gives place to gen-
uine personal interest, and each topic, han-
dled in this vital fashion, awakens the child's
curiosity, stimulates his imagination and de-
velops his powers of discernment, judg-
ment and understanding. It is "education"
in the truest sense of the word.