Show INTERIOR DECORATORS Some Notable Women Who Have Achieved Reputation and Money I in Practical Art Work Women have at last established a footing for themselves as artistic interior in-terior decorators This is due to determined effort as well as to superior education and ability I Wall papers and carpet designs and all of the embroideries that go to em bellish a home have long been consid ered womens work The desire however how-ever to put this knowledge to practical uses at once brought about the strug gle of competition with men Yet strange to say In spite of the marked success already achieved by those artist workers the old idea that decoration decor-ation means paint and ladders and hence must be a masculine undertak ing still remains To be a successful decorator means Ct l 1 tP L > + 1 lp I I I k 1 t i J g J The Latest Paris Model For Serge years of study in art and architecture that both color and proportion may be thoroughly understood To this must be added a knowledge of rugs antique and modern and of the tapestries of different differ-ent ages and countries In fact a knowledge of all textile fabrics and their possibilities is essential The ability to adapt the material at hand to the apartment as well as to the occupant Is a distinct talent To make a small room large in effect at least tQ bring down a high ceiling and to give the appearance of space where every inch of room is to be considered must be within the power of every successful decorator in modern cities of flats and small rooms An apartment of five rooms can be completely fitted by an artistic woman decorator for 500 and In a style to suit the tastes or requirements of the occupant Among the more recently known and most popular artistic decorators is Mrs Bodine Her skill In color and In oriental ori-ental effects Is so conspicuous that she has recently received an order to reno Ci p jQ < iIi vate a large house in London The I plans and photographs of the building sent her are so complete that she expects ex-pects to carry on tho work without leaving her New York studio Another wellknown New York woman wom-an Is Miss Brush the originator of the wonderful Limoges embroidery and she it was who executed the famous jewel work at the VanderbIlt mansion she is an inventor of fabrics as well as a designer de-signer and her great success Is due not only to ability but to earnest untiring un-tiring attention to her profession coupled with years of study Miss Tillinghasts knowledge of stained glass and her famous tapestries tapes-tries have won for her reputation as well as fortune In Cleveland the fashionable thing Just now is to have a home or at least a room decorated by the Misses Ca hoon and Smith They opened last year a beautiful studio and office in one of the finest building of Cleveland and were so successful that larger quarters were soon necessary Several rooms elegantly fitted in dif ferent styles as samples of their original achievements were added as well as work rooms In these last all the hangings are made and the upholstering uphol-stering is done under their personal supervision a much more satisfactory plan they find than depending on other firms for this work These young artists were the first to use leather as mural hangings in Cleveland Cleve-land A beautiful library is the result of their experiment in this material HIdes are cut in panels to fit wall spaces and held in place by brass nails A deep leather frieze Is etched In gothlc design picked out in gold and color furniture and window pillows are covered cov-ered with leather and the heavy wool curtains have medallions of etched leather appliqued on them and are draped by bands of the decorated leather Miss Temple in Washington and Misses Martin and Ingleahee in San Francisco are followng the same profession Fire etching on leather Is a novelty in Interior decoration recently Introduced by Miss Peggy Mills of New York While Miss Mills is an expert woodcarver wood-carver she also applies fire etching to wood her covered chests and etched chairs and tables being both attractive and original Miss Alice Neale Is I the progressive decorator of Chicago Eight years of study prepared the way for her present success As a dedsigner of silks and paper for the homes she is well known Her fine sense of color and exquisite taste make her especially successful in silk designs As an interior decorator she follows her Idea that the furnishing of the home should be accessory to the individual indi-vidual otherwise the fine effect Is lost and only the artists taste remains The interior of the Chicago Womans club was designed and decorated by Miss Neale also thenew Cony and Golf club of Chicago Although she is well represented in many of the best known homes in Chicago her reputation reputa-tion is not confined to the west for she has studied In New York and Boston as well as in London and it was the English press that first recognized her ability as a designer M A FANTON De |