Show Decorations JJ Used sed in the Office ice iceMan V Man adorns his office these thes da days das s be because be be- cause he be t finds in harmonious surroundings surround surround- ings a new power ned Imagination Imag Imag- writes John Walker alker Harrington Harring Earring October ton lon in Arts or V Because cause he is In business he realizes that the man whose whoso mind can reach out beyond four walls the greater willbe will willbe willbo be bo his meed of ot success The idea that one might see visions of big bie business and develop plans and ana andreach andreach reach cut clear decisions amid environments environments environ environ- ments of beauty beaulY has come to many any When men nen b by way of their homes they saw to it that their dwellings were served appropriately at Of least tC one decorated room roon ite where h they Y t they re reserved reserved re- re m might h on occasion withdraw to think out their worldly affairs Some Somo of them had libraries others studios and many designated these V r retreats by the she much abused title of ot den They found that often orten such apartments served well for tor I Important conferences s. s but above all they answered the purpose of affording afford afford- I InS ing places o of oc withdrawal from petty detail I V It came to pass therefore that our leaders In finance and industry said to the tho interior decorator You have havo done well vell with my mv house Why cant can't you jou ou do something like this for my mv Private private vate vale office Why not nol indeed Hence the now new movement V which has a resulted i st in making mak- mak l lk I h ins ing many an abode d of f business into n a aSpot aspot spot where dullness and banality cannot cannot cannot can can- not not enter ente Very often oHen owing to the lack of ground in th the city the occupant occupant occupant pant of the modern su suites lies of ot offices looks out upon a narrow slit of a a. court or upon tier tie upon tier of windows piercing pierc piere- ing the steep walls of skyscrapers It lt Ithe he has no view from his leak desk which suggests the world and the teeming city at least he may mav have his working place so decorated that it will feed his fancy and quicken his mind The artist does his best in a i stu studio lo surrounded hy bY objects which by hy color and form forms River gie him unconscious suggestions sug ug of beauty the author sta stays s In his study where when almost without his knowing it ft it some choice etching or a gilt title of a book may bring lion tion The successful business min t too tio o although he may not be disposed t alI al- al I I V ways to 0 admit it It is a seer whose InIs intellect intellect in- in I is stimulated by the set setting I Ingi I In which he is placed The late lite J J. J Pierpont Morgan would have been I fretted and harried in the pres m. m n of i filing cabinets clattering typewriting machines machins and all the trappings o o lus us- us iness efficiency In the private privat office in his wonderful library he evolved great financial plans a modern Lo Lorenzo Loren Loren- Loren Lorenzo m- m zo the Magnificent in his chamber of the tho palace V V |