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Show i I SnbscribsforTbsReflex Subscribe for The Reflex REACHES EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF DAVIS COUNTY i 1 1 VOLUME home ,p xn. furnishing and decor- ATION Fourth Paper . of the one described alone. But the mission is familiar to eeryone and affords an opportunity for more striking comparison.. As a matter of fact the ordinarysquare minion furniture is quite clumsy. There are Furniture nece's-sitbased on the mission which are f styles There is no reason pr real far more beautiful and artistic. in furniture sets for purchasing Picture sand Ornaments or like pieces. True, it gives the room Of course we must bate all more unified appearance when pictur.es, But furniture is everybody has them! Besides they pieces are alike. -usually purchased a piece at a time kelp - to cover up - the w all . paper when needed and this does not always (which sadly needs such considers- allow the assembling of a set. It is tiop) and then they make a room look more important that each piece be homelike. Thus reasoned a good lady well and substantially made and of who was asked concerning a picture over the mantel, of whom is that a one of a set. good lines, than to be archiof picture V Sir H.ry Wooten, writing all I dont know," she replied. good building tecture, 'says that, We should have firmness, commodity and have had it for twenty years and it applied just as has always hung there. What an indelight." This can-bto furniture. piece in our spiration it must have been to her! Every truly Most of us are somewhat like this homes should have firmness. A chair should he made to last; it is not firm lady. If we should frankly ask ourif it develops a squeak in a .short time. selves why we have certain pictures A lady, in speaking of her writing displayed on our walls our comments desk, a more ornamental than useful would run something like this: That article, said: It is a beautiful' desk, one is a crayon portrait of Uncle I think, but when I try to write on it, John. I ordered the frame and they it shakes so that I have to take ink threw in the picture; it is not very A good of him but it did not cost and paper and go to ihe table. very rather useless ornament to say the much. That one over the mantel is least, a poor piece of furniture, and a Aunt Susie Who lives in Missouri. I very good example of the lack of fit- havent seen her for twenty years and I really, do not know whether she is ness to purpose. have should furniture of alive or not a piece be of should Of course we ought to cherish the adequate commodity. It use. comfortable for and size shape pictures of our friends and relatives but thfirg is no reason why we should one is tired, to settle down comfort- - expect others to do so. Surely we can ably into a big arm chair to read by hardly expect visitors to be enthusthe find It is a sensation never ex- iastic over portraits of people in whom perienced by tiie owner of frail fur- we have not enough interest to know niture. He is always nervous lest his whether the persons pictured are rocker tip over backwards or a round above ground or below. If we wish to have the pictures of relatives or , give way. well as be beautiful to friends where we can gaze on them, Things ought useful be An useful. as let us hang them in our bedrooms and object may We may have and at the same time ugly in line and no one will object. proportion. If either beauty or use there, a portrait gallery, if we choose, must be sacrificed it should be beauty; but we cannot beautify the walls of but there is no valid reason why a our .living room or parlor by adorning chair crnnot be pleasing to the eye them with enlarged, framed portraits. ' without detracting from its usefulThis brings us to the question as to ness. As a rule it is in the over- what kind of pictures are Suitable to and twisted be placed on our walls. A visitor, to decorated,; and firm- the gallery of a collector of pictures use of that furniture pieces ness are sacrificed to an attempt at exclaimed: Oh! what a beautiful be cannot , beauty. For, indeed, they place. You surely have some lovely the termed beautiful. The back of Yes," her host replied, pictures. chair is carved into scrolls, curves my pictures reflect my tastes in art end flourishes which are most tire- - They are chosen', not with the idea of some as the eye runs over them again making a splendid show, but for the and again. The legs have been turned feeling or thought that is in them. In ' by the lathe into rings, knobs and this way. I can improve myself by conswellings until they no longer re- stant contemplation and enjoyment of semble a piece of wood. The same is them."' true of the rounds. All this is mean- This should be our text in choosing the pictures for our walls. They should ingles. How simple In line and beautiful In have tot us some beautiful thought or proportion are the mission chairs in sentiment which will be for us a concomparison with the one just de- - tinued source of inspiration and en scribed! The wood looks quiet And joymer.t not merely to cover up bad contented. It has not been twisted wall paper or an empty space. , and cut or forced into unnatural Few of us can afford original works shapes. It appears, and is firm, com- of art which-ar- e satisfactory. The modious and beautfiuL are good prints. substitutes next lest An furthe art stores at some had in These may be unpleasant feature , niture, tables in particular, is their in carbon or color at very reasonable highly polished eurface. Every curve, prices. Our slogan should be, A few every bit of ornamentation catches and fine pictures or nothing shall appear reflects thought in a brilliant glare, on our walls." making more apparent ahd ugly lines. let us not suppose that all we are A room filled with furniture of this to do is to have a bundle of fine prints - kind appears as a dazzling, glittering handed us with instructions to put nzarray of lights, most disquieting and them up. Our own tastes andchoic , distracting. There is really nothing ought, like the collectors, to be" evi80 pleasing as a smooth, dull finish. dent in every picture. This the mission style ' But," you ask, suppose my taste I possesses.' By my continual reference to the may not be sufficiently cultivated to mission style it may appear as though choose the best pictures. I know what I considered this the be whit ' A only good make I like, but that may not seek the of furniture for ordinary use. Such is considered good." Very well, who has one not the case for there, are many styles advice and help of some To which have the good points referred made some study of this question.which - to in the mission without the defects gether, you can select pictures I (Continued from Recent Issue 1 -- e 4 over-carv- ed -- - The Layton Auto Company Ford Agents I IMPORTANT! t 4 KAYSVILLE, LAYTON AND FARMINGTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, JULY 19. 1917 NUMBER ,1 MANY CHANGES IN STARRY BANNER countrys most precious and jealously guarded rellQS. From' 1795 this form continued as the standard flag until President Mon- - ! roes , admin-- t s t r a t f o n, K 1 We are very glad to announce to the people, especially s when enactthe fruit growers of Davis county, that we have secured the services of two men of authority' on the handling of g Practically Each Historical Pe ed that it should therefruit. . a riodof the after be of Country Has Wit- 13 These men are Mr. Hammond from California and Mr.$ stripes, messed Its Developments iwlth,ihe ad-M $ the Hammond will r. IITreeiUfrom Agriculture College. -Fdltlon a of Into Bat irst explain and demonstrate the valve and means of drying star each for fruit for the market. He will show wherein it does not pay tie in Mexico. new state,, to sell our fruit at a very low figure or does not pay to let c o tumencing any of it lie on the ground and waste. Mr. Green will adfact that some July 4, 1818. dress the people on the best methods of marketing fruits aud shapes of American It seems were found in use In the that until both dried and fresh. The principal fruits to be taken up various government depart- 1SW the army never carried the nawill be peaches, apples and apricots. ments actuated au executive order, tional flag In battle, though we have We are sure these men will have a good message for all dated May 29, standardizing the form record of its use as a garrison flsg and size of alt our national flags. The from about 1787 or 1798 to 1834. fruit growers and also the housewives, as we all realize the flags and union jucks of all depart- Bodies of troops carried during this peneed of greater conservation of our fruit crop. ments, with certain 'exceptions in the riod and before it wlutf was known as The following is the schedule that will be carried out army and navy, must now conform to national colors or standards, of blue, : the specifications. Taking the hoist, or with the arms of the United States through county cod-gres- Tabernacle, 2 P. M. First Ward, 8 P. M. Thursday, July 26, 1917 ....Opera House. 2:00 P. M. Amusement Hall, 4:30 P. M, 1...... ..Amusement Hall, '8:00 P. M. We earnestly urge the attendance of all Davis county people because such a thing as this is very necessary for the advancment of our fruit industry. M. C. BARLOW, D. BRIGGS, U T Kaysville Clearfield Syracuse express your tastes and which have merit as works of art. If wk are lovers of nature we may find in Corots landscapes of early dawn or evening something to delight us' Perhaps George Inness, the American painter, may respond more strongly to one of robust temperament. If we like the roar and hush of the sea, Winslow Homers pictures of the Maine coast will appeal to us. Anton Maures pictures of sheep are jutsly popular with people who like animals. For those fond of children, Velasquezs Infanta Marguerite" will be as beautiful today as when painted three hundred years ago. In place of the family portraits we may hang some of the work of Rembrandt or Franz Hals. Whatever our tastes, we may find them reflected in great and sincere works of art Perhaps a few words on how to frame and hang pictures will not be out of place. Usually, a picture in color appears to the best advantage in a gold or gilt frame. This frame should be toned" (by means of a wash of color) to match the general color or tone of the picture. For example, a picture of green trees and grass, would appear best. in a gilt frame toned in green. A picture of autumn woods-would require a gold frame toned in russets and yellows. This is true of all oil paintings and reproductions in color. Water colors are and usually framed with a mat border should mat parThe frame. a narrow take of the general tone of the picture. A frame should not be so handsome in itself that it arrests our attention before we see the picture. The thing framed should always be more attractive than the frame." Generally, a havplain, simple frame is best one Too ornamentation. ing but little the from much ornamentation detracts of picture; we see the frame instead the picture, , It is a mistake to frame pictures done in black and white or gray, in a gold frame. They are best in plain surfaced black or gray mouldings of natural wood. A brown sepia print appears best in a brown moulding There are, of course, exceptions to the general principle but in tile majority of cases it can be applied successfully. A dark frame appears out of place versa. against a light wailand. vice If the space is narrow like an up: ' right panel, a picture whose height is greater than' its width would best fill tiie space. In this way we make of the wall a pattern or design. It is then more interesting. . r A few good pictures of somewhat uniform size are better than a hatfabeFijf small One grtrtd To hang a picture, the wire should be attached to each side of the back from the frame and suspended from two hooks on the moulding, so that the wire is continuous and forms a rectangle which connects hooks and picture frame. The common practice is to run the wire to one hook or nail. The wire then forms a triangle which Is out of harmony with the long straight lines of the room. Besides, the picture is more likely to tilt than if done as suggested. Hang pictures, as a rule, so that a horizontal line passing through thq, center, of the picture is about or slightly above the eye level. It is not then necessary to tilt the picture forward in order for it to be clearly seen. What queer things other people do have in their -- homes calender, of nineteen hundred something, clocks tluit have for years refused to tell the time, wax flowers under glass covers, trophies, momentos, trinkets, and heaven knows what. Where did we get them all ? Why - preserve the wrecks of things which are neither useful nor beautiful? It takea cour age to discard this trash. We say, Oh, it may come in handy some day,1 and we go on collecting. If we have a hobby for collecting certain articles let ns provides closet in our room or den where our treasures can be displayed for the enjoyment of ourselves and such friends who may be Interested. Certainly they cannot add anything to the beauty and appearance of the room where we receive our guests. I should like to call attention to a few of the more common mistakes in ajtempts at ornamentation. As illustrative of this are sofa pillows with pictures painted or worked on them so that the pillows must remain vertical if they are to' be seen; pennants so arranged on thewall that one is almost obliegd to invert his head to read the inscription; mottoes in burnt wood which blare at you whenever your gaze shifts over them; glass slippers to be used as rases; yellow silk carrots for piiT cushion; for a ihstcVscratcher, a cat with sandpaper and the Jegefld, Scratch my hack"; an egg dish In he form of A hen on the nest to secure the egg, oust the hen; an 'iron cuspidor in imitation of a silk beaver hat, and so we might go on- - AH these things are not the real well seen." It Is a mystery why we cling to them and. keep them about us. Not until we get rid of these nick knacks and select articles which are useful, beautiful, and adapted to their purpose, will we make our homes, as Emerson says, " Homes of virtue, sense and taste. t i width as 1, tiie fly, or length, Is 1.9; emblazoned thereon, comprising an the hoist of the union, the fly eagle surmounted by e number of stars, of the union, .70 and the v idth of and with the designation of the body of each stripe There are 12 pre- troopa-a- s Infantry, artillery, on a scroll. In 1834 the artilscribed sizes, from 1.31 feet to 0 feet but lery was given the right of carrying hoists, the Stars and Stripes, as recorded by the the war department regulations. Is be to flag 3; I I I 19-fo- ot Under President Taft's the standard. I Amer tlon representatives flag col- e c 1 ons of various eminent de- par tments c on f erred 1 the National museum I n clude some examples of our flag Indicative of Its d e velopment In several historical pe- riods, Its many changes and Its gradual standardization. It Is interesting to note that during the Revolution the flag had 13 stars; In the War of 1812, 15; in the Mexican war, 29; in the Gvll war, 85; to the war, 45, and today 48. The American flag Is among the uldest of national flags, being older than the present British union jack, the French aud the flag of Spain, and many years older than the flags of Germany and Italy, some of vkhlcb, like those of other countries, are personal flags, or those of reign-t&-g families. There are ,00 early colonial flags, such as were used by the individual colonies and militia regiments before the flag of the United States was established by congress In 1777, on June 14. now celebrated as Flag day. This act requires that the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be 13 stars, white to blue field, representing a new constellation," but did not define how Spanish-America- n tri-col- many points the stars 11 1 d hsve, bow they should a h o a b nor 6 n propor- for other - d- The navy immediately adopted this flag, but the army was slower to act' Representative of the early flag said type there is a to have been used by Paul Jones during the War of - the Revolution. , It measure lO& feet by Another flag of the very highest historic value la ihe original Star- Spangled Banner," which flew over Fort McHenry to Baltimore, during the bombardment on September stars-and-strip- es 12-st- ar fl$4-fe- the nstlonal flag, resulting in an executive order, dated October 29, 1912, which tended t o standardize the Stars and Stripes, and yet further specifications were found necessary only recently. This history of our flsg Indicates and was the Inspiration of Keys anthem. It hangs to the rotunda of the new National Mubeum building, where the models to competition for the Key memorial are on dlspky. This Fort McHenry flag la of the 15 stars 1814, k t c t . ! f i 1 3 r I i 1, f 1862; the r th three-day- 1 s fight at Salem Heights, - ' im May, FImt KstUhs4by Concrete I I818- - Thirteen Stripe lS(k ternsted R4 nd White Va, k end colqr ser 30 Sun, Blue Field. W e hit04 - a geants were killed though the ban- ner never faltered or fell to the ground ; General Ilazens garrison flag hoisted at Fort McAllister, Gan after the surrender" of the fort to th Union army, December IX, 1864; the flag flown on the U. S. S. s, Kearsarge when the sank the musedeposited to the National Herum Lieut r by , t, t? 4 AU-ham- bert Winslow, eon -- of Rear Admiral Herbert Window, commander of the Kearsarge during this action; head-- " quarters flag of Maj. Gea. E. O. G Ord, U. S. A flown to Richmond, Ya In 1SC5, and the ' flag of the' First Pennsylvania vol- -' unteers, found la the capltol at Richmond to 1S65 by v. Major General Ord. : ad- ' , A (jc v to i i k I mission of Vermont and Kentucky. It measures about 30 feet square, is much battered and torn and one star t ml-- ' tog. This great historic souvenir has been preserved by quilting It on heavy linen doth, and maalna .erne . of the A S:.::n-:::- n r 2 museum collections. Ten flags of the collection pertain to the Gvll war. The garrison flag of Fort Moultrie, S. C., lowered when th corntflaod evacuated that fort to assemble at Fort Sumter, December 26, 1SQ0; a boat flag flown by Commander Charles 8. Boggs, U. 8. navy, when" he left the gunboat Varuna, sunk In an engagement between a Confederate flotilla and the Union fleet under Admiral Farrs gut, below New Orleans, April 24. 1862; a signal flag; of whit cloth with painted Stars and, Stripes; headquarters flag of Maj., Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Volun-- ; teers, flown at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, to 1881; the flag raised at New, Orleans by Its citizens upon the occu-p- a tlon of the city by the Union forces under Ma- , Jor Gener al Butler. type, adopted to an act approved by president' Washington January 13, 1794, which took effect May after the , i 7. s . f that th Stars and Stripes", was not carried by troopa to battle until the period of th Mexican war, 1846-4Several flags of this period are to th eti 13-1- 4, 1, 1795, of etails remains of the banner carried in stars. and-stripe- ? and tions May make provision s ddltional N LE CONTE STEWART. waXL When Doing Good. shapes scattered over the a Few medicines have met more favor possible, a picture should be placed man-o- r or case book a above accomplished more good than Cham-te- l. few inches a becomes then Diarrhoea Remedy, Prt berkins The picture thel and itself formed John F. by Jantzen, Delmeny, Satk., says of the group we may of it, I have used Chamberkins Colic objects below. In this way avoid the tit, tat, toe, three in a and Diarrhoea Remedy myself and in when my family, and can recommend it as row arrangement which results an excetp tonally fin prepara pictures are scattered promiscuously bmsg tlea.-Adv. over a walk I ? i1 THE Bountiful . F sixty-od- d Farmington I -, . Wednesday, July 25, 1917 I . - lb Qcb:. tj Pr y. I |