October, 1910 
remember with gratitude excepting the 
wonderful machines which we have in¬ 
vented and disdained to use in our arts ? 
The truth is that our civilization grows 
more and more definite by increasingly 
great strides, until the call for an artistic 
expression of it becomes imperative. We 
are no longer content with the plan or 
domestic arrangements of the Colonial 
house; we have outgrown it. Our list of 
building materials is vastly richer, our 
machinery for working materials is mar¬ 
velously capable of newer and better uses 
than the imitation of handwork to which 
we now endeavor to restrict them. We 
have changed and improved our manner 
of heating and lighting our houses. Ev¬ 
ery sanitary arrangement has undergone 
change and development. Indeed, our 
entire life to-day is so radically different 
from the life of the Colonial builders that 
it would be strange indeed if their houses 
could in any way satisfy us except super¬ 
ficially for their prettiness, their scenery 
value. 
What else is there then ? Certainly 
nothing ready-made or easily made; noth¬ 
ing more than a right method of working. 
Any skilful architect knows when he is 
violating the style traditions. It becomes 
his duty now to violate them more radi¬ 
cally, to examine more critically modern 
needs, and to interpret them in terms of 
his art. I am unwilling to believe that 
this is a great stumbling block. Our 
painters, sculptors, musicians, writers and 
actors have passed it long ago. Archi¬ 
tecture is the only one of the arts which 
is still struggling to escape from the 
Classic period. 
The Season’s Furniture 
(Continued from page 227) 
hand - painting. The designs vary, but 
flowers form the motif of all, and dainty 
garlands and wreaths are sprinkled here 
and there, their delicate coloring and ar¬ 
rangement in harmony with the color and 
design of the pieces. There are few 
double beds, except the mahogany four- 
posters, and most of the twin beds are 
very light in construction with head and 
footboard of cane set in wood frame. 
I he Colonial styles are of course heavy 
and of mahogany. 
Dressing-tables are low and broad, 
and the triple mirrors which allow my 
lady to see her back without moving or 
using a hand-glass, are often made en¬ 
tirely separate from the bureau, and in¬ 
tended for hanging on the wall above or 
standing on a table. The side glasses 
usually move laterally and the center glass 
is swung as usual. With a bed having 
cane headboard and footboard panels, of 
course the chairs are cane seated, with 
the same beautiful flower designs painted 
on the frames. Occasionally an all-over 
design of a single flower is seen, which 
entails more hand-work and is more 
expensive. 
Conventional stencil designs in color 
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