Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Jun 1939, p. 30

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iOB Ai o. and er irom couý Two items hi ber career are Vassar. college and marriage bèfetrehe earned *a dime o! ber oun. The. nexi, two are 20 years cd, -,uekeping and three cbildrmn. Two plus two equals four, you see. wIUino hint ai the Mexcan aplurge. New Equati.. Q.E..-l Metherefore, demon- strated that Mrs. Lee has estab- B&sed a new equation and wlth that comfortable, accomplibent be- hind us, we can delve hua cile- monts bencath the surface. MÊrs. Lee attributes ber business acu-* men ta the executive training she received i college and on a dozen boards i Winnetka.- She was on the board of the Winnetka Wo- imaw'; clubfor flvc years. She scrvd on the PTÂ board, tie Girl Scout board, and the Child Stuçly association. She acted as substi- tute teacher in the Winnctka pub- lic schools 50 as ta iearn the pro- gressive system. Right now she iu president of the Chicago Vassar club and trustee . of the l*adley Sehool for the Blind. And, of course, she has in the course of her housekeeping, thmeW Y ork newspaper ana ýmag«tbme Writêrà; (5) the blring -of sales peopl e tawork in the Mexican s*op; (6) their. trabii; :(7) the plaàn- ni1ng Of disPlaYs, bath là the windows and mhimte pace of the departmfi# stores. A4gam n e emÏ, phauizedthe smart womhen uhe is meeting ith mnerch andlsing world. She attrlbuted the i- creasM*g- popularity o! ,Mexican, wares now to the boycott on Germnan, Italian, Japanese, and: Czech g9oodu. Mexico is profiting by the shift in sentiment. .It is pertinent at ibis point, to describe the Mexican- itemis which Americans like.. Mrs. Lee realized at once that some of their designs co uld, be adapted for American use, that. certain types of homne furnishings could be suggested to the. Mexican craitsmen to make, things for. which there was no de- mand in Mexico.. A formai Ilut of things would, include rugs, table textiles, lacquer, pottery, g1ass, tin, silver, and furniture. Spanish provincial and colonial designs pre- dominate although modern designs in' textiles, rugu, and turniture are developing fast. Scrapbook lu levelation In hber sciapbook of advertise- ments there were pictures of barrel chairs of eplit hickory and woven, reed with pigskin trim. Other chairs were made of magnolia wood. Red and blue were the i- terwoveri colors in the leather seats. In her home she has a great emDarlced on a fu- ss career that has put pwith the smartest ag concerns in the snc bas' four Mexican decorative accessories, noue >o! whlch strikes a discordant note. The whole point of Mrs. Lee 4s recommendation o! Mexican arts, and craftu l that they need ilot sbrjek color and loud pattern and that very beaut ifu things of simple, 8tartel WIth a Viuit It ail came about this -wair. With ues a anUaI ted No s sons ta xnow tih so (Continued on: native ige 31)

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