September 27, 1936

Detroit News Quilt History Project; Michigan State University Museum; Susan Salser

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Two articles on the Detroit News Women's Institute

News Study Center as Gift for Detroit Home Makers

Weekly Conference on Home Makin, Free Consolation Hours on Interior Decorating, Cooking and Serving Meals

By Florence Davies

Every Detroit home-maker will share this week in a magnificent gift which The Detroit News has made to the women of Detroit.

This gift is a splendid equipped Home Institute, with conference room, for group discussions, handsome auditorium for larger meetings and shows, a series of model rooms, complete scientific test kitchen, all of which when they will visit the News building of the Studios of WWJ. The Detroit News.

Next week The Detroit News Home Institute will open with a Home Maker Conference which will be free to the first 340 women readers of the Household Department who have applied for tickets.

These conferences will be held each Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the beautiful new auditorium of the WWJ studios.

This auditorium is a gem of its kind- one of the most beautifully decorated and perfectly equipped auditoriums and broadcasting studios in the country. Walls are of French blue, theater chairs richly covered in brilliant American beauty lights in chromium and glass, the room supplied with a magnificent concert pipe organ and a fully equipped stage.

Miss Edith B. Crumb, Beauty in the Home Editor will hold a consultation hour on Home Decorations on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. in the exhibition room of The Detroit News Home Institute.

The Detroit News Home Institute occupies the lower level of the WWJ Studios. The Detroit conference room and a group of model rooms are ready for you to use.
Important News for Quilt Club Members

By Edith B. Crumb

Keeping Secrets is a very simple matter for some people but it is expecting a great deal of the Quilt Club Corner editor who just loves to break good news.

A long time ago (at least it seems long to her) she asked you to keep October 9 for a special reason and promised to tell you later just why.

So here's the reason: Friday, October 9 is to be a special get together for all of us Quilt Clubbers in the brand new assembly room in the brand new WWJ Studio building of The Detroit News. It is going to look just like the Quilt Club Corner which we always have at our quilt shows.

We are going to have tables, shears, pencils, paper and that is all any crowd of quilters needs to get a good start. From then on, the afternoon is yours to do with as you wish. I know just what will happen. There will be snipping, clipping, exchanging of patches, patterns, and oh! But won't it be fun?

Perhaps there will be some news as to the exact date of the next quilt show to tell you too. Won't that be great? There is surely going to be one, so don't be bothered about that anymore.

And here is another secret that I was supposed to keep a little longer. We are going to have Quilt Club pins. Yes, sir-e-e-e! If possible we will have them to distribute on that date, but they cannot be promised surely. However, you will have an opportunity to sign up for them and that will be almost like having them for you know then it won't be long before you will each have one of your very own.

Of course, we are going to have many, many sewing afternoons- happy ones, too- but this first one is the most important and I hope that everyone will come. The hours will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Come early and stay as long as you wish.

And now, I have a request make of you. Will you do this for me-right away Will you take one of those penny postal card or if you have an old Christmas card you haven't used, just write me a little note and tell me if you are coming to our first big get together. Naturally, I would like to have an idea as to how many guests I am going to have. All you have to say is something like "I'm coming" or "OK" or "Count on me". Just any old message as long as it tells me that you will pay me a visit and I shall certainly be disappointed if you can't come.

Now, don't forget to send that postal card right away.

​Courtesy of The Detroit News Archives.