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Handicrafts and Life Lecture by Miss Maud Summers
Miss Maud Summers of Boston spoke in The Casino dining room on the shift from agricultural to industrial life and the need for hands on craft in education. She urged practical design, warned against flashy upholstery, and stressed creativity over mere mechanical training while noting flowers as a social cue and praising interior art for democracy.
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Maud Summers
Boston
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Knight
Hinges
Hansel
Miss Wilbur
Miss Piper
Miss Summers
Boyleston Street
Boston Transcript