European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes Friday september 23, 1977  a by Bernardine Morris new York times a rugs Are upwardly Mobile. Like Wicker furniture and Oak floors they re moving from coun try Homes into Chic Urban an suburban settings in the . A few decorators Are in the Vanguard appreciating the earthy functional look of the Homespun product and using it in contemporary As Well As traditional rooms. Along the Way there have been some refinements. Made of scrap materials As a form of conservation in Rural areas of the . As Well As Europe the rag Rug is traditionally a Potpourri of random colors. Whatever came along bed sheets clothing was . Colors can be ordered and special patterns have been developed including some that resemble the Broad blocks of color of a Mondrian painting. We be put it on a scientific basis says Irwin Corey one of the partners of the Rosemore carpet co. In new York. The old rag Rug used to be made by old ladies who worked on a Small hand loom and used whatever Materi als were  one of Rosemore s 9-by-12 carpets runs around $800 in the . Stark carpet another source for the Reade to order rag rugs finds the demand increasing in the past two years possibly because of the interest in natural things according to Steven Stark vice  be been Selling a lot to people in California recently he  company s rugs Are made in Italy Hungary. Por Tugal Germany and India in Wool Cotton or synthetic materials. All hand crafted things have enormous Appeal  said Albert Hadley the Interior designer. The Charm of the material is its imperfections their regularities that occur in any handmade  Angelo Donghia not Only uses rag rugs As floor coverings he makes bedspreads of them and up holsters sofas and chairs with them. It s Beautiful on contemporary Metal chairs and works on Fine old French ones he said. It s Strong and durable and somehow cozy. It never wears  not every decorator views rag rugs As an unmixed Blessing. Mica Ertegun whose husband Ahmet is chair Man of Atlantic records and is turkish used some locally made rugs for Bath Mats in her Home in Turkey.  is a partner with Chessy Rayner in the decorating company Mac  did t work she recalled. The colors ran. Maybe it would be All right if you brought your own rags " Michael Malce who runs an Antiques shop insists that old rag rugs Don t run. He periodically hoses them Down and finds they stand up beautifully. He s even put them i washing machines. Pennsylvania is where Malce finds a great Many of the antique rugs he stocks. From the colors and the pattern he can Tell what Parton the country the rugs were made in. The Amish people used lots of purple and Blue which were the colors their children wore. Pennsylvania rugs tend to have vertical stripes of color along the sides. The stripes Are Wool the rest of the Rug Cotton. In new England you have mainly random colors. Horizontal stripes turn up in new Hamp Shire plaids in upstate new York and  in the 19th Century women would save their rags All year for the arrival of the Rug Weaver who came around in his horse drawn cart Malce  rag rugs Are still under priced he believes Cov ering a lot of area for the Money. Among his Supply Are a striped Rug from Pennsylvania 3 feet by 15 feet for $90, and ll-by-14 foot Rug from new England at $450, and an18-foot Square Rug from Connecticut at $550. His partner Jolie Keller repairs old rugs reminds them and cuts them to the desired size. They re handmade americana he said a True  rag Rug chair covering by Angelo Donghia. By Richard h. Growald United press International consider the plight of the family farm. The Tuller farm is older than the unite states. But its future is in doubt. The Way things Are it s a Good ques Tion if the farm can go on much longer said Oliver Tuller 60. He sat with his Mother mrs. Theona Tuller 87, on the screened in porch of her White Frame House in West Simsbury conn., 12 Miles Northwest of Hartford. They looked into each other s eyes. The land is valued at up to $2 million. There is no shortage of Tuller children and grandchildren. The 65 Holstein Dairy cattle Are producing. The Corn is Green. It s not today said Oliver. Tomor Row is the problem his Mother smiled. She touched her son s hand. There s been All  the Tuller family farm s yesterday began in 1768, eight years before the sign ing of the declaration of Independence. A John Tuller had come from Holland on one of the boats after the Mayflower. His son Jacob died in 1694, having cleared away rocks Trees and indians and helped Settle Connecticut. Jacob s son Elisha came into the hop Creek Valley and the family farm began. On the Tuller family farm there Are no letters no diaries no colonial por traits no bed that Elisha slept in. What we have is the land and the flesh mrs. Tuller said. Oliver smiled. Of there s that bit of wooden pipe. Part of the water system that i guess Grandfather put in he said. I suppose we be not much to offer the antique collectors. The Tullers Are ones for using something until it wears out. We Don t keep much mrs. Tuller said. Except the land Oliver said. The land is Good. We have land that is Loam with a Clay subsoil Good for crops in dry weather. And we have part that is Light Sandy soil Good for wet  on the land stands farm houses the former Creamery the barn garage. The former Tuller family Brandy cider making building burned Down several generations ago. Mrs. Tuller laughed. We had Teeto Taler neighbors and when they saw the cider House going up in flames they leaned out their windows and Sang hymns of praise.". The Tullers is the operating farm left in West Simsbury. Most farm houses Are peo pled by Hartford commuters. My brother Robert and i have to do All the farming with one Helper. We get High school boys to help after school. But the problem of the farm s future is the children said Oliver. Robert 56, a former member of the state legislature he quit after one term you can t make Laws and crops at the same time has two sons. Oliver has four. None of the six has stayed Down on the farm. The boys have gone to Medicine and business and places such As Phoenix Flor Ida and Michigan. And when Robert and i go there s the inheritance taxes and what with a tractor costing $17,000 and with land Selling up to $25,000 an acre of Der suburban Hartford housing the future of the farm is a ques Tion Mark Oliver said. His Mother tapped her Cane on the porch floor. The midday Sun had peaked an begun slipping toward dusk. All those yesterdays she said. At wits end by Erm Bombeck one of the least discussed social problems con fronting our country today is that of Drunken  m not talking about your average Bird who drinks a Little at the office Christmas party or who has a nip to get him through the Day. I m talking about chronic alcohol ism among our feathered friends. My first encounter with a feathered Lush was a Duck Back in Ohio who caught cold one Day. I brought him into the House and gave him a drink from a bottle i kept around Only in the event that a Duck caught cold. From that Day on he drove me crazy with his coughing and hacking and blowing his nose. If figured he was weak and insecure and let it go at that. When we moved West i was relieved to find wonderfully Well adjusted stable Birds with obviously few pulmonary disorders. Then last week i noticed a few Birds laughing it up while balancing rather unsteadily on a Pyra can tha Bush. They would Peck away on a few berries become hysterical and then have another go at the berries. I called up a Friend who just happens to be one of the leading ornithologists in the country who confirmed my suspicions. The Birds were bombed. She reported that word of her great Supply of fermented fruit had spread so extensively throughout the country that migratory Robins went several Hundred Miles out of their Way to Stop off at Betty s place for a Little  mockingbirds had been hanging around her House for weeks waiting for the berries to age. And stories had drifted Back to her of Birds so relaxed the passed berries from one to another beak to beak. As my Best girl Friend and i stood at the window watch ing this ornithologist s orgy i said absently i wonder Why Birds drink i Don t know she said. Do you suppose they have Days when the kids won t pick up the next and they find Worms Between the pages of Library books and the males fooling around with his Secretary while she sits at Home on another Batch of eggs and a Plant Developer i rezoning their Bush and it All stacks up on her " i think i m going to cry i said slouching in a chair i know she said. Have another Pyra Cantha Berry before we Start lunch c Field enterprises. Inc