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indirectly, to the industry and economy of California's neighbor state.

Through these hectic, whirling-dervish years, I could only direct the operations of the studio with my left hand, so to speak. I would come in between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, examine the fabrics being loomed, and lay out the color schemes for whatever came next on the schedule. During this time, we were occupied more in working on contract jobs than in filling orders for the homes of individuals. A contract job meant designing and weaving textiles for hotels, churches, banks and the like. One of the most interesting of these was the consignment to do the fabrics for the liner, S. S. America. It confronted me with a new and different problem. Frequently, th[[strikethrough]] r [[/strikethrough]]ough not always, (there are no immutable rules), the starting point for a fabric and color combination is the environment where it will "live," correlation with its surroundings