The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-04-22
oelecting Wall Paper and Carpets.

Selecting Wall Paper and Carpets
The hall IL generally passageway t.
something better beyond, and shoult
not be 20 decorated as to attract particu
Lar notice. Paper with figures of ligh
pillars Or pilasters ie suitable, also that
which 10 marked off in courses repre-
senting marble or stone, or is grained te
resemble oak, maple, and other woods
The parlor is the fiowcr of our house
where we receive our guests, display oul
best cl0thes, and express our finer SEN
timents. Its Embellishments should be
delicate yet corresponding to the general
surroundings. An elegant gilt-leaved
paper would be inappropriate to plain,
unpretending farmhouse. A modest
aAtin paper would be more in harmony
with other decorations. The coverings
! ~ will should not b obtrusive and
laslng II form and color. An over
t1up1 wall y = repulsivs - an over
lJeDed person. The wall ltsslf should
T., 1neonspicuous leaving decoration for
Ming else. Z
y - 4npss upou Tie dining room
a 1M ~ - delients than that Of Tho
u osler ~ chssrfulness should b OBJ.
voa q ~ plaop whsss sysfy-day lnl.|
Uu1p ~ received. Rnpsr II tn
dining room should - DIRK, vt ~
sae~Id = rich; but not - csufnssd
mllxtn1s ~ fruits and Aow5t1 n dlshss.
- nb1ry eAosld = e1osned Win
eDno natura1 tints, yet ! chsssf0l, In
N111ng appearance preeetvod.
- walls u ons sleeping room should
ia Spv6ssd With papsf Of neat and
11nnp1e pattern, with the prevailing
eoSor not dark. II the predominant
color q our rooms IL cheerful and invit-
>ine, there will BE- less Of morcseness.-
i. IAasasibly are We affected by the pre-
vaflng tone Of our surroundings. Car
!: pets Of these several rooms should cor
respond in style to the papering. Iron
entering room we are obliged to tramp
over cornucopias and boquets of flowers
several feet in length, by the time we
are across these numerous figures our
Impressions are those of having done
damage which We could not help, but
which was purposely placed in our path.
If our American people would only
learn to leave carpets of mammoth de-
signs to the upholsterer, he would soon
that III 20 h.,
only in steamboat saloons and hotel par
Tors. Our homes should be carpeted
with something subdued and chaste,
which will bear inspection and study,
thus rendering our places of abode per-
manently pleasing.
A Brussels carpet should possess con-
siderable green of pleasing shade
Shaded orange is indispensable in an
attractive carpet. Shaded lead and drab
are also requisite. Nothing so enlivens
aparlor as a mixture of white. But this
soils SO easily that it does not pay to |
purchase carpet with so much white
In its texture. Ingram carpets are more
serviceable than others, and should be
selected in style of pattern and color to |
correspond with the paper and other
adornings of the household.
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SELAH.-The translators of the Bible
have left the word Selah, which occurs
so often in the Psalms, as they found it,
and of course the English reader often
asks his minister, or some learned
friend, what it means. And the minis
ter, or learned friend, has most often
been obliged to confess ignorance, be-
cause 1t is a matter in regard To which