Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

ply. roll it up and lay each piece on one
Side or Law them all in pile: Have
ready a smooth boiled paste OF wheat
f1onr (sound flour, not sour, a whltewasn
brush. and board, or table, long enough
| to take the whole sheet IN one ieng'h.
Make the paste quite thin, not thicker
than molasses, and as smooth as a Gus
tard. Have chair, step-ladder, or taole
ready, on which you can stand ana reach
TO the top of the wall. Then take your
| first piece of paper, lay it on the table
and apply the paste, not too thickly, beng
particular to touch the edges and top ana
bottom we'll Then take the sheet by the
icp raise it off of the table and support
it by one arm Ton the right or dry side, or
| course), and put it up to the wall. Keep
| it entirely clear of the wall until you fas-
ten the head of the sheet, but previous TO
this, run your eye down and see II IL
| hangs square with the door-frame. III IL
| does have a clean towel or cloth ready,
and move it Aorazoaatauy In Wavy strokes
| over the sheet until the bottom Is reach
ed, but do not in any case rub up and
| down or draw the paper in folds; II you
do, there will be ridges and win
kles in it, which destroy the ap-
| pearance and can never be got out. hang
| the sheet properly at first and then tollo"
| it down from the top, rubbing across IT.;
| and there will not be a wrinkle in 1t. APP
Div the second sheet in the same way,
and be careful that you match the figures
properly. Success depends on this, for
| nothing looks worse than to see the con-
| tinuity broken off or white seam shown
| between the pattern, up and down the
| wall where the sheets do not meet. When
the corner is reached, if the sheet does
| not come evenly to the opposite wall, 1t Is
better to cut it lengthwise and paste it on ;
! then take the fellow to the piece and ap-
| ply it also, matching the figures of course.
| If you endeavor to make the sheet reach
| round, you will make bad job OF 1t.
| ALWAYS clean well the table where you
| paste, so that no paste will get on the pat
| tern; if it does, the colors viii run or
smudge, and soil the sheet. Gilt papers
with delicate lavender grounds require
| great care in this respect, as the least spot
shows badly. This is all there is to be
| observed in hanging paper, and there is
| nothing that any one cannot do with lit
tie practice.
| Some care or discretion must be taken
| in selecting papers for the purposes they
are intended to be put in. Rectangular
| geometrical patterns do not look well in
| a bed room or sitting room, as they I'M
| part a severe and formal appearance that
| is especially wearisome after a few weeks.
Neither is a paper with dark stripes at
frequent intervals desirable; the stripes
! give the effect of battens nailed over
boards or rough carpenters work, and
| divide room off with hard lines that
| tire the eye whenever it rests upon them.
Ali paper ought to impart a clean, cheer
full aspect to a room, adding to the home
| like appearance and bearing evidence
of the taste of the occupants
Never put bordering on the bottom of
walls, as it takes from the height and
makes boundary for the eye to rest
upon where none is desirable. Dark
grounds in papers render rooms not fully
lighted darker still, and give a somber
effect which is very depressing; while
open chambers with white hangings have
a cold and chilly aspect which is equally
desirable to avoid. No rules can be
given for selecting papers; what seems
! desirable in one case or to one person is
| Objectionable to others, and every one
will of course suit themselves in this
respect Scientific american.