Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-12

tattered garments. The Marion sailed Tor the
Cape Of Good Hope.
The rescue was the direct result of long
search by the Marion. Capt. Williams's wife,
in Mantle, Connecticut had never given up hope,
and at her request the Secretary of the Navy
sent the Marion to look for the Trinity.
Spring Papering.
As the season of house cleaning is upon us
that season whose advance is hated by the head
Of the house, dreaded by his other self, who is
supposed to reveI in it, lothed by the servants,
who find that work added to the regu-
lar AID daily work, and only thor
oughy enjoyed by the children, who
make it sort of Standardization we are STIR
red. with all the other STRINGS. to make in
quiry concerning the latest fashions and man
ners in wall-hangings, and what we had best do
ourselves under our circumstances. Shall We
re-paper or not? Will not soft clothes, cover
ing the broOms brush, wipe Off the dust, and
the liberal rubbing of it's surface with clean
bread-crumbs SO brighten the old paper that it
will answer for another year," Is it past hope?
have we some detestable association with it?
Has there been contagious sickness in the room?
Are we tired to death of it? Do we really mean
to have another? Then what shall its character
be?-dark or light, cool or warm, patterned
conventonally, or in imitation of the real? And
shall we have dadO?
III uiOSt HlOQeFu houses IL Is supposed now
that the dadO is built in; when that is not the
case and a paper dadO is used, it is divided from
the upper wall surface by little hand-rail or
moulding, either painted or of hard wood, to
match the rest Of the woodwork of the room.
The preference, however. is this season, given
to an entire surface, ending just above the
Dashboard in narrow border some four inches
wide. or, better still, in no border at all below,
but with contrasting frieze for top border,
ten inches or more in depth, according to the
hos.s %orx H.
rail. This frieZe is, to our thinking, best when
it seems to take the idea of the body Of the
paper below, aud elaborate and finish it; but
many are sent to the market intended to make
the strong contrast indicated.
The patterns on papers are in great variety
this year. but in desirable ones, wherever any
natural imitation is allowed. it is on perfectly
fiat background, often of gold: and certain ar
rangement of design made that would hardly
be seen in nature, the flowers sprinkled over a
diaper, or represented in tiuts that heighten
and ldealiZe their own, seeming more like a
beautiful strange dream of the flower than q
real sight of it. and the cOlOrs mingling to the
eye at little distance in a bloom. Palm
branches and tropical shapes in general, espec-
tally bursting p0megranates, arctic be found in
all sorts Of brilliant and delicate tint
ings and they bring sort of reminder
in them of the old-fashoned landscape papers,
without the landscape; others represent q
sheeny damasked or calendered expanse; and
spiders webs or fish nets, either in sheets OF
gilt lines or in dark tints in grays and marOons.
The dull maroon, neither so light nor bright as
the Pompeiian red is found at last to make an
excellent wall and background for pictures and
statuary, broken by unuOticeable blossom
shapes in gliding or neutral tints. But the
paler tints are in preponderance, and there are
many lovely designs in the POmpadOur pinks
and blues; olive greens are also given, verging,
as they pale, into sulphur and many singular
On,h inof of iui6 inf hat do not
vivid whole.
Of course, as these paper-hangfngs are the
descendants Of the old tapestries which once
We're hung across the walls-whence they
derive their name of hangings-althOugh at late
eras the tapestry was often replaced by da-
masks, silks, and satins, it is sometimes worth
while TO hold their ancestry in mind, as where
there is any extent of wall to be covered in
large rooms and very long or spacious halls;
and where this is done in the papering ITSELF
the effect may often be attained by one Of those
borders that are much more like tapestry than
painting.
None 0fthese papers are Of very high price,
and one can freshen the greater part Of an in
terror by means Of them at no large expense.
The rich flock papers, to be sure, the stamped
lief with fine designs, are another thing. But
one can. with the exercise of taste and discre-
ton. giving little time to the choice, compass
as line effects from papers costing tenth of the
price of those. All of the imported papers are
dear; and not all Of them are beautiful. Those
Of MIR. Talbert's designings and of Walter
Cranes are pretty sure to be fine, and we are
prone to think nothing ever quite equals those
that come to Us in William Norrs's name.
large book Of William MOrriss papers may be
turns them over, and thinks Of the room at
home one ia filled with longing for the dark or
light jasmine. for the blue-green wreath, for the
robin's-egg tile and diaper for one and all, per-
haps; and one is only recOnciled to getting quite
az good an effect. on the WHOLE from paper
costing little or nothing in comparison. when
one finds that these lovely things are four dol
lars and a half a roll. IT. however, one is de-
termined to import paper, there is a decided
advantage in buying English papers over
French ones, as the English are three inches
wider and three yards longer in the roll than
the French.
In selecting our papers we should pay more
heed to the outlook and situation of the rooms
to be dressed in them than it has been usual to
pay. room full of sunshine can afford paper
that absorbs great deal of light, and so lOOksin
every way better from an artistic point Of view.
and there is usually in the end found the most
comfort to the senses in well-cOvered and
dark paper. It Is not advisable, however. to
choose prepOnderance of purple tfnts as they
fade more rapidly than any other. north
ern room. on the other hand, wants all the
iight-sOme gayety and variety it may have, and
the pale yellows light up such room with
a mock sunshine that goes long way in pro-
noting its cheerfulness. Whatever the paper
chosen, unless the room is to be repainted it
must be sure to harmonic or else contrast with
the body-color Of the existing paint, and not
make discOrd and confusion with that and the
uphOlstery-a disc0rd which forever leases the
nerves In sensitive person; and as the carpet
Of the room ia but seldom to be renewed that
also must throw It's weight into the discussion
Of the question. Let US hope that wisdom pre-
vailed at its dyeing and weaving, and that with
q change Of material, like DesdemOnas hand
kerchief, 'the worms were hallowed that did
breed the silk"
A Dogs Memory.
From the Salt Lake Tribune.
Day before yesterday some wretch tied q tin
kettle to the tail Of John Fallon's dog The dog
started off with the kettle about o'clock In the
afternoon. and after running up to Park City
and down to Pennington. came back in the
evening without the kettle and very much
fatigued. The guests at the Cliff House ex-
tended their consolation to the dog, who was
manifestlY in need Of sympathy. Everything
went well with the dog until about clock,
when young lady from Juab was requested to
rlo a RI pofr <bo OH.