Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-12-16
miscellaneous.
Christmas Decorations.

In fixing on = scheme al decoration adj
vantage should always be taken OF any
structural features. either to emphasize
then, or 10 give point TO the decorations
by bring. ng them into = harmonious con-
,rast with the lines Of the building. Zach
roam ha. an individuality Of its own. and
no rigid fixed rule can be laid down. but a
a l,tie careful study III tho room viii soon
reveal the natural modes i decorating u.
Notices are one OF the most valuable
sd,opets In decoration. They should To-
lerihle. bold In character. eonsisient--ihaf
i, M. two or three kinds OF letters In one
instance well formed. aud ssil spaced
ont, Generally they are the weak spot oil
ama,aers. and. II faulty, sloS greatly mar
the success al any decorative undertaking,
In producing them there are two or three
alternatives. You can either buy tho texts
ready printed, which never have tho value
nor tho appositenoss al specially maae
ones, or yoa can employ professional tai
rnt To write them. or. IL there i no ono on
the decorative " o can ''sot them out,
Won can purchase alphahcIs, and use them
10 mark out what Is required,
Tus UsE or wssAfns.
wrea,hs arr among ihe mos, important
II all the materials. which tho decorator
has 10 manipulate, of the many WAYS ei
making them tho following vii generally
DO found To answer best Stretch slfons
cord tightly between two given points
Fer fastening tho greener, Ia this use an1
wire, which Is Ear better Than string a.
there Il not that danger ot lo"senlns To
which Irvine is always liable, aud 4 sllsht
twist il sufficient Ia asten u quite securely
Have tho groenery al your ieiI haed IN
small heaps, we'll assorted; pick up the
leaves you want. dispose them equally
round tho rope. aud then. with the wire
in the right hand, aSten them ei--"'
course always working backward d""h
the rope--thc last leaves hy this means
covering the iastenings at the previous
ones. A great difference Is found among
wreath makers. some thinking thai all
that Is required is 10 tie tho leaves On the
rope, aud 80 they 20 on indiscrmaloiy
fastening leaves after leaves. without any
regard 10 their equal distribution. with
the result that one part IL "siarNed yen
can. see the rope as thin line-whilr
other portiuns AFRO crowded Ia replction,
Chr, il demanded even in this apparently
SIMPLE work and II is worth the pains ntocs'
sary 10 do IL we'll. Additional value Is gwen
10 the wreath by u indieious mingiins "l
the various shades al green, which are nj
the disposal oi the decorator attention I,
this ollen relieves what would otherwise
be- monolonous. For many PURPOSES
such, toi instance, ms twining round col
umns, Hat wrcaths aro preferable an,
more economical than round ones. a very
good way OF making them Is Ia procure
some worstod binding, and then sew III,
leaves and berries on. taking care that The
ends of each succeeding lot of leaves GOV
or the stalks OF their predecessors, Whel
You have made YOUR wrcaths. arrange
them 80 as Ia contrast with, ar ompaslke
the structural features. Ii you have {,
deal with II long plain wall. nnrelieve'
with any feature whatever, an'
broken only by the window openings
first make broad division between wal
and ceiling, with bold iricAe, oi'hc
ornnmenled with design Of leaves. u
made ground Tor u text OF motto. lhe'
connect the windows with another band
either n design or "A text, These bands
tying the windows together. ought IL "
placed just beneath the spring nj the Win
dow head. aud ii the bands ho bo;herct
with eyergreens, these should also be cai
ried round the window head, You hay
now two broad hands running round III
room. To break the stiffness oi line whic
they inevitably present. drnop iestoonS-
those from the upper irleko iull, Ia CAV
dignity 10 their long sweep. AMI thos
underneath the window bands light, So n
Ia lend themselves To the short acul
curves.