Morris tribune., 1884-03-19
WOMAN AND HOME.
Hints Mental and Physical for Women
and Girls.
a Rebul1e TO sensitive" PeOple-.'
Home. Etiquette---ROsa Bonheur
1.-THE Observation-Disclosures
Grafton of II Room.
TLewis F. Day in English Magazine.

1t is impossible to arrange pictures VI All
shapes and sizes on wall with complete SAT
isfaction The mounts, by the way, may %
of wainscot or tinted cardboard, or OF COM
mon brown paper-of whatever they may DO
the tone should harmonic with the photog-
raphy. The thing to be most certainty
avoided is white mount Unless the walls
themselves are uncomfortaoly hght 'he
white mounts of pictures catch your eye
directly YOU enter a m;'in other words
they murder repoSe. Now, as the pictures
are to be hung because the owner has pleasure
in them, let them hang where they can be
seen-on the eye line, in fact. They may, II
there are enough of them worthy OF the posi-
ton, form a compact band all round the
room. interrupted only by the doors, windows
and taller furniture.
A further precaution against monotony
may be taken by allowing here and there one
of the most important frames to rise ABOVE
the upper line OF the picture band. Inc
lower line will be horizontal, and Will CORE
spond, in fact, with the rail OF the oado,
which, for reasons partly of use ana partly
of effect, we will keep considerably darker
than the walls above The darker color Will
wear better land this is the portion OF the
walls that suffer most from wear), and II Will
help to connect the furniture and make the
place compact and snug. Economy being an
object. we will use paper for this dado,
choosing a PATTERN somewhat severe and still
in STYLE, partly because it seems fit that the
base of the wall should be rigid, and partly
in order that we may with proprlety preak
out into freer and more flowing forms IN the
wall above. If we begin at the bottom with
flowers and scrolls, what should we arrive at
by the time we reached the ceiling!
IL 3,
The wall above the pictures Is the place Tor
freer ornament, and here again we may as
well adopt paper as the simplest, cheapest,
and most effective means OF giving 1ntereseto
a wall SPACE. This may be finished OH lmne-
diatelv below the wall cornlce by @ 1rleZe,
deeper OF shallower according TO the helght
of the room. very similar in tone land, per-
haps in character too to the wall paper. II
is commonly believed that such frieze low
ers the room in appearance. II 1t DO SO IL Is
the fault of the contrast in color or of the
strength OF the pattern A frieze fifty chosen
only serves to prevent the lines of the wall
paper from seeming to run behind the cor
nice. draw the eye up to the ceiling, and so
give the appearance of greater height to
room.
On the colnice we will waste no labor in
picking OUT all that is wanted in few
shades of intermediate color to connect the
wall with the ceiling. If the mouldings are
in themselves bald and uninteresting, some
stenciled pattern work may be necessary in
order to make up for the shortcomings OF the
pIastered work The ceiling is most easily
distempered or papered, the echo OF one or
two Of the colors prevailing on the walls.
Crude white is in favor with housewives for
ceiliugs-"it is so clean That is just its
fault It looks 50 clean, even when it is not,
that it makes all else look dirty, even though
it may be clean. To paint the flat ceiling OF
q moderate sized room by hand is waste of
labor Il is only at great personal 1ncon-
venience that one can look long at it, while,
as & matter Of fact, no one cares to do so.
You see it occasionally, by accident, and for
a moment, and that that casual glimpse
should not be a shock to the eye, it is well to
tint it in accordance with the room, or even
cover it with a simple diapered paper, which
will, to some extent, withdraw the attention
from the cracks that frequently disfgure the
ceilings OF modern houses.
What manipulating we can afford may
best be reserved Tor the panels of doors, win
dow shutters, and the like, where it can be
seen-these doors and other woodwork being
painted in two or three shades of color, fiat
or vanished according as we prefer softness
OF tone or durability OF surface. Perhaps IL
will be best in this instance that the wood
work should fall in with the tone of the dado;
but this is not point on which any rule can
be laid down. The decoration of the panels
should be in keeping with the wall paper pat
terms. 1t may be much more pronounced
than they, but still it must not assert itself.
One great point Of consideration in the deco
ration Of a room is the relations of the various
patterns one to another. It may often be
well to sacrifice an otherwise admirable de-
sign simply because you can find nothing else
to do with it. A single pattern, once chosen,
will often control the whole scheme of deco
ration.