The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-26
MODERN WALL DECORATIONS.

HOUSES -hfSn art nj Di1cOuuts
Within the last five years wall decora-
ton has advanced with rapid strides,
and enormous prices are now paid for
the interior decoration of houses. In
fact, the interior decoration of mod
ern house sometimes exceeds in cost
the building and material Of the house
| itself.
A gentleman who has one of the
finest houses in Jersey City went to a
first-class interior decoration house in
this city short time ago. His house
was new one. and he desired to have
the walls and ceilings treated in the
latest styles. He was shown into a
handsomely furnished room, and re-
auested to seat himself on an en-
broidered plush upholstered chair made
of antique or bog oak. and valued at
six hundred dollars. After few ques-
tons concerning the house, the size of
the rooms, the light. and SO on, the
gentlemanly clerk said he would show
him a few styles of parlor decorations,
carefully adjusting rack meantime.
in order that the right amount of light
sbould fall ON il. 4 delicate paper in
| which the pattern. wrought in har-
mopious colors. stood on BACKGROUND
family threaded with gilt. was placed
on the rack. Another roll of the same
pottern was placed beside il. i'm order
to give a larger surface. A frieze to
match and a deep Gilt molding be-
tween the frieze and paper, to break the
monotony, completed the wall decora-
ton. Then came a colored wood mold
inc above the frieze, to show in what
color the base of the cornice was to be
painted.
.The other parts of the cornice will
have to be treated differently, so as to
tone with the ceilinp decorations. said
the clerk. Now will show YOU some
STYLES of frescoed ceilings to 90 with
this Sidewalk decoration.''
Several cards, with elaborate and
beautiful paint;ups of ceilings. were
now shown.
..Tb,t Is a very prettv one " said the
customer. sel,cting one.
..Yes. il will barmonize well with the
paper. Also
at seems TO me the whole thing is
perfect' ;, said the .Jerseyman. delirkted
at his succcs in tindipo what he wanted
and certain that his DarlorS would be
the envv of his friends
..Wejl T am Glad Won like it, re-.
snopded the clerk. "As haze now an
| ide, of vour taste can easily fix fine
otbor rco,ns Ferh.nS bowevcr before
we oo any frrt hcr we had better saw
how much Won are WILLING to spepd ON
the house Whcn know That will ca
orer .nI 600 your house and NIKE
n,o.snramentS and will the, show Won
,h. STYLES for each room that we can
Give Won at vo,r nrice.,,
~ have two paper.hancers over in
Jersey CITY whom / had THOUGHT of let
t;n% do The work j" BEGAN tbe oentle.
mon donbt;, olv
..ob No. that won't do ~ renIied the
clark ..It ren,ires an artist To bano
thn, n.,or 60 th,t Il wont show the
SEAMS and we would have to tresco the
ceiJ;ng anyhow All the work Will be
fe,,,re5 in with tho cost of the iob II
vii ONLY cost Won tho nrice of the
hoard Of the workmen extra. That
viii he .bout three dollars nor dav for
aaoh ono ,,
Tho J.rsarm,p's face foil a little
D.. h. col, .L., no yoS in tor Il and
-. .s vol zoo II tbrougb He had
hon willing to nav 81 O05 for the sake
~ .c,;,sinT his ne;gbbors He wouId
Jo,Lla tba7 anount NOW
Nv wi, ha sa;J 80 tho ol.rl, who
oonn,.s,I, .,,.;,.i;,n d;,mnnJ r;nO
Wv b;s ,;,o,,r ..J ON, uilJ;n,, 10 ho liz
al :, H. ,,.+tar 600 yxL.t Won CON
a. far S1 onO"
tn -. Io.,s 1,,fa,d Eor
nnmnnt be seemed naralvzed. tben
,ro;n,r 70 rho ~ no throw tbe mold
| mos IN III. foor and. takino ont n roll
of paper. he said. coldlv:
Il Guess YOU have not pot a very
rood idea of the cost of decoration.
That ceilinr yo,, looked at would cost
Won Slant alone. This paper is n
handmade French pript. and is worth
ST. a roll. II wonld take thirty roll, to
the ordiuary-sized parlors. 1t would
take about Z,,D feet of this moIdjnp at
IL cents a foot. Without CHARGING for
ANYTHING else. your parIors would cost
Won S2.OOD alone. You had better
think If over and call AGAIN.
In former DAYS the cost of decorating
a parlor was greater than any other
room and often amounted to as much
as all the other rooms together But a
modern dini,o-room is finished in the
most EXPENSIVE of sard woods. and SUI n
decoration as is used is of the mos;
costly kind. The halls of a fine house
are decorated with marvellous hand.
painted characterization or some kind
rf hro,,aa ,,Iost,r ,yort which is aver