Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-08
Kitchen Economics and the Wastes OF the
Household.

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Kitchen Economics and the Wastes OF the
Household.
Don't forget this elementary principle, that
room must not consist of unrelated colors
and objects, but possess an harmonious unity
in it's plan Of furnishing and decoration.
Don't put high colors on your walls OF in
your carpets or tapestry, and very little Of it
anywhere else. Wall papers must be auiat in
tone if you desire to produce pleasant effect
Pictures can not look we'll if hung against lAud
patterns or positive colors; your brat is
sure to be ineffective and tasteless if its de-
Signs are confused with the designs and coldrs
against which it is placed
Don't fresco walls OF ceiling. Fresco paint
ing Is very wolf for large halls or grand satoob.
but the effect is not good for domestic roomS
Color on the walls in this way is sure to be ia
| conflict with whatever color may be brought
| in, whether in pictures, furniture haneines
or decorative objocts
Don't select carpets with gay tints or pro-
nounced designs. It is impossible for furni-
ture to appear to good advantage set upon
! nofid patterns, clamoring, 80 to speak, to be
seen Carpets and wall colors should be as
| fo1ls for color and ornament, rather than color
| and ornament in themselves. II is impossible
| to furnish room agreoabiy unless this prin-
! ciplo is kept i'll mind
Don't have white handicapped tables, or
marble maltols in your rooms for objects Of
,iiis h'uu die cion?l 70 chill tho heart OF q
bronze statute White walls in room are
equally chilling 1t is impossible to do any
thing with them Cold and unrelenting sur
faces they viii remain, plan as one may A
touch OF gray or brown i'll the tint is great
| help, but white is absolutely fatal to decora-
| tive effect
Don't be persuaded into vanished floors
and rugs instead Of carpets Floors treated
| i'll this manner are serious nuisance Every
football mars them, and it costs moro to keep
them in good order than to pay for carpets at
the outset. If, however, these are repeatedly
| to keep them in good condition, the effect is
| very pleasing. Articles Of furniture stand out
against the dark varnish in rich and artistic
| contrast.
| Don't be induced to lay upon your floors
Turkish or Persian rugs The figures and col
/ the fact is, they usurp the attention altogether
too much, and it Is difficult to get them in har-
mony with walls or furniture. A rug mado
from well-selected, Brussels carpet Is much
more satisfactory. A rug Of this kind, with a
queer centerplece and broad border, IN which
q little color is introduced, and made so as to
leave about two feet Of stained hoor-spaco
| around it, gives much the effect OF ru i fur
nishing, without the annoyances that pertain
| to floors with large spaces uncovered
| Don't put elaborate brass crates in your
rooms unless You intend to use them. A snowy
brass CRATE, unstained by smoke or ashe sug-
| 8ests Ii oil its glttering newness showroom,
and not home. A fireplace not consecrated
| to fire, That has neither warmth nor sugges-
ton of warmth is q dreadful sham. 1t is not
artistic; it is not decorative; it kills, rather
than gives, pleasure
Don't hang upon your walls huge black en-
| cravings set in vast spaces OF white margin.
ri lures of this sort are very depressing In
| stead of white margins substitute gray pa
per, and, If you mu t htve black prin g. select
those that have good deal Of gray in them
! pictures with tone and mellow effects. Etch-
ings commonly have more softness and artistic
effect than engravings. Don't hang chromos
| on your walls, or colored prints; don't display
long lines of family photographs; don't hang
mosses or colored leaves or dried grasses
| about
Don't have fancy devices for picture frames
Picture frames should be Of gilt or oak or wal.
nut, never of velvet, never of ornaments
leather work, mover of shells or burrs or any.
ornament be sparingy used Picture frames
should set off the picture, and not set of
themselves.
Don't crowd your rooms with too many OBJ.
jects. 1t is not good taste to transfer museum
or brio a-brac Dealers collection 10 your apart
ments A few articles, selected with judg.
ment, and with their relation to the colol
scheme of the room in view, give sense o.
beauty and repose suoh as we should seek K
obtain in our homes.
be too bald and empty. Portieres and win
dow hangngs do much toward relieving bare
ness Some bric-a- brac is very desirable, ant
a few pictures are important The art is K
have ones room filled but not packed.
Don't paint pictures or ornamental design
OH your door panels. Unless door PANEL
treated in this way are kept very quiet the Ell
feet is loud and disturbing
Don't select high colors for your furniture
covering. Blue or pink satin may do for
ladys boudoir where the whole scheme o
treatment is light and delicate, but in q draw
ing room for general use it is out Of place.