Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-04-20


portance than to be able to trace an un
broken claim back to st. Peter. Very sin
cerely yours, O, J. MooaR.
UNDERMINING OrR HOMES.
A mechanic with long head and good
ideas as to modern lads in the line oil
homes, and a man thoroughly posted be-
cause he reads and keeps abreast OF the
times, said to reporter the other day:
81 find that people who built their resi-
dences some years ago, are undermining
them, and, by the way. it is very easy
process. | will tell you confidentially, ;"
went on the builder OF houses, $50 that
you can alter your residence 80 as to be in
the swim. In the first place, all that is
necessary is to have the house. A squatty,
single story adobe will do, so long as it
has good foundation. Everybody knows
what the Italian mechanics can do to
make the interior and exterior walls of
this class Of dwellings highly presentable.
Then your carpenter should be instructed
to tie on second story or half story in
the shape Of mansard attachment. After
this is accomplished we will continue the
transformation by tearing out the win
dows, which are not pretty at all, and
putting in their place windows which are
made Of very small panes OF glass. The
frames open out like doors, moreover, and
do not slide up and down. The upper
half OF the front door is similarly fitted.
Your next move is to purchase half q
dozen bundles OF fancy shingles. These
must be tackled on the side and front of
your house, beginning at the roof and
following the line for, say four feet down.
This gives the house a very unfinished
look, and your neighbors will doubtless
think yon are crazy. but 60 right ahead
and don't be frightened. Where the front
windows OF your house are you want a
jutting or bowed window. This is made
simply and squarely, and requires no espe-
cial care. Fasten the box in front of your
window or windows, cover it with the
fancy shingles and put in the small panes
OF glass. A coat OF drab paint picked out
in dark red will complete the exterior of
your house, which is now practically in
style. Its interior needs but slight chang
es, and presto man can sit on his front
porch and smile at the envious looks OF
liie nv;sI,hn~
The undermining OF the interior is
simple. The doors must be taken Off
their hinges and put down cellar. Oak
or maple poles can be cheaply procured,
and bright colored Navajo or Mexican
blankets will answer admirably for por-
there's. Where your folding doors separate
the parlor and dining room, hang your
portiere pole about two feet from the top
OF the door. The space between the pole
and the top OF the door can be filled in
with strips Of thin wood woven. Mating
or oiled floors should take the place Of
carpets, and cheap fur rugs may be had
at any dry goods store. A white pine floor
can be cheaply stained. The crate in the
front room should be taken out, as we'll
as enough bricks to make the fireplace
large enough to put in pair OF andirons.
An open fire is indispensable, and small
crane with q chain and kettle NAV be
added shortly afterwsrd.
Square chairs and small SQUAT
sofas are not to be forgotten, but the wall
decorations | had almost neglected to
speak Of. A dark ochre body paint should
be put on the four walls OF the room, and
a strip OF cherry wood should be tackled
around on the sides of the room about
two feet from the ceiling. The space from
this to the ceiling, which is called the
frieze, should be of a darker tint and
made pretty by stencillng with gold leaf.
You can easily do it. The dado--i. e.,
from the floor up about three or four feet
on the wall-can be covered with some
dark figured paper, and another strip of
wood indicating and emphasizing how
high the dado goes will do no harm
Your pictures should be engravings,
and not etchlngs, fyou can not afford good
paintings, and they will look excellently
on this dark, plain background. A bright
colored Indian scarf thrown over an occa.
sional picture frame makes bright spot
in the room. Your lights should be side
ones, as chandeliers have gone out of fash
ion. A cheap Japanese hanger gives
pretty effect and the bright color lights up
the room. In tints, keep blues and green's
separate as we'll as pinks and yellows. At
a very slight expense man may have
modern house and all its appoint
ments." .<.
EAsTER-DAX
20, day OF daysl shall hearts set free
No minstrel raptures find for thee?
Thou art the light OF other days;
They shine by giving back thy rays"
80 song John Keble, the saint OF the
18th century, and his words echo the feel.
ings Of each sincere Catholic Christian
Tor, round the festival Of yesterday
cluster the hopes Of the Christian world.
The term itself has no significance Of
special ecclesiastical interest, it being a
manifest deviation nom the Anglo-Saxon
Eostre, synonym for spring. 1t was
natural that the faithful would see in
pring, when the renewed earth is
from the death OF winter, O
ymbol of the resurrection, and that the
lame OF the one should be transferred to
he other. At any rate, to the modern
world yesterday speaks OF the central