The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-01-10
STYLISH STATIONERY.
"hat Kinds of Paper Are Considered 70
BE the "COrrect Thing"

What Kinds of Paper Are Considered IN
BE the Correct Thing"
Inose delicate effects of most delicate
patterns which appear on the surface of
rarlslan note-sheets have not attained
the popularity in this country that thew
nave among Partisan consumers. Why
this 'hould be is undoubtedly due to the
TACT that the modern society devotee
uses only such things as may be proper
In England. 1t is on the indistinct sug-
gestlveness of these designs that the
appeals to taste depend, the most deli
cate conceivable tints fading away al
most lnvlsibly, being used as though
produced during the Matchmaking of
the paper. 1t will doubtless be but a
question of time when such goods be-
come popularized with the refined
American belle, as they are now with
1ashlon'S votaries in France and MANY
parts of the continent
The demand for the handmade paper
has made it permanent in the circles of
hlgh-class users, and considerable GUAM
tltles are now made in this country,
whereas formerly the matesial could be
obtained only abroad. The colors of
delicate heliotrope or pure white are,
Serhaps' the most popular hues with the
iastidlous, and, while expensive, both
In It's production and the materials used
In It's manufacture, it is undoubtedly oc-
cupylng too strong place in the high
artistic taste of the people to lose the
hold 1T has gained upon them.
The monogram, with its indefinite geo.
metrical impossibilities, which no one
read and few appreciated, is losing caste
as proper thing in polite correspon-
dence, and no longer appears in the
forms OF past seasons. 1t is entirely
proper to adorn the upper left corner or
centers of note sheets with coats-of-
arms and crests, but the best of taste
would seem to confine itself to the iIi-
lal. unless an indisputed right to the
arnorlal bearing can be shown.
Many beautiful tints are appearing m
correspondence stationery, which are,
however. no improvement upon those
already seen, but The titles of which are
extremely puzzling to remember A vast
variety of tints, each bearing an indi-
Vldnal title, are practically inexhausti-
Die, and such hues as celestial blue.
,aledonian gray, nectarine, primrose and
desh tintS are still used.
The general tendency is undoubtedly
toward handsome but plain styles, very
ornate designs being entirely matter of
the past. Those dealers who cater to
the higher-priced trade deal almost ex-
,lusively in plain, unornamented paper
elegant simplicity being the standard
aimed at by those fashionable people
who have passed the ssoddy period and
discarded the loud and ornate STYLES Of
stationery.
Menu and name cards are not permits
sible unless hand-rainted or etched and
tinted by hand, while those Partisan
designs with French scenes are very
popular.
novel manner of designing the
names of guests at table is by ribbons,
which, extending from center-piece of
flowers, and of a length sufficient to
reach each guests plate, bearing pretty
little hand-painted designs. This style
could furnish an idea to sta TONERS for
menu design. Menus, at present, do not
exhibit the variety and beauty of those
which appeared last season, excepting.
perhaps, in those just from Paris, where
richness and elegance, with an absence
Of loud colors, appear in exquisite de-
Signs and unique subjects on handmade
board, either etched or etched and tint
ed by hand in an inimitable manner
Art StatiOnar