Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-27

would be good and then have IL oiled and shell
Laced and two or three small rugs scattered
about II fur and moquetts are beyond her
two pretty ones Of terra Gotta ingram carpsting.
These want to be yard and half long and
should be hemmed frst with the ends turned
up once and cross stitched to make them as fat
as possible. The hem should be four inches
deep and then should be split and raveled up
20 the cross stitching, thus making . deep,
ooubio fringe. These ingram rugs in artistic
coiorS make very good, cheap rugs, and have
only one objection, that of slipping too easily
on bare foor, and thus sometimes wrinkling
under ones feet. This can be avoided by lining
with old Brussels carpet, and / should think to
haste good carpet lining under would do also.
There can also be embroidered in o conven-
tional way II one likes with a deeper tone Of
the same color, in smyrna woods or lighter, II
IN olive or other dark shade 10 used
NEW RUas AND WALL PAPER.
While am speaking Of rugs will mention
the new ones like Kidderminsser, but woven in
oriental designs and called stamboul and Ispa-
han. They are pretty both in style and color
ing and are in different sizes, selling for 80
square yard. have only spoken OF one
paper for walls 40 yet, but there are all styles.
An extremely pretty yellow and white is In q
cheap paper Of brocade design, one Of the
best cheap ones have seen. Another 10 .
lovely pink and green in paiest tones and gray
conventionalized flowers for the motif. An
other French paper. at IS cents roll. is in o
stivery mica ground, with festoons Of small
pink roses, quite indescribably lovely. The
pink shade is like the old pinkB in the French
cretonnes and these papers are too noticeable
in themselves to show of pictures we'll. While
l have never carod for mica papers, they are
brought out this year in such shimmering sill
vers and ethereal pinks AZ to be very fascinat-
ing. The brocade designs are largely used in
these and also geometrical figures, very pretty.
They tell me nothing makes a small room look
SO large as one of these mica papers with their
granescent backgrounds and pale coloring-
pearl, pinkish gray and the like. With the
silver micas frosted silver picture rods are used
and look IN perfect keeping.
WALLS AND CEILINGS ALIKE.
fancy now is to paper side walls and CELL
ings alike, for bed rooms especially, either IN
the flower designs or quieter patterns. No rod
or frieze breaks the line il the pictures are
small and can be hung iuvisibly. For heavy
pictures rod Is necessary, and can be put in
the usual place some fifteen inches below the
ceiling, or 1t may be set at tho top OF the wall,
just under the ceiling. Other comparatively
new wall treatments have the ceiling paper
come down onto the sido walls for depth Of
from three to eight inches and then have q
deep frieze below that outlined above and be-
low with a moiding to correspond in color.
This is for high room, to bring the ceiling
down. The other is for low room, and the
side paper is carried up onto the ceiling for q
space Of eighteen inches, then moiding con-
meets that and the ceiling paper which covers
the center. l saw recently a large dining
room whose walls were specially refined
looking. The side walls were plain
gray-almost sage in tone. The ceiling paper
came down little way and was gray, OF un-
noticeable pattern. Tho friezo was twenty
i've or tweuty-seven inches deep and had
very sparsely set on it festoons OF gray
ish-green rose leaves with pale roses
scattering their petals below. The effect
was wonderfully pretty with this slight
decoration and the treatment suited the large,
high room, while the color seemed Goodness
itself on warm day and brought ont all the
brightness on the table in china and flowers
II one could only have work done as quickly
as one can plan it how blissful it would be; but
tho inevitable delays almost wear one out be-
fore the embodiment of ones idea liz fulfilled
If, however, the result is satisfactory one feels
repaid IN the end for all the inconvenience Of
the process of improvement.