Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-06
How to Select WALLPAPER that Is Cheer
full and Effective

now to Select Wail-Pnper that Is Cheer
full and Effective.
The highest art is now displayed in
the designs Tor Wallpapers, and there Is
no discountlng the magnificent appear
ances of some Of these latest patterns
when properly placed on the sides Of
the room. Large figures in old gold,
especially scroll work in borders, are
used. In selecting wallpaper it should
be chosen in accordance with good taste,
and the most important question to de-
eide is whether it is to form a decora-
ton for itself or whether it is to be-
come mere background for pictures.
In either case the colors should be sub
dued in tone, and two shades OF light
drab or silver-gray will be found the
most appropriate for this purpose
Where water-color drawings are hung
in drawing-room paper of embossed
white or cream color, with very small
spots of gold, will not be amiss. The
patterns should also be selected with
reference to the place. When a large
part of the wall is to be presented to the
eye greater play of line in the pat
terms may be attractive but in all other
situations the patterns should be com
paratively simple. 1t is a mistake to
make the wallpaper decorations of the
same color OF the furniture Instead Of
repeating the color of the furniture and
hangings it should oppose it. Contrast
Is as essential as simplicity to good
taste In household decoration.
In selecting papers for the walls one
2hOnld mot fr11et arr,, Ms fo h.
books. A paper that has been ordered
will often look darker or lighter after it
Is hung than it did in the pattern-b book.
In order to avoid disappointment in this
respect it is advisable to take several
lengths of the paper and suspend them
side by side on the wall, and notice
carefully the general effect it has upon
the eye and the room. The leaves OF
certain plants conventionally treated are
very effective decorative forms. The
ivy, maple. oak and fig leaves are beau
tlfully adapted to this purpose, and
they come in large and small designs on
wall paper Where two shades Of the
same color are employed, and the quiet
ness OF effect is especially desired, the
overlaid tint should be but very little
darker than the ground; and if draw
ings and other things are to be hung
upon it the pattern should be hardly
discernible from little distance.
: The most dreary method Of decorat-
ing the wall OF sitting room is to cover
it all over with an unrelieved pattern OF
monotonous design. Yet many house
wives who are careless about such. mat
tiers, or probably do not know the secret
Of the art, will do this every spring that
their paper is changed. Paper hanging
should in no case be allowed to cover
the whole space OF wall from skirting
to ceiling A plinth space of plain
color, either in paper or distemper,
should be left to height Of two or
three feet from the floor. A light wood
moulding, stained or gilded, should
seperate this from the paper above. A
second space of frieze. left just below
the ceiling and filed with arabesque
ornament, is always effective, but, of
course. always involves more expense.
Gold, when injudiciously introduced, is
always valuable adjunct in the design
Of paper hangings. but it frequently
doubles and sometimes trebles the
price of a piece.