Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-23
From the Uphols,erer.

From the Upholsserer.
lite ali very WE'LL" was the plant Of e sweet
woman recently. ''to talk decorative art, but
what in the world is one 50 do with four
such children as have? Almost everything
buy nowadays must be considered from a
fnger-mark standpoint ! would Ike 10 have
dainty walls anu delicate furniture. but how
can II To this class we wonld say. use .
dado along your halls and up your stairs
particularly. Children will insist Oh putting
their hands on wall paper, but it's en- easy
matter 10 have n dark dado four and hall
feet high, and above this the fancy may run
free and fearless into the color deiicacies.
without danger OF limitation. It's unneces-
sary to put dark brown colorings on to every
thing. In dining rooms other apartments
where chair backs are likely 20 rub the wall a
dado is not only economical. but classic, and
they can be got IN special patterns and in iini-
tation OF feathers II in time they are soiled
they can be renewed without the expense Of
recovering the entire wall.
1t Is astonishing in these days of decoration
that so little is known OF stains. The subject
IS not complicated. II you wish to stain your
noors get raw sienna. PrussiRn blue. burnt
sienna or anything of that SORT and dilute it
with turpentine till If gets to the consistency
OF water. Burnt sienna makes almost a ma
hogany finish Raw upaber makes nn excellent
stain, II greatly diluted, and very thia Vandyke
brown on Georgia pine flooring has n very
good effect; Oh white Pine i. Is better still.
The variation IN color OF a stain depends
simply upon its diiution with iu-pcntine. For
varnish hard-oil finish is the best and cheap
est. Never use water in cleaning 1t. When the
varnish loses its freshness wax IL, but not in
the old-fashionel way, which faeane endless
toll. but with some OF the wax preparations
which are made. The secret of nice-lookiug
hard-fnished door lies IN the use of a hair
broom and a mop slightly oiled. Never use a
coarse broom or carpet sweeper or water.
These are the things that make waxed doors an
abomnation.
"sIT CLOSER" CHAIR.
II ever there a chair that will rid a
household of manageable girls it is the new
double-seated thing into which two can crowd
in the ''sit closer" fashion. which regulates
our American horse car
Talking about Lazy furSiture calls 10 mind
another continuance that is. as Bah would put
it. just simply lovely; and that is tue swinging
chair that IS made out in Cinc;nnGti. 1t Is
neither more nor less than chair suspended
from triangular frame that runs mp a height
of four feet and which holds. like swing sus-
pended from a cross bar. very comfortable
sort of skeleton chair. The chair is OF the ad-
Unstable variety; you can kick it into sofa
si'pc VI Coupie IL up IKE sdW-Dorse, ana
there you can lie and swing with a forward
and-back motion that is simply inioscribable.
We do not have the huge, cld-fashioned fire.
place in the houses of nowadays, but The spirit
of romantic decoration has suggested an
EFFECT" which is very cheerful. mock or
sham hearth is arranged with little trouble
The angle of the wall is simply built across
above height Of five feet from the ground.
where an old-fashioned mantel shelf runs and
holds the usual appurtenances-piac1 can
dlestcks. &c. The wall above is hung with
corn husks and an imitation brick interior is
fitted into the mock fireplace beneath. Ket-
ties are hung aud andirons and the other auxil-
iaries. together with an artificial gas device
which throws out Il cracking blaze from en- as
bestos log. complete the strikingly cheerful
effect. especially when utilized for the corner
of broad hallway