The record-union., 1893-11-11
KNEW HER MIND.
So She Decided Upon a Blue Wall
Paner and Took Green.

Paper and Took Green.
She was dainty little woman, SEEM
ingly of the clinging, trusting type, but
really about as obstinate and determined
as the members of her sex ever become,
says the Baltimore Herald. So that when
she finally made up her mind to have the
guest-room of her house done over in
blue, anybody who knew her would have
wagered odds that blue it would be. And
yet it didn't so turn out, as you shall
hear.
She went to select the wall paper first.
She seated herself and gave the clerk an
accurate description OF just what she
wanted. The first paper shown her had
pale blue background scattered with
delicately-tinted pink roses and silver
stems. This cost her thirty cents a roll.
But some way it didn't quite suit her. 1t
must be pale room and she didn't like
the bunch OF pink.
stripes are all the rage just now,"
volunteered the clerk, as he brought out
roll of paper which showed first stripe
OF blue as glossy as satin, and then a mar
row one of cream.
This is more expensive" he said;
''one dollar roll. 10 frieze is used with
the striped papers. They either reach up
close to the ceiling or are finished with
narrow enameled molding. holdings
are in great demand. They vary in
price from to % cents foot. You can
have them made to order in any design
or color.''
But the determined little woman de-
clared that she preferred freize. The
clerk then spread out before her cream
white striped paper which had the effect
of gros grain ribbon. Over this were
This was so cents roll. and the frieze
was gracefully tangled mass of the
blossoms. But it seemed rather fussy,
she thought, so the obliging clerk started
in on PLAIN papers. in which the cartridge
paper takes the lead. It comes in all the
varied shades of red, bluff and blue,
thirty inches wide, and costs 90 cents a
roll. There is also printed cartridge
paper with background of buff, having
conventional figures traced upon it in
gilt This sells at 20 cents a roll.
But it didn't quite suit the searcher,
who next inspected paper which she
came very near buying. 1t was deli
cate green. decorated with stately palms
IN darker shade OF the same color, at
seventy-tive cents a roll.
But it had too much green in it she
thought. Then spoke the willy sales
man, as if seized by sudden inspirations:
II have just what you want, madame.
1t is one of the latest papers out"
1t was paper with just the faintest
suggestion of green in its tone. It was
made OF narrow stripes, with realistic
punches of lily of the valley caught here
and there on the stripe, and it only costs
fifty cents roll. But even this did not
suit her.
well, here is something unique,o said
the despairing clerk, '.It's a Japanese
paper, and looks like gilt mating. The
design is in fieur-de-lis, and it comes in
different colors. 1t costs 81 roll"
NO" said the little woman, "it's en-
tirely too fiashy."
81 suppose you wouldn't like this clo-
yer paper?" he yentured. ''Of course, il
isn't blue, but it is one of our latest nov
elites"
He spread out before her paper of a
faint green color, with carelessly ar
ranged punches of pink clover at seven
ty-five cents roll, with a frieZe in the
same pattern at twenty-five cents a
| yard. OF course, the clerk expected her
| to veto this as she had the rest, but he
received a shock, for the determined
little woman exclaimed enthusiastically:
| Its simply ideal! Why didn't you
show it to me before?'
So now the whole decorative scheme of
that guest room has been changed. The
| floor is to be covered with pale green.
The sash curtains will be of dotted Swiss
tied back with pink and green ribbons.
| White silk null is to be used for the
| toilet set. 1t will be lined with green
and embroidered with clover blossoms.
/ The divan banked with pillows in green
and pale pink silk.
Maybe [ didn't quite carry out my
| first idea," said the determined little
| woman to her husband that night at din
ner, "but what difference does it make
whether it's green or blue as long as am
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