St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-26
PAPERlNo RooNA.
Points fer Those WAo Wish . Do the
work TAenoelveo.

Peants fer Those wAo Wish . Do the
W0rk TAenselves.
The greatest cost of papering usually
IL for the labor employed. Excellent
wall paper in dainty. artistic patterns
may be purchased as low a. ten or If.
teen cents the single roll Of eight yards.
The first thing to do il to measure the
rooms. This il easily done, and the
estimate need not be close, rs all paper
dealers allow full rolls Of paper. or
eight yards, to be returned. though
nearly all wall paper is now put up in
double rolls of 16 yards. Some allow
ance must be made for matching at the
seams, and for this reason q wall paper
of small pattern is more economical to
buy than one of large Towering design.
A paper where the ground is we'll COW
cred will net show soil so quickly as
one with a scattered pattern.
The first step in papering is to scrape
the wall free from paper or whitewash.
II the ceiling is to be kalsomined or the
wood to be painted, all this work should
be done first, the walls prepared for pa
pering, and the room should be-thor-
oughly cleaned before the paper is
hung. To remove old paper, moisten 1t
thoroughly with a whitewash brush
dipped in water, and, as fast as breadth
has soaked up the water, peel it OIL.
Mend all cracks, breaks and nail holes
in the wall with plaster of paris. mix
ing up only little at time and
smoothing it down rapidly with thin.
flexible bladed knife, II you have no bet
ter tool. 1t is a good plan to go over
the wall with size, using an old white
wash brush. Whitewashed walls must
be sized. Ceilings are not as frequently
papered now as they were few years
ago. 1t costs very little to treat them
III distemper or colored kalsomine in a
tint to harmonize with the paper of the
side walls, and this is the way they are
usually covered. It is cheaper to kali
somine a ceiling, II the work Is done
by one of the household, than to paper
1t, and the kalsominc possesses the ad.
vantage Of being easily renewed when
soiled.
The best rule for sizing allows eight
ounces of glue, costing about twenty
four cents a poundstoa large pail nearly
full of boiling water. Dissolve the glue
first in little boiling water and then
stir it into a pailful Of boiling water.
DO this carefully. Apply the size hot
and let the walls dry for few hours
before applying the paper. Take great
care to cover the walls with size at the
ceiling and Dashboard. as the brush
often slips at these points.
Trim the blank strip of one side Of
the paper and cut roll into lengths,
making proper allowance for match
ing before beginning to apply the paper
Lay the lengths face downwards on the
papering table. Two 12-inch boards OF
two barrels make a convenient table.
Spread the paste on with small white.
wash brush. A kalsomine brush must
lie a fine and expensive brush, and
should be-kept for the purpose alone
but whitewash brush costs little and
is not injured by being used for a va.
riety of purposes II properly washed
of each time. Apply the paper and note
with a plumb-line that the edge is in
correct position. then rub it smooth
from the ceiling downward to the base
using a rather large cotton cloth
Dampen the cloth slightly to make I,
cling to the wall, but be careful not te
blur the colors.
The best paste is made of wheat flour
Take two pounds for five rolls Of paper
Sift it. Stir it to stiff paste in clear
cold water. Have about ~ gallons o!
boiling water ready. Pour the boiling
water gradually into the dish of paste
stirring the paste repeatedly and con
stantly. Finally the batter will swell
and turn yellow. 1t is now considered
ready for use. The amount Of boiling
water needed varies with the flour used
Pastry or winter wheat -four makes the
best paste. Do not add alum or any
thing else.-N. Y. Tribune.