The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-18
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dead shade OF color. Modern art has
made 4 very different thing of it.
Certainly it is still applied to churches.
but not in the same way. l have lately
seen a small village church, the bare
stone walls of which have been made
quite beautiful by having stencil decora
tons on them. One border was put on
about four feet from the ground, and a
second and much broader border about
six feet higher than the first one. me
colors used were pale blue, pale terra
Gotta and just a very little green.
But it is not of the decorations Oh
churches or halls that | am gong 10
write, but of our own homes. stencil
decorations can be applied to fabrics
with great success, and | should ADVISE
any one to try their prentice hand on
a p~ortiere made of the common brown
ish gray crash, such as is used for kitch-
en- cloths, and which only costs a lew
pennies the yard. 1t is a very artistlo
background for bold effects of both col
oring and design.
A conventional scroll pattern of gi-
gantic tulips and their leaves would look
well, the flowers being painted IN sou
shades of pink and yellow. Instead OF
working with ordinary paint, 1t is far
better to use reliable dyes. Charming
draperies can be made of plain white
fabrics, both washing ones and other-
wise. if a handsome pattern is stenclleo
over them, huge peoples, chrysanthe-
NUNS or peonies being very adaptable.
Again, on walls which have been simply
painted it is an immense Improvement
to stencil on a dado or frieze, using SOFT
coIors and a good design.
It REQUIRES no skill, either in painting
or drawing to do stencil work; the only
art lies in the design, and If this cannot
be originated it can be easily bought.
In any case. it must be continuous, as
the stenciling is done bit by bit, the plate
being moved on as it is wanted.
Take. for instance, the first design l
mentioned. of tulips and their long. spiky
leaves; trace this on paper and then
transfer it to a thick piece of cardboard.
When you have the design clearly drawn
on this. cut it out with a very sharp
~penknife, leaving all the intersecting
parts intact. When this plate is laid on
the surface to be decorated, the design
will be open.
The tulip, for instance. will be cut
round, showing the wall or fabric be-
meath, and the dye or paint is simply
laid on in the ordinary way, making the
color deeper at the base. and shading up
to quite a light tone at the top. The
leaves. stems and lines are treated in the
same manner, and when all is filed in
the stencil plate is lifted eff, showing the
design fully finished.
Stencil plates of thin tin can be bought
already cut, and these are easier TO Work
with thar the cardboard ones.
The ever useful drain pipe makes a
most effective umbrella stand for the
hall if decorated with stenciling. 1t
should be first painted with three coats
of white bath enamel, put on as smooth
" as possible. Then a large design for
the body, and a small one for the border
should be stenciled on in whatever colors
are suitable. browns, reds and yeliows'
with a touch of black, being very arts
tic. Do not use enamel for this, as 1t IS
so-apt TO clog the stencils, but first have
ordinary oil paint, thinned with Floren-
tine medium. The plates must be cleaned
with turpentine Immediately after peHls
used.
H0lSekeoD6rS anu cOlCC
be delfai.tea with new coffee pots LOT
next seasons campaign. they poLn
measure up 10 what IS claimed LOT them,
they make good coffee. one comes tous
from Germany and the other. it IS said,
was, until this season, manufactured oAls
in France r1-
shaped affair, swinging in ar oval frame,
witha an alcohol lamp beneath. rms lamp
has no wick. and holds JUST enough Ill al
cof.ol to make the water in the pot nol
the requisite length of time. TIE coliee
grounds are put into a perforated TN
box, Situated in the cup shaped I'D OF the
Dot. with a long tube attached. The pot
s. filled thr~ee-auarters full of cold water
and the tube and box are put in place.
Then the coffee maker sets fire to the
alcohol and waits until it burns out. Then
the coffee is drawn off by means OF a
faucet at the bottom Ct tne POT IA 4 h snse
BY way of the tube, and runs through
the ground coffee and out OF the perfor-
ations into the bottom OF the pot h safrags
of a rich brown color and a oehclous
flavor. n
model are especially desirable for making
black coffee. They are more ornamental
than the German model. and can be had
an economicaI standpoint the nickel plat
ed are the most desirable, since they the
less easily tarnish and are clearer look-
very much the same as in the German
pot, the only difference being tnat I1e
water iS forced through the SIuuhuS
twice instead of once and less of the
steam is allowed to escape. The result IS
strong coffee, very black, and it is
claimed the natural taste of the bean
is more perfectly retained than by any
other pot. This result, according to the
dealers, is reached because so little steam
escapes, and whenever a pot is invented
where all the steam can be held the re-
suit will give a perfect coffee IN flavor as
well as color.
A casual observation Of the great
world of women passing in review On
the public t~horoughfares would cause one
10 think, according TO the standard OF p,y,,
gone days, that the feminine heart ald
not let grief weigh on 1t as heavily as OF
yore. and that sorrow had grown. old
fashioned and mourning a discarded habit
saws a writer in an article on 1.-THE Pass
ing of the Crepe Veil"
The heavily draped sable figure sWatn-
Ell in crepe from head to foot is rarely
seen any more. The deep crepe veil that
once was thought the necessary outward
Indication OF inward woe has passed, to
ioin a multitude of other similarly ridicu-
lous and unhealthy modes that women
have discarded, when their common sense
IN a despotic embargo.
memory OF ones dead is commendable,
and III touch with all the finer INSTINCTS
supposed to be possessed by the gentlerH
sex. but~the depth of grief cannot be
gagged by the thickness of the veil or
~fheSouality of the crepe, and 1t Is as ike
IL that lust as heavy a burden OF sorrow
X carried beneath a sensible outer cover