The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-24
for 16Nnamen.

TIC 3SfsldHl Design. II mas Oiicuton
stripes and famboyant figures. the Inn
press Of the far East in every line and
curve. 1t gives a rich and restful aspect
to the apartment In which 1t is used. II
will cost a pretty penny to have your IL
brary and dining room papered IN the
Persian style. for the proper things to
go with Persian pape are embroidered
portieress window curtain and they are
expensive. There are no borders for
Persian paper, which goes from top to
bottom of the walls and gives the eff
feet of great height to the room.
What is called scenery paper is wall
paper upon which there is a panoramic
picture of historical scenes. landscapes,
sea views, and miscellaneous subjects,
says the Decorator and Furnisher." 1t
is put on the wall above the wooden
wa.nscoting and when properly dom pre-
sents an attractive appearance. 1t Is
one of the newest things In wall papers
and has caught the fancy of New York
One of the favorite styles Is a Vatican
design4 THE shepherds and shepherd
esses. with their gambling lambs. their
~teribbened crooks. are an attractive
decoration, for any room.
A guest chamber has the walls covered
with rose-colored silk in harmony with
h furniture of inlaid rosewood. Here
has penetrated the spirit of antiquity as
shown IN the bedspread Of heavily en-
broidered white silk made from the
vestments of an old Portuguese priest.
A characteristic feature is that of the
gas brackets. which are Of porcelain.
No shade requires more, careful hand
ling h green. Buff the proper tint
Is found the effect is delightful. To
make a success Of rooms in green deli
cate tints must be employed. A shade
of green which has recently obtained
much favor Is jade green, which, with a
liberal use OF white makes a decoration
for a room particularly delightful and
agreeable, especially for summer, cottages.
Zinc wall paper Is the latest oddly.
and several residences of the highest
class now building will be equipped with
the zfnc papers, which are prepared by a
new process, so as exactly to resemble
marble. The most beautiful varieties Of
marble are initiated In such. a manner
that the imposture Is only to be de-
fected after a close examination.
The zinc Is attached TO the wall by q
cemeHt invented for the purpose. The
surface Of the zinc Is enameled 50 as to
render it permanent and washable. Tiles
or n other FORMS of mural covering can
be initiated as readily as marble and
the material Is made IN q great variety of
patterns
It is claimed for this new departure in
Decorative material that while 1T is as
permanent as tiles OF marble, tt is much
cheaper and can be as easily put on as
ordinary wall paper. It can be applied.
too to surface. whether fiat, broken
or sound. and any beading, etc, can be
embossed on the metal to complete a de-
sign or panel
It q often more refreshing to gid
s1ofdans "a part than to gid them who'll
". Thus an inch bead may be divided
into short chunks of three inches in
length, and altering gilt and cream color,
thus saving bali the gold and enhancing
the effect.
It must; however, be borne In mind
that IN such q case there must be suf-
ncienfiy strong combining members of
red, or other emphatic color, to keep
the rnolddng rigid, or q loss Of repose
would result, instead of an accession OF
richness Curved members should be en-
sssaAnf hs the appitcation of straight
Inns ornament, end vice versa. This Is a
good rule and gives full value for the
expenditure al time Another rule is to
put the darker limits on the recessed
parts and the Tighter on the raised parts,
. practtce approved by the e taste.
bookcases timing the walls of q room
IA be nnada less auonotonous-and very
~attracffve as weff-by separating them
with q couch or seat, 1t Intervals. On
q pieee Of embroidery or q small rug to
give color, or a short curtain or valance
on the wall, Including the bookcase ends,
II the zee b not an ornamental e
the valance being Of the same goods and
coloring az fhe cushaon-covers.
Just a word abou& feminine matters
IN the street car! A crowded trolley,
with its burden of weary men and wo-
e Is probably the very .-apotheosis of
THAT discomfort which p~aradoxical as 1t
may sound, seems Inevitably to follow in
the wake o. progress. and is, ~undoubted-
~, the worst place In the world to study
the outward and visible signs of mans
dnhumandty to mainland incidentally of
woman's.
If we women but knew II here is the
very best place to put into practice some
OF our altruistic theortes-the basis of
which Is after all no more, no less, than
the golden rule laid down nearly nine
teen centuries ago.
Ffrst-and let us have the courage to
face all u feminine trolley iniqufties-
we stand ON the street corner, and If we
want the car to stop, disdafn to signal
the nnotormaan till he is close upon US
we believe in thought transference: we
know we want to board that particular
car, ergo the troHeyman ought to know
it, and he's very stupid If he doesn't.
Then having aggravated that parsonage
to the last degree. thereby causing him
IN turn to drrftate the passengers by a
vicious lurch of the car, we serenely
enter the conveyance, and If # be crowd
ed stop directly at the door, and in spite
OF the pladntive appeals Of the conductor
to move up front remain firmly plantee
Ia. 1t IS not by any means a pleasant
place to stand, for every incoming and
outgoing passenger contrfves to wrap
himself In our draperies, knock our hat
sideways, or crush our sleeves to ext,nc-
ton, but lii re moved the conductor
might think we did it to obige him. which
would be ridiculous, and so we stand at
Dur self-appointed post, and could give
points to the boy on b burning deck
-Lz q A<rr - 49,