The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

4 eSSenTla lQdI Tie CASTER ApioAA N
sitter that after the plaster has been APP
| piled he will become conscious OF the
feeling that it is going to fall off the
face. Many a splendid cast has been
spoiled by the movements of the muscles
of sitters in their efforts to explain that
the plaster is about to fall away from
the face. This sensation is caused by its
hardening, and it is always a false
alarm.
The first coat of plaster applied to the
face should be very thin and put on with
a brush. 1t must be daubed rather h a
painted over. When the, features are COW
cred with a coat about an eight of an
inch thick then carefully and with as
little pressure on the mussles as is pos
sible. the plaster should be applied until
it is an inch and a half or two inches in
thickness, and as soon as it has set 1t
can be readily lifted from the face. Al
most any number of casts can be made
if the mold proves good.
Everything depends on the size and
style of the picture and the position in
which it is to hang" said a prominent
decorator yesterday. in speaking of the
art of framing.
1lGfGI eAdllpiCS VI lis WIN
stood about, carried out this theory to
perfection. 1t was most interesting to see
how the present vogue in frames was
modified by his ideas uatil they keyed in
harmony with the subjects under his
hands
There are some rules from which no
dictates of fashion can swerve him.
Grade the width of your frames ac-
-.-l:.- - 49, -;1a af x-o1r niqf11rpS' he
said. Don't nave a little picture swallow
ed up by a bulk of wood, or a big picture
looking cramped and uncomfortable in a
frame too narrow for it.
For etchings and engravings use frames
of Flemish oak. The warm tints in the
wood are Just what is needed to bring out
the light and shadows of these pictures.
Gold frames should be marked Re
served for oil paintings Even then they
are better if finished dull and not bur-
nished. The glare of a bright gold frame
has something about it that savors of the
g~ew-gaw."
White and enamel frames and any like
fancies should be used only on the nghtest
kind of pictures-dainty water colors, Tor
example. Nothing is more unsuitable than
an etching in a frame of this style.
The novelty in the shape of architec-
tural frames is one which most decor
ators heartily approve, but 1t IS subject
to great misuse. An architectural frame
must be very carefully chosen to suit the
style of the picture.
Frames of dead, black wood rarely de-
velop the best possibilities of a picture
They are, to be sure, attractive in a SHOP
because they are somewhat unusual. But
in a room where walls are prepared or
tinted. black frames make your pictures
look as if they had gone into mourning
They bring out none of the lights and
shadows in the picture and accentuate
none of the coloring of the room.
Passepartouts are often desirable be-
cause they cannot kill anything in. a
scheme. They are. however, impractic-
able for large and heavy pictures.
Many artists frame their work as regu-
larry as they paint it. Mrs. Alice Barber
Stephens has discovered that frames OIL
dark green wood about three inches VIDE
are eminently suitable for her style OF pic
lures. She makes and stains the frames
herself.
Members of the Plastic Club who ex-
hibit their work at the club affairs are
all interested in the designing or making
of the frames
There is no idea more wantonly erro-
neous than that it requires a liberal ex-
penditure of money to have a comfortable
and artistic home,'' writes Edward w.
Box in the April Ladies' Home Journal
ssThe very essence of elegance lies in
simplicity. 1t is not art to make a parlor
the duplicate of an exhibition room in a
furniture store. That simply calls for an
outlay of money and a failure to exercise
taste. There is no tone to such a room
no air of repose, no comfort, no individu-
ality. 1t speaks for what it is: an ex-
hibition. True art in furnishing is found
in allowing a home to slowly develop I'M
der the tastes of those who live in it
the adoption of an idea here, another
there. The development of taste requires
time and cultivation No house worth
living in can be complete at one time.
A home of comfort unfolds itself, so to
speak. and unfolds slowly. True improve
ment comes in this way, and only IN TINS
way. Young married people cannot bear
this. fact in mind too strongly when fur
nishing their homes"
So
Embroidered Handwriting is the
newest idea in liner marking. When
marking your linen have a dozen maps
kins and a dozen handkerchief marked
with a fac-simile of your initials in your
own NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. them larger
than usual, of course. After they have
been plainly written the desired size they
may be taken to a fancy store for stamp
ing, if desired; or, if they are to be sim
ply embroidered in outline stitch no
stamping win be necessary, as the writ
ten letters can be easily followed in the
embroidery.
For an Easter gift a certain young
lady, who is ON the lookout for novel
ideas, has taken the signature from the
bottom of a letter from her lover, and
had six exquisitely fine handkerchiefs
stamped for embroidery. The receiver
will probably be very much surprised at
the clever forgery, and will take great
pleasure in the gift.
If one does not care to attempt to copy
another's writing. the gift will doubtless
be appreciated quite as much II the
three initials. or the single initial, or the
first name written in full-as the case
may be-is embroidered in the handwrit-
ing of the giver.
When a variety of marking is desired
for the home linen. part of the napkins,