Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-02
ON Ht WALL.
PATIENTS DRIVEN NeAFLYlNsANE BY
 WEIRD AND IM7 a.cAtE DESIGNS.

WEIRD AND INT a..cAfE DESIGNS. They Trresis,abIy At:raet tI,e Eyes From Floor to Ceiling Headaches Result From
 the strain-suggestions for Purchasing
 the Proper Wall Covering.
 It is a well established fact that chil- dren are often haunted at night by the hfdeous objects they have traced in the patterns on the wall. Older persons are familiar with the fact that certain pat terms frYesistibly attract the eyes from floor to eailing and from one corner of the room to the other
 Endless headaches are the result of such straining of the eyes. The writer once occupied a room, which had such q paper upon it's walls It was small room and the consequence was a sue cessicn of severe headaches that finally took the form of vertigo, and which were not relieved unUil a change of room was effected. The paper was very pretty, but the amount of activity displayed by the pattern, which seemed after brief scrutiny to be literally alive, was impossible to endure
 Elderly people may be loath to admit it, thinking it a weakness, but they are frequently subjected to much discom- fort by walls that to the casual ob- server appear attractive. I know of one blue aid silver paper that had to be covered hy a plain pepper-and-salt sur face before tie mistress of the room could be induced to return to it.
 Papers are frequently one thing tn the shops and quite another thing up- on the wall. In buying plain paper this discrepancy cannot occur.
 For bedrooms plain papers with roughly finished surface are the best. These should be light and cheerful in color, and can be relieved by a richer border and contrasting woodwork if desired.
 In hall richly figured paper may be used, but better results are invariably obtained by the use of a plain paper of some dark tone. ! deep, old red is very effective. Wizh this the wood work should be painted black and high ly varnished. The floors can be cover ed with mating or with dark carpet.
 On planning a room. the first consid- efatien should be tAe walls, the wood work and the covering of the floor. Any room will have some architectural fea- lures that will assert themselves if it is not swamped in unnecessary nick hacks. The ends to be sought are, as in dress, simplicity. Gse, goed color, and pleasing effect. The fewer materials used the better. The trouble is that our walls are usually so offensive that in stinctvely we seek te conceal them beneath pictures, photographs, fans and draDefies which only serve to hold the dust and weary tEa eyes.
 4 good wall needs very few pictures. 4 plain wall will sgt off the few en- cravings to which oae may cling to es- cape monotony. But if one has the courage to do witAout pictures alto- gether in a bedroom one will save ones eges from detecting that this CT that Srame is hanging out of plumb, and will Keep them fer the parlor where they belong. 1t may require some heroism to simplify the bedroom in this way, but the result will more than compensate.
 There is a space, a freshness, a sense of cleanliness obtained in this way that cannot be achieved by all the decora- tion that could be crowded on the walls. Simple muslin curtains at the windows, clean mating on the floor a plain wall with a pretty border. a white iron bed with brass trimmings and linen sheets-these things togeth- CT make ballroom that must be ac- knowledged faultless by the most fas tidious taste.
 Yet these filings could be purchased for half the price of the useless decora- tions with which We constantly dis figure our homes.