Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-04-08
PAPER ON THE WALL.
PATIENTS DRIVEN NEARLY INSANE BY
 WEIRD AND INTRICATE DESIGNS.


 WEIRD AND INTRICATE DESIGNS. They Irresisaably Attract the Eyes From
 Floor to Ceiling Headaches Result From
 She strain-snggestions for Purchasing
 the Proper Wall Covering
 Itisa well established fact that chil- dren are often haunted at night by the hideoas objects they have traced ia the patterns on the wall. Older persons are familiar with the fact that certain pat terms irsesistfbly attract the eyes from floor to ceiling and from one corner Of the room to the other
 Endless headaches are the result of such straining of the eyes. The writer ence occupied a room, which had such ! 2 paper upon its walls. Il was small room and the consequence was a sue | cession Of severe headaches that finally took the form of vertigo. and which were not relieved until 2 change Of room was effected The paper vas Ferg pretty. bat the amount of activity displayed by the pattern NaIch seemed sszer brief seTEtzey to be literally alive 1as impossible t9 endure
 Eg people na9 te 13ata t0 admit E. thinking znes but lney ara frequently a5scted e mach dises1- fsFt F walls tEe b the casual ob- server appear a1trz Ea ] EaaB af one 6les and silver r taat had to be ecEased aF q Hlzla Beape1la la-zaHe sas- lace Lez0ra 1Ea mistress Of ha room could be induced e geGuTE e t.
 Papers sra freee1tly one thing il 5Ee shops and ease aE6iaer thing up- aa t4e wall. IH buying 8 HI@in paper this discrepancy cannot occur. For bedrooms plan ra1ez8 with 2 roughly finished surface are the best. These shasId be light ard cheerful In color and can De relieved by 9 richer border and contrasting woodwork if desired.
 n hall richly figured parer may be used. but better results are invariably obtained by tha use Of a plain paper of some dark tone. 4 deep, old red is very effective With this the wood work should be painted black and high ly vanished. The fcors can be cover cd with mating or with dark carpet.
 On planning a room, the first consid- eration should be the walls, the wood work and the covering Of the floor. Any room will have some architectural fea- lures that will assert themselves if it fs not swamred in unnecessary nick hacks. The ends to De sought are. as in dress. simplicity Use, good color, and pleasing effect. The fewer materials ased the better. The trouble is that our walls are usually go offensive that in st-rctiTeiy we seek to conceal them beneath pictures, photographs, fans and draBeTies which only serve to hold the dust and weary the eyes.
 \ good wall needs very few pictures. 4 plain wall will set of the few en- cravings to which one may cling to es- cape monotony. But if one has the courage to do without pictures aIto- se5her in a bedroom one will save ones eyes from detecting that this or that frame is hanging out of plumb, and will keep them for the parlor where they belong. It may require some hercism to simplify the bedroom in this way, but the result will more than compensate
 There is space, freshness, a sense cG cleanliness obtained in this way that canEot 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 pretty border. a white iron bed with brass trimmings and linen sheets-these things toseth- CT make q bedroom that must be ac- knowIedged faultless by the most fas- tidiCus taste.
 Yet these things could be purchased for half the price Of the useless decora- tions with which We constantly dis figure our homes.
 Railroad Women in Norway.