New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10

Then he mounts the ladder again and hangs II
back In exactly the same place
Oh, mats much better-don't you see II Is"
exclaims Mrs. Jones. and the picture man mod
estly admits that II is Improvement.
one or the most difficult classes these men
nave to deal with is composed Of persons who
nave an idea that the picture hanger is some
thing OF magician. They have new wall paper
ana they don't propoa to have II mutated. In
consequence they say emphatcally that no
nails are TO be driven I'm the wall OF course
where there is room moulding that is a COMPARE
lively simple matter for II is easy to hang
pictures with chain or wire from the moulding.
But where moulding has not been provided the
case Is hopeless. A man had to put up a heavy
mirror In Richard Cookers room at the Demo-
cratic Club not long ago The walls OF the room
are tile. and In that case it was not possible to
drive nails. This overcome by making a
frame In imitation of thing and setting 1t I'm a
followed out space in the wall
There are some people who object to having a
ladder brought into the drawing room, and they
expect the picture hanger to perform some sort
or acrobatic feat TO reach the high places on
the walls
Probably the hardest OF all TO deal with is the
woman who has mortal fear that the man will
leave a soiled spot on her new wall paper. She
stands below and gives directions. She brings
cloths which she insists he must while hang
Ing the picture. notwithstanding the fact that
his hands are already overful. She usually sue
ceeds In getting the man so nervous that her
worst fears are realized. and she has the added
satisfaction OF being able to say i told you so"'
" IL DATE IDEAS.
In general the old rules about hanging certain
kinds Of pictures In designated places have died
out. For instance, the oldtme fruit and game
piece without which we'll regulated dining
room was formerly complete has been relegate ed
to comparative Obscurty. In its place has come
the print suggestive Of merrment and good
cheer. EtChingS after Dendy Sadler are espe-
cially popular for dningrooms nowadays, and
such titles as over Nuts and Wine or Hes a
Jolly Good Fellow" indicate the way taste runs
In that direction. In the den sporting prints,
bright colOred and suggestive of healthy outdoor
living, often seen. and in black-and whites
the reproductions OF MeissOnier's Smoker" and
kindred subjects are popular.
OF course. there is a broad range OF pictures
which are used for specific places, and here
again no general rules possible.
AS to the hanging Of them, In general, II Is
considered best nowadays TO hang black ana
whites independently. and so with colored pict-
ures Paintings. of course. require the most
careful consideration in the hanging. and even
the professional makes mistakes at times. he
figures out the lighting of the room to his salts
faction, and does his work accordingly. AT
night, when the chandeliers are aglow, the paint
Ing to be a picture, and becomes blur.
and the next day he is called to make an entire
change in its position.
In some rooms the window arrangements are
such that II is next to impossible TO hang a
painting so as to get an effective lighting by
day and in others the artificial lighting ar
rangements such as to preclude satisfac-
tory illumination OF the canvas at night.