Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17
Rules That Apply to Galleries Not A.
pttcable MT Homo.


""ies rnat Apply TO Galleries Not A.
pticable Mt Homo.
i've been taking in the art display.
ana getting ideas for the arrangement
OF the home pictures" said Mrs.
houngwife. with certain amount OF
compiacency, as she Viewed the va
rlous paintings in her parlor and
Planned TO rehang them according to
her recently acquired ideas.
This Is mistake that Is very gener-
ally made. People who go to a picture
gallery have an idea that the same
rules or arrangement should prevail
at home. This Is all wrong.
Give picture the best possible posi-
ton as to light. They frequently have
To be skied In galleries. but they need
never undergo this humllIating treat
ment In the drawing room. The mid
ole or the picture should be on the
level with. or trlfie above. the ewes
that look upon It. In beautiful room
great variety may be displayed In the
disposition OF the various pictures.
Family pictures should not be on ex-
hibition In the rooms OF the house that
are set apart for the occasions of cere-
mony. They may be appropriately
used I'm bedrooms. or even I'm little stu
dos, or dens, which people have to
themselves
Many OF our walls are very trying
to pictures, and Il not infreouently
happens that n really beautiful engrav-
ing or water-color loses It's charm be-
cause of an ineffective and discordnnt
background. One may receive hints
ana suggestions as to the proper hang
ing of pictures by an occasional VISIT
To studios and galleries, where fire.
quently the tones OF the walls are ef-
fectively treated SO as TO bring out the
best points In the picture.
There are two or three points that
are essential 20 good effects. Large.
massive pictures can be put up against
almost any wall. The huge frame will
| accentuate the background of the mic
ture, but little pictures should never
be put upon n wall that n covered
with wall paper OF striking design.
If you have enough pictures TO make a
room Interesting by their exhibition.
by all means have plain wall. IL
only adds confusion to have an elab-
crate wall overhung with n lot OF pic
lures; overdressing is always vulgar.
and the overdressing OF ones walls is
sometimes even more distressing than
that of the person.
few good pictures well hung, I'm
good light, Is better than many, no
matter how beautiful, that are care
lessly rranged.-philadelph Record.
rhe Newspaper nm Au-Around blessing.
/ wonder how many comprehend the
value OF the newspaper? Not In it's
iirst estate, merely. because OF that
there Is no question. OF course. wom-
en- fully value the newspaper in its
lirst freshness. hut how about IL after
they have gotten all they can from IL
In reading. Not all OF them know it's
possibilities In It's last estate. All old
newspapers should be saved, folded
neatly ana given a place In the tool
chest, where they VIII be at hand when
needed
Moths do not like printers Ink, and
there is no more secure way OF dispos-
Ing OF the winter clothing than to pack
It away in newspapers. The articles.
whether wooden or fur. should be well
beaten In the open air. TO make sure
that no egg is deposited already, then
folded carefully and pasted closely I'm
newspaper, so that there shall be no
crack into which the insidlous little iu-
sect may creep. BY packing carefully
In this way you will not need camphor.
moth-balls. pepper or tobacco or any
OF the moth preventlvcs so frequently
recommended. If there is any trouble
when the articles are unpacked in the
! autumn It will be because the mischief
was done before the article was
packed. This is written out of twenty
five years of experience. during which
time no garment thus packed has been
touched by the moth or the buffalo
bug.-Sallie JOY White. In the Wom-
ans Home Companion.