The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-19
NEW NOTE PAPER.
INDIVIDUAL HEADINGS ARE
 THE THING
At Present-IIiuminate Letters Are
 Conventional.

notepaper? That is what one New
 Yorker has reproduced upon thin paper
 the house making picture at once at.
 tractive and unique.
 It is a neat little oblong engraving it
 the center of the top of the sheet of pa
 per, an inch and a half long, perhaps
 by something less than that wide
 There is no lettering, only the date oi
 the building of the house, which is ar lold one, which date can also be seen Wpon careful examination upon the en-
 graving. An ornament of this kind
 might not be in good taste for all peo- pie, but when there is something like
 historical antiquity to create interest in
 place it is pretty idea to reproduce
 it. Think of writing to noes friends in
 this way;
 My dear Jane:-Can you come to us for the first two weeks in July? The big
 room the bay window of which you can
 see, on the second floor of the house
 which heads the paper, has been fitted
 up on purpose for you, with the red | poppies, which are your favorite flower,
 and sufficient green to make it cool.
 The windows face the south and, as you
 can see, look out over the lawn to the
 water, and we can promise you cool
 breezes as we'll as warm welcome
 from" etc.
 That is a little aside for a talk upon
 letter paper, but it shows what may
 be done in the way of a novelty. Such
 treatment for letter paper is fancy
 not likely to be copied.
 In the more conventional designs H. l s..,4 I'd t.44 r,v | stationery. The monogram or initials
 are in script, as rule, in two or more
 harmonizing colors, favorites of the owner of the initials. Any attractive combination can be used, and the ef- feet is excellent. There are people who | like to change styles of heading to their | notepaper as often as anything new comes up. This is an expensive whim, however, and not universally followed | for even the simplest dies cost several dollars apiece.
 As a rule people consider the headings to their notepaper as something which should be entirely individual and select the design for the die with care and use it always regardless of style Clubs and organizations, after selecting a heading for the notepaper, which intro duces it's insignia. use it ever after, and it becomes as much feature of the body as it's name.
 Where only one color is used, gold and silver are to be found more than colors. In some of the new bordered papers, gray or lavender, with a white border. the paper is stamped with white to match. Embossed monograms, ad- dresses or coats of arms or crests with- out colr are sometimes used, more ire quently with the coats of arms than in other ways, There Is reason for this, for the coat of arms or even the crest in colros or even in a single color, is too conspicuous to be in good taste It is, as rule, the woman who employs fam cy dies for her paper, while the man uses more often a simple address. This rule is by no means strictly followed, and many men delight in original de- signs for their monograms and use a coat of arms frequently.
 An inconspicuous way in which the address is used in a die is in a circle around the monogram. One design, for instance, is a star with the monogram in intwined script letters on the raised inside, while in ring around 1t is the address in plain block letters, the points of the star finishing the die on the out side Similar but rather more attrac- tive is an oval with the monogram in the center, strap with a tiny ornament at the bottom forming the oval in which is the address. The oval form has an appearance of elegance and printed in gold upon white is most attractive. There are designs in stars and wreath encircled medallions with the mono gram in the center that have waved hand below holding the address, or the latter is simply stamped beneath with- out attempt at ornamentaton.
 One of the simplest monogram dies costs S3. This is the monogram alone, in different styles, the lines of the let ters raised and in single color. A smaller monogram inclosed in q fancifu scrolled medallion will cost S3.50. For $5 for one may have a die with the upon the raised center of star of oval and the address in the cir cle around the monogram or in scroll | or plain lettering below,
 Shaded old English is one of the new est styles of lettering, and in this an dhuItSS dlt VIII CoSL DO q illlts LII lllb l ordinary old English plain block or oth- CT styles of lettering, an address die will cost $1.S0, S2.5O $3.50 and s4.50 for i one, two, three or four lines.
 There is always a reduction in price | when quantity of paper is stamped, | For embossing without color. the cost ! is cents per auire, Stamping with one | color costs 15 cents the quire, or 12 | cents if over five quires are ordered at l once. Gold, silver or bronze costs 25 i cents quire, or 22 cents for any quan tity above five quires. For illuminated l in blended colors the price is much higher, and ranges from 75 ! cents to $1.50 per quire, Crests and coats of arms vary to such an extent i that special estimate is usually made l upon them, both for dies and stamping.
 For letter paper grays are good this year, and blues always. Men seldom use anything but gray, blue or white, and the gray, just off the white, is good in letter paper, as in cards Bor- 1ered papers are comparatively new, and a delicate lavender with a white border has the monogram or address in he white embossing, Small sheets of etter paper are used without folding in arge envelopes. A crest or coat of ,ryoSs enIarppd and painted in the cOr-