The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
NOTICES FOR YOUR HOUSE.
Inscriptions That May Be Placed o
Furniture or on Walls.

FURNITURE or on Walls.
New York Evening Sun: A motto or a
legend for furniture is now quite allow
able.
Here are a few which may serve a good
turn for furniture, bric-a-brac, wall or
ceiling:
Enter my gates, sit thee down and well
come may be inscribed over a hail door,
or the equally appropriate lines. Bear
welcome IN your eye, your hand, your
tongue, or Good company, good well
come"
The arch above a fireplace is a %favorlte
place for motto decoration. In q certain
~"ei!-hno%n home the legend over the fire
place IN the drawing room is one breath
ing a hospitable spirit-"The ornaments of
a mouse are the friends who frequent it,"
20 We fire and heat, bless We the Lord
was the legend above the fireplace at a
FAMOUS country house.
A wholesome affection for legends of all
kinds and descriptions is one Of the fads
OF an eminent philauthropist, but they
inquire mainly in his ~library-upon the
walls, ceilings, soft pillows and backs of
chairs.
Upon the back of a queer leaterr uphol-
stored chair is painted in gold, Sit thee
GOWN and rest In his little daughters
nursery upon a tiny chair is Inscribed the
lines, Love me little, love me long"
over a cabinet for stationery is the le-
sehd, AT your fingers ends" and "A
sinatterlng of odds and ends appear upon
the cabinet for pric-a-brac. Here's rose
mary, that's for remembrance, marks a
case for souvenirs.
There's luck in leisure is over a rack
illed with a dozen or more long-stemmed
plpes-Dutchmen's pipes. Upon the wall,
near some curious Japanese musical tubes
WntPh n ~ : - ~ ~
some dash and spirit, is inscribed the roll
licklng legend, There's a good time com
ing, boys"
several quotations from Shakespeare APP
pear here and there upon ceiling and wall
and are set off with floral decorations of
the thistle. One quotation is the familiar
one OF L thine ownseIf be true, and it
must follow as the night the day thou
calSt not then be false to any man.
a torest-green bookcase has, in golden
lettering the lines, "Old books to read, old
friends to trust"
Other legends which are equally appro-
pirate for a library are My library were
dukedom large enough My pictures,
medals, books complete" II hate a man OF
one book"
If the owner of the library is something
of a cynic these lines from Moore may be
used:
MY only books
Were Woman's looks,
And folly's all they taught me-
The following lines may appeal to an
others taste:
"lf one short volume could comprise
All that was witty, learned and wise,
How would it be esteemed and read!'
Inc lines, "Sequcstered ooks and all the
sweet serenity of books,' is still another
apt quotation.
Upon the frame of a mirror nothing can
be more suitable than BE to my virtues
very kind and to my faults a little blind"
over a clock may be painted the legend:
We live IN deeds, not years; in thoughts,
not breathS;
In feelings, not IN figures on a dial"
For a rack for beer stems and Uncle
Tobys are the lines, Bring hither of
mighty ale a big quart" while a rack of
stand FOR pipes and tobacco can be dec
with the lines from "Othello," 80
weed, who art so lovely fair and
snell'st SO sweet" There is also the line.
Whose smoke like incense doth per-
fume,' or The sum of earthly bliss may
find an echo in many a mind.
"A right welcome sound" Is inscribed
a gong.
For a hand-painted china tea tray, in ad-
iition to the decoration of flowers, are the
ines, BE mistress Of thyself, though
China fall"
Nor must the corner where golf sticks
archery implements are kept lie for |
A golf bag may be emblazoned with:
"Time-honored golf, I heard it whispered
once,
That he who could not play was held a
Ounce"
We'll won is well shot, may do for the
'orner where the archery outfit is kept