The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-11

him the bill for the repapering of the
library. %%.f~
"Great Scott my dear!" he exclaimed,
when he saw the "demnition total,'' to
quote Mr. Mantalini '"Wherewithal shall
we be clothed and fed if pay this?"
8 A few years ago women would have
shuddered at the thought Of paying $5 for
a roll Of wall paper but the era OF pros
perity in which Minneapolis is engulfed
at present enables one to look rather su-
percilious and ask, Haven't you any
thing a little better?'' 5, x.
One Of the most expensive papers which
a Minneapolis house is showing costs $l8
a roll It is In imitation of old Spanish
leather, q popular wall covering IN the
middle ages, and the flowers in gold lac
auer have been drawn in by the deft fin
gers of Japanese artists, masters OF lac
uuer work. The pattern comes In dark
brown, red and green and Is .splashed with
the great cleaning chrysanthemums. 1t
IS stunning thing for libraries, dining
rooms or halls. = The ceiling must be, IN
plaster and that adds not a little to the
i expense, but when it is finished the Wo-
man who ordered it may derive satisfac-
tion from the fact that she has about the
handsomest paper possible on her walls.
e There has been revival of tapestries
and the new patterns, made on the for-
eign looms, are exact copies OF the old
pieces Of handiwork made by the ladies'
of high degree while their knights were
off to the wars. One pattern is over
eight feet long and represents charming
forest scene with a sparkling brook
ambling thru it an da thicket of trees,
while gaily dressed DANES and demolsenes
with their attendant squires are making
merry in the glade besides the brook. An
other silk tapestry is Of the pattern Sc
lected by Mrs. Roosevelt for one OF the
rooms in the White House. ..g. 80,
MANY Of the newest papers reproduce
these old stories in their patterns. One OF
the papers, wonderfully harmonious as to
color and showing a fair maiden saunter-
ing under the trees accompanied by an
animal has rather an interesting his
tory, The original pattern was on the
wall of an old hotel in New York. 1t was
g. popular hostelry and many were the
revelss that occurred there. When the
building was torn down, a wall paper man
removed the paper, piece by. piece. ana
pasted the scraps to a large cloth that he
might reproduce the: pattern and the col :.
<lring. Both are Of the early part Of the
eighteenth century. These old-tlme tor
est patterns, representing hunting; parties
and peaceful gatherings at games upon
the green, have been revived as a fit COW
ering for the walls Of the modern colonial
mansions and to match the antique furnl-
ture which Is so popular. -. - ~ .,5SsE<%s$
sssThe newest pattern is the rag carpet.
Almost anything serves as, a. Tor
the designer and he can make the Sim
plesti flower bloom gcrgeouslyl if he Sc
willis. In the rag carpet he has used the
hit and miss coloring that runs thru AL
the tones of cream and yellow into a deep
rich brown There are plain rag papers
and on others the rag Background serves
to. deepen the shades of the flowers thrown
10 oScarelessly upon it.. rag paper; that Is
especially good represents pine trees in
xH,111E o11 hY0 n ~ :
Y, One Of the new flower lff pat erns y. is
printed on Japanese paper which might
serve for the finest work of the engraver
"a handmade paper which has been USED
with excellent effect in the city is In red
such a gorgeous red, brilliant, without be.
ing vivid. In place of a border there is
q design Stimulating a carved arch at the
top of each width. "A green handmade
paper has a shower of chrysanthemums
4 falling from this archway.
Never were there such beautiful flower!
as blossom on wall paper. They run riot
ously up a trellis, hang in graceful gar
\ lands, bloom in small or large clusters o.
throw themselves wantonly, against tn,
cream background on which they lie grea
masses of glorious color. There is no lirni
to the variety and one has but to men
ton flower to find that the designe
has Imprisoned it on wall paper. In tn
trellis paper the border represents the roo
with it's tangle of tendrils, leaves an,
flowers. Nearly all of the new border
continue the pattern of the sidewall an,
top the long stems with a mass Of foliage
IA spring like border shows a flock Q
birds on the. wing, while the ceiling j
the blue sky with drifts of feecy clouds.
mot one woman in twenty wants
plain wall this spring" commented tn
wall paper man. Floral papers on tn
bedrooms, new art for the parlors, an
forest papers in the hall. dining room an
library are what customers are askin
4 for and buying. When a plain wall j
& wanted the silk velours furnishes a rich
ness not to be found in paper.
The new art'' is the term the wa
paper man uses to describe. his newes
patterns in conventionalized art. Las
year they were dubbed Tart nouveau,
but this year the foreign phrase is dis
carded and he calls the patterns by goo
English words
The nursery papers reproduce many {
the rhymes dear to childish hearts an
one can have a whole story runnin
round ones room in the gayest of col
ors There are also animal papers
which frogs, bunnies and cats are spol
lively portrayed.
s $50 Tho E.nplish naners are In the III