Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
STAINED GLASS EFFECTS
May Be Procured at Home With Slight
Expense.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
All who would have stained glass in town
or country home have not thus far been
able to crafty their desires. Now comes
substitute that admirably meets all the
requirements in nine cases out of ten of the
regulation article. This substitute is a dec
orative material that costs but a few cents
a yard and can be applied to an ordinary
window pane by any woman who has suffi-
Gent knack to properly paste the material.
All the colorings and combina lions pecu-
liar to stained glass, and many more are
to be found in this new material, which is
particularly well adapted to dining rooms
bath rooms bed rooms. halls and, in fact,
anywhere that it is desired to introduce a
charming bit Of color or to shut out some
particular view
Unless one starts out deliberately to be
inartistic. 1t is difficult to achieve any but
artistic results with this substitute, for the
coloringS are soft or bright, as taste or in
clination demands, and the designs suit any
and all schemes of decoration. If the effect
of frosted or etched glass is desired there
Is lace-llke pattern that just suits, and 1t
may be frightened by a border in pale am
Der or in any other color. On the other
hand, If some bright combination for a
dark corner or a den is required there are
vivid greens, bright scarlet and blues, yell
lows, puppies, in fact all the shades on
natures color card, and in patterns geo.
metric, floral or heraldic. so that a question
of right choice is simply a matter of Sc
lection.
The directions for the use of this material
are simple and direct: After the fabric
which resembles wax paper. has been cut
to fit, 1t is soaked in water, preferably luke
warm, for at least thirty minutes. Ordinary
wall papererS paste, thnned to the con-
sistency of cream, Is strained through a
piece of linen or cheesecloth to remove the
Jumps, and is then applied to the glossy or
printed side of the material and the decora
ton put on the window. A piece of soft
cloth or chamoS leather is wrapped around
piece Of cardboard, and, beginning in
the center, the stained glass material is
carefully pressed into place in the same
way that a photograph is mounted; not
an air bubble must remain, or the work is
spoiled. When the decorative square or
panel has been applied it is wiped perfectly
dry and given coat of varnish. Unless in
q bathroom, where the steam may have
some effect 1t will not be found necessary
to revarnish oftener than once year
The work Is so simple that any girl or
woman can do It successfully, and SO far as
appearance goes. the difference between
this decoration and real stained glass Is
not detected except upon examination. For
a bright dash of color there is a fieur de lis
pattern in green, with a vermilion back
ground; sometimes the background is in
loaded effect, thus adding to the suggestion
of genuine stained glass. There are lovely
blue and white patterns admirable for
Dutch room, or in carrying out some spe-
cial line of decoration and combinations of
fioral heraldic and geometric patterns that
are certain to find a host of admirers.
Tones gay mellow. designs large or
small, 1t matters not what may be desired
In this imported material, 1t is pretty GER
tain to be found And, better yet the wo-
man with a special design in mind and the
artistic ability necessary to work 1t out,
will find it an easy and fascinating task to
blend and arrange the regulation designs
SO as to produce the special pattern desired
In borders there is pronounced variety
as In centerS, and some of the borders serve
admirably for panels outlined in self or
contrasting colorings For window decora-
ton this material is sold by the yard, but
there come also decorative squares, with
fanciful figure decoration, which may be
utilized for transparencies or ornamental
purposes simply, but which do not convey
the impression of stained glass in the same
degree as the more conventional designs.
In addition to serving as a window glass
decoration, this material may be utilized
TO- cabinet doors a substitute for silken
curtains when 1t Is not desired that the
contents shall be constantly on view Thus
a decorative touch Is impaired to an article
Of furniture that may heretofore have lack
ed this note Of establishment Other pos
eibtlities for use are certain to present
themselves when householders become bet
ter acquainted with this new factor for
beauty that has been conspicuously brought
to the attention Of Brooklynites within the
past few weeks.