The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-03
PHoToGRApH FRAMES.

PHOIOGRAPH9 FRAMES.
This is the season of the year when
the average home-maker finds her
mantels, secretaries, chiffoniers and
table overflowing with photographs,
and she yearns for the old-fashioned
album which some two, or three years
ago she turned over to moths and
mice in attic recesses.
Perhaps, in a sudden spasm of tidi-
ness, she decides to unearth the fam
lily photograph album and refill its
empty spaces, or she may even think
she will find something new in al
bums-and so she will--the most hid
eous combinations in celluloid, plush
or burnt wood, all built over a music
box which grinds out Teasing" or
Goodbye, Little Girl. Gocd-bye, as
one turns the pages ir search of IA
miliar faces.
But the good old-fashioned album.
bound in a desirable quality of leatf-
er is not to be found in department
store nor book shop. In its place has
come the box. or rather, many boxes,
supplemented by pliable leather re-
ceptacles resembling glove and hand
kerchief cases, and for unmounted
photographs, the camera book.
Boxes for use In the drawing room
are covered with exquisite silk Ia
pestries. A mauve tapestry, showing
stripes Of tiny pink roses, forms the
cover for one Of these boxes. The
edges are bound with mauve braid
and bullion, and large square piece
of glass in the center of the lid re-
veals the contents of the receptacle.
These boxes are big enough to hold
the large size portrait photographs.
and can be ordered in silk or tapes
try to match the decoration of the
side walls. In this same size, but
heavier and more costly, are the
boxes of beaten brass and bronze.
These have figures of cupids or pas
toral scenes carved in bold relief on
the sides and lid and stand on four
low carved legs. a carved box plated
with silver showed the reclining fig
ure of Father Neptune surrounded
by water nymphs.
The houseKeeper with scores of
family pictures to care for will ap-
preciate a deep leather box two feet
in length. A particularly handsome
box of this sort has a figure of St.
George on fiery steed carved on the
hinged cover and outlined in gold.
Wonderfully artistic carving is also
shown on boxes of weathered oak
from which rugged Indians head,
the spreading antler of deer or the
figure of a bear stand out as If mold
ed in bronze. This is another favor
ite design for carved wood.
More novel Is an oblong frame of
olive wood an inch in width, from
which is suspended a bag of green
leather folded like an accordion.
When not in use this case is not
more than two inches OF thickness.
The cover is of olive fastened with
a silver clasp and lined with green
suede. A loop of the suede holds a
magnifying glass.
Long flexible cases contain two
pockets for photographs and are tied
with silk cord and tassel. Among
a brides gifts was a gilded leather
case carved in flower design and lin
ed with champagne-colored MORE
silk. This was tied with satin cord
and tassel in champagne color. The
corner of one side was showing a
girl In an 1880 gown, with sprightly
beau In knickerbockers standing
against a background of pink apple
blossoms, stalks of pale lavender and
white deur-de-lis roses about their
feet.