The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27
DOUBT on "pUNcH,s" ADVICE.
Varying Emotions OF Mr.. FlatdweIler
over a kaIsemining Job.

Ever have any kalsomining donei'
said Mr.. Flatdweller IF you never did
have but are thinking Of the same my
advice to you would be that Of Punch TO
those contemplating marriage. ,s,
But In q weak moment we yielded.
The ceilings Of two Of our rooms certainly
did need kalsomining. and the boss Of
the house was obliging; he said, why, Ger
tainly we could have those ceilings done
over, and so we let In the kalsominers.
They were nice men. the kalsominers,
cheerful. pleasant man, Glad in garments
covered with white plaster, and they
brought in stepladdors covered with tho
same material. and numerous great
cloths. some nc doubt originally white
and othcrs that looked like second hand
awnings, a curious collection Of great
cloths. hut all covered like themselves end
their stepladders with paint and plaster.
They had also various buckets, all very
panty and plastery. in which they mixed
their kalsomining materials.
"In one Of the two rooms there was an
old carpet that we we're going to take up
this fall 10 give place 10 q new one, and w
didn't want to take this carpet up and put
IL down again for just q week O two
and we didn't know that we could get II
down again, my way, Il was 30 worn, and
80 we left 1t down; the men said they
would cover II over. The other room We
empted. Then the men began.
First they spread over the floors someof
those old plaster covered cloths andseoond
hand awnings-we ourselves first taking
the precaution, for an added protection,
| - nv1xan Atn n - ~~.u NvA. thA OoT0Hf
And hen they hung more OF the cloths up
around the walls. taoking those 10 the
holdings 90 that they hung down around
everywhere yer the wall paper.
And then the men started on the cell,
ings. First they washed Oh all the Old
kAlsomine and then they went at the
S cracks .,J Th Geo. ST. Up .S On their ces,: st'p s;ts
knives and cut out the loose and crumbl
plaster around the edges Of them, routed
out the cracks till they GOT their Edges
back to solid plaster. And this made
loose plaster In ohunks and dust every
where on the doors. "a,
And then Of course in going to and iS
the house. Theu they filed the ortdks
With plaster and smoothed the surrhCse
fush and painted than over with shellac
and then they got ready to k4lsomine,
and when they began to swing the kaiso-
MINE Dfu8nee, why, then there were tnihes
dom and We realized the impoftano'
the high importapoe,o at those drapsf-
leo q tked over the walls. 80,
But they got through o. last and toot
down the marvellous draperies and took
up The equally astonishing door COVERING
and took theif plAstery buckets and theh
plastered stepladders and won't away
The work was done.
.Hak, way through this kalsominins
job. when the plaster and tho plaster dH
were thick everywhere. We thought ne
never again wopld We haye any kalsopls,
We had cot thinss cleaned up and "
surveyed the beautiful new o~eihpgg-they
made Q good Job Of them, and 10 IN cnE
fair 70 say that they got Ok muchss
Q speok on The wall papsr-we though
differently. -,
Il always did doubt the ~soundness o.
PsHcA's advice to those contemplating
marriage, but I do hope that the teln
upstairs will be careful not % 10 thsf
radiators leak this fan.'