The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-11-17
HOME SUGGESTIONS
HINTS ON MATTERS PERTAINING
TO THE HOUSE.
Framing and Hanging of Pictures
In Choosing Lamp Shades Color
Should Harmonic with Walls
The Refrigerator Basket.


The framing and hanging of pic
lures has become an art. They are
an important decoration of room.
In hanging pictures, study of sur
roundings is necessary, and care
should be taken as to wall coverings.
Avoid patterned papers. The
plain colored or striped cartridge pa
pers in rather dark halftones, are the
best backgrounds for pictures. The
walls of a room should never be crowd
ed, and as far as possible all pictures
should be placed on a level with the
eye.
The framing of pictures is so much
matter of individual taste that it is
impossible to give rules that will APP
! ply in all instances Oil paintings,
highly colored prints, and water col
ors, are, as rule, framed in gilt.
When mats are used upon pictures
great care should be taken to insure
their harmony Black and white pic
highly colored mats. There are ways
of mounting pictures besides framing
them. Passe-partout makes a good
frame.
The latest frames for photographs
from Paris have light blue mat which
makes an attractive setting for a pic
ture. A Trainer can easily duplicate
one, as the colored mat is really the
thing and can be chosen to match or
contrast with any room. One often
does we'll to supply their own mat
when having pictures framed, for GER
tain rooms, especially if tapestry is
used. Many picture shops can fur
nish handsome silk or cloth mats, and
1t is cheaper to use these and quite as
satisfactory, as one must purchase so
small a piece for one picture
When choosing lamp shades for a
room remember that color is of more
Importance than the material used.
Porcelain and colored glass are often
very satisfactory, but softer and more
pleasing effects are obtained with
shades of paper or silk. Be sure to
choose a shade which distributes the
light properly at the same time saw
ing the eyes from glare. The col
or of the shades should harmonic
with the walls. Red walls reflect red
light best and green walls are best
suited for green shades. Contrasting
colors dim the light and make a room
appear gloomy.
Seasonable place cards are very
handsome, and since the water col
ored cards have been so much in
vogue, a very interesting and profit
able field has opened for girls with
talents in this line of art. Some of the
daintiest cards are flower girls open
ing big boxes of roses, lilies, or VIC
let's. Other pretty ones represent
green iack-in-the-pulpits, colonial
DANES, Dutch girls, and birch bark
logs. For auto parties there are nu-
merous cards suitable for the table,
also wedding and engagement place
cards.
A new engagement card is in the
shape of a small scroll tucked inside
small gold ring. Open the scroll
and there are quaint verses and quo
tations
For table use the large fiat Dutch
spoons and even forks are very popu-
lar this year, and happy is the hostess
who possesses a few handsome pieces
of Dutch silver. These spoons are
used almost entirely for decoration,
and should be placed around the edge
of the centerpiece, not more than
three being generally used.
The refrigerator basket made of
strong light weight rattan is service
able for any household. 1t has two
lids, resembling an old-fashioned
market basket. In one end is a small
compartment for holding ice which
can easily be removed and kept clean.
Between the rattan and metal inside
lining there is a layer of asbestos and |
felt, while the lids and the bottom are
treated in the same way. Handles of |
tough wood are securely riveted to the |
sides, and the entire basket is durable |
and convenient.
A new centerpiece of rock crystal is |
in the form of three baskets or vases. |
The center basket is taller than the |
other two. which are of equal height |
and attached to the middle vase by a
chain of delicate glass links. This
decoration is prettiest used on a long
table, and care should be taken to sup.
ply only graceful and dainty flowers.