The Springfield herald., 1908-11-13
HOME SUGGESTIONS
HINTS ON MATTERS PERTAINING
TO THE HOUSE..
Framing and Hanging of Pietures-
In Choosing Lamp Shades Color
Should Harmonize with Walls
The Refrigerator Basket.

The Refrigerator Basket.
The framing and hanging of pic
turcs has become an art They are
an important decoration ii room.
In hanging pictures, study of sur
roundings is necessary, and care
should be taken as to wall coverings.
Avoid large-patterned papers. The
plain colored or striped cartridge pa
pers in rather dark half-tones. are the
best backgrounds for pictures. The
walls OF room should never be crowd
ed, and as far as possible all pictures
should be placed on Il level with the
eye.
The framing of pictures is so much
a matter of individual taste that it is
impossible to give rules that Will ap-
ply in all instances. Oil paintings.
highly colored prints, and water col
ors. are, as rule, framed in git.
When mats are used upon pictures
great care should be taken to insure
their harmony. Black and white pic
lures should never be mounted in
highly colored mats. There are ways
of mounting pictures besides framing
them.
When choosing lamp shades for
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 harmonize
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 room
appear gloomy.
Seasonable place cards are very
handsome, and since the water col
ored cards have been so much in
vogue, 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 vio-
lets. Other pretty ones represent
green jack-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
a 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 o!
strong light weight rattan is service
able for any household. 1t has two
lids, resembling an oldfashioned
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 ant
felt, while the lids and the bottom are
| treated in the same way. Handles o.
tough wood are securely riveted to the
sides. and the entire basket is durable
and convenient.
A new centerpiece of rock crysta! is
in the form of three baskets or vases
The center basket is taller than tho
other two. which are of equal heish
and attached to the middle vase by
chain of delicate glass links. T'hi!
decoration is prettiest used on a Ions
table, and care should be taken to sup
ply only graceful and dainty flowers