Evening star., 1934-04-13

IT IS always best to choose wall
paper in full daylight, and do not
choose from a single roll. Two or
three rolls, placed together, will
help you to visualize your room
when the paper is hung. Also, never
inspect the detail of the design at
close range, but stand of and get the
general effect. Keep in mind the style
of your room and its furniture.
Wall paper Is a classical pattern
product, and designs suitable for
every type and kind Of furniture are
manufactured. There is variety of
paper that will harmonic perfectly
with the architecture or the period OF
your furniture. whatever 1t may be,
and not only that. but for every type
of furniture there is a broad range of
patterns that will suit the size Of
your room. For varied assortment
of furnishings, the plain mottled or
slightly embossed or small all-over
designs and stripes come in a wide
selection of colors.
After deciding on the character of
the paper you want, the size Of the
room has much to do with the selec-
ton of the pattern. 1t would be in
very bad taste If paper with a large
or pronounced design were chosen for
a small room, no matter what period
of furnishings were used. For such a
room, a ly-striped or cloudy all
over pattern would be wise selection.
Large rooms may be prepared with
more intense and elaborate designs,
which, in themselves. have tendency
to fill the room. Papers with land
scapes and palm leaves afford excellent
treatment for cut-up rooms which
have little wall space. This type Of
paper has the faculty of making each
wall space count for itself. 1t also
creates vistas and opens up spaces.
To repair wall paper, instead OF cut
ting a square piece to f1t the place
which needs patching, tear out a piece
in irregular form. Place 1t on the wall,
being careful to match all lines and
figures. II this is done the patch can
scarcely be detected.
Boil one pound Of bran in a gallon
Of water for one hour and use lor
washing painted walls: it will not only
clean the paint, but will retain the
gloss.
Treating Furniture.
Before polishing furniture. wipe II
over with vinegar and it will take
more brilliant polish. Before polish
ing very dirty furniture, wiring out
cloth from very hot water and run IL
over the surface; wipe dry at once,
then apply polishing cream as usual
and the result will be a very nlgn
polish, which will not show finger
marks. Old pieces Of velvet make
fine polishing cloths.
To keep a perfect polish on the
dining room table or other furniture.
rub it every three days with mix
ture of equal parts of olive oil and
turpentine, applying with flannel
cloth. Hot tea is best for washing
dirty mahogany; it will clean the
wood so that 1t will take a polish well
afterward. To make a good polish,
mix well two tablespoonfuls Of olive
oil and a dessertspoonful of vinegar.
Apply with old flannel, then polish.
Sometimes, when painting an arti-
Gle of furniture. few drops OF the
paint will splash on the vanished
floor or wainscoting and harden be-
fore being noticed, or a spatter OF
varnish lands on a painted floor or
Dashboard. To remove the varnish
from paint, moisten a cloth with
wood alcohol and rub briskly until the
stain disappears. To remove paint
from varnish, moisten the cloth with
turpentine. In either case, follow
Immediately with floor wax or furni-
ture polish.
When you want to paint or varnish
q dresser, cut a newspaper the exact
size of the mirror, wet it, place
against the looking glass, and then
there will be no splattered glass when
the paint job is finished.
When painting kitchen and break
fast room chairs, especially when
using enamel, If the rungs are painted
one day and the legs left unpainted
until these dry thoroughly. there will
be no risk Of smeary work. 1t is so
easy to touch fingers or brush against
the wet paint Of the rungs when
painting the entire lower portion at
the same time.
When painting or vanishing steps
or stairs, paint or varnish every other
step so that the others can be used;
when dry. finish the rest. Another
good way Is to paint the one-half
width of the steps and use the other
half; when dry, finish the remaining
half.
II you are so unfortunate as to
find white spots on your best furni-
ture. get soft cloth, dip in alcohol.
and rub softly and carefully over the
spot until it is obliterated, then use
olive oil and pumice stone, a very
fine grade. to restore the luster.
Sweet oil. or paraffin oil, will re-
move finger marks and dirt from var
nished furniture and woodwork. Vine
gar will remove glue from furniture
Bamboo Material.
Keep bamboo furniture in good
condition by going over it OCCASION
ally with equal parts of linseed oil
and turpentine.
Paint window or door screens on
the outside with thin coat of white
paint and the inside with green paint;
this blocks the view from the outside,
yet permits a clear view from within.
To mend window or door screens, cut
a piece of screen wire somewhat
larger than the hole; ravel out few
wires all around the patch. put the
patch in place over the hole and in
sert the raveled ends into the wire
mesh, bending them back close to
the screen on the other side. If
neatlv done. the mended part will