SILVER tissue paper. Never place near rubber,
which quickly discolors it. A rubber band
or a sulphur match will work havoc with silver in no
time.
CHIFFON- that stick or " creak " when opened are an
lER OR annoyance to anyone, especially if he is
BUREAU hurried. This may be easily avoided by
DRAWERS ,,. , J X I, J J J
rubbmg the edges or the drawer and the
part on which it slides with a piece of soap, which
makes it slide easily and noiselessly.
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A FEW Pictures should never be hung so high
HINTS that it becomes necessary to mount a chair
HANCINC '^^ order to see them. Hang so the center
PICTURES ^'^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^"^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^ ^^"^ °^ vision
of the person of average height, or about
five and one-half feet from the floor. Never hang from
one nail. Let the cord be carried over two nails or
picture hooks, so to come squarely down to the corners
of the frame. That gives an impression of carefulness
and completeness. Everyone must consult his own
taste as to the grouping of pictures.
In hanging pictures the stock in hand should be
looked over and a general scheme decided upon. Some
pictures *' go well together," others should be ruled
out of the companionship of the select. Every man
has some decided preference in pictures; one may elect
to have nothing but old English sporting prints, another
may have photographs of the old masters for a hobby.
Artists may pass this over, for in studio decoration
artistic license holds sway, and far be it from anyone to
suggest to the embryonic Meissonier or Gerome what to
choose or how to hang it.
Oil paintings and water colors should never be al-
low^ed to become intimate companions, but the latter
may hobnob with etchings, pastels, drawings, photo-
graphs, and even engravings without losing their dig-
nity. An oil painting of exceptional excellence should
be given a special corner and preferably made still
more exclusive by being hung in a black box, with
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immunity from contrast with or contact with pictures
of another order. By the same token, there should be
no indiscriminate mixing of figure pieces and land-
scapes— at least, they must not be at too close quarters,
although they may appear in the same room.
Water colors and pastels in delicate tints and black
and whites and soft etchings should properly be placed
in wall spaces where the light is strongest. The darker
and more heavily shaded pictures should hang farther
away from the light. From the faintly colored pictures
in the clearest light, the glance should be involuntarily
but skilfully led to the deeper toned pictures farther
back in the room.
Sometimes, however, a dark corner that needs bright-
ening may demand a lighter picture or a spot of
brilliant coloring may be risked. A pen-and-ink sketch
with white mat^ along Gibson lines, fills in well in
such a case. Harmony must be studied and the posi-
tions of a picture well considered before its position is
decided. A picture with broad, white mat should
never be hung next to a carbon in heavy black frame.
The eye must be led, not jerked, from one picture to
another.
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SILVER tissue paper. Never place near rubber,
which quickly discolors it. A rubber band or a sulphur match will work havoc with silver in no time.
CHIFFON- that stick or " creak " when opened are an lER OR annoyance to anyone, especially if he is BUREAU hurried. This may be easily avoided by DRAWERS ,,. , J X I, J J J
rubbmg the edges or the drawer and the
part on which it slides with a piece of soap, which makes it slide easily and noiselessly.
Handy Hints on Housekeeping
A FEW Pictures should never be hung so high HINTS that it becomes necessary to mount a chair
HANCINC '^^ order to see them. Hang so the center PICTURES ^'^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^"^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^ ^^"^ °^ vision of the person of average height, or about five and one-half feet from the floor. Never hang from one nail. Let the cord be carried over two nails or picture hooks, so to come squarely down to the corners of the frame. That gives an impression of carefulness and completeness. Everyone must consult his own taste as to the grouping of pictures.
In hanging pictures the stock in hand should be looked over and a general scheme decided upon. Some pictures *' go well together," others should be ruled out of the companionship of the select. Every man has some decided preference in pictures; one may elect to have nothing but old English sporting prints, another may have photographs of the old masters for a hobby. Artists may pass this over, for in studio decoration artistic license holds sway, and far be it from anyone to suggest to the embryonic Meissonier or Gerome what to choose or how to hang it.
Oil paintings and water colors should never be allowed to become intimate companions, but the latter may hobnob with etchings, pastels, drawings, photographs, and even engravings without losing their dignity. An oil painting of exceptional excellence should be given a special corner and preferably made still more exclusive by being hung in a black box, with
Handy Hints on Housekeeping
immunity from contrast with or contact with pictures of another order. By the same token, there should be no indiscriminate mixing of figure pieces and landscapes— at least, they must not be at too close quarters, although they may appear in the same room.
Water colors and pastels in delicate tints and black and whites and soft etchings should properly be placed in wall spaces where the light is strongest. The darker and more heavily shaded pictures should hang farther away from the light. From the faintly colored pictures in the clearest light, the glance should be involuntarily but skilfully led to the deeper toned pictures farther back in the room.
Sometimes, however, a dark corner that needs brightening may demand a lighter picture or a spot of brilliant coloring may be risked. A pen-and-ink sketch with white mat along Gibson lines, fills in well in such a case. Harmony must be studied and the positions of a picture well considered before its position is decided. A picture with broad, white mat should never be hung next to a carbon in heavy black frame. The eye must be led, not jerked, from one picture to another.
Cl)e ;fooU6i|) Series
sold. Its 700