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, . 1 11 umpymtimm!" - J i .- i-?rtvAi i j ww'r 7 HwttJW3 Wvy-nJlyjtj) wJ lhMMliw(iifr MT The Commoner VOLUME 5, NUMBER IS K4teff?r WI.M fl . 1 MJL A JLJI . bhih ,-r zr itn i 1 1 T CvH A nm X i ff-l I Tl I Mill lfti.2JUM hfcMr, Uirfs JL m W - vwv Jiff I 44 rf Yf jp I 22. ' -aaa em v The Comfort of the Stars "When I uin overmatched by petty cures, And tlflngs of earth loom large, and look to bo Of moment, how it soothes and com forts mo To stop into the night and feel the airs Of heaven fan my check; and, best of all, Gnzo up into those all-uncharted seas Where swim the stately planets; such as these Malic mortal frets seem slight and temporal. 1 muse on what of Life may stir among Those spaces knowing naught of metes nor bars; Undreamed-of dramas played in out most stars, And lyrics by archangels grandly sung. I grow familiar with the solar runes, And comprehend of worlds the mys tic birth jtinged Saturn, Mars, whose fashion apes tho earth, And Jupiter, the giant, with his moons. Then, dizzy with the unspeakable sights above, Hebuked by Vast on Vast, my puny heart Is greatened for its transitory part, My trouble merged in wonder and in love. Iliehard Burton, in Congregational , i&t. Errata ""vIn the article on paperhanglng, in our issue of March 24, a mistake in the method for measurement crept in; It was a mistako of tho finger-tips and (he typewriter, overlooked by the writ er. The matter is given correctly in our article on the same subject, today. For the paint, procure a color card of ready-mixed paints, and be sure to get a good brand of paint. These paints come in quart, half-gallon and gallon cans, and the quantity needed can be learned from your dealer. Buy a few sheets of medium fine sand paper, a small quantity of putty, a large brush for tho doors and casings, and a small one for the window sash. All cracks, crevices and nail holes in the woodwork must be smoothly filled with the nutty, after which the woodwork must be smoothed down with a strip of sandpaper tacked around a block of wood, rubbing it over all rough places or blistered paint A noor naint brush is a dear invest ment, and no one can do u good job of work with one. It pays to get a good one. On opening your can of paint, stir the contents well with a brush in it not too dei.ly and, on withdrawing it, scrape off a portion on the edge of the can so the brush will not be too full and dripping. Ap ply .o the woodwork with smooth, even strokes, going tho iay of the grata of the wood, finishing a panel or other part before ro;ng to another, making t?s few "laps" of the brush as possible, and smoothing these so they will not show. Do not "daub" having the paint thick in some places and thin in others, but distribute evenly, reniem boiing that the paint should not be worked after it has 'begun to "set"; otherwise, it will show streaks or brush marks. There is a knack in holding a paint brush that can only be acquired by practice, and must he. before one can work easily and well; unc merely "telling one how" will not help you. The motion is principally from the wrist. Home Chats should be distinctively perpendicular, to add to its apparent height, while for a room with a high ceiling, the figures should be less distinctively perpendic ular, in order that the apparent size may be increased. Paper for walls and ceilings come in "double" rolls, while bordering comes with one or more strip to the width and sells by the foot or yard. A single roll (half a double one) contains thirty-five square feet of paper. To find the number of rolls necessary for papering a room, find the dimensions of the room in square feet. This is done by multiplying the sum of the lengths of both sides and ends by the height, thus: for a room 16x12 with a heiirht of nine feet, the sum would be fifty-six, and, multiplied by the height, nine, would give the number of square feet, and this divided by thirty-five, the number of square feet of paper in a single roll, would give the number of single rolls necessary. Allowance might be made for the openings win dows' and doors, but experience has taught me that it is better to have a little paper left than to "-get left" your self, by not being able to match what you have in case you had miscalcu lated. The surplus 'may always be re turned if there is a full roll, and in any case, it is better to have a little left over for possible repairs. Often, turn ings and twistings in the shape of a room are overlooked, and more paper is needed than was apparent at first thought. The waste in matching the design is often considerable, and must be allowed for. It 'is best to have enough. Go over all the woodwork in this manner, leaving the sash for the last, the cross bars of which and the wood work next the glass must be done with me small brush, and care must be so many nave as lie a lor ue- 07 ",:;,.,, O1'mo" luusuus&j instruction for papering and a ly paint dl hPPens to get on the 5 that I am giving it, this week, S?Vn,ust1be carefu"y removed be oxclusion of other matter. Of e , iiardens- If the work is done We are so busy "doing things" this WUUU, UHU WU UUU I1UL glVO H1UCU lime f1 . i i "iUOl, uc to talk. So many have asked for de- u ntotto streak or splash the glass; .-.,.. .... . . finV nflinr WillIll Kinnnnn 4- J. j.1. uuiou painting to tho exclusion of other matter. Of course, the professional, or the skillful amateur, will have to skip it, but I hope those interested in it will save the paper, or clipping, as it can not be given again. Tho instructions have all been edited nnd O. K.'d by a first class decorator, so I feel perfectly safe in submitting them. I am glad to know that our friends are interested in the Home work, even to pointing out errors, and suggesting improvements. House Renovating It is not the cost of the material which makes house renovating expen sive, but the addition to this of the wages of the paperhanger, painter and glazier (and .1 might add to this, the waste of tho same parties). If mem bers of the family can do it, it is sav ing in more ways than one, and it can be done as, and at the time, it is want ed. As to the labor, any woman who has the strength to scrub and scour will find herself fully able to handle the paint brush, and, as to tho paper hanging, after once you "know how," it is no harder than many things a woman is obliged to do, week after week, in looking after her household and nothing gives a homo such a fresh' clean look as fresh paint and paper' Tho painting should bo. done before the papering, as an amateur, is apt to smear the walls or spatter the paint ona, ?ry sunny da and you have a reliable brand of nnint w ah, ,i,. rapidly, and by the second day at farth- 1 1 i ,iuu ue 10aay for a second coat, which it will pay you to lay on, as the second coat has a nice gloss, which will be greatly enhanced if a small quantity of varnish be added to the paint. A third coat, followed by one ' 7" . ol varnish, is greatly to be desired. .Varnish may be applied as soon as th'e paint is dry. Graining s not hard work, or difficult to leai n but requires some taste, a knowledge S.ithc0Jpoara.n?G of dIffent wood! Ui"" oi'umi ioois. skill and ex perience are necessary before one can do really excellent graining. But a Getting Your Paper The color of your paper should har monize with that of your paint imi both should agree with the color tone of the furnishings of the room Choose a. pattern that will not "Uill" any nfc ture you may wish to hang oTySS wall, or quarrel with your dnnpK Consideration must be given MtS purpose for which the room is to ! lCotolftBffioi a as light and sunshine. A shaded or Z Kna tm nVh cSld col shomS If i nuy or soutern room should not have warm colors. The c1p signs for. a room with ioW ceHing Preparing the Walla All old paper must be stripped from the walls, the cracks and breaks in the plastering must be mended with a stiff paste of plaster of Paris and wa ter, applying the same with a small trowel or ordinary knife blade. Large breaks or holes should be mended with u. sun paste made of cement one part, clear sand two parts, and water to mix, applying at once and the wall smoothed down with a trowel, as the cement hardens or '-'sets" immediately and dries rapidly. If the walls or ceil ings have been whitewashed or cal- 2nill?,d,,ts must be either washed ?vfJI 0t atep and vinegar (equal parts), changing the water often, or o! Jnay e V ff with a trowel or old knife blade. To insure the paper sticking well, the surface must be gone over with a "sizing" prepared as fol lows: Lor a room fourteen feet square, ofprnfP0Un(1 of oinary glue, soak overnight in -water enough to cover; in morning, set the vessel containing the glue m another vessel containing boiling water and boil until the elueii thisgmdvSriPfSte' StirrinS and Bttr tins mixture into enough wator Rn it will spread readily wiufa b h Si" Be smoTfL?'' a calso""n'ns brush5 Be suio to wet every corner ana turn- paering' U is rea ' the Tools for Papering inHn?r?f088lonal PaPor-hanger, or c5lld LeCOPltor" as he 1Ike t0 be called, has quite a lot of tools ami hny ,arG f very hy to have but KoVnT "r -"' youstXe": hln J - A Bt,one- bfal board or wall paper, and long enough to hold a length o the paper out readv t wall, and this should be al?n,L' w,ii, imu tins snouiu he qnn. 7 lu9 trestles a little lower Umn z? u. iillio uiuner man n i,i. r.a the "pasting board," and shmn i3 cared for. A whitewash brush n bo can not have. a reeuini. no,"! ut i'ou brush), or, better, a caTsomuunBTtf, for spreading the paste; a 3, whisk broom for Hn,n W. Lc ?an new on the wall; a large pair of she ?r strip of thin, light hoard 3 straight edge, for marking your II a by when fitting around ofiS little roller knife, for cutting ffft' at the baseboard and around o, and a little wheel (a sharp-eS ifed castor will answer) for sn?oolhnt down seams or laps. A fine thing ; fi "cutting" your strips of paper iZ the roll, and which will insure 2 neing cut straight, is a carpentS steel square. This can be laid on thl paper, and the paper torn quickly anrt smoothly along its edge. The hands must-be kept clean. by frequent wash. ings and dryings. Paste for Paper Hanging For paste, mix three and one-halt pounds of good flour, one-fourth pound of powdered alum, and a little tepid water until the mixture is perfectly smooth and free from lumps. The alum improves the paste, it is claimed, and adds to its strength, making it work easier. Into this mixture, pour boiling (not merely hot) water, stirring rap. idly and thoroughly, until it "clears," or loses its milky color, just as you would for laundry starch. It should be pretty thick, and may be thinned as needed, and when thinned, should be strained, either through a fine sieve or through a coarse-meshed muslin bag. Lumpy paste is not to be homo with. The paste should be quite cool when worked with, as warm naste soaks into the paper and makes it tear easily. Some family flours do not mako good paste, losing its adhesive qual ities, and 'separating" soon after be ing made. IC one can not weigh tho flour, a good rule to follow is to make your paste as you would for your laundry work, in quantity you think sufficient; it requires but little work to make more, if you have not enough. It should bo used quite like a jelly, in thickness. Pasting and Hanging the Paper Have your pasting board in position on the trestles ; measure the height of your wall, reaching from the top of the baseboard to within a distance of the ceiling a little less than the width of your border, if bordering is to be used. Many of the new papers do not use bordering, but let the wallpaper lap up on the ceiling a few inches, cut ting the ceiling paper off neatly in tho angle. In this case, the ceiling paper is put on last; where bordering is used, the ceiling paper is generally put on first, lapping down on the sides, and covered by tho border. If no border ing is used, tho strip must be cut long er. Having obtained the desired length, measure and cut your paper from the roll, matching the design or figure of the right sldo of tho strip to that on the left side. This must bo carefully done. Lay your first strip on the board, face upward, and matching as you go, measure as many strips as the bolt will make;, two or three, or even more bolts may bo cut up at once; the ends of the bolts aro to be laid aside to use for "short lengths about the openings; some paporhang ers cut all the long lengths needed for the whole room before commencing to paper. Pile these lengths of paper on the pasting board, face down, and put uw loft edge'of the paper next to tho siflj you work on, and abouttwoMncnea ' "Xfc OfcD AND WlfifiL TRIED BKMMjiwrei . ""? WlNBLCm'B BOOOTINO SIRUP ff.'S'.bW co MnK jftpuld nlwuys bo uscl for chUUrea wn toethln?.; m Boftona the mmwf allays PdffrrlM9fc wind chbllo and Is tha boat1 remedy for uinrru fwcnty.flvo cents a bottlo. rmmM . iWifelJltdftMt-Jl fffiw&i