THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUJKNAL , FRIDAY. 8KPTKMHKR 1(5. ( 1910.
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No. 22. BimlnesB Olllce and Job UOOIIIB
No. 11 22.
Even the wisest men do u lot of
foolish things.
The lazy man never Bcctns to get
tired of what ho Isn't doing.
If tno United States soldiers nre to
fight lire Instead of men , they should
bo armed with squirt guns.
Germany has sold a lot of second
kand battleships to Turkey. That's
the only kind Turkey could use.
The United States forest service Is
advertising for axylotomlst. Hope If
they find one they'll keep It chained.
Those who have confused county
option and dry farming are assured
by experts that they are not Just the
same.
Australia Is having n year of ex
ceptional prosperity as both exports
and bank clearings show a great im
provement.
The latest estimate of the popula
tion of this country Is 93,600,000. Yet
U Is almost Impossible to get together
a satisfactory jury.
DCS Molnes , la. , Is disappointed In
its census returns. Still , 86,308 people ,
If they all holler together , will make
considerable noise.
The poorer classes of Paris alone
are said to have eaten 200,000 horses.
Evidently the automobile arrived not
an hour too soon.
Your side of the argument may
Bcem wholly convincing to you , but
it Isn't of much value If It fails to
convince the other fellow.
It Is a hopeful and wholesome sign
of the times that teachers arc coming
back to believe in the value of good
old fashioned mental discipline.
The aviators have done away witli
the "splendid isolation" of which Eng
land has always boasted by making
the English channel an Inconsequent-
tlal business.
A reinforced concrete building thai
rises 295 feet aberv a the street level
has been erected in Liverpool. The >
are not so slow In the old countrj
after all.
A 1793 1-cent piece brought $340 Ir
New York the other day. Judging bj
the way some people cling to theii
coppers , they know of an equally gooi
market for them.
The chipper democrats should be
notified that In 1906 , the only fall
comparison with this year , the re
publicans carried Vermont by nearlj
3,000 less than now.
The submarine war craft of the fu
ture Is evidently to be of Increasing
size. France again leads with plant
for a submarine Dreadnaught of 1,00 (
tons displacement.
A Florida man Is said to be train
Ing nlllgators to drive In harness
Thank you , the automobile or even f
flying machine is preferable as f
means of transportation.
It is easier to watch a three-rint
circus than to keep a comprehensive
grasp on the ever changing politlca
situations of the country. It is more
than usually varied and Interesting
The new torpedo boat destroyei
Pauldlng with a speed of 33.04 knots
an hour can not only run down ai
enemy , but can run away from an ene
my If the odds are against her.
America consumed seven blllloi
pounds of sugar last year , one-seventl
of which was beet sugar produced a
home. This Is a large gain over tin
production of previous years.
Stamp collectors are waiting wltl
Interest for the issue of the new Eng
llsh stamp bearing the portrait eKing
King George Instead of King Edward
So we have our day and cease to be
A Canadian doctor says most Amer
Icnns are eaten up by dyspepsia. This
is a great surprise to "most Amerl
cans. " We have prided ourselves 01
having an average of pretty robusi
citizens.
A Chicago man tried to kill hlmscl
with a revolver , but his skull was sc
hard the bullet failed to penetrate
There must have been n soft spo
somewhere , or ho never would have
tried It.
The socialist party officially sane
tlons woman suffrage and demands Ir
its Now York platform "equal suffrage
for all adult men and women , " am
"equal pay for equal work to nior
and women employed by the state 01
any of its subdivisions. "
Venice has a fishing licet of 1GO (
vessels that visit different portions of
the Adriatic according to the season.
It must take a largo number of list )
to keep so many boats busy.
St. Louis has an octogenarian min
ister who stayed at homo this sum
mer and filled the pulpits of younger
preachers while they went nwny for
their vacations. No need for Dr. Os
ier's services there.
Chicago's week's exhibition In all
the stores and shops of everything
"made In Chicago" was a success and
the business men hope that mark may
nome day bo ns famous as the well
known "made in Germany. "
It cost $15,000,000 to take the census
and no man has been found so far who
thinks the game worth the powder If
ho had to foot the bill , but with Uncle
Sam to pay the price we are all Inter
ested to know the slzo of his family.
King Hnakon of Norway took a
course In dish washing during his
service as a Danish cadet. Practical
knowledge of this kind may come
handy to a man , even If ho Is a king.
It gives him an Idea of how the other
fellow feels.
The effort Is being made to raise
cotton In Hawaii. Everything seems
to indicate that the experiment will
bo successful. And there is plenty of
demand In the world for all the cotton
they can raise.
The colleges of the country are
opening this fall with the largest en
rollment on record. College training
Is becoming more and more a mat
ter of course for the young men and
women of the country.
This country needs more men teach
ers , and the only reason It doesn't
have them Is because the salaries nre
too low to attract young men who are
capable of making good teachers. For
Inferior teachers any salary Is too
high.
The "Swift , " a torpedo boat destroy
er , recently launched nt Portsmouth ,
Eng. , Is true to its name and out
distances all competitors at a speed
of over thirty knots an hour. Her
j fires are fed by petroleum and her
| turbines give 30,000 horsepower divid
ed among four screws.
There seems little doubt that the
automobile will soon supersede the
fire horse and fire lighting will lose
much of its picturesqueness when
this comes to pass ; but of all places
where the motor seems to be the
thing for the place , the fire engine
should be counted first.
That President Taft has a high ap
preciation of the Importance of the
conservation problems and Is more
[ concerned to dlscovf the best way
to promote the highest public good
than be Is as to who shall secure the
glory for originating it , was appar
ent from his speech In St. Paul.
The adoring young man who found
himself provided with a hunting li
cense instead of a marriage license
when the time for the ceremony ar
rived evidently thought that he hail
retlffned to the olden times when the
brides were won by force and swords
were more convincing than bonbons.
A 15-year-old Boston girl recently
succeeded in that foolish attempt in
which so many strong men have fall
ed , of swimming from Charleston
bridge to Boston Light , a distance ol
twelve miles. It is a pity to use up
such remarkable strength and risk
life as well for no special object beyond -
yond doing an unusual thing.
The statistics which are given by
the "Spectator , " a life insurance pa
per , show a decided Increase in the
number of suicides in this country
and advances many theories ns to the
reason for this. Undoubtedly the In
crease is more apparent than real
The interest in keeping a record ol
such statistics is much greater than It
was a few years ago.
The retiring president of the Na
tional Education association recently
expressed his belief that in many ol
our best schools the way was made
too easy for the pupils , thereby mak
ing the earnest use of their own minds
unnecessary. Muscles grow strong
through using them till they ache and
brains nre developed In the same man
ner.
The warden of n South Dakota pris
on is In a sad plight. He wants tc
establish n prison paper , but finds
that there is not an editor among the
Inmates of the institution. The cell
tor might readily be dispensed with
as anyone can edit a paper , but worse
yet there is not a printer In the penl
tentlnry and everybody cannot set
type.
Some of the republicans who find It
so popular to throw brick bats at Joe
Cannon now that they think ho IE
down and out , may bo down and out
themselves when "Uncle Joe" Is still
in congress. Reliable Information
from Danville Is that there Is not the
slightest danger of "Uuclo Joe" losing
his job this time and that the chances
nre that his term In olllce will de
pend upon his own wishes.
Kansas City has tried the scheme ol
setting Its prisoners for smaller of
feimcs to work on a farm purchasct :
for that purpose. Instead of being r
constant burden on the city , these
wrongdoers become n source of revc
nuc , and work In the clear country ah
does much for the convicts. It helps
them physically as well ns moral ! }
and takes a load off the taxpayers
Is this not sufficient argument foi
trying the scheme widely ?
We usually think of American cltl
zens as without the possibility of be
coming titled. But there Is nothing
In the constitution of the Unitet
States preventing an American cltl
zcn , who does not hold a federal of
flee , from accepting a title of nobllltj
from a foreign country If It Is offeree !
to him , and still retain his America !
citizenship. Several such Instances
have occurred In years past , but there
seems no likelihood of n titled arlstoc
racy becoming popular in this coun
try. '
The old curbing which Is now be
Ing broken up and hauled off Nor
folk avenue to make room for paving
rould be utilized to very good ndvant
age If It were piled up on a vncani
lot and the hoboes given n job o
breaking It up after they appear li
police court. The broken rock woule
come In very handy to 1111 up bai
places In the alleys and on unpavci
streets of the city when needed , am
In case of n prospective break In the
dike during high water they woule'
prove Invaluable as a preventive.
The report of a triple alliance be
tween Brazil , Chill and Argentina
may bo premature , but It is to be
hoped that It will prove true , since
it would mean peace among the thre <
strongest and most progressive statei
of the South American republic
Banded together these three statei
would have a formidable strength
The combined population Is 32,000,000
Each has well trained and equippee
troops and have a good start on fleet !
of Dreadnoughts.
President Taft's address before tin
national conservation congress at St
Paul was an able presentation of hli
ideas about the preservation for tin
use and needs of the people of tin
national resource of the country. Ii
his preliminary remarks he said tha
a satisfactory conclusion as to mean
and methods for the accomplishment !
of this great work could only hi
reached promptly by avoiding ncrl
mony , Imputation of bad faith , ane
political controversy. In this state
ment the president Is unquestlonabl ;
correct.
Through the economy of the power
that be , the respectable sum of $414 ,
000 has been saved In the printing o
the congressional records , phamphlet
and speeches. Whether this savlni
has decreased the circulation of can
ned oratory so that thousands win
might have read It and have been In
fluenced to insurge or to stand pat an
Indifferent , it is Impossible to tell , bu
it is likely that many who have beei
! u the habit of receiving severa
copies of their congressman's speed
es , will be saved the trouble of burr
ing those duplicates.
The pie has lately been sufferini
from various sources. It has been li
the hands of its enemies , not it
friends and consumers. The healtl
department of the government has In
spected and rejected the pie of com
merce and given it a very bad chai
acter. But no one has dared to cas
' a shadow of suspicion on the homt
j made pie. It Is admitted by all to b
ns dependable , as palatable , as nutrl
tlous and as uplifting as it was fl
colonial days. A sour pessimist , Ir
deed , must be the man who does no
hail the pumpkin pie season with joy.
I Tne cholera In southern Russia ha
caused a nanic among the peoblo .MI
, It is impossible to get laborers to cai
ry on the current business of the sec
son. Exporters cannot get the 7,00
tons of wheat for which they hnv
I orders dally , loaded into cars , am
the coal mines of they Don basin dc
clare that the great coal mining Ir
elustry of that section will be rulne <
unless health conditions can be rnple :
ly Improved. Poor old Russia Is a
ways in trouble of some kind. If I
isn't foreign war , It's revolution n
home. If it Isn't famine , It's pest :
lence.
This doesn't look ns If Justice 1
being done the men who fought th
forest fires In the west , If It Is true
1 The statement is made that the go\
1 eminent refuses to allow the fort ;
1 men who became blind and disabled
while lighting the fires , any fees fo
hospital services or any pay except fo
the actual days at work. This is ai
Injustice and It is hoped that If th
statement Is true that steps will b
taken at once to fully and completol ;
recompense these , as well ns all tb
others who became exhausted or li
Jured In their efforts to save the foi
ests.
MURRAY'S GREAT SERVICE.
In taking the bull by the horns am
going after the bank examiners t
llnd out why they are not roportln
conditions of hanks as they find then :
Comptroller of the Currency Murrn
is doing a great service not only t
the public in general , but to th
banks themselves. He makes the re
markablc statement that all recent
national bank failures could have
been prevented If the examiners had
reported conditions au they found
them.
Getting down to genuine examina
tions and correcting bud conditions ,
will have a tendency to put the whole
banking but-lness on n still more
wholesome plane than ever It lias
I been before.
A complete religions census Is to be
taken of the city of Chicago In the
afternoon of October 8. It took the
federal government six weeks to
enumerate the Inhabitants of the
windy city. But the reeiulrcments of
the religious census are simpler
name , age , residence , church , mem
berships or prefere'iicc and relation to
Sunday school , for each person.
Time is doing Its perfect work for
the cause of Irish home rule. In this
present parliament the Irish , for the
llrst time , are not only members for
Ireland , but Imperial legislators , while
even the unionists arc perceiving that
the higher good of England and the
empire demands that the Irish people
ple be satlslled by grants that are
just , honorable , and really expedient.
When a man takes a stand on a
public platform to criticise the official
acts of another , ho Is there on honor
and should speak the truth , the whole
truth and nothing but the truth , just
as much as though he were sworn In
a court of justice. It takes a strong
and honorable man to do this and un
fortunately many of those who take
part In our preliminary campaigns
are neither big enough nor brave
enough to avoid moral perjury.
American photographers hnva their
nerve with them In emergencies and
at the attempted assassination of
Mayor Gaynor kept their cameras all
working as long as he was In dUht. ;
The Japanese were equally Imeprtur-
bable and were able to supply photo
graphs for use in the trial of Marquis
Ito's assassin , but when a bomb was
thrown at King Alphonso on the
streets of Paris , the photographer was
so unnerved as to forget his mission
entirely.
In certain sections of California
fireworks are found more effective
than scare crows in protecting the
great grain fields of the Sandborn and
other ranches from the vast flocks of
wild geese and other aquatic fowl that
settle on the grain at night and do Im
mense damage. By frequently firing
sky rockets and roman candles at va
rious points around the ranch when
ever a flock Is heard "honking" In the
sky the wild fowls nre induced to give
these places a wide berth.
During recent years there has
sprung up quite a widespread dissatis
faction with and opposition to vaccina
tion as a preventive of smallpox and
much Is being said by medical author
ities on both sides of the question. In
connection with this subject General
Wood , whose medical training enables
him to speak both as military man
and a medical expert , gives his experi
ences in Cuba during the Spanish war
as a practical demonstration of the
efficacy of vaccination In checking one
of the most terrific epidemics of small
pox In modern times. Such testimony
as this ought to count for consid
erable.
THE COLONEL TO REPORTERS.
Now that Colonel Roosevelt Is workIng -
Ing on a newspaper , he seems to have
a very kindly feeling toward the pro
fession , and he handed out some very
friendly advice at a dinner given by
the Milwaukee Press club. Colonel
Roosevelt is spoken of as an "editor , "
but actually he will not be ashamed
to take his seat on the reporter's
bench.
After all , the reporter's work Is of
the more permanent value , and the
men who perform that function deserve -
servo to receive respectful treatment
accordingly from the public.
An editorial is merely one man's
opinion , and all opinions pass and
fade away. A reporter Is a historian
of the world's acts , and history If
written In the true , judicial spirit ,
never passes awny.
The most satisfactory newspapers
are those In which , however strongly
pronounced editorial opinions may be
expressed , the news columns treat
political developments ns a matter of
news , In which all sides are entitled
to fair treatment ns a matter of his
torical Justice. That , It Is needless to
say , Is the policy of this newspaper.
AROUND TOWN.
Fremont has six miles of paved
streets.
Why doesn't somebody chloroform
Jack Frost ?
By the way , we're In the midst of
n political campaign.
Is Norfolk going to the bad ? Forty
men nre down In the gutter today.
Why did those Fremonters have to
trot out their best golfers , anyhow ?
Was It last Juno or next June that
the Union Pacific meant when It
promised that now depot ?
Anybody found a "topsy" doll on
the street ? A teeny , little baby girl
broken. If you should find "Topsy"
won't you be good enough to bring her
to The News olllce ?
It doesn't take long for the truth to
rise again. A year ngei wo all believed
Pot- Cook was the real goods.
It's like a three-ring circus to watch
the public Improvements In Norfolk
paving , library , Y. M. C. A. , etc.
It's a silly question to ask how they
came out nt Fiemont. If they'd won ,
they'd have told you before you asked.
Hettlng on Norfolk or Fremont In
that golf match ? And remember this :
Everybody thought Jeffries would
whip the negro.
A Norfolk woman out for dinner
who spilled coffee on the table , offered
to take the tablecloth homo to wash
It , and the hostess took her nt her
word.
ATCHI90N ( LOBE SIGHTS.
A married woman always likes It If
women treat bur husband coolly.
Aside from going to sleep , and for
getting there doeMi't seem te > bo any
general rule for happiness.
It must be a great help to mother
that she Is so constituted that Ingrat
itude doesn't bother her much.
Occasionally a modest actress comes
to town ; one who says her $500 dresses
es wete made in New York Instead of
in Paris.
Women like to say this : "The only
thing n man cannot forgive In his
wife is her mental superiority. "
If you have a "bad day , " and feel
tough , do you Inflict your 111 temper
on those who have business with you ?
If you do , you are not a fair man.
An Atchison man has been sick so
long that when his wife meets people
on the streets , she says , without being
asked : "He's just about the same. "
Listen to a group of women long
enough , and you will hear one of
them name a certain medicine she Is
taking that will cure just anything.
We were never intended for an idle
life ; we feel so tough as a result e > f
loafing on Sunday , that we are rea
sonably certain it , was never Intended
we should be a gent or a man of leis
ure.
The loafer has a hard time of it.
There are certain men who visit cer
tain favorite loafing places in Atchi
son every day , and they always drop
in timidly , as though they realize that
their idleness is being remarked.
A great many years ago wnen there
were Indians and bears , a woman
wore her bonnet fastened on with
strings ; nowadays with a policeman
at every corner to scare the Indians
and bears away , she wears a hat pin
a foot long.
"I am not very satisfactory to wo
men , " said an old bachelor , today ;
"they don't admire me , and I don't
blame them ; about all I have ever
done for woman Is that none of them
have ever been called upon to weep
because of my going awny to war. "
Hereafter , Instead of hating the
devil , we intend hating those people
who are Impolite and unfair , and who
make a specialty of making life as un
comfortableas , possible. And , Instead
of worshiping angels , we will In fu
ture always admire people who are
nice.
If a woman tells how her husband
proposed to her , every woman will
drop her work to listen. It Is related
that an Atchison woman recently told
her experience , and one woman listen
er became so interested she dropped
her baby , and the baby broke In two ,
and she never noticed It.
The insurgents start so many stories
that we don't know half the time
what we are doing. If we should hear
that George Washington were still
alive , and writing letters abusing the
corporations , we wouldn't feel safe in
denying It.
Atchison people who crowded
around Joe Schott last fall , to hear
him tell about a trip to Germany , next
gathered around Warrle Guthrle , who
had been around the world. But now
they are gathered around Frank Casey ,
who has just returned from the Reno
prize fight.
There Is some fear that automobiles
will ruin the country. We sometimes
think a greater danger Is advertising.
Magazines are being started almost
ns rapidly as automobiles nro being
manufactured and a page In the best
ones costs more for one Issue than a
new automobile. And the magazine
publishers are more unreliable about
circulation than politicians nre about
their principles.
Men are not as big liars , wo some
times think , as generally believed.
Many of the stories credited to them
nre Invented by other men , as "Jokes. "
W. B. Collett Is reported as saying
that during his recent fishing trip to
the north , he caught a fish weighing
forty pounds. What ho really said
was that fishing was poor ; that the
largest fish caught where ho fished
weighed twelve pounds.
The latest disease Is called "Recep
tion Paralysis. " Women who stand
In line at receptions and shake hands
with several hundred guests , nro sub
ject to It. The day after the reception
the victim feels a numbness In her
arm ; the next day her entire right
side Is numb , and the disease pro
gresses slowly , until , at the end of the
fenth day the paralysis strikes her
heart , and she has fits.
Home Course
In Domestic
Science
XIV. Principles of
Home Decoration.
Dy EDITH G. CHARLTON ,
In Ch&rge of Domestic Economy , Iowa
Stnte College.
CopjrrUhl. 1910. bjr American fr t
AtioctMlon.
subject of homo decoration
THE furnishing IR BO large and
comes so closely to the Individ
ual life of the family that an
outsider hesitates to make ) even the
simplest suggestions. And yet Just be
cause the subject Is large and Impor
taut and he'cause U Is , on the whole ,
so little understoeHl by the average pur-
son Is one very good reason why In
struction Is needed along certain lines.
All that I Hlmll attempt , however. In
these' article's on house furnishing will
be Rome of the very first principles ,
just n few hints for the women who
nro not sure e > f their own opinions on
such matters , whoso experience has
been limited and whoso opportunities
for getting really gooel things are very
few.
few.There
There was a time In the history of
our country when the family wns con
tent with the home which simply nf-
feirdcel shelter. That was the primitive
object of the home , an Instinct dovel-
I COMF01ITAJILK LIVINO 11OOM
opeel from early ages , when caves ,
rocks and later mounds of earth and
wood furnished the dwelling place for
the family. Undeveloped were the In
stincts which prompted primeval man
to seek a place of shelter for his own
little circle of human beings. They
were , however , the beginning of the
highest and strongest social Institution
in the weId , that of family life nnd
the private homo. Now conditions
have changed , people have developed ,
nnd the home must be something more
than a place of shelter. It Is still the
keystone of the nation , the place
where those qualities which make for
good citizenship are developed , and
therefore It Is worthy of nil the
thought , nil the Intelligent planning
and the noblest feelings that can be
brought to It. The true home should
reflect the character of the people who I
inhabit It. nnd above ifII else It should
be of such a nature as to bring out
the best there Is In each Individual
beneath Its roof. And n home in the
true sense of the word can and does
do this.
Things Not to Do.
Some of the most glaring faults In
home furnishing arc the commonest , i
those committed thoughtlessly or per
haps , to be more exact , those prompt
ed by the dictates of fashion. It Is so
much easier very oft -n to put Into our
homos nnd wear on our persons , even
to put Into our manner. the > so things
which fashion says are right rather
than to adopt those things which suit
our own Individuality , environment
and needs.
Just because fashion states that u
certain kind of wall paper. A certain
color In carpets or certain styles In
furniture are the "latest" nnd "new
est" Is no reason In the world why
they bhould be put Into your homes
unless they will bo suitable there. Yet
very many times the decree goes forth
and Is followed blindly , with the re-
suit that beauty , harmony and repose
are qualities totally Ignored In many
homes. Some ono bus said : "The
world Is full of beautiful things if ono
has money to buy them. The world Is
also full of ugly things things false
In art. In truth and beauty. They are
things made to sell with only this Idea
behind them. " So do not be tempted
by the too common expression , "It Is
the very latest style. " when buying
j furnishings for your home or wearing j '
j apparel for yourself unless the "very
latest thing" has beauty nnd sultnbll-1
Ity to recommend It. i
'
! To have something like every one
else Is nlso another fault made in
1 house furnishing. That Is ono reason
I why so many country houses try to
i reproduce on a cheaper scale the city
i homo nnd why there nre so mnny un-
n ( tractive homes In smaller towns nnd
country places. Ignorance of or In
difference to color nnd color harmony
Is another cause for lack of beauty In
furnishing.
Again , pictures , furniture , ornaments
nnd everything else arc brought Into
our home without n thought of arti
cles alrendv there. The now nnd the
om nro combined without questioning
whether ono suits the other or not ,
and In consequence both nro spoiled.
Some Rules to Follow.
To furnish n homo satisfactorily ono
must always consider the style of
bouse. Its location , the use to which It
Is to be put. IIH well IIH the * costlof UB JL m
furnishing. Not a single piece' of fur- ' > J
nlture should be- bought without some
thought HH to whether It In suitable for
the home ami Its use ; also wheMher It
will be In harmony with furniture al
ready In It.
When n woman has mitllcle'iit money
nt her eommiiiul and can furnish the
house * completely from cellar to attic
It Is an easy matter to give the con
tract Into the hnnelK of n professional ,
occasionally with good results. HOIIIO *
times disappointment. Hut when ono
must consider dollars carefully and
furnish one room nt n time , possibly
only getting the absolute necessities
for that re > om nt first. It Is n harder
problem to solve. The latter woman ,
however , IB the ono whom 1 should
like to help. Remember , then , In the
first place not to buy anything unless
It Is appropriate to the uae for which
It IR Intended as well ns tor the com
pleteness of the room. Remember to
always select the real nnd substantial
In preference to the showy Imitation.
If It Is a question of tables , buy thv
simplest form. made of perfect wood ,
with best llnlsh. rather than the elab
orately cnrveel , showy piece ( llmslly
put together. A good enameled Ironer
or plain brass beelstoael will bo Inllnlte-
ly more satisfactory In the end than
ono of clump Inlaid wood.
A largo expenditure of money eloew
not always Imply a satisfactory home.
Truth and harmony , the elements of
beauty , may bo secured In the most
Inexpensive cottage IIB well as In the
palace.
The Ideal country house Is built on
broad , generous Hues. Never should It
Imvo the high , narrow , cramped roe > C
frequently seen on crowded city
streets , where space Is at a premium.
It should have also roomy verandas
and porches , low ceilings , wide , low
windows and hospitable looking doors
opening Into comfortable , homelike
rooms. Such a house should bo sincere
in Its furnishings should not suggest
Imitation In any way. This Impression
of genuineness can bo given by Inex
pensive material , even by homemade
furniture , very much better than by
showy workmanship carelessly per
formed.
Treatment of High Ceilings.
Some of the houses built forty or
fifty years ago have ceilings too high
to express reml comfort. A room 10
by 1I feet with n twelve foot cell-
Ing has the appearance of being ex
tremely narrow , while a room the
same size with a nine foot colling may
give a real cozy effect. What Is to bo
done with the high colling ? The sim
plest way out of the dllllculty Is to
cheat the eye Into forgetfulness of
those extra three feet. This can bo
done by using horizontal lines In the
wall decoration. Either the celling pa
per can be brought down on the wall
to the distance of three feet , the up
per part of the wall may be finished
with a frieze , or three foot at the
base may bo covered with canvas or
wood paneling , then sir feet of figured
paper , finished with a narrow picture
molding nnd Joining the celling paper ,
which has becil dropped three foot.
Any of these methods will give the
impression of a lower celling.
Borders have their place In wall decoration -
oration , but they should not bo used
In rooms with low ceilings. Such a
room should be decorated with striped
paper nnd have the wall covering ex
tend close up to the angle formed by
the celling , and here the picture moldIng -
Ing Is put em. Never use wide stripes
or large designs of any kind on a small
room , and bear In mind that simplicity
In design and color Is a good rule to
follow In wall decorations as well as
In any part of house furnishing
Good and Bad In Wall Covering.
The owner of a new house Is In
clined tei leave the walls undecorated
for the first few months nt least after
the house Is finished. His reason may
be the ndeh'd expense of decoration , or
he may think he prefers the plain
white wall Just for Its simplicity nnd
because It Is sanitary. If the wnlls
have been finished with a smooth
white surface It Is more than likely
every one will weary of them In n
short time. Plain white walls give the
feeling of being shut In n box. ns If
there were a limit to space. A smooth
white surface also tires the eyes. Not
so the rough plasters , which are quite
generally used nowadays. And If to
the plaster has been added a little
color , a hint of gray or deep cream , the
effect Is satisfying for a long time.
Indeed , for almost any room In the
house , with the possible exception of
the reception room or parlor , this
rough surface simply tinted makes a
most desirable wall finish. The smooth
wall may be decorated In almost any
color with calcimine or muresco , giv
ing n pleasing background for pictures.
Whatever the wall decoration , it
should be chosen with relation to the
lighting of the room ; also to the fur
nishings.
If the floor covering has considera
ble design and color , then the wall
should have but ono tint , and If the
draperies nre figured again bo careful
to select a tint color for the walls.
Among the ehle objections to wall pa
per nro the exaggerated designs nnd too
conspicuous colors , which nre common
In most of them. The size of the room
nnd the kind of floor covering should
largely dete > rmlne whether the wall
should be decornteel with n paper hav
ing a pattern or n plain design. It la
so much easier to err on the side of
too much design than too little that
unless you are sure of your knowledge
of color combination It Is generally
bolter to keep to plain effects.
Father Knows.
She Did you say anything to papa
nbout your being too young ? HeYes. .
But lie said when I once began to paj
your bills I should ago rapidly enough
New York Journal.
Knew What His Few Days Meant.
Qunckly My the bye , have you got
$10 about you thnt you don't need fern
n few days ? Smnckly I Imvo. but I
might need It Borne time. Exchange.
