Show pill 4 FOR BEST EFFECTS USE CARE IN arrangement OF PICTURES two things to remember in their D splay harmony Is the one great th ng to be achieved arranging pictures artistically Is a task to hand hang them so a landscape and portrait etc will show to lest est advantage and be symmetrical without appearing stiff Is a hard piece of work and to do it successful ly two things must be re remembered first that to mix subjects Is bad and secondly that different style frames p should not be grouped together that is to say a gilt one mut not be placed among several of oak and water colors must not be hung with engrav ings tor for the contrast Is too great all water colors must be together and engravings should be so hung that the eye rests upon them alone religious pictures are incongruous it if put with french or fancy subjects the end to be aimed tor for in arjang ing pictures Is harmony A room with its walls in crazy quilt effect denotes bad tate or ignorance some times both and the eyes and mind instead of being pleased are jarred and an artistic picture is ruined by such hanging in fixing the walls of a house it Is well to select the pictures that are to go in each room remembering that certain subjects like wall capere ara are best suited to special places for parlors choose etchings photographs or oil paintings water colors or photographs are good for dining rooms though perr person perron on ally I 1 prefer no pictures liking in stead china pewter and mirrors these make the room quite distinct five and a marked change from the t k others pictures P tor for bedrooms like hang ings there should be light both in subject and framing having sorted out one s possessions of this kind careful thought should be given to the placing of each subject all should be suspended from nails with wires so short that they are bid den behind beh ind the pictures unless the frames are too heavy this method of course makes a bad place in the wall but wire is never sightly and once a picture Is hung in this fashion it must stay stav As a trial a good way of getting an effect Is s to clear a place on the floor the size of the wall and on this lay jay the pictures in the way you think they should go try one scheme after another until the best la Is found and then duplicate it on the wall re member that to hang pictures too high skies them and of the two extremes it is better that they should be too low this latter position is not desir able however as it pulls down the ceiling in effect and makes the room look top heavy to avoid either of 0 these mistakes wrap one end of the wire loosely in the ring and then elide slide the picture up and down until the best height is seen to lay down specific rules tor for hang ing pictures is impossible and some times it is only by studying those one has tor for days that an artistic arrangement can be worl ed out time for this should not be grudged though tor for the best picture ever painted may be ruined by the hanging and a w whole hole room made charming by the artistic handling of a simple print |