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Show PICTURES IN THE HOME By ALMA ZAISS WXU Service. DO YOU think of tlie picture frame as something in and of itself like a piece of bric-a-brac? It shouldn't be so considered; for regardless of its own loveliness, the frame must he In harmony with the color and spirit of Its picture, or it is as disappointing as the right hat on the wrong face. My neighbor, for Instance, is a woman wom-an of excellent taste, who would never be guilty of framing her daughter's piquant Utile face in n stern bonnet of tailored straw, yet when it comes to pictures, her water-color of trees and sunset" tints she has mounted on a dead white mat, bounded by a hard gold frame ruat Is most unfriendly to its hazy atin.;;here. What a dhfeT-ent appeal it would have if the mat were of a pastel shade tures done in strong colors, or showing show-ing large single objects or very active scenes, need frames of greater weight than do those slighter in size, color or inlerest. But first of all, look lo the spirit of your pictures. Each has its own personality per-sonality as truly as human beings do; and according to these individualities select their frames. For the Kitchen. "Don't go too far," your first thought may be when the suggestion of a lovely picture for the kitchen meets your eye. Hut the idea isn't a bit fantastic. I' 01 countlfss ages kitchens have harbored pictures. Shyly, to justify their invasion into that most practical practi-cal department of the home, they have hid their identity as mere pictures, I8J s Pictures and Proper Frames. . found in the picture, or a creamy buff, with hand-tinted bands of deeper tone done close to the scene, and a polychrome, poly-chrome, frame of antiqued gold with tints of green or mauve ! For oil paintings, gilt frames of dignified, dig-nified, simple design are used; for interiors, in-teriors, landscapes, portraits of women, wom-en, a decorative ship motif in high colors, and for the man's portrait, or the calm, severe marine, restrained hand-carved frames of antiqued gold are now used. Prints of Old Master subjects are framed without mats for two reasons: First, to better retain the impression of the originals, which are always so framed, and second, because large or heavy subjects, particularly over mantelpieces, man-telpieces, are more pleasing when tlie frame is close. With mezzotints, color etchings and engravings, cream mats are used, invariably in-variably showing line bands in a soft tan or gray, and a polychrome frame I tacked themselves to calerdars, arid so slipped in as a daily need instead of a decoration. Like ships that pass in the- night those cliromos have come and gone from our walls. We've cheerfully put them up as they came along Indian maids with perky feathers in their hair rollicking kittens barnyard scenes what not. And all the while (he chance for real and permanent beauty has been quite overlooked. ' Why not a picture of true artistic worth, a good print of such a masterpiece master-piece as Inness' "After a Summer Shower," whose magic freshness and rainbow promise can whisk us out of the kitchen into the coolest of green meadows while biscuits are baking meantime? Why not a framed picture? Without trespassing on the field of calendar art, which is in many instances in-stances very highly developed, this suggestion sug-gestion is made. There is a deep satisfaction sat-isfaction in the handiwork of the ma- i i j Pictures In the Kitchen. ters that none will gainsay an educa- j tion, a solace, a lifting power no lesser art can bestow. There is need of this in the kitchen. In soft blending shades. Etchings and engravings in black and white have plain cream mats, hound by narrow dark wood frames. This group is extremely ex-tremely proud of its dates and artists' signatures, so in no case should such markings be hidden hy mat of frame. For sport prints gay. bold filings that court contrast to set them off the black glass mats with narrow gold lines are smart today, especially in a man's room such as Ihe sketch illustrates. illus-trates. With this except inn. however, (which stretched to include Codey prints and sometimes Colonial figures), fig-ures), it seems best for frames to harmonize har-monize in color rather than to contrast con-trast with the pictures, for tlie frame should be part of the picture, not a tiling in Itself. If you are ever in doubt about the width of frame to use. whether or not a mat would help, just remember pic- |