Show pictures cheaply and attractively framed by the home 0 passo par tout a picture la the easiest and moat satisfactory way 0 artistically and cheaply framing it whenever a y pretty water color or pen and ink in a magazine appeals to ua we acro apt to carefully cut it out and put it away for framing these pictures ar seldom of sufficient value to war wt rant the placing upon them of eapen F elve el ve but they are attractive enough to adorn tho walls of an unpretentious tent ious room it Is just here that art of passe cornea in most successfully and ono la well repaid for the small expenditure of time and mons ay iy involved it does not much taste to become an expert in the art of passe the very neat and particular person obtains excellent re aulta and when the artist and the ar alsan are combined of course the aleh standard Is reached th lafeat course for tho beginner to Is to purchase at a good art supply a complete out t which may be bought for a dollar this box will contain a dozen cardboard mats of assorted and tho butoft number of mounts sl inches by C inches twelve yards of binding two tuba at art paste and different sizes of hooks and binca to moun hane the pictures sometimes a tool tor cutting the glass Is included ananca the elneda of war tho next move la to a glnn good table where spread before the worker will be the paraphernalia mentioned the farat thins to do it the print la la to spread evenly over the back aufu y dent paste to make it stick nicely the picture la now ready to be pasted on a card of suitable alzo and the anat la then placed in position you are now ready or the glass and niter an experience 0 cuts and bruises I 1 recommend having the glazier do the work but it you are brave and daring the instrument contained in tho outfit will afford plenty 0 amusement having placed the picture under the glass you are ready to apply the binding this Is the difficult part 0 the work many and varied are the beat ways c putting on tho binding every passe cr a law unto herself tho approved method loto lo to cut binding into suitable lengths tor each ahle and apply it evenly to the cd chiau iau the blab allowing about on ancho it to lap over and adhere to the buck 0 th picture on alio other hand 0 number 0 experts cut ot tha anttn quantity needed fand turn the corners in a nat fashion tha undine which la bought in A IR 1 gummed and all that esary a portion of I 1 frone alio roll la to moisten it with the or a damp apogee it well put on the binding sticks firmly and nothing but excessive dampness will cause it to become loosened from the glass when one or more of the gummed suspension rings are fastened on the back the picture Is ready for the wall the bindings come in varied shades and also reproduce many woods particularly ticul arly happy effects are achieved by using a birch bark binding on a wood land view which tones in charmingly with the pictured scenery marines are best treated to a frame 0 silver which carries out the lights and shades ot water and sky allred all red both in the mat and s the correct color for hunting pictures japanese rice prints become veritable little gems when placed in a cold mat and framed with a black binding SOME navel DESIGNS IN paese peaking of black reminds mo ot a pretty gainer from passe par ft with a tiny edge of white overlaid hl ack bind MS about an inch beep th contrast being the newest development Is to bind with velvet preferably black even the expert will mhd velvet difficult to manipulate as the edges have to be study if one has the time and patience to devote to it many persons fall to realize the good effects obtained from framing pictures in series under one cover for instance a very happy example of this character was seen the other day in the framing in a long narrow panel effect of a story told with the brush these pictures were printed in a recent well known magazine and were called mother days it was a case of thinking in pictures a babas little life being told the series As the tones in the ilits were soft gray greens a binding acely matching in color was applied and the whole scheme was charmingly attractive and cheap not costing at the outside more than 50 cents nothing could be daintier for a nursery wall than a decoration of this kind in these days of artistic decorations every girl desires to have her own room or den where she can cast oft all the conventionalities of and lounge af case upon hes dainty couch while reading the latest story or poem one girl with very little money but rich in aspirations set her wits to work to devise some scheme for a wall decoration A happy thought at last came to her and going to a bookstore she purchased some blue blotting aej the gray paper buth asart students uso foe crayon work all costing hut ri small sum selecting her favorite sketches which collected at odd tinges she placed them upon mats made of the blue paper cut larger than the picture to fasten them in position she used red sealing wax placing a seal as large as a halt dollar decorated with her monogram upon each corner the position ot the seals waa varied now on opposite corners then on both sides again only at the top the pen and ink sketches she treated in the same way upon gray paper using black sealing wax the pictures framed in this fashion she arranged in a panel on one side of the room and so effective were they that they won the admiration of all her friends who signified their intention of following her example picture postcards admit of very pretty treatment by the amateur decorator A screen which will be a useful as well as an ornamental example of ones skill can be made from these cards make a border of single cards around the entire screen which has first been covered with some attractive fabric if the postcards are souvenirs of travel in a certain country group the more insignificant ant scenes in the border reserving the more prominent ones for the central design unused postcards are preferable for this purpose when framed in good wood the screen Is well worth the trouble of making picture framing as I 1 said before does not require BO much artistic training as intuitive sense of the fitness of things FLORENCE A |