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in a convenient place and on a support high 
enough to set a watering-pot under the spigot. 
The bottom of the barrel should not rest di- 
rectly on the box or whatever is used to sup- 
port it, but have three or four tile inserted 
under the rim of the bottom; this allows the 
air to circulate under and prevents the decay, 
and if the manure barrel is kept in order from 
year to year it is ready for use in the spring, 
and there is that much less to do and provide, 
and the cost of a barrel saved will buy a new 
rose or other desired plant. 
THE USE OF WALL-PAPER 
By Walter A. Dwyer 
PROSAIC subject, to be sure! A half 
dozen rolls of wood-pulp paper, printed 
in colors and slapped upon the wall 
with a paste-brush, by a man in white over- 
alls and jumper, But is this all? It may 
be that it is high time we gave the matter 
more attention. The influence of our sur- 
rounding is potent upon us all, and harm- 
ony and art, or discord and garishness, on 
the walls of the rooms in which we live, may 
affect us more than we imagine. And, anyway, 
why not have a pretty home, while we're 
about it, if a little study is all that is needed ? 
It wont cost a cent more. 
From a decorative point of view no part of 
the interior of the American home is more im- 
portant than the walls; no part of the house 
can be more quickly or cheaply transformed 
and beautified. 
Wall-paper as a decorative material is ceas- 
ing to be regarded with disrespect in this 
country. We find it everywhere, even in the 
mansions of the wealthy, and the most mag- 
nificent of our metropolitan hotels. We find 
it in the White House and in the Harlem 
flat. ‘The proprietors of the new Hotel Astor, 
seeking in vain for an appropriate decoration 
for one of their halls, finally secured a charm- 
ing result by means of a special wall-paper 
of the flock variety, made to order for them 
by a Buffalo firm. It is in old rose and soft 
olive, bearing the thistle and crest of the 
Astors. We need none of us be ashamed of 
using wall-papers. 
As a matter of fact, our modern wall-papers 
are the products of trained and artistic minds 
and hands. Designers, colorists and manu- 
facturers are men who love their profession, 
and work with high ideals. ‘They are doing 
the best the public demand will permit. 
In considering the question of the selection 
and use of wall-papers, I will touch but 
briefly on the practical and sanitary side, and 
will deal rather with the artistic—color, pat- 
tern, methods of hanging, and prevailing 
fashions. 
First, a word as to the practical side. Never 
employ a poor workman. He can spoil the 
finest paper by inaccuracy, slovenliness, or 
poor judgment in hanging. Insist upon his 
using a paste that will not sour or mold. 
There are sanitary preparations on the market 
which will not harbor germs or decomposi- 
tion, and they add but little to the cost. 
The arsenic scare is periodically revived by 
the newspapers, but these isn’t much in it. 
Some States have good laws which reduce the 
danger to a minimum, and a dangerous 
amount of arsenic is seldom found in the col- 
oring matter of wall-papers. A recent investi- 
gation, conducted under the auspices of the 
national Department of Agriculture, revealed 
’ a far less amount of arsenic in a representa- 
tive selection of wall-papers than in black 
stockings, furs, and a dozen other articles. 
And the idea that green wall-paper is less 
healthful than any other color is an exploded 
fallacy. 
In repapering, the removal of the old wall- 
