September, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
paper should be insisted upon as a sanitary 
precaution. If the paper-hanger does not own 
a machine for steaming it off, he should be 
compelled to scrape it off by hand. There is 
a law demanding this procedure in some 
States, and many cities, and it is a rule with 
some of the best of the local trades unions. 
The claim that a lining of old wall-paper 
makes the room warmer, or the paper fit bet- 
ter, is simply the pretext of a lazy workman. 
Now as to color. Color is a marvelous 
thing in its effects and results. “The color ex- 
pert is a wizard. Color pleases or annoys, 
according to the way we use it. Wall-paper 
depends largely upon color for its decorative 
effects, and the subject of color is accordingly 
one worthy of our consideration. In fact, it 
is a subject worthy of deep study for its own 
sake; but it would be folly to attempt to treat 
it with anything like thoroughness in a brief 
aricle. A few principles, however, which have 
been determined by study and experience, may 
be referred to for use in our consideration of 
wall-papers. 
In the first place, there are cheerful colors 
and depressing colors, whose effects differ but 
slightly with different individuals. Don’t 
mind that the salesman says; never buy a wall- 
paper whose cloring is naturally unpleasant 
to you. 
Colors may also be divided into warm and 
cold, bright and dull, light and dark. A little 
application of common sense will aid in deter- 
mining which of these to select for a north 
and which for a south room, which for a well 
lighted and which for a poorly lighted room. 
It should be remembered, too, that each 
room is darker toward the ceiling than at the 
floor, and to equalize the light the room 
should be decorated in lighter tones above 
than below, the darkest colors to be used in 
the floor coverings, the dado lighter, the side 
wall lighter still, and ceiling lightest of all. 
Wall-papers sold in combination—side wall, 
border and ceiling to match—are usually 
colored with this principle in view, and the 
borders are usually blended to match the 
colors of the side wall and the lighter ceiling. 
It has also been discovered that the use of 
different colors affects the apparent size of a 
room to a certain extent. In general, the 
cooler colors are receding colors, and the 
Warmer are advancing colors. Blues, greens 
and grays tend to make a room look larger, 
and reds, yellows and orange, smaller, just as 
a black dress makes a woman look smaller 
than a white dress. It is well to bear this in 
mind in selecting papers for large or small 
rooms. 
Certain colors, too, are appropriate to cer- 
tain decorative styles, such as Pompeian red, 
Empire green, Colonial yellow, and the Orien- 
tall colorings. The better class wall-papers are 
usually made in the proper colorings to suit 
period styles in designs. 
In repapering a room that is already fur- 
nished, the main thing, of course, is to select 
colors that harmonize with the rest of the 
room. But the subject of color harmony— 
harmonies of analogy and of contrast—is too 
extensive to touch upon here. Native or culti- 
vated good taste is the safest criterion. In 
the main, fear not the use of much color, but 
abhor discord. 
The different rooms in the house require 
different color treatment, in accordance with 
their character. A light tint is usually prefer- 
able for the parlor, bright effects for the 
chambers, and warmer tones for sitting-room 
and library. But this must also be a matter 
largely of personal judgment. 
It is even more difficult to give advice re- 
garding the selection of the proper patterns, 
beyond the stating of certain definite princi- 
ples. The purchaser is usually confronted 
with so great a variety that selection is diff- 
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