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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1914 
Harper’s 
Bazar, 
119 West 40th 
St.. N. Y. C. 
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TWO NEW BOOKS PY STRINDBERG 
FAIR HAVEN AND FOUL STRAND 
[By AUGUST STRINDBERG 
Author of “ The Growth of a Soul,” “ Midsummer Days,” etc. 
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Little stories of married life which represent Strindberg’s distrust and 
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THE GROWTH OF A SOUL 
“The'Growth of a Soul," fills up the gap between the "Son of a Servant" and "The 
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usher in a secondary school at Stockholm, a private tutor, a doctor's assistant, an actor, 
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Ceiling Decoration 
F OR ceiling decoration all strong colors 
should be definitely separated from 
one another by light lines, fillets, or small 
mouldings. If the cornice presents any 
small, flat surfaces, a simple conventional 
flower or geometrical pattern can be often 
used to good advantage, care being taken 
not to make it too prominent and in no way 
to form a dark moulded frame for a mass 
of light-tinted ceiling. 
It is a not very costly matter to lay on a 
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formed into panels, and filled in with some 
light draper paper or stencil enrichments 
filling the panels. A lofty ceiling divided 
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sunken parts may be of a blue or dark 
brown, or red, relieved by gold drapers, 
the moulded beams being relieved by light 
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or architect work together. 
It is well to remember a few general 
rules in decoration of ceilings and cor¬ 
nices in which to rely when choosing color 
or tints. For instance, in using what are 
called primary colors on moulded sur¬ 
faces, remember that yellow increases, 
while blue diminishes, in strength ; the for¬ 
mer should therefore be used in convex, 
and the latter on concave mouldings. All 
strong colors should be definitely sepa¬ 
rated from each other by light lines, fillets, 
or small mouldings. Colors on light 
grounds appear darker by contrast, while 
those on dark grounds appear lighter. If 
the cornice has any broad, flat surfaces, a 
simple, conventional flower or geometrical 
pattern can often be used to great advan¬ 
tage, care being taken not to make it 
prominent, the great aim being to keep the 
general work subservient and in no way to 
form a dark moulded frame for the mass 
of the light ceiling. The ordinary system 
of stencil decoration can be carried out at 
a very small expense, and with a few good 
patterns very good effects can be obtained 
in ceilings, where generally little or nothing 
is done ; nor is it a very costly matter to lay 
onto the flat ceiling small pine mouldings 
formed into panels and painted, with the 
panels filled in with some very light 
drapers or pattern flock paper or stencil 
enrichment. 
To save ceilings when cracked, the ceil¬ 
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place. To do this take two pieces of 
scantling long enough to reach over the de¬ 
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two or three inches apart. Place this 
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and Garden. 
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