1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Handy Hints on Housekeeping

A FEW HINTS

never be hung so high

Pictures should

becomes necessary to mount a chair

that it

Hang so the center

'^^ order to see them.

HANCINC PICTURES

^'^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^"^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^^ ^^"^ °^ vision of the person of average height, or about

Never hang from

five and one-half feet from the floor.

one nail. Let the cord be carried over two nails or picture hooks, so to come squarely down to the corners of the frame. That gives an impression of carefulness and completeness. Everyone must consult his own taste as to the grouping of pictures. In hanging pictures the stock in hand should be looked over and a general scheme decided upon. Some pictures *' go well together," others should be ruled out of the companionship of the select. Every man has some decided preference in pictures; one may elect to have nothing but old English sporting prints, another may have photographs of the old masters for a hobby. Artists may pass this over, for in studio decoration artistic license holds sway, and far be it from anyone to suggest to the embryonic Meissonier or Gerome what to choose or how to hang it. Oil paintings and water colors should never be al- low^ed to become intimate companions, but the latter may hobnob with etchings, pastels, drawings, photo- graphs, and even engravings without losing their dig- An oil painting of exceptional excellence should be given a special corner and preferably made still more exclusive by being hung in a black box, with 209 nity.