THE VALUE OF CALCIMINE.
By Isabel McDougall
[Isabel McDougall, in The Pilgrim for November.] If you are unfortunate to live amid walls papered in a way that is thoroughly distasteful to you, calcimine is your best friend. Many considerations enter into the choice of colors: the size of the room, its woodwork, its outlook, etc. Blue is the most difficult color to use. There are some beautiful shades of grayish blue and greenish blue, but calcimine apparently can not master them. On the contrary, green is nearly always successful, but it darkens a room, and is best for one with a sunny exposure. Yellow lightens a room; it takes the place of sunshine. Every house should have at least one yellow room in it. There are innumerable shades playing between yellow, brown, and red that are admirable but hard to describe. Indian red, rust color, terra cotta, tawny, russet, wood brown, convey no very clear idea.