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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Handy
Hints
on
Housekeeping
A
FEW
Pictures
should
never
be
hung
so
high
HINTS
that
it
becomes
necessary
to
mount
a
chair
HANCINC
'^^
order
to
see
them.
Hang
so
the
center
PICTURES
^'^^^
^^
^^
^
^^"^^^
^^'^^^
^^^
^^"^
°^ vision
of
the
person
of
average
height,
or
about
five
and
one-half
feet
from
the
floor.
Never
hang
from
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-
nity.
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
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