Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1920 — Picture Lore. [ARTICLE]

Picture Lore.

To paste new paper on picture backing, cut the paper the proper sire, float it in water till it is quite wet, apply the paste to the frame and. wiping off actual drops from the paper, press it In place. As the paper dries At shrinks, stretching smooth. If you want to hang a small picture from an invisible wire brad and find difficulty in locating a beam in which to make It fast, run your eye along the mopboard till you see where shat is nailed. Hang the picture In a line with that. Small pictures hung on wire nails with taut wire won’t show the wire nor skew -on their nails. If two nails are used to pass the wire over instead of one. To prevent ugly dust lines on the paper behind pictures drive a small brass-headed tack in each lower corner of the frame to hold it out from the wall so air can circulate behind it.