A very pretty photograph frame is made by embroidering on satin, sateen, or velvet. The frame, when completed, should be ten inches long, and eight inches and a half wide. The embroidery should begin down in the lower left hand corner, and extend to the top of the frame, say to about the middle of the top, or toward the right hand of the top. Of course, in putting on the design, care must be taken, that not too much of it is cut off, by the square, or oval, place, which is to be left for the photograph. Anyone who can design, or can copy from nature (which is even better), can, for a very small expense, make exquisite frames of this kind. Daisies, golden-rod, lilies of the valley, wild roses, snowdrops, carnations, clover, etc., all. look beautiful on these frames Among the very prettiest is one of clover blossoms and leaves, thrown on an old gold, sateen ground ; another is of golden-rod, on a dark blue satin ground ; and another of field daisies, on a dark velvet ground. If painting is preferred to embroidery, it looks equally as well, and is more quickly accomplished. The frames can be easily made at home, of stiff card-board or of very thin wood, and covered with the material after- wards. PASSEPARTOUT FRAMES. These can be made of the common window glass panes. If the pic- ture is smaller than the glass, cut a matting out of white or gray paper (velvet paper makes a beautiful matting if it can be procured), then cut a piece of thin pasteboard the same size of the glass and paste picture and matting on the pasteboard ; lay over this the glass and bind the edges with marble paper of the same color as the matting. This paper can be bought at any picture store. OIL PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS Oil paintings can be washed in sweet milk and warm water, then care- fully dried ; do not rub them hard. Gilt frames, if varnished when new, can be washed without injury. Castile soap and water can be used on oil paintings without danger, care being taken, of course, not to wet the back, or let water through cracks. For the ordinary dusting of pictures a silk handkerchief should be used. When much discolored by age, they have been restored, by brushing them free from dust and then covering by a layer of shaving soap for a PLASTER CASTS. 313 few minutes, after which they are thoroughly dried and soaked in nitro- glycerine. Heavy gilt frames only are appropriate for oil paintings. An engraving would be made to appear cold by a bright or heavy gilt frame, though sometimes a plain, unburnished one looks well. Of course a margin of white paper is needed between the printed surface and the frame, so as not to make the contrast of brilliancy too violent. Water in which onions have been, rubbed lightly over the frames, will keep flies away from them. VELVET PICTURES.

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A very pretty photograph frame is made by embroidering on satin, sateen, or velvet. The frame, when completed, should be ten inches long, and eight inches and a half wide. The embroidery should begin down in the lower left hand corner, and extend to the top of the frame, say to about the middle of the top, or toward the right hand of the top. Of course, in putting on the design, care must be taken, that not too much of it is cut off, by the square, or oval, place, which is to be left for the photograph. Anyone who can design, or can copy from nature (which is even better), can, for a very small expense, make exquisite frames of this kind. Daisies, golden-rod, lilies of the valley, wild roses, snowdrops, carnations, clover, etc., all. look beautiful on these frames Among the very prettiest is one of clover blossoms and leaves, thrown on an old gold, sateen ground ; another is of golden-rod, on a dark blue satin ground ; and another of field daisies, on a dark velvet ground. If painting is preferred to embroidery, it looks equally as well, and is more quickly accomplished. The frames can be easily made at home, of stiff card-board or of very thin wood, and covered with the material afterwards. PASSEPARTOUT FRAMES. These can be made of the common window glass panes. If the picture is smaller than the glass, cut a matting out of white or gray paper (velvet paper makes a beautiful matting if it can be procured), then cut a piece of thin pasteboard the same size of the glass and paste picture and matting on the pasteboard ; lay over this the glass and bind the edges with marble paper of the same color as the matting. This paper can be bought at any picture store. OIL PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS Oil paintings can be washed in sweet milk and warm water, then carefully dried ; do not rub them hard. Gilt frames, if varnished when new, can be washed without injury. Castile soap and water can be used on oil paintings without danger, care being taken, of course, not to wet the back, or let water through cracks. For the ordinary dusting of pictures a silk handkerchief should be used. When much discolored by age, they have been restored, by brushing them free from dust and then covering by a layer of shaving soap for a PLASTER CASTS. 313 few minutes, after which they are thoroughly dried and soaked in nitroglycerine. Heavy gilt frames only are appropriate for oil paintings. An engraving would be made to appear cold by a bright or heavy gilt frame, though sometimes a plain, unburnished one looks well. Of course a margin of white paper is needed between the printed surface and the frame, so as not to make the contrast of brilliancy too violent. Water in which onions have been, rubbed lightly over the frames, will keep flies away from them. VELVET PICTURES.

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