Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . ed in witha hogs-hair brush dipped in the pigmentsspecially prepared for the purpose. In many cases a frame of dark wood isprovided, and the edge of it deeply boundwith plush or velvet, a design being thenpainted across the corners. When theframe is covered with silk or satin, and thedesign is to be carried out in water colors,it should first be accurately and lightiysketched in pencil, and every line gone overin Chinese white, so that there may be norisk of the color spreading. H. B. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS QUARTERLY. BIRDS IN THE HOUSE. Of all the small p
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . ed in witha hogs-hair brush dipped in the pigmentsspecially prepared for the purpose. In many cases a frame of dark wood isprovided, and the edge of it deeply boundwith plush or velvet, a design being thenpainted across the corners. When theframe is covered with silk or satin, and thedesign is to be carried out in water colors,it should first be accurately and lightiysketched in pencil, and every line gone overin Chinese white, so that there may be norisk of the color spreading. H. B. STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS QUARTERLY. BIRDS IN THE HOUSE. Of all the small pets that serve tohumanize the owners, whose hours spent atliome they help to enliven, birds deserveand receive the first place in our considera-tion. The canary is unquestionably the princeof cage birds; his merry song is heardalike in palace and cottage, in everycivilized country. But there are othersthat make interesting pets in confinement,and whose music, though not so loud or soconstant as that of the canary, is far sweeter. GOLDFINCH. and less apt to become tiresome. As theproper care and treatment of the canaryhas been described in an earlier number ofthe Quarterly, we will give our attentionto a few of the other attractive cage-birds,that can be procured at a small cost fromany dealer in birds. The birds tobe spoken of areall of the seed-eating class;whose manage-ment is the proper dietis a mixture offour parts of bestquality Sicilycanary-seed, fresh and clean; three partsof sweet German summer rape; two partsof Indian millet; and one part of Turkishmaw seed. Either red or silver gravel should bestrewn on the bottom of the cage at leastevery other da)-. The red gravel is prefer-able, as the birds are fond of it, and it helps
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