. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ists materialsmust be carried in stock than where decorativeneedlework supplies are combined with XVII will supply all necessary in-structions pertaining to that subject. Samples of decorative painting are a greatstimulus to trade, and should be such as toappeal to the average woman, because there areiHore average women than there are exceptional ones, and it is from the former class that the figure 278. dealer receives the larger share of patronage. A pamted plush-borderedtable cover, a pair of painted pillow shams, a parasol cover delicatelypa
. Fancy work for pleasure and profit. ists materialsmust be carried in stock than where decorativeneedlework supplies are combined with XVII will supply all necessary in-structions pertaining to that subject. Samples of decorative painting are a greatstimulus to trade, and should be such as toappeal to the average woman, because there areiHore average women than there are exceptional ones, and it is from the former class that the figure 278. dealer receives the larger share of patronage. A pamted plush-borderedtable cover, a pair of painted pillow shams, a parasol cover delicatelypainted, a paper holder of celluloid also painted will appeal to ten womenwhere a beautifully painted landscape would not appeal to more than tenwomen out of a hundred, and this is not because of a vitiated taste in artmatters so much as a feeling that the lower form is within the compass oftheir talents, while the greater work seems so far away and beyond theirgrasp. A variety in the painted samples and a frequent change is desirable^. 3o8 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. Tapestry painting is most attractive when well done, as also tintedarticles which have been described on previous pages. Flower and fruit paintingthe artistic grasp of mostpretty bright bits of dec-have a few studies of fruitIn leaving this subjecters that the subject of dec-by no means exhaustivelyintroduced to your notice,that the industrious, intel-herself proficient in thoseof and at the same timeroad leading to the higherwords written shall butissue with the beautiful,repaid for her labor in this
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