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THE ONLY WEEKLY JOURNAL PUBLISHBD TREATING ON
STATIONERY, TYPOGRAPHY             LITHORAPHY AND BOOKBINDIG.
VoL XY,              NEW   YORK, MONDAY, MAROH 7, 1881.                     No. 10.
Speoial Notice.              measure, upon what Is born with us- whether
the ed anch '1o soanpilore be a teemring pro lise or
Thilsjournal is published weekly. Each Isue an empty boast.
will contain practical theses, descriptive and  Brown paper of the darkest sde and thickest
iliustrted articles, spicy trade gordo            p and
tie atest and most accuat informaton    t texture, and gray paper of a cool granite tint are
all kinds, representing the varied interests Just now much in demand as materials for paint-
of the Printer@'. Stationers' and Fancy Goods ing upon for dados, panels, cornices and book
grades.                                   covers, and other things. They give a back-
To the Impmaer. manuwfcturer, jobber, or ground on which the light and shade are at once
general dealer, It is commended as a meman  relieved, and while gray paper is the softest,
of Intelligence, "par excellauce," havig an brown paper, pertly by the contrast of its rough
extensive circulation reachminl every Imper  surface gives the most relief, The best brown
sans point of the Union.                  paper for the purpose Is the stout, continuous
To the Journeyman, salestaS, superintend' kind:used by paper-hangers and upholsterers for
ent, bookkeeper. speculator and capitalist, It packing, which can be had at all the carpet ware-
in commended as a source of important Infer- houses In any quantity.
msatien upon topics in which they are di-
reedy interested, and which may be of Its.  The colors are paints in tubes, or water 4olors
mediate value to them, while to the general well ground with Chinese white; used with fine-
reader it is commended as an Interesting bristles or red sable brushes. Another method Is.
budget of faets, from which he may gather, to lay on the Chinese white, well ground to the
at will, such Items as may entertain him or consistency of thin cream, and when It is dry to.
increase his store of useful knowledge. Sub. paint over it with ordinary water colors. Red
sariptiou, two dollars per year, In advance.  sable brushes are also the best for both the latter.
Minute finish is out of character with the kind of
Painting on Brown Paper.          work; the effects should be put In broadly, and
Among the greatest treasures of the Turner the designs should be distinct and of few large-
drawings, exhibited at the National Gallery, are objects. Brown paper will not bear much india
the two called "Angry Swans," painted in white rubber, and In laying on the Chinese white It Is.
on common brown paper which has been around better, If possible, to do so without any outline at
a parcel. Turner, seizing the first thing that all. If one is necessary, It should be either trans.
"ame to hand as a background to the white, ferred or sketched in with charcoal, which can
painted them with half a dozen strokes apiece, be dusted off If a mistake is made. Neither paper
The body color Is thinner in places where the requires sizing previously or varnishing after-
plumage is to be semi-transparent, thicker where ward. All water color painting, on whatever ma-
the highest lights fall on the snowy white; and terial, can be removed, and therefore smudged
there they are, in the power and majesty of their with water; therefore, door panels, book covers
anger, the stateliness of their salling, the change- or anything else to be painted must be carefully
ful curving of their necks, the sweep of their cut out, fixed in place with embroidery paste, and
spreading wings, and the snow of their breasts leftto dry thoroughly, before the coloring is be-
like ruffied velvet. Half a dozen strokes of a gun. A dado can only be properly put up by the
brush, a little white and black paint, and bit Of paper-hanger. Book coversshould be turned over
waste paper, have set them  all before us with the edges and faced with colored paper.
Turner's unrivaled skill.                   A good design for door panels Is four water
even to think of such work as this in compari- plants; one in each, standing up immediately
son with our own may either inspire us with en- from the bottom, with a few horizontal lines be-
alation or fill us with despair; it depends, In a hind them, to give the idea of water, the actuaL