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Excerpt from The Housewife's Treasure: A Manual of Information on Everything That Relates to Household Economies
The upper-end of the piece should then be taken by the corners, and the operator, stepping upon a bench or step -lad_der, should barely stick the piece at the t0p, and in such a manner that the edge shall coincide with the piece previously hung this can be done by sighting down the trim'med edge of the piece, while it is held 1n the hands. The cloth should now be held in a loose bunch, and the. Paper' smoothed with it from top to bottom, care being taken to work out all air from under the paper, which, if. Not thoroughly done, will give it a very unsightly blistered appearance.
If the wall be, uneven or crooked, as is often the case in old houses, it will be difficult to avoid wrinkles, but they can be most ly god rid of, by cutting the paper and allowing the cut edges to lap over each other, in places where there would otherwise be a wrinkle.
By following these directions the most inexperienced will be able to do a reasonably tidy piece of work, but of course much skill is only secured by practice.
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