ABSTRACT
The untrained architect is unable to make the most advantageous or effective use of the means and material at his disposal. Beautiful and permanent wall-patterns in the stamped paper are now produced, so that the medium for securing good results cannot be said to be wanting. If the people will only disregard the talk of the salesman about what is or is not the style, and select what is artistic and beautiful for its own sake, the period of ugliness will soon pass. Cloth surfaces of silk, cotton, jute, and other material of that character are used for wall decoration. The establishment of art schools in nearly all of the cities of our country leads to this state of affairs. An artist can express himself quite as well on a plastered wall-surface as upon a few square feet of canvas.
