It isthe tendency in modern houses for the ataircnse to be wide with a window on the landing, 30 that the way from the ground floor to the upper storey is roomy and Tight. One advantage of thir rangement is that it enables the staircase walls to be, made to look: cheerful and artistic; something more, in fact, than just stairs, Suitable pictures are important. They should be of the kind that do not jar the senses upon going up to bed at night, and pleasing enough to make their sight weleme firat thing in the morning.
Fortunately, nowadays there are number of firms who reproduce splendid copies of the world's most famous pictures at very reasonable prices. Half a dozen good pictures in a house are worth a score of, meagre ones. The old fashion of having engravings, portraits and pictures of all kinds and sizes adorning the walls in a higgledy-Piegledy' style, as it were, is no Tonger adhered to,
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