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Hanging the Paper. It is supposed the paper is trimmed and cut into lengths ready to hang. The lengths are rather longer than is actually required, and the paperhanger will find that at this point he reaches his greatest difficulty, which is to paste the paper and carry it while wet to the wall and hang it in a vertical position. A good plan for a beginner is to take a plumb-bob, or if one is not available a small weight tied to a piece of string answers for the purpose, and mark out upon the wall vertical lines at the points where the joins of the paper are to come. This will at least have the effect of keeping the joins upright. Place the paper face downwards on a pasting board, and give it a coat of paste, taking care not to apply too much, or it will brush out when the paper is applied. If the table is not long enough to take the whole length, as it probably will not be, paste one half, fold the end toward the center,