DESIGNS IN MOSAIC.
These methods greatly expedite the labor of inlaying, for mere labor much of it is; that is, when repetition of the pattern is frequent, as it is in small designs.
The great trouble and vice of amateur mechanics is haste; they are too anxious to see the result of a design to give it proper attention in detail, and, as a consequence, it lacks that nicety and uniform elegance that characterize the shop-made goods. For where men work by the day, they are not too energetic as a rule.