KALSOMINE.
To please an old friend I give the following recipe for kalsomine. He says it is good. I never used it, so you will have to take his word for it.
Fifteen pounds good paris white, mixed up in lukewarm water, add one-fourth pound good glue, dissolved in the usual way, strain through a fine sieve, then dissolve one-fourth pound white hard soap in hot water and one-half pound of alum in cold water and mix. Add water to give the right consistency for putting it on the wall.