For Kalsomine, and for the ground work of wall paper, as well as for window curtains, and chair and sofa colors, Odalite and Miss Meeke preferred olive, sage, lavender and other delicate, neutral tints, while Wynnette and Elva loudly advocated, pink, blue and yellow, or crimson, purple and orange.
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Each one of them, before taking his seat, hooked behind him, to a nail on the wall, his woolen cap, and little by little, on the white background of the Kalsomine, came into line rows of innumerable Basque headgear.
"Ramuntcho"
Pierre Loti
Miss 'Rill came and helped her clean the place and Kalsomine the walls and ceiling.
"Janice Day"
Helen Beecher Long