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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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I
strongly
advise
the
woman
who
is
having
a
house
built
or
re-arranged
to
lay
out
her
electric
light
plan
as
early
in
the
game
as
possible,
with
due
consideration
to
the
uses
of
each
room.
If
there
is
a
high
chest
of
drawers
for
a
certain
wall,
the
size
of
it
is
just
as
important
in
planning
the
lighting
fixtures
for
that
wall
as
is
the
width
of
the
fireplace
important
in
the
placing
of
the
lights
on
the
chimney-breast.
I
advise
putting
a
liberal
number
of
base
openings
in
a
room,
for
it
costs
little
when
the
room
is
in
embryo.
Later
on,
when
you
find
you
can
change
your
favorite
table
and
chair
to
a
better
position
to
meet
the
inspiration
of
the
completed
room
and
that
your
reading-lamp
can
be
moved,
too,
because
the
outlet
is
there
ready
for
it,
will
come
the
compensating
moments
when
you
congratulate
yourself
on
forethought.
There
are
now,
fortunately,
few
communities
in
America
that
have
not
electric
power-plants.
Indeed,
I
know
of
many
obscure
little
towns
of
a
thousand
inhabitants
that
have
had
the
luxury
of
electric
lights
for
years,
and
have
as
yet
no
gas
or
water-works!
Miraculously,
also,
the
smaller
the
town
the
cheaper
is
the
cost
of
electricity.
This
is
not
a
cut-and-dried
statement,
but
an
observation
from
personal
experience.
The
little
town's
electricity
is
usually
a
byproduct
of
some
manufacturing
plant,
and
current
is
often
sold
at
so
much
per
light
per
month,
instead
of
being
measured
by
meter.
It
is
pleasant
to
think
that
many
homes
have
bridged
the
smelly
gap
between
candles
and
electricity
in
this
magic
fashion.
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