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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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Gas
light
is
more
difficult
to
manage
than
electricity,
for
there
is
always
the
cumbersome
tube
and
the
necessity
for
adding
mechanical
accessories
before
a
good
clear
light
is
secured.
Gas
lamps
are
hideous,
for
some
obscure
reason,
whereas
there
are
hundreds
of
simple
and
excellent
wall
fixtures,
drop
lights
and
reading
lamps
to
be
bought
already
equipped
for
electricity.
The
electric
wire
is
such
an
unobtrusive
thing
that
it
can
be
carried
through
a
small
hole
in
any
good
vase,
or
jar,
and
with
a
suitable
shade
you
have
an
attractive
and
serviceable
reading
light.
Candlesticks
are
easily
equipped
for
electricity
and
are
the
most
graceful
of
all
fixtures
for
dressing-tables,
bedside
tables,
tea
tables,
and
such.
It
is
well
to
remember
that
if
a
room
is
decorated
in
dark
colors
the
light
will
be
more
readily
absorbed
than
in
a
light-colored
room,
and
you
should
select
and
place
your
lighting-fixtures
accordingly.
Bead
covers,
fringes
and
silk
shades
all
obscure
the
light
and
re-absorb
it,
and
so
require
a
great
force
of
light
to
illuminate
properly.
The
subject
of
the
selection
of
lighting-fixtures
is
limitless.
There
are
so
many
fixtures
to
be
had
nowadays--good,
bad
and
indifferent--that
it
were
impossible
to
point
out
the
merits
and
demerits
of
them
all.
There
are
copies
of
all
the
best
lamps
and
lanterns
of
old
Europe
and
many
new
designs
that
grew
out
of
modern
American
needs.
There
are
Louis
XVI
lanterns
simple
enough
to
fit
well
into
many
an
American
hallway,
that
offer
excellent
lessons
in
the
simplicity
of
the
master
decorators
of
old
times.
Contrast
one
of
these
fine
old
lanterns
with
the
mass
of
colored
glass
and
beads
and
crude
lines
and
curves
of
many
modern
hall
lanterns.
I
like
a
ceiling
bowl
of
crystal
or
alabaster
with
lights
inside,
for
halls,
but
the
expense
of
such
a
bowl
is
great.
However,
I
recently
saw
a
reproduction
of
an
old
alabaster
bowl
made
of
soft,
cloudy
glass,
not
of
alabaster,
which
sold
at
a
fraction
of
the
price
of
the
original,
and
it
seemed
to
meet
all
the
requirements.
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