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The House in Good Taste
·
Elsie De Wolfe
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Of
course,
one
may
easily
spend
as
much
money
on
lighting-fixtures
as
on
the
remainder
of
the
house,
but
that
is
no
reason
why
people
who
must
practise
economy
should
admit
ugly
fixtures
into
their
homes.
There
are
always
good
and
bad
fixtures
offered
at
the
lowest
and
highest
prices.
You
have
no
defense
if
you
build
your
own
house.
If
you
are
making
the
best
of
a
rented
house
or
an
apartment,
that
is
different.
But
good
taste
is
sufficient
armor
against
the
snare
of
gaudy
beads
and
cheap
glass.
There
was
recently
an
exhibition
in
New
York
of
the
craftsmanship
of
the
students
of
a
certain
school
of
design.
There
were
some
really
beautiful
lanterns
and
wall
brackets
and
reading
lamps
shown,
designed
and
executed
by
young
women
who
are
self
supporting
by
day
and
can
give
only
a
few
evening
hours,
or
an
occasional
day,
to
the
pursuit
of
their
avocation.
One
hanging
lantern
of
terra
cotta
was
very
fine
indeed,
and
there
were
many
notable
fixtures.
There
must
be
easily
tens
of
thousands
of
young
people
who
are
students
in
the
various
schools
of
design,
manual
training
high
schools
and
normal
art
schools.
Why
doesn't
some
far-seeing
manufacturer
of
lighting-fixtures
give
these
young
people
a
chance
to
adapt
the
fine
old
French
and
Italian
designs
to
our
modern
needs?
Why
not
have
your
daughter
or
son
copy
such
an
object
that
has
use
and
beauty,
instead
of
encouraging
the
daubing
of
china
or
the
piercing
of
brass
that
leads
to
nothing?
And
if
you
haven't
a
daughter
or
son,
encourage
the
young
artisan,
your
neighbor,
who
is
trying
to
"find
himself."
Let
him
copy
a
few
good
old
fixtures
for
you.
They
will
cost
no
more
than
the
gaudy
vulgar
fixtures
that
are
sold
in
so
many
shops.
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