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The House in Good Taste
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Elsie De Wolfe
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There
are
so
many
possibilities
for
making
beautiful
lamps
of
good
jars
and
vases
that
it
is
surprising
the
shops
still
sell
their
frightful
lamps
covered
with
cabbage
roses
and
dragons
and
monstrosities.
A
blue
and
white
ginger
jar,
a
copper
loving-cup,
or
even
a
homely
brown
earthenware
bean-pot,
will
make
a
good
bowl
for
an
oil
or
electric
lamp,
but
of
the
dreadful
bowls
sold
in
the
shops
for
the
purpose
the
less
said
the
better.
How
can
one
see
beauty
in
a
lurid
bowl
and
shade
of
red
glass!
Better
stick
to
wax
candles
the
rest
of
your
life
than
indulge
in
such
a
lamp!
I
know
people
plead
that
they
have
to
buy
what
is
offered;
they
cannot
find
simple
lamps
and
hanging
lanterns
at
small
prices
and
so
they
must
buy
bad
ones.
The
manufacturer
makes
just
the
objects
that
people
demand.
So
long
as
you
accept
these
things,
just
so
long
will
he
make
them.
If
all
the
women
who
complain
about
the
hideous
lighting-fixtures
that
are
sold
were
to
refuse
absolutely
to
buy
them,
a
few
years
would
show
a
revolution
in
the
designing
of
these
things.
There
has
been
of
late
a
vulgar
fashion
of
having
a
huge
mass
of
colored
glass
and
beads
suspended
from
near-brass
chains
in
the
dining-rooms
of
certain
apartments
and
houses.
These
monstrous
things
are
called
"domes"--no
one
knows
why.
For
the
price
of
one
of
them
you
could
buy
a
three
pronged
candlestick,
equipped
for
electricity,
for
your
dining-room
table.
It
is
the
sight
of
hundreds
of
these
dreadful
"domes"
in
the
lamp
shops
that
gives
one
a
feeling
of
discouragement.
The
humblest
kitchen
lamp
of
brass
and
tin
would
be
beautiful
by
contrast.
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