The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-22
LAMps OF VARIOUS SHADES.

4 HpO VI VAUsSOS S1a06Ss
ornansatal on lAaps that Are -
/ TAksng the Pises OF Ga
clamps in place of gas' lean nos
say that the question of economy In
light comes INTO the question" said .
large dealer in lamps and gas fixtures
on Washington, near Boylston street,
'but the handsome lamps which ars IN
the market to-day are the fashion. and
of course people must have them
They form an exceedingly pretty table
ornament, and on this account are very
popular"
''Iou are manufacturing some very
elaborate patterns of lamps now" was
suggested.
'.Yes; the STYLES are constantly I'M
proving ana some of them are very
elaborate. Now here is lamp decor
ated with delicate design of foliage in
drabs, grays and SIT greens, anil the
shade, you perceive. matches the lamp
| Then here are others of various pat
terms. The very latest designs ara in
hammered metals, brass or copper,
with duplex burner"
care these lamps expensivee'
"On the contrary, they are remark
ably cheap The cost has declined.
within the past two or three years, in
proportion As their popularity has in
creased. Lamps which formerly cost
five or six dollars can now be bought
for three and a-haf or four dollars. and
some are sold even less. A very hand
some lamp can now be bought for three
dollars"
"What class of people buv them"
moderate means. Still almost all tho
wealthy and fashionable families have
one of these handsome lamps upon
their library table, and they are always
lighted in the evening to furnish light
to read BY. The light from an oil-Iamp
well shaded is conceded by all to be far
softer and more grateful to the eyes
than gas light On this account The
lamps are rapidly superseding the old
fashioned drop-light In fact the sale
of drop-lghts is rapidly growing less
We are to-day selling only about one
third As many as we were a few years
ago. Economy has, of course, some
thing to do with this; for an argard
drop-light burns great deal of gas, and
oil is cheap. The very best of oil costs
but trifle, and the use of oil exclusive
ly easily solves the question of light for
people of moderate means But think
that the main reason for the rapid ex-
clusion of drop-lights and the substitu-
ton of oil is the superior light to be OBJ
tanned and the greater beauty of the
lamp. 1t is not easy to ornament q
drop-light deliberately, or in fact to
work any fixtures for gas into orna-
mental shapes. But lamps are suscept-
ible of such an infinite variety of shapes
and such plentitude of ornamentation
that they are far more pleasing to the
eye
The use of lamps at the seashore
and IN country villas accounts tor much
of the demand for these articles. In
places where gas is not obtainable, oil
must be used as a substitute. We have
lifted uD many elegant seaside resi-
dences with lamps and lamp-fixtures in
very elaborate manner. Lamp chan
deliers are used in these houses to q
great extent Some of these are very
ornamental, more so than gas chande-
liers. Then we have also side lights for
stairways, bathrooms and other similar
places. SO that dwelling thoroughly
fitted with modern lamps is really moro
elegantly fitted than if gas were used
What are the sales of Illuminating
oils for family use as compared with
those of few years ago?' was asked
of large oil merchant.
The sales are constantly increasing.
Mechanics now use oil almost exclusive
ly, and among the great middle class ita
use is increasing every year. Why
should it not be so? The oils of to-day
are so excellent and so cheap witbaI
that the people are beginning to regard
it as folly to spend money for gas bills
when they can procure far better
light at q much less cost. '-Eost0z
Globe.