The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13
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know what to do vita.
The old fashioned door-latch and thumb
! plate IS coming into favor, Or rather retail IS
Its favor, for lis introduction in mod IN de-
signs is not novelty exactly. The escutch-
cons VITA these are necessarily long aid
WIDE, and sometimes terminate in ser ii of
questionable tas e. The beauty of This fis-
| tening is that the hand an get much bet
ter grip upon a beut handle than Il Jon any
| style OF KIN whatever, and this is no
slght argument in the case of heavy doors
| four or five iuc2es thick, such as are now
common. Another old fashioned idea in
IN lch favor now is the klockar Curlou ;ly
enough it comes along with tn ,se most
modern devices, the e,ecJric bell and auto
matte door opener. Somet lies the electro
| cal machinery gets out of order and emits
no sound upon the visitors pressure
o the yielding button. Then a good four
pound knocker, to wake the &c oes withal,
Is certain t bring income upon the scene.
| One of these upon the door of a secre-
tary of the navy would drive the poor MAJ
crazy in week, but private c items con-
seque thy stand the racket for the sake both
| OF style and lnvenence.
The man wlo burst q susDender button
regularly every time he tries to lift the
| flush bolt WHOM holds sliding or folding
door ia place-it is usually rusted fast
| will appreciate the latest wrinkle in that
line, flush bolt worde1 by little crank
| which can be easily turned with a touch Of
the foot. If thereis another at the top of the
| door he won't have TO climb upon step
ladder to reach it, but can work it from
the knob escutcheo1. New applications of
electricity keep the hardware men busy
making designs and fitting up stock. The
electrical IN az d. not make their own har l.
| ware, ID in furnishing house with bells
and wires generally do not furnish the
knobs for cir own appliances. New as
electricity is as a useful force. there are no
very recent novelties in its application to
d nestle purposes. The clock regulated by
| electricity is perhaps as recent a. any, and
| even that is seve al years ID. he Is,
| however, a new feature of the servants call
| bell, wnich is coming into use the first
| time is spring. OF course the servants
call bel is its IF a chestnut. 1t is connected
| by wire with a button under the table,
| which the mistress presses with her foot
| But suppose it is desirable TO move thu
liable bodily into a sunny corner Of the
room, far away from the button. Then the
| hostess, if she is up to stuff has plug
| which she pushes down over the button.
| Two steel wires protru lie, for the positive
| and negative poles, and make the proper
! connection with the concealed wires in the
| fl OF. From the plug runs cord which
| wires. 1t is insulated aud can be covered
With stuff of the colo of the car Jet AT the
end is tiny handle, decorated acc riding
| to taste, and in the handle another luton
| by pressing which the gong can be rung in
tn- kitchen. Thus is 'usekeeping made
| easy, di unified and noiSeleSs for the for
| til ate few. The many worry along very
much as before.
In house where the hardware is modern
and du fat, the very clothes-hoOks in the
| closets are solid b ass or bro u or oxidized
silver, aid made i designs to correspond
| with the rest of the hardware.
Here the correspondence Usually ceases,
| though perhaps 2ot always. The making
of G IS fixtures candelab a, sconces, camille
| sticks, elecCCrolierS d the like is another
bra ca Of the mechanic arts, and here new
designs are introduced and new effects
sought for The electric light, owing TO it;
cost, has not made its way into very many
| private houses as yet, but its presence is
| Usually made known by greater simple
ity aud lightness Of design. Gas fixtures
| are also lighter than the old styles, and one
can walk beneath without an uneasy Won
| derlng what would happe If they fell.
There is an ilcreasi g taste for wall lights,
| for no reason except that chandeliers were
| for uerly the correct tang and change IS
interesting on general principles Side
| lights turning in front of polished SEQ ces
| are correct now, aud for halls newel lamps
| of heavy and sculpturesque designs. But
| wha ever the style of fixture at the side,
over cad or the newell post, bronze and
| brass are the ma erials and light and deli
cate forms the rule in making them up.
| This is a 6razen age. Bridget is lucky if in
| a mo fern house she res ~ have brass bed
s5eads to scour as we'll as brass door-knobs,
| gas fixtures and the like.