The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-30
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ELECTRICITY AND OIL.
Their Relative MERITS for Lighting

AAooEnS All P0teIS CONSIDERED.
There is no question as to which is the
best artificial light to use in our rooms,
for undoubtedly the electric light is the
brightest, ~cleanest and healthiest, besides
being the least trouble, and if it were not
Tor the great expense of its installa-
ton and maintenance it would certainly
be almost universally adopted. Not the
least of its many advantages is that it
can be so readily turned on or turned off,
Just as required. thus preventing the
waste that must, perforce go on with
other lights: then it does not overhead
the rooms or spoil the decorations in the
way that gas does. and. in addition to-
this. 1t can be made a most effective
light.
Those who are fortunate enough to
have it in their houses have the choice
sign and rich in workmanship, either in
wrought iron, copper brass or l~aequered
metal Perhaps the w~rought-iron fit,
brackets in floral designs, with one, two
or three branches, are exceedingly deco
rative. and by no means e~xtravagant
per are of course more expensive
and somewhat more pretentious. while
the ~laceuered metal used with The
French styles may be termed the fit
ments de luxe they aboundlin detail, and
can only be used where. there are no re-
strictions as TO cost. The ~sidelights are
'ces, the Illumination coming from imi-
tatton candles. the centre ones being In
are norm nom q litt peno mitR .@e M e 'I iigSt ,am and
very pretty they are, besides being per-
fectly safe to carry about, or to use If We
wish to read in bed. There are many Of
of lights, but have to do what they can
with gas or oil lamps. If the former, it
able form. namely. with incandescent
burner, which can be screwed on to any
existing gas bracket. This gives twice
the amount OF light, while 1t burns. a less
quantity of gas than any other burner.
There Is no smoky flame, and therefore
it is not destructive to ceilings and deco
rations as gas in its ordinary form, while
the light is clear and steady.
over the burner is suspended what is
termed a mantle, which, directly the bur-
nerAis lighted, becomes brilliantly inean-
descent. Unfortunately, this little ar
rangernent is very delicate, but no aver
age burner ought to use more than two
other Disadvantage is that glass CHM
neys have 10 be used with this burner,
which are both troublesome and destruc-
tible; still, if gas is to be used there IS
little doubt that the incandeseent light
viii prove itself botn a boon and a bless
ing. sG4r
tiresome mode of lighting on account of
the wich-trimming and too often when
lit they were found to be badly trimmed.
Then occasionally they exploded, espe-
cially if carried about.
when We are fixing the positions OF
our lights we should AXE into considera-
ton the purpose of the different rooms,
as, for instance, in a drawing. room, uE-
less. of unusual size, a centre light is not
necessary; side lights are much the most
effective, but q dining room requires the
light to be thrown upon the tahle, and,
therefore. a centre Light is best. For
halls the side lights are now most gen.
eral, while all bed rooms and dressing
rooms should be fitted with a hanging
light just over the dressing table,, as
the looking glass is almost useless when
the light does not come from above Il,
a defect which sometimes we try to
overcome by having the candle brackets
fixed upon the top of the glass.
In the matter of shades for the cleo
trio light and for OIL lamps there has.
been ! great change Of late: The hpge
umbrella like ones, with fringe of lace
which were found a trife in the way
have given place TO smaller ones OF very
severe style, some of them being mace OF
thin silk, stretched from one ring Of
metal at the top to another orc just
below the light, but this of course, IS e
matter of taste, and it is best in such
things to use ones own Individual, taste
if we like the frivolous shades, by all
means let us have thern.-Tne Queen.