The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
FLOWERS AND ELEcfrRIcr1-Y.

A tiny lamp nesting in the heart of
lily or forget-me-nots all aglow with
light or any odd little conceit of this
sort is possible in these days of cleo
tricity. Decorative electricity, one
calls it, and with it all things are pos
sible.
A garland of pink roses, placed
around the center piece on a dinner
table, can each-that is, each rose
can be made to look vastly prettier
and pinker, even though it does not
smell any sweeter, if each blossom con-
ceals tiny electric light and as to
garland of yellow roses thus arranged,
the effect is brilliantly beautiful, re-
sembling a wreath of sunshine.
An arrangement of branches and
twigs with flowers and electric lights
is another conceit for the dinner table
"a bunch of cherries. too, may be
prettily treated in a similar manner
Large, shallow tin crescents, about
eighteen inches from point to point And
four inches wide in the center, may be
made very decora tive when filled with
sand in which flowers appear to be
a-growin' and a-blowin', with here and
there an electric light; the tin, by the
way, must be painted dark green, in
enamel colors.
These tins, if web arranged, preserve
delicate trailing vines and foliage fresh
all dinner time, and can be used later
on. The manner of using them may be
varied, say one at each end of a small
table, or back to back in the middle
of the board. To place the crescents
face to face, with a mirror laid on the
cloth to cover the space thus formed,
with maidenhair dropping over the
glass from the crescents, has a pretty
effect.
For a long table several srescents
can follow each other, facing alternate
ways and forming a pretty serpentine
trail of flowers. with electric lights
cleaning here and there.
Circular tins, eight or nine inches
across, so as to look like wreaths when
filed, are also charming when filed
with pink roses. Place the tins sixteen
inches apart and knot them together
with a SOFT pale-blue liberty silk,
threaded through. and, as it were,
tying the garlands together; then if
electric lights, like glow worms of
overgrown size, can be introduced,
everyone will -exelaim "How lovely"
wise. Red roses, with a lettucegreen
sash; while roses, with a yellow rib
bon are happy combinations.
Another delightful way to arrange
lights and fiowers-violets, says to
place at intervals down the center Of
the table gilded wooden stepladders,
about a foot high. Have the violets
down the steps. If wired, the flowers
can be easily arranged and lights can
be introduced here and there
The serious matter of picturesquely
lighting ballroom need no longer dis
tress the hostess. At late very fash
ionable function the effect of huge
blocks of ice, with electric lights ar
ranged cunningly behind so as to cast
brilliant prisms upon the floor be-
meath, was exceedingly beautiful. Ora
peries of purple and gold, too, were
exactly what one would associate with
such a scene.
Apropos to a cherries window, if
opening on a balcony, it may be treat
ed with electricity in a most satisfac-
tory manner. First fill the window
with lattice work and then outside in
lamp in a lantern, with the dark side
to the street. If the afternoon is
dreary, the light is turned on and
CLEANS through the lattice, making it
look like wooden lace work. Some en-
terprising households have even gone
to the length of having electric lights
fitted to high-backed easy chairs,
where the light may fall upon the book
one is reading, and probably it will
man has vestibule light connected
with the front door bell. so that the
mere act Of ringing turns on the light
which welcomes you home.
Mr.. Edison's house Glenmont, at
Orange, naturally is completely fitted
up with electric lights, and pressing
upon little knob in the front hall
lights up every part of the mansion
from cellar to turret and the effect is
something like dream of Haroun al
Raschid.
The entrance hall of Mrs. Thurlow
Weed Barnes house is lighted by
peacock, all ieweled and gloriously
radiant with every color ever dreamed
of by the most ambitious bird. BY day
it resembles a handsome and respect
able fowl adjoining a corner and
spreading it's tail in the most approved
fashion; but by night, behold trans
formation Someone presses button
somewhere, and then the peacock does
all the rest and shines as brilliantly as
a dozen suns.
ELEANOR LEXINGTON.