The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-07
ROSE COLORED. SHADES.
Mary Kyle Dallas Gives Good Reasons
For Their Use.

When you give a small party in a
narrow parlor with ceiling that can
not be called high, pray do not set the
chandelier to blazing in its midst Try
the effect of plenty of shaded lamps on
the tables, with wax candles a little
higher up by way of side lights.
In lofty hall filled with great
crowd there are reasons for the chan
delier, but in the ordinary apartments
of the contracted modern city house it
is glazing and unpleasant and, more
over, turns every woman present who is
not a positive beauty into fright.
1t reveals incipient wrinkles, draws
new lines and paints shadows behind
cheek bones, under eyes and upon the
neck, which add to the apparent age,
while the shaded lamp does exactly the
reverse-lamps set low upon the tables,
with few wax candles rather high
upon shelves or brackets, as have said
before.
OF course you must shade them with
proper colors. Green would turn the
assemblage into a CHASTITY company Of
lied on to produce pretty effects. Under
its influence, harsh faces grow soft and
compilations that are open to criticism
seem perfect. Girls look like angels.
Matrons once more wear the aspect OF
girls. One can see what grandma looked
like when grandpa courted her. In the
light of shaded lamps all objects ami
30 ho,
If your furniture is little home worn
by much use and pleasant enjoyment Of
your best rooms, you will be astonished
to see them looking better than ever,
curtains, carpets, cloths and upholstery
generally taking on mellow tints and
soft richness that is very pleasing If
your things are, Oh the contrary, too
new and bright, as they may be if you
have recently gone to housekeeping,
every object will become more pleasing
In artistically softened light people
not only look but feel better. The rest
to the eyes is wonderful, aud the head
aches which make evening parties i'm
possible to many busy people will not
follow. The glare overhead which is
usual in America is the general cause
of this trouble. After an evening spent
in sort of purgatory of nervous dis
comfort sleepless night follows, and
the victim decides that the play is not
worth the candle.
Ones amusements so frequently be-.
come trials because of overheated rooms
and lights that to 90 out often makes
us duller than to stay at home, and it
is worth some trouble and even expense
to offer our guests restful evening
People are apt to try their eyes during
the day, and am sure an oculist would
counsel soft light when it is possible.
Remember, do not mean that darkness
or gloom should prevail; only that there
should be no glare.
ooh, that is for middle aged people, "
you say. "Young folks DO not mind it. "
NV dear, / always consider the young
people, In mellow light the spirit of
romance awakes. You know that it is
so i'm the moonshine The moon is a
great matchmaker.
Shaded lamps are the next best thing.
On rainy nights and cold ones, when
the moonlight walk or seats on the pi-
azza are impossible, they give opportu-
mites for soft whispers that would new
er be uttered under cleaning chande-
lier, with every eyeglass in the room
glaring full upon the anxious lover
1t is partly in the interests of Cupid
that l advocate rose colored shades. He
adores them.
MARY KYLE DALLAS