The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-07

,ou,s HIGHER than the neighbors, whose
ro,y If Ssteins" outnumbers that of DEAR
oct friends. or whose engraYlngs, laceS'
Jewels are the delight and Despair Oh m
Inmates Such a woman cannot help ~
she has always been collecting. FROM
the string of sDools she played with as
babv she has passed through the success
sive stages of dolls, stamps, autographs
and monograms Tt Is no wonder that ma
ture woman is a collector And she col
lects candlesticks now with the same zest
that she had for the others In their turn;
The fad comes from England, where the
table with it's array of candiesticks Is
prominent feature of hall furniture ana
figures lately in English novels OF couh-
trv life. The candlesticks are so cunning
and offer such opportunity for a last
confidential word or two between the nero
and the girl he admres that visiting
American women burned with desire
for as graceful a stage setting ANA now
every country house of any pretensions
boasts it's Handicapped table with It's tray
of silver and brass. Dresden ana Dent
Japanese and lockwood candlesticks.
But Il Is not for that alone that they
have been revived. Americans have the
reDutation the world over, OF looking wei
to their comfort. Electricity IS the only
light that throws out less heat than the
candle. hence the candle Is to be the pop
uIHF U&nL III the udys Wifh tue ttiiA'iNASN'
mercury has reached the top of the tube.
1t is cool Il is odorless, and 1t does not
attract insects-three qualifications that
are not found in gas.
The preparations with which the east
ern housekeeper prepares to meet ana
defy warm weather are almost unknown
to her western sister.
East of the Alleghanies spring house.
cleaning means covering the carpets with
crash shroudng the chairs In linen,
swathing the pictures and gas fixtures in
tarlatan or mosquito netting, until your
nice comfortable home looks as cheerful
and cool as the inside of a refrigerator.
In the west everything is left pretty much
as usual though we are beginning TO
realize that a lamp, however ornamental,
Is but miniature stove; that sunlight
fades the fascinating silk shade, dampness
destroys the crisp tulle and dust infests
the crepe paper. So that the lamp, with
its ballet-skrt draperies, must step aside
and give place to the more modest can
die during the months known as summer.
AS the heat often causes the wax TO melt
and the candle to assume pathetic droop.
candle cases have been invented. They
come i'm any color to harmonic with every
possible decoration. In the bottom of the
tube is a spring, which pushes the can
die up as 1t burns down, and keeps
clear, steady flame. The wire screen
frame slips over the case, and to It is at
tached a cap and chain, by means or
which the flame is extinguished with a
simple twist of the wrist, which drops
the cap and puts out the light neatly and
without odor. The screens are as simple
or as elaborate as you please. The favor
lite pattern for everyday use is cap-shap-
ed, Of a plain, dark paper. punctured with
pin-holes in some gectnelric design. 9th
ers are made of japanese shadow paper,
which seems white and Tlain by daylight,
but over the fame reveals fascinating pic
lures of life in the Fle~ery Kingdom.