Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
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The Candlestick-

The Candlestick-
1t said to be more typical and express
sive than anything else in domestic life.
1t has moreover played a part in sacred,
ecclesiastical, pagan ceremonial, artistic
and domestic history.
In the ideal home it has a place in
every room, and in its form and make ex-
presses it's use. In the hall belong the
brass and bronze; In the drawing room the
Delft or faience: in the dining room silver
or glass; in the bedroom all sorts of ex-
travagances in gold and porcelain or china
and for the bedroom dressing table tall
silver or china shapes; and on the bed
side table, which holds the earafe of ice
water and those books for the doZy hours
that Thackeray loved, belong the low silver
or china candlesticle with it's extinguisher
and silver match box.
A bridal table set with numbers Of these
stately silver pillars lives In memory as a
most beautiful picture. The table covered
with masses of bride roses; the silver bowls
that lifted the buds and the fine green lace
of the maidenhair fern and trailing aspara-
gus a little above the sparkling prtsms OF
cut glass and the table silver; high over all
the silver white columns holding the wax
tapers that famed in soft, exquisite light,
like the spiritual flame of love-were VIC
tory of decorative art
Much of that subtle charm that We term
the atmosphere of a home Is due to the
restfulness and repose suggested by meth
DDS of artificial illumination
Gas and electricity are the prose Of illu-
NINA ton but we have learned to shade and
soften the latter so that 1t can be- made
most decorative. The steady light Is CRATE
full for working or reading by at night.
But the poetry OF illumination finds express
sion in the soft light of candles and quaint
old lamps with a history.
This in a measure is due to that sense
of association which vests In each the ro-
nance of bygone era, and links the past
to the present. But not alone in this re-
spect are these products of an older time
beautiful and interesting. Nor is 1t because
we value that which is now rare, but be-
cause of real intrinsic and artistic merit
However
Small the hall 1t always should contain
In addition to the hatraek or hooks for
outer wraps and umbrella stand at least
one seat. II 1t is only servant or mes
senger boy he should have the chance TO
rest in waiting. Hall chairs. often truly as
tonishing In their pretentious stateiiness,
are provided by furniture dealers A high
backed baronial chair, or bishops seat.
looks most uncomfortable among surround
ings that plainly do not mean to live up
to II.
The most suitable hall seat for mo of
our American homes Is q setIee. II SHOULD
correspond in the main with the style OF
the hall. This 1t may do In order at least.
II II Is bat one of the plain ironing tables.
which IL has been the fashion to use as
hall seat disguised under an Indian rug
or Bagdad curtain. The old-fashioned.
straight-fegged, rush-bottomed settees are
well adapted for hafl seats
In the larger halls there are easy chairs
also. usually a large. square center table
for books and papers, and where there Is
room enough, piano or organ is frequently
found. In one hall that comes to mind, in
the end which looked out on a water view.
the hall floor WAS raised for the space of
six feet This platform was covered with
rug and supplied with pillows OF all
sorts and Sizes Here group of children,
freed from lessons, were generally found
sprawling at full length, watching the sails
and steamers sweeping by.
Book Plates
By-photography is one of the newest ex-
pressions of the modern adaptations of
what once we're exclusive ownings to the
requirements of the many. Any photo
graphic plate that can be used indoors will
do for this work. but In some studies 1t
is best TO use a plate that Is sensitive to
color.
A subject for pfotographing first is se-
aeeteu and arranged on q table wherU