Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11

al for n, his deathbed but the more
prosaic form supplied by the sun-ahu
after the suns business hours-by IN
candescent globes. gas fixtures ana an
the other paraphernalia or artihcldi
illumination Their cry of light. more
Grht,' is not voiced POLITICALLY at an
they want the additional supply for
prosaic but extremely useful places
factories hospitals, schoolrooms, SHOPS
etc. They contend that we are pima
ing thousands of people and 1mpalrlnS
the evesight of tens of thousands more
bv allowing them to work In places
where the light is bad.
One of the most earnest among the
leaders of the new crusade is MI Leon
Caster founder and secretary OF inc
IIIuminatine EneineerinS Society OF
England. He is now in this country
endeavoring to stir up sentiment anloils
Americans for the better 1lShllhS VI
their places of business. in order 10
safeeuard not only the eyesight OF
workers from strain and destructioh'
but their limbs from injuries due 10 IN
adequate illumination Ana lest any
body think that this sort OF acciueil.
tight here that in q recent report
New York casualty company placed IN
adequate lighting first among the
causes of injury to employees In lac
tories.
last week Mr. Caster, i'll lecture be-
fore the New York section of the llIuin1h-
ating Engineering Society. explained the
great progress that has been made TO-
ward better lighting in France England
and other European countries, ana urSeo
his American hearers TO help MIN III MS
efforts to make the United States 1aii
into line He amplified what he had sald
at this lecture in a talk later
And. mind you. 1 want YOU to un,
derstand one thing right away, SAID
marks, land that is that I'm not trying
TO teach Americans the advantages OF
up-to-date illumination Not at all. III
was here in the United States that the
whole movement started 1t was mere
tirat the term illuminating engineer
originated. that the first illuminating en-
gineers set up in business on. you can
teach your grandmother TO suck eggs. L
know that as we'll as anybody.
But over here in your country ths
movement has become too commercial.
Many Americans have locked upon hight
merely as commodity to SELL You have
gone ahead. putting il up in the best
form for selling. without sufficient regard
TO other very important phases of the
matter. AS a result of this, you have
allowed several other countries. notably
ahead of you.
Now that isn't right. The country
where illuminatin engineering originated
should be in the lead in all that concerns
illumination. 1t is with the hope of max
ing Americans realize this and get into
first place that l came over here five
years ago and am back here again now
Lighting in factories. schoolrooms.
shops and other such places must be
improved. Here we are, giving all sorts
OF attention to heating and ventilation.
yet almost everywhere. lighting is neg
lected-that is, in far as its effect on
the eyes is concerned.
I'm lighting. three things must be con-
sidered-the quantity of light, the placing
of the lights so that there shall be no
glare, and the proper provision of shad-
Ows. If any one of these things is neg
lected, improper lighting and injury TO
workers is bound to ensue.
THE first necessity in lighting. whether
natural or artificial, is that there should