New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
LIGHTING PROBLEMS
SOLVED BY EXPERTS
Many Persons Have Spent
Years in Perfecting
Illuminating Effects.
ALMOST ENDLESS
VARIETY OF DESIGNS
How These and Other Inventions
Have Helped TO Increase
Apartment Comforts.
PARr ". SIX PAGES.

A myriad of experts have given the
bCs. years of their life to solving the
lighting problems Of apartment houses.
And this study has resulted in the de-
signing OF most pleasing variety Of
globes and fixtures, or, to use trade
expression, "domes and candelabras."
The placing of the push buttons used
in the lighting system OF modern
apartment houses caused good deal
of worriment quite a while ago, owing
to the fact that the arrangement
confused many users, who often in
seeking TO turn on light put out all the
lights in an ertirc apartment. Then
again the push buttons were ugly in
design. The present type of push but
tons installed in most apartment
houses are as small as can be made
without affecting the purposes for
which they are designed.
The art Of the builder Of modern
apartment houses is such that Il can be
made to crafty the most fastidious
whlms of many apartment house dwell
ers. Occasionally there are some apart
ment house lessees who want 10 nave
a few more conveniences Of the un-
usual type than any one else, and one
of those persons a few days ago made
inquiries among the building trade as
TO whether or not ne could have
his Lighting fixtures in his apartment
home so arranged that al the lights,
or as many as he needed, flashed up
when he opened the outer door. He
was told that such a thing could be
done and had been tried successfully
IN some places by the placing of a
push button on the frame of the door,
so that when the door was closed IL
pressed against the push button and
the lights within the apartment were
out. On opening the door the push
button was released, and the releasing
Of the hutton threw on the switch,
which sent a current TO all or some of
the lights. Many apartment house
jewellers, however, are well satisfied
with the little push button in the hall
way, just outside the door leading to
their suite. Just before they enter
their apartment they can touch that
button and !, or some, of the lights
in the suite are turned on. Such hall
push buttons will be found in a large
number of houses, but in the majority
of up-to-dase apartment places push
buttons for turning on or off lights in
suites are just inside the apartment
near the private hall leading to the
main stairway.
Robert Phillips, vice-president OF the
Wah!e Phillips Company, one Of the
largest manufacturers OF lighting fixt-
ures in the world, said 10 a Tribune
reporter recently, in discussing in
novations in lighting fixtures: a COM
bination OF chandelier and dome in old
English silver is one of the novelties
being introduced in New York houses.
The dome is made Of silk This design
gives the candle and candelabra. effect.
The candle effect in lighting IN modern
apartment houses is growing in popu-
larity. The candle effect lights are ar
ranged mostly a ong the walls, and are
Of the Colonial type"
+. l.. Strickland, yice-president OF
the Architects Samples Company, II
l0l Park sv., says that one Of the
building novelties is a disappearing
closet bed. While It woul@ibe a useful
fixture in some apartment ~hou5es, its
greatest service is, just at present, in
hostlerles.