New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
CAVE OTUISTS BILLS BY PROPER HOME LIGHTING
Direct Glare Means Eye
Trouble and I'M.
liability.


ished table surface the bottom Of the dom.
may be covered with silk that is cream =,
amber colored. If it is a gas dome the msr,J
may be concealed in porcelain globe special,
designed for this purpose.
These suggestions for improving some Of II.
commonest faults OF direct lighting condition,
are given because it is often impracticable q,
too expensive for the housewife immediately. "a
install fixtures of the newer kind througbou,
the house. Again, it is often advisable II
combine the old and new TO meet certain en-,
dtions.
The lighting of livng-room, the gath,,.
ing place of the family, should be planns "a
give good general illumination and also /.
provide local lights for the table, piano or
favorte corner. Here an indirect or semi.r
direct ceiling fixture (the latter is preferab.
with gas) will furnish adequate and agree
able general illumination, while properv
shaded wall lights, table lamps and floor port.
ables provide the local illumination for the in.
dividual.
COMBINING OLD AND NEW METHODS
In the kitchen, pantry and bathroom com.
bination of the old and new is frequently De.
sirable The one is used for general illumi.
nation, the other to concentrate light on par.
ticular location.
In a bedroom, also, properly shaded diec,
lights over mot in front of a mirror and on
either side of a dressing-tabe are useful, CON.
bined with one of the newer methods for gen.
eral illumination.
And in connection with the lighting plan for
the various rooms in the house nothing is more
important for the sake Of ones bank account,
as we'll as for ones eyes, than that the corre.
amount of light in proportion to the size otas
room shall be used.
This has been calculated mathematically Ei
is obtainable without cost from the illuminas
ing engineering department Of the lighting
company TO which you pay your bills. In sd.
dition to this information, you may also Oh.
tain advice as to its use throughout the room
in order to get the best work out Of the igh!
at the least expense.
In asking for this information it is necessary
TO give the size of the room TO be Lighted and
the color of the walls and ceiling. room
decorated in light tones requires far less art'
and ceiling are of a color that absorbs the light
such as red green, dark blue, dark brown, etc
Il is also wise to give the kind Of fixtures and
lamps that are used in the room, in order to
learn where and how the lights may be placed
10 your best advantage.
knowing the right amount of light to use
saves the cost of lighting TO a degree that
IN hoe ~
saves the eyes, because, unless advice is asked
a room may be over-iluminated or under-ilu'
minated. Either one is both unhygienic and e.
pensive.
How vital to public welfare this question o.
the right amount of artificial light for the eyes
has become may be judged from the fact tns'
the subject has now been made q part OF ne
work of the Federal, state and local hesn
boards.
WORK OF THE HEALTH BOARDS.
For the past year or two these boards ha"
made exhaustive investigations Of Lighting con-
ditions as they affect the eyesight and genera
health of workers in factories, shops and offce''
The Federal board, under the direction OF 'ne
surgeon-general, has begun q series OF ln'e''
esting experiments at its lighting laboratory II
Pittsburgh; the Health Board Of New iorA
State, cooperating with committee OF ilunF
mating engineers, is laboring 10. determine
basis for adequate illumination" for factories
and workshops by testing thousands Of pairs o.
eyes of workers in such places with we"
possible legislation on behalf Of proper llgh''Hs
conditions for those who must use their eS"
by artificial light in industrial occupations
The New York Board of Health has not on'y
examined the eyes Of workers and OF scno''
children, but has made recommendations U.
character that have the force Of a demand w.
improved illumination wherever improper Hs.'
ing conditions prevail. The board has S''
instituted an illustrated lecture course on e's
sight and lighting and, in cooperation WIZ"
rious societies and organizations, is dis'i''N'
ing educational literature on the SUBJECT
IL is interesting and important 10 Kho" ''' :,
the findings of these various health ooa'u''
the Society for the Prevention OF BLINDNESS ',,r
Of DR.. Alger, the eye specialist VINO ~ y.
examines dozens of pairs of eyes at one % -.
local institutions for the blind, prove Ve'e
argument that not only is nearly W pcs nj,
of defective vision and blindness pre-; y can
but that in large proportion OF ea '.;oi lighi
be traced TO the incorrect use OF ar'in''"
at home and in the working place lam,
When so serious and painstaklng ana a's nub
is being made on the part Of scientists in
lie officials to improve lighting ,'eresssry
the working community as one OF tfe ~ the
safeguards to public health, the duty S,; 2, q
individual as regards the proper hgn'i Learns
the home is plain, particularly when one mined
that, of over 100000 school children s.s York
for physical defects last year by the Se ,o have
Board Of Health, $4,000 were louh'
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