The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-10-05

teoie ana q dig Hozo0 jl&nt over
e put-the Light right where sh
wants It."
"How much does she have +
pay?" He suddenly broke in with
sigh, much as if his wife had bee
relating the charms Of a new hat.
REALLY John, it costs her les
than we are paying" She showed m
her last bill from the lighting com
pany and it was $3.50. The mini
mum charge is only 1925. And
have tried to be economical with it
too. That is the reason I would no
let you have the electrician put .
new lamp over the refrigerator.
am afraid have almost thrown
away as much as it would have cost
however, IN the milk l have spilled
and l can never see inside of that
old refrigerator well enough to tel
whether it is clean or not" ..
"Cali IN the electrician and re,
him to install lamp. then. / can
afford that but when It comes ia
washing machines and cook stoves II
mu"t stop." he rep'ied decisively.
"You just 20 with me over to Mrs.
Green's and ret her to show US over
her house first" suggested Mrs.
Jones. II will get her on the phone
now" and before he had time to
| protest she was asking for "32l-J"
Mr.. ard Mrs. Jones had lust re-
turned into the gravel driveway in
front of the Green's honse when two
small electric lamps ct the entrance
flashed on and enabled them to
avoid the muddy spots in the road.
As they neared the house lioht an
neared on the porch. It was low
down. SO that it illuminated every
step and the front mat. Yet the lamp
was of small size for the amount of
light it shed.
''You see we don't waste electrf-
city here" said Mrs. Green as she
o~ened the door Eve have q larger
light on the porch" and by wav Of
illustration another lamp overhead
flashed on ard brilliantly lit the
porch to its darkest corners.
"The economy of using electricity
is in it's portability. It really tales
but a few cents worth Of electricity
t. do what YOU wart if W." ,,t tho
LIGHT just where you want it," she
continued"
But you have two lights on the
norch where we have one. SO I
should think it would be twice as ex-
pensive," remarked MIR. Jones.
1T isn't the number of electric
lights you have in the house that YOU
nay the companv for. it is the num-
Der you leave turned on. We have
two lamps at the entrance to tho
driveway. two here on the porch. one
in the woodshed, one in the garage
two in the cellar. and two in the at
tic. That is ten lamps in all, and
most people would say that is seven
more then we really need.
II am sure, however," she contin-
ued in her enthusiasm, that all ten
Of those lights do not cost me five
cents a month. One reason they are
SO inexpensive is because whenever
we get through with a light we are
in habit Of turning it Off 1t is not
every day that we need light in
the woodshed, the attic or the coal
bin, but when we do, think Of the
convenience of just pressing but
ton and having light to fix the fur
mace or start the car Another rea-
son why these lights cost so little ie
because they consume such small
amount of current. All except this
large one, and a few other special
reading lamps in the house, are ten
watt Mazda lamps" ..
GLOW did you come to find out all
this" asked Mr.. Jones now an inter-
estcd listener.
81 went in to purchase an electric
/: atiron one day At the. company's
appliance store. A woman in charge
Of I! counter told me the-saving /
could make in my bills with Mazda
lamps, ard suggested the different
sized lights. should buy. She told |
me also about the principles of eco
nomical lighting, why l should use
light paper on the walls instead of |
dark, and remove light-consuming
lamp shades and drapery. have sim
ply followed out her suggestions"
Mrs. Green made complete tour
Of the house, stopping in the back
hall to demonstrate a small light
near the hatrack which enabled
guests to select wraps without con-.
fusion, and explaining the purpose
Of pilot light near the cellar
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