Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-23
WHAT ARE THE LIGHTING
CONDITIONS IN YOUR HOME

Not long ago | explained 10 q yer.
young housekeeper, who asked me, TN
nodern ideals Of home illumination.
carefully pointed on. TO her the danger
of direct glare Of artificial light, ane
the benefits of the new indirect. .lighting
system. And she said, Thank you st
| muchpP
But Yesterday dropped into her new
little home fshe is a bridel and totlna
there the old-fashioned lights, with bril-
liant hanging dome in the dining room
and exposed bulbs or semI-shaded bulbs
| throughout the resA of the house. y
thought YOU were going TO have diffused
| light instead Of direct, glarlng hghtl
| ventured HOh, yes" she replied, y
did think il would be nice-but ons
emit have everything that's ideal. Most
of these lighting fixtures were wedding
presents and the rest were already ~
/ the house when we bought 1t -
What can one say TO q viewpoint like
lthat7 As If the hest were not for each
and every one of usi Furthermore, an
indirect system of lighting VIII save
oc,il sis' bills in the end-so IT'S an
economy.
And / hope every one Of you who are
| reading this article will take it seriously
and mot merely throw down your
newspaper with vague, Yes, an m
direct lighting system would be nice, Of
co,irser / hope you'll do something
about it, Of your lighting system -
wrong
What is the ideal lighting systemY
Correct artificial lighting is that which
is diffused that is, shed evenly
| daylight from source that - entirely
concealed from the ewes. If you have
one of the old-fashioned hanging elec-
tric dornes over your dining room table
| (which has n cluster of bulbs within
sight of the ewes il they look up At ~
then the best thing you can do ior
| few of ne can afford to change fixtures
| is TO stretch piece Of cream or amber
colored silk right across the bottom
of the dome, otherwise, the white table
cloth. or the highly polished table, VII
catch the reflection and throw Il up
/ into the eyes Of the diners. Or II youi
told-fsshioned dome has gas instead
of electricity, then YOU can Obtain md.
rect light BY concealIng the gss-rnanrel
\ in one Of the porcelain globes now on fhf
| market especially for this use.
4 But-best Of aIl-if you can afford 10
or if you are building a home Of your
own, Won can have one Of the inverted
i bowls over your dining room table
| which hide the cluster of bulbs and
throw the light up to the white cell
ing. and the room is, thus, lighted by
reflection, this is the ideal dIffused
| light
And now for the living room. What
kind Of drop-light shall We have The
/ ideal here IS the same as IN the dining
/ room but on a smaller scale. The
most perfect arrangement u drop
light which has the electric buib sunk
IN A cup of china or metal so as to hide the
bulb entirely from sight and over II
is a white-iined shade which reaects
| the light and sends it down upon
| she table. Take care that the table srr-
face is covered with cloth, for Shay
surface will throw glare up INTO The
eyes. If you cannot have one OF thees
drop-Iights which has the buib-conceaI-
ing cup, then at least have ITS shade
come well down 50 as to cover the bulb
The need for indirect lighting Is th,s
The IRIS of the eve opens WIDE m very
dim light and closes down m very bright
highland this constant ''see-savlag
which must take place when there Is a