The Washington times., 1924-09-29
Household Hints
Choosing Pour Lamps % Sui
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BY SALLY E. DAVIDSON

~ SALLY p. DAVIDSON
Ignorance may be bliss for a
while at least, but Il inevitably fol.
lows that 1t win be superseded by
modification. How often the flush
Of modification rises to our faces
as we lnconveniently recall some
faux pas we committed. It seems
never to lose Its sting, And the
one we recall perhaps most often
1ngs OF our home. We can excuse
our faux pas OF etiquette, consoling
ourselves that perhaps they went
unnoticed, but that we should have
Numbered In the furnishings az our
home Is quite another matter. 10
the right type Of woman the home
is everything, as indeed It should
be, for home making Is the Oldest
| profession in the world and II be-
longs to woman.
A truly good hOusekeeper Ii not
only one who keeps her house spot.
lessly clean and comfortable, but
who makes II q mipiature paradise
which not only she and her family
may enjoy but all those permitted
to enter its portals. It Is not q
boring occupation but an intensely
interesting one if done properly.
No matter how humble the home,
It max be as correctly and appropri-
ately furnished as a mansion, for
1t costs less to purchase titting
furnishings than otherwise. And
these are not bought In minute.
Require Study.
They require great deal of
study not only Of the rooms IN
which they are going. but the won.
en- for whose background they are
to serve. Although squat. over
stuffed furniture may be just the
thing for nlnety-nine women IN a
hundred, you may be just the one
exception. And thus 1t is with
everything, but particularly with se.
Letting electric lamps and lighting
fixtures.
There is little Of more import
ance In home furnishings than the
lamps, yet frequently they are not
well selected. OF course that il
not entirely the fnalt of the house
wife, for portable electric lamps, ais
We know them to day, are COM
parattvely new. Although the first
wonder and pleasure OF. obtaining
electricity for lighting has almost
worn Off, to the average woman
and man. too, for that matter, It's
flexiility and the Importance It
plays In the scheme OF furnishin9
IL still somewhat Of a secret
We knew something of how inn.
portant the color scheme OF the
lampshade Is, and also that lamp
must be a good sourse of light as
well as being artistic in appearance,
but often the first, the utility, was
sacrificed to beauty or rather what
we thought to be beauty. Now, how.
bever, interior, decorators tell us
that a lamp may be ever SO beau.
t1ful but II It does not properly set
OH the woman who buys 1t It Is
not the lamp for her.
Choose Like Clothes.
By this they mean that lamps
should be chosen after the manner
OF clothes. A short. stout woman
should no more buy a short, squat
lamp with q broad, fiat shade than
she should buy gown with ruff
lies, circular flounces or bands.
This type Of lamp placed in her
home viii naturally make her look
shorter and stouter. Also q very
tall. slender lamp towering high
over her head is almost as bad.
She requires q graceful, rather
slender lamp base, not too tall,
equipped with a sloping shade Of
not too large dimensions.
Similarly the tall, slender woman
should not acquire a lamp that will
overemphasize her height. but one
that is in keeping with 1t.
An electric lamp is q feature in
any room and ones eyes naturally
turn to it, and therefore everything
in the room is judged by the re-.
action one experiences from looking
at the lamp. II the lamp be OF
good designs, proper coloring and
the size in proper proportion to
the mistress OF the house, the
other furnishings In the room win
gain in the estimation Of the OBJ
server. but n the lamp gives the
wrong impression the. whole room
suffers.
For this reason ana those most
housewives already know, lamps
should be purchased with the great
est Of care and at q reliable store,
where, If the selection should not
prove as successful as the buyer
had thought It would, a satisfactory
exchange may be effected
s.