The Washington times., 1925-11-20

able all kinds and types Of fixtures,
ranging from copies Of the Oldest
and rarest in lanterns and fixtures
to the most artistic modern designs.
DOOrways Lighted
In passing through an attractive
Chicago suburb one evening recent.
". I was impressed by the thought.
fulness and artistry displayed by
its residents in illuminating their
dOofWays. The entrance of almost
every house was beautifully lighted,
and In every instance the number
of the house easily visible to the
passer-by, which is very important
indeed.
/ could not help but recall the
time, steps and anxiety / might
have been saved IL in the past, after
nightfaIl, had / been able to read
the number of my friends. homes
Also the countless times that after
dark had rung the bell Of the
wrong house simply because i
could not find no street number
and had to take q chance and ring
somebody's door bell with the hope
that 1t would be the right one or
that some sympathetic soul would
direct me Alright.
Variety In Design
AS we passed through this suburb
/ was particularly impressed by the
variety Of designs in the fixtures.
A house Of the New England
colonial type had two typical co.
Ionial brass sconces. one at each
side Of the doorway. These plainly
Illuminated the house number,
which was located about three
quarter ways up on the door. An
other, built In the Cape Cod cot.
tage style. had a fishing sloop Ian
tern made Of copper hanging di.
rectly over the entrance, illuminat-
ing the house number.
A charming English cottage had
a copy OF an early English church
lantern hanging directly over the
house number at the bell side of
the entrance. And there were
others Of every imaginable size and
design.
All Of these door lights were
equipped with small electric lamp
bulbs which furnished just enough
light to enable one to distinguish
the number apd find the bell. The
homes which had two lanterns were
equipped with bulbs Of from ten TO
twenty-five watts, and those with
only one lantern used single bu.b
OF from twenty-five to fifty watts,
depending upon how Tar the ravs
Of light had to travel to illuminate
the number and bell button.
In equipping these outside lights
with low-wattage bulbs one is able
to burn them several hours every
evening without any very percepti.
BILE increase In the lighting bill.
Temporary. Arrangement
As q temporary arrangement for
the house that has no outside lights
one may use a portable lamp that
has clip to attach 1t to a piano or
bed and place it so that it will light
the house number. II outside lights
are not possible, then there are the
phosphorescent numerals that can
be attached to the doorway.
These phosphorescent numerals
may be purchased or, If one already
has the plain numerals, the phos-
phorescent compound may be pur-
chased an& applied to both the
numerals and bell button.
While on the subject Of outside
lighting l learned from friend who
lives quite a way out in the country
that to protect themselves from bur-
glars and wandering animals they
had electric lights installed all
around the house. These lights are
controlled by switches both from
the inside and the outside Of the
house.
Thus, If any friends come home
late at night, they can illuminate
the grounds around the house or
when they are indoors and hear
any suspicious noise outside, they
can switch on the outside lights
and, without going outdoors, see if
anybody is prowling about.