The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1947-10-30
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LIGHTING HINTS
BIZ
FRANCES
ORTENBERR
Home Economies
Director Miss. Power
e. Light Co.

A desk in your kitchen should
appear as no more of a novelty
than the desk in your husbands
office. With cook books, recipe
files, budget book and even check
book conferred at this planning
center, you win find yourself
spending hours there, efficiently
planning meals, reading and copy
ing recipes, whipping your budget
and household accounts into order
while you wait for a cake to come
out of the oven.
When you get ready to include
such a desk in your kitchen
either in your present one or in
the building plans you have under
way-be sur to provide special il
Elimination for 1t. The overhead
kitchen light won't do, for then
you viii always be working in the
handicap of your own shadow.
Home lighting specialists sug-
gest a fluorescent tube in a we'll
designed reflector, placed on the
wall directly above the kitchen
desk. 1t should be high enough to
cover the surface of the desk with
abundant light, yet low enough so
that the hight won't shine in your
eyes while seated there.
Do you have a good. bright spot
in which to do the family ironing?
Daylight from a window can't
be relied on during gloomy, winter
days, or even rainy, summer ones.
and you know how easily you can
scorch a good blouse when the
light is poor.
A good lamp, such as the swing
arm floor lamp, pulled up close
to the ironing board, will flood the
area with clear, rich light and
make the ironing chore go quicker
and easier.
II you iron in your basement,
pull the ironing board underneath
o fixture which has . 150-watt
silver bowl bulb In q metal re-
Hector.
Many homes seem to have
plenty Of lamps and lighting fix
lures and yet the reading condi-
lions aren't good. That is, you
will find members Of the family
shielding their eyes with their
hands while they sew or read. or
else the room seems to have too
many sharp, harsh shadows.
One answer to this lighting
problem is found in proper shad-
ing of the light bulbs in the lamps
and fixtures. If these bulbs have
the right kind of lamp shades and
diffusing bowls, the lighting in
the room will be softened and bet
ter balanced. Then, too, each lamp
should be placed in close relation
to the furniture, and must have
the bulbs of the correct size.
Regardless Of the outdoor tenn
perature, baby al have his daily
sun bath-with one of the new
sun lamp bulbs.
AS he lies in his crib, he a
get the benefit of the healthful
ultraviolet rays from the bulb
which can be used in ordinary
bridge lamp, on an extension cord.
or in one Of those handy Champion
gadgets which Ear be fastened to
"a chair back near the crib.
Shield his eyes, just as you
would fromesummer sun light. and
follow the doctors orders as to
length Of exposure.
Every closet deserves a light Of
its own, either q ceiling fixture,
If the closet is a big one, OF q
simple porcelain %pull-chain socket
mounted inside on the door frame.
A closet light saves cropping
around for articles, and the closet
stays more orderly when you can
see to put things away properly.
Many new homes have closet
lights which work on q door-open-
ing switch, so that the light auto
matically goes on when the door
Is opened, off which 1t Is closed.