Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1916 — NEW FASHIONS IN LIGHTS [ARTICLE]

NEW FASHIONS IN LIGHTS

Homemaker Has Practically Innumerable Ideas From Which to Make Most Appropriate Illumination. Almost every woman of every clime has decided notions about the value of color and light in her home, for these things have decorative value that gives distinction. The improvements in lighting since the days of candles have been so many that no person remembers them all. Now we have indirect lighting, shaded lights and lights as soft as candles. Anti-glare societies are as common as anti-noise ones and uncomfortable lights are out of fashion, but lamps are still in demand and are made with shaded tops' that either cast or relieve shadows. But they no longer have chimneys, so they are fitted with what are called mushroom globes. Through these the electric light filters softly and gives a suggestion of coziness that brilliant light lacks. If your home is not equipped with electricity we recommend that you make a of the new shades and new ways of placing lamps and lights and imitate them as well as you can with the means you have.

Novelty is not the chief thing aimed at in the colored shades; eye-comfort Is far more important. If you ate making or buying a lampshade have it suit the room in which it will be used. Linings of silk shades may be made of various tints and textures so that the light may be subdued on certain occasions. Split bamboo, willow rattan and wooden shades are suitable for the den and the library, and these are lined with silk or with rice paper, and of course linings may be changed often. Glass will always be the favorite material for shades, and its fragile tenderness only makes them more prized. The Japanese, however, believe in prolonging beauty, so that we have marvelously lovely shades of glass and metal called "cloisonne.” Another fancy in shades of beauty are the silver and glass filigree hoods for hall lanterns. If you have not used your best endeavor to have your home well lighted, turn your attention to the matter now and make yourself and family a gift of well-placed, prettily shaded lamps and lights. Nothing else can give you more comfort.