ARTISTIC LAMPS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 3

ARTISTIC LAMPS.

• A few: years'ago' artistic-looking lampsWere so: rare -that they. could ,be. obtained ,only from expensive. shops.. Public : taste has so much improved of. late that many heautifurones can'now be obtained at a;reasonable ' cost-:afr'iniost'oif the; stores;.; .There' are two divisions'--of lamp ;basesj, namely, those made of pottery'/and li'ose-of metal.; The. use of pottery for .the base of a lamp, ; however, has .opened up a wido » field for individual.: btfort. Almost/ everybody' lias - some piece of pottery which can bo used to.good; advantage for a lamp, base.;' Many a-.useless' vise;,can ; be turned ; .'to good ;advantage 'in this way,; It is not.'ad visible 1 to.attempt to" make that part Of' the, lamp. bnbivn : as.' tho: fount, but theso, can be bought. from-any.-'of- the' lamp stores to fit almost; any size base. They aro usually ..made in the plain brass;;. If .properly, constructed,lamps are lised, tbe.old-time objections of smell; and smoke "are done away with: ' A kerosene lamp'' which can be lighted easily, and..which: does away with smoke and smell,: is bound to appeal , to everyone.Such o lamp gives a steady light,, andcasts'no'shado.w. .If ; one. reads ,or writes much; at night there, appears to ibor,nothing quito i equal to a for. complete; comfort. ...They, ho'v/ come- in brass N and; .copper, but f botli 1 require a great amount of.'attention,,as they tarnish' easily.' It is'doubtless for ..this reason- that . many- turn, to nickel plate, ..which, is anything, but'attrac-; tive; ' In - sonie'.of ;the newer, the burner end, 13. somewhat larger than the old stylo; Many iof the high-priced lamps in leaded glass a,hd; metal, are beautiful '.as; objects .'of: ornamentation',. but . are hot practical.- It is quito true ;that 'the cheap, ugly, lamp usually, gives'the best light. All sorts af pottery, is used ;in the , making of lamps, trid Japanese designs :are- effective. ,

A marked revival of interest in. the stories of Louisa'/M: .Alcott. has been one of the most,conspicuous features .of-,the book;season •in England, duo .to tho. publication tliero of. the. eight volumes:of the new illustrated edition of Ker.famous "Little Women", series./.The edition has .been received with hearty,-praiso by tho .literary journals.

There, is no training . better than gardening for curing all' squeamishness: The girl who undertakes to' learn horticulture must be prepared to do many'things that will literally soil hor liaiids —potting, weeding, bedding-out. . But' she will s6on come" to consider this cjiiito a secondary consideration in with tho delight of seeing th<<-results of her work growing and de-v*>i-arim& uhddr her., eyss.—"The Time's."