THE DINING ROOM

Evening Star, Issue 19757, 6 January 1928, Page 2

THE DINING ROOM

LIGHT ST PROPERLY One of our greatest philosophers discovered that the best cure lor dyspepsia was “dining out.’ .1 lie company, conservation, and, above all, the brightness and cheerfulness ot the meal make digestion a. pleasure instead, of an ordeal. There is a practical moral in this for “diners in.” 11 we can make our own table attractive, il we can enhance the whiteness of table linen, the gleam of silver, and the hues of llowers, wo not, only satisly our love of bright and beautilul things, but we enjoy our food hotter and get more good from it. The proper illumination ol a dining room is therefore a question of Health as well as of charm. The most important point is to throw a flood ol light on the table—the most important object, from every point, of view—without anv glare troubling the eyes of those sitting at the fable. At the same time the remainder ot the room must he provided with an adequate amount ot diffused light. This double effect mav ho secured by a special contra! fitting with lower lamps, silkshaded, for the table, and an upper lamp with a reflector throwing the light on to the ceiling. Small bracket lamps over the sideboard or the fireplace may be added in larger rooms to provide additional illumination and enhance the decorative effect. One or two table standards will also be found very useful auxiliaries.