THE HOUSE AND ITS EQUIPMENT. 



legs. It shows an appre 

 ciation of the needs of a 

 billiard-table, and expresses 

 those needs in a straight 

 forward way. 



A more consciously 

 decorative treatment 

 characterises the equipment 

 of the rooms at the Billiards 

 Control Club. The tables, 

 their marking cabinets and 

 adjoining mantel-pieces form 

 part of one scheme, devised 

 by Mr. Wimperis. Though 

 the frames of the tables 

 are devised with a hint of 

 Chippendale influence, there 

 is nothing which stands out 

 at all markedly. The club 

 fulfils a valuable function 

 in legislating for the most 

 popular of indoor games. 

 From such a body we are 

 entitled to expect not only 

 light and leading in the 

 politics of the game, but 

 also in those practical details 

 which make for pleasure and 

 comfort in playing. One 

 or two practical notes about 



the equipment of the chief clubroom may, therefore, be instructive, 

 with low lounge seats, and this is raised seven inches above 



54. -IN A FRENCH MANNER. 



On 



the general 



the 

 the 

 The 



the 



55. AT THE BILLIARDS CONTROL CLUB. 



three sides there is a platform 

 floor-level. The edge of the 

 platform is four feet 

 six inches from 

 outside line of 

 table itself, 

 lighting both of 

 table and of the room 

 is an important feature. 

 Above the table is a 

 pleasantly- designed 

 electrolier of the usual 

 six lights, and each 

 light is a cluster of 

 three lamps of sixteen 

 candle-power each. 

 The intensity of 

 electric light depends, 

 of course, somewhat 

 upon the pressure at 

 the main ; but unless 

 this is below the 

 average the amount of 

 light thrown on the 

 table may be regarded 

 as ideal. Upon this 

 point experts are likely 

 to differ, but it is of 

 interest that the B.C.C. 

 has adopted about 

 three hundred 



