THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



190. 



line effect. The covering of the 

 two is in the form of a half dome, 

 made in two parts, so that one may 

 be covered. The movable section 



A Few of the Lamps Recently Exhibited at New 

 York. The Lamp at the Left is Made of Hand- 

 Tooled Leather, While that at the Right is a Parlor 

 Lamp Embodying the Inverted Lighting Principle. 

 In the Oval: A Chinese Lamp with a Painted 

 Porcelain Stand and China Silk Shade. 



covers a sort of promenade that leads to 

 the passenger compartment. The con- 

 struction of the hull is quite a deviation 

 from established models. It has a V-- 

 shaped bottom instead of the flat bottoms 

 formerly used, permitting the machine to 

 rise more readily from the water. 



ORNATE TABLE LAMP COSTS 

 HUNDREDS 



Electricity has grown in two opposite 

 directions : It has brought cheap, health- 

 ful light to the poor and it has opened 

 up new avenues of expenditure for the 

 rich. A hovel may be wired for a few 

 electric lamps at a cost of five dollars, 

 \vhile the elaborately intricate systems of 

 concealed lighting which are installed in 

 the mansions of the wealthy cost thou- 

 sands of dollars. A highly ornate table 

 lamp was recently shown at an exposition 

 in New York which was worth $250, and 



a hand-tooled leather screen which served 

 as a background, $250 more. Exhibited 

 with this lamp were others ranging in 

 price from $6 to more than $250. 



CURIO DEALERS ON EUROPEAN 

 BATTLEFIELDS 



The most numerous visitors on the 

 battlefields of Europe are the curio deal- 

 ers of- the belligerent and neutral coun- 

 tries. These men are endeavoring to buy 

 trophies of all kinds which they believe 

 in time will be valuable. In Belgium 

 these dealers have bought articles for 

 next to nothing and which at the end of 

 the war will be worth a fortune. Fan- 

 ciers who secure such trophies hold them 

 for high prices or will not sell them on 

 any consideration. 



A bookseller during- the American 

 Civil War made his fortune in collecting 



