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PROCEEDINOS OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 
Its use as Light . — Very little beyond what is already so well 
known to the audience can be advanced to demonstrate the 
advantages of the Electric Light over those of any other 
ulunnnant. To begin with it is clean and this attribute cannot 
e applied to any' other light within my knowledge, and is one 
that is sure to be appreciated by every careful house- wife. It is 
a so convenient, as with a proper arrangement of switches, there 
is no c angerous and often disastrous navigation of a furnished 
room w tile endeavouring vainly to get to the matches and the 
unwary uiglar also can be startled into semi-unconsciousness on 
its quiet but sudden switching on. When properly installed, the 
danger from fire is very small, and it has been proved repeatedly 
rrom published returns of Insurance Companies that it is the very 
satest kind of light. This I think must appeal especially to 
i 'V nS , tbe tropics where the houses are for the most 
pai built of timber dried by' the heat to matchwood and liable 
4 *** moment to catch fire. A very simple experiment will 
W 1. 011 Iat eve n the burner or bulb from which the light 
comes is quite harmless. 
homes h Ti k many errors are made in the method of lighting ou 
the # c T nnn " wa y inartistic, though effective, of hanginj 
theliSbr ' 0m th - 6 cei!ln S cannot be commended nor the one o 
this 1-iffp P. lo J ectln S from the wail at the end of a bracket, yet 
itself on® r p, ' eferable - 1)1 fact any method in which the bull 
that i, ?), to. is wrong. The ideal method is by refection 
but unc-i !l gh 1 thrown on t0 »he wail, ceiling, or some Hgb 
throueho fr l SUrface ’ and ^en reflected in a kind of glo" 
this manner h ^ r ° 0rn ' ., To diustrate this I have fired a light it 
proves Th p a '! 'T° U WI s . ee how pleasant such an arrangement 
colour of tin. r r° can °f course be altered to suit the 
that used in thp' 0 ? 3 .' / c t?' C hght similar to, but smaller than 
with very <r 0O( i .f ," if* S °f^°rt-of -Spain can also be used like this 
point is rii^iriv 8 <ts t le utl pieasant glare from one particular 
tion and a ve v ‘ a consid erable area. Another applies 
30 tiny colon 2/1? f -° D f. “ that of decoration. A set of 20 or 
of a well laid table ^ ^ '° ,ts among the the flowers and plants 
gotten. W e now ti V6ry effe etive display not easily for- 
power, this power l,,.;,,,, ° le ,“ s ® °f electricity in the home as a 
wires which do the ne cessary, from the some 
examples in this ri;,.cet g ’"“h ® e f° re us we have, as you see, 
fa *s and small desl T n T the of fans, both large ceiling 
dated in a hot climate bWi? 8 ? T 0nly to be felt t0 be a PP re - 
usef n' applications of elej .eit °J Tr ‘ nidad - One of the most 
ctricity under this head is the telephone. 
