September, 1912 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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simplicity are always good, however, and 
while hardly as practical as metal, glass, 
or pottery, they are decorative, and if well 
cut and well polished are most desirable. 
The candlesticks should match the furni¬ 
ture ; a mahogany candle on a Circassian 
walnut table would be decidedly out of 
place. The light woods are seldom used. 
Wooden candlesticks are cut on tall, grace¬ 
ful lines—none of them are of the squat 
and bulbous proportions that are good in 
the metals. 
The sconce or wall bracket candlestick 
should tone in with the other fixtures in 
the room. If it be an heirloom, so much 
the better; but the old styles are repro¬ 
duced to-day even to the glass back-plate 
which serves as a reflector. We are all 
more or less familiar with the cheap look¬ 
ing tin reflector back of the candle and 
would perhaps refuse to give a new sconce 
of this kind houseroom ; the glass reflector, 
however, is an entirely different thing, and 
commands our respectful admiration. 
Bedroom candlesticks to match the 
crockery or the bureau china are in good 
taste, and although not always made in 
the sets, it is quite possible to secure the 
separate candlesticks to match the pattern 
of the crockery—or to have the design 
and coloring applied by hand to a plain 
white china candlestick which is made 
especially for the china painter. 
Low, flat candlesticks, no matter what 
the material, are for bedroom use; those 
from six to twelve inches in height for 
the table or mantel, be it living-room, din¬ 
ing-room or hall. The very tall candle¬ 
sticks, eighteen inches or over, are pat¬ 
terned after the ecclesiastical designs and 
often supported on three sturdy legs. 
Glass shades of all sizes are made for 
flat candlesticks as well as special Colonial 
shades for the high ones. Shaded bed¬ 
room candlesticks are most desirable, to 
avoid accidents. The hall candle should 
also be shielded if possible. 
An innovation is a recently imported 
“guest candlestick,” with which the guest 
in the country house is shown to his room. 
This is an overgrown copy of the plain, 
flat “kitchen candlestick,” with round 
base or cup bottom, and handle, and a 
giant candle therein which throws a giant 
light over the stairway. 
Candles will smoke; in all these years 
of candle making no one seems to have 
invented a smokeless household candle; 
that is to say, smokeless after it has been 
blown out. The next best thing, however, 
is a candle whose smoke is a pleasure to 
the nostrils—the bayberrv candle. As one 
who uses candles to-day does so by prefer¬ 
ence rather than for economy, it is easy 
to pay more for the candles and get the 
green bayberry for use wherever possible. 
The odor from these is aromatic and 
pleasing—not smoky and waxy. But to 
be truly Colonial, with Colonial candle¬ 
sticks, one must use a yellow candle, not 
a green. 
If one uses candles for lighting as well 
as candlesticks for ornament, snuffers 
should be kept at hand to trim the wicks 
Hardware for Homes 
of Refinement 
Designs that harmonize with other 
decorative details. Locks that give 
security. The quality that endures. 
Book 0 K 17 gives details and will be 
sent on request. 
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Division 
The American Hardware Corporation 
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. 
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Paint spoils the natural surface — 
costs twice as much 
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preserve and waterproof the wood. Made of finest Eng¬ 
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Write for stained miniature shingles. Examine them 
carefully. Match them against the natural setting of 
your house, until the right color combination is found. 
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