A type of four light Sheffield 
shower, costing $25 
For the porch light, a hang¬ 
ing lantern of wrought 
iron, costs $12.50 
Side brackets, with irides¬ 
cent globes, such as this, 
are $5.75 
Lighting Fixtures 
Within 
Your Appropriation 
BY Katharine X e w b o l d Bir d s a l l 
Consider the size of the chains of 
shower fixtures. This is the same 
as the double side bracket on the 
next page, and costs $35 
T liERE are two ways of getting at the figure necessary to 
spend in providing the fixtures for one’s house, but neither 
of them is accurate. The third way is to make one’s selections 
regardless of cost; needless to say there are few of us who 
choose this last way — only the man whose bank balance has many 
figures; and he is apt to have specially designed fixtures, the 
drawings and dies for which are destroyed to prevent duplication. 
The very last purchase to complete the house fittings is usually 
the lighting fixtures. 
And the result is usu¬ 
ally forced economy, 
and oftentimes the 
selection of those that 
are not a credit to 
mantel, furnishings, 
or to the taste of the 
builder. As a fixture 
dealer puts it, with 
considerable truth, in 
talking of the center 
light in a flat, undeco¬ 
rated ceiling; "The 
ceiling space is equal 
to the floor space; the 
floor space is covered 
with many objects to 
attract the eye — rugs, 
furniture, etc. The 
only ceiling furnish¬ 
ing as a rule is the 
center fixture, and it 
is upon this fixture 
that the eyes first fo¬ 
cus, oftenttmes the 
ugliest and flimsiest 
thing in the room, be¬ 
cause the appropria¬ 
tion was too exhausted on reaching this part of the house fittings, 
to allow of a better selection. Rather than have something un¬ 
suitable, use candles until you can find or afford the suitable!" 
There is a difference between a “cheap” fixture and a "low- 
priced” fixture. If economy in fixtures is necessary, select the 
simple, low^-priced design rather than the "cheap" imitation of a 
more intricate one. There is no reason why low-priced fixtures 
should be made of inferior metal; the difference in price should 
be due only to differ¬ 
ence in time and ma¬ 
terial in making. The 
lighter weight fix¬ 
tures are always low¬ 
er in price, arid while 
not so durable as the 
heavier designs, if 
made by a reliable 
manufacturer, they 
are well worth while. 
As a general rule 
one can save money 
by selecting the 
rounded designs ; 
square tubes and fig¬ 
ures are always more 
expensive, and in the 
more intricate designs 
add from tw^enty-five 
to fifty per cent, to 
the cost. "Shell 
work” or "spun” fix¬ 
tures, which are hol¬ 
low, are less expen¬ 
sive than those which 
have heavy castings 
and have been care¬ 
fully molded. l\Iany 
The low hanging center light and the chandelier are being superseded by individual 
fixtures hung by short chains from a ceiling canopy 
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