No other public improvement makes such a big difference 
for such a little cost as better street lighting. 
Is it 1816 
in your town? 
Your electric light 
and power company 
will tell you how to 
get in touch with 
one of the General 
Electric Company’s 
street lighting en¬ 
gineers. He knows 
what other commu¬ 
nities have done, 
how they did it, and 
what it has meant 
to them. 
In 1816 theCologneZeitung 
published seven argu¬ 
ments against street light¬ 
ing, of which these four 
are typical: 
1* Artificial lighting is an 
attempt to interfere with 
the divine plan which 
has preordained dark¬ 
ness during the night 
time. 
2. The fear of darkness will 
vanish and drunkenness 
and depravity increase. 
3. Illuminated streets will 
induce people to remain 
later out of doors, leading 
to an increasein ailments 
caused by colds. 
4. Horses will be frightened 
and thieves emboldened. 
House & Garden 
REPRODUCTIONS of OLD BROCADES 
A CHARMING, new solution for the 
^ ^-problem of the hangings or up¬ 
holstery for the country house is to be 
found in the effective materials shown 
on this page. These are only a few of 
a large collection of fabrics recently sent 
to this country from Venice where they 
are made by Mariano Fortuny, the son 
of the well known Spanish artist. For 
years he has been experimenting in dyes 
and textiles and has succeeded in repro¬ 
ducing in cotton the wonderful old bro¬ 
cades of the 15th and 16th Centuries. 
Some of these have the pattern sten¬ 
ciled on, while others are made more 
elaborate, owing to the presence of a 
silver or gold thread woven through the 
design. 
These fabrics make charming hang¬ 
ings or coverings for furniture in an 
Italian or Spanish type of house. The 
small designs can also be used to up¬ 
holster certain types of French furni¬ 
ture. In the summer, when one wants 
a light fabric and yet one with the sem¬ 
blance of a luxurious brocade, nothing 
could be a better choice than these 
materials of durable cotton with their 
interesting designs and soft, faded 
colors. 
The fabric at the top of the page 
comes in dull, old blue with the design 
in soft buff. It is 25" wide and $3 a 
yard. The one below at the left is 
blue and silver with a metal thread in 
the design. It is 25" wide and $5.50. 
The other has a buff ground and the 
pattern is deep mauve, 25", $3 a yard. 
These materials that 
reproduce the colors 
and designs of old 
Venetian brocades are 
made entirely of 
cotton 
The fabric at the left 
is blue and silver. A 
metal thread woven 
through the design 
adds richness 
