. Journal of electricity . ^3- 3- The dining: room or enclosed porch is given a certain out-of-doors charmby the imitation window boxes shown to the left and the odd corner istransformed when lighted by an urn such as the one shown above. to read of a number of expedients which have beenutilized with success. Some of these are very prac-ticable, and should find much wider use in homes;others are of such a special nature that the descrip-tions may be useful chiefly in suggesting solutionsof different problems. Even in the small house thereis room for novelties, but in the larger houses aningeni


. Journal of electricity . ^3- 3- The dining: room or enclosed porch is given a certain out-of-doors charmby the imitation window boxes shown to the left and the odd corner istransformed when lighted by an urn such as the one shown above. to read of a number of expedients which have beenutilized with success. Some of these are very prac-ticable, and should find much wider use in homes;others are of such a special nature that the descrip-tions may be useful chiefly in suggesting solutionsof different problems. Even in the small house thereis room for novelties, but in the larger houses aningenious architect can weave into the structurevarious novel effects which will be a source of con-stant interest and pleasure. Naturally, color playsa conspicuous part in lighting novelties. There is a long span between the common fix-tures, such as ceiling fixtures, wall brackets, andportable lamps, and the constructed places for con-cealing lamps such as cornices of rooms and capitals,of pilasters and columns. The latter are


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