well
looked after. At best, the basement is a breeder of trouble. If the
light is in the center, and must be turned off at the bulb, the return
to the stairway from the nocturnal visit to the furnace is likely to be
productive of bruised shins and objurgative English; if the light
operates from above, one either forgets to turn it off and leaves it to
burn all night, or becomes uncertain about it just as he is beginning
to doze off, necessitating a scramble downstairs to make sure. Perhaps
it would be well to have a choice of systems.

Some houses have been so wired that one can illuminate every room from
the hall or from the master's bedroom. This necessitates complicated
wiring and will not be found necessary by most of us. Neither will we
desire to spend our hardly won cash in wiring our four-poster bed for
reading lights, or to put lights under the dining table for use in
searching for the lost articles that always by some instinct seek the
darkest spots in the room. If there be a barn or shed on the lot, an
extension carried there will be found convenient and comparatively
inexpensive. In the kitchen and pantries the lights should be
considered in detail so that all the various operations may be served.
Shadowed sinks and ranges and dark pantries are not necessary where
there is electric light.

REGULATED LIGHT

In halls, closets, and bathroom lower-power lamps, or the "hylo," which
may be alternated from one- to sixteen-candle power, will prove an
economy. The "hylo" is also useful in bedrooms where children are put
to sleep, affording sufficient light to daunt the hobgoblins without
discouraging the approach of the sandman. Some persons cannot sleep
without a light; for them, and for the sick room, the low-power light
is eminently preferable to the best of oil lamps.

There are numerous conveniences to be operated by electricity, such as
chafing dishes ($13.50), flat irons ($3.75 up), curling-iron heaters
($2.25 up), electric combs for drying hair ($4), heating pads, in lieu
of hot-water bags ($5), and many articles for the kitchen. These are
operated from flush receptacles in baseboards or under rugs, or from
the ordinary light sockets.

THE TWO SURE WAYS OF HEATING

There is only one efficient and healthful method of heating a house,
and that is with a hot-air furnace. I have that on the authority of a
man who sells hot-air furnaces, and he ought to know.

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