Show how light li lit should fall I 1 it Is 18 almost universally believed that the beat best fo O IQ of reading lamp is one by leans of an effective an eh aap de concentrates the greater por per donot the light upon the reading mat ter furthermore the lamp la Is usually of tha the drop light eort which arinea the flame near and below the readers eyes TV tt is result bought sought after Is 1 that much light be precipitated on the pago end and on the pago page only while tho the surrounding parts ot of the room roona bd be weakly illuminated eren even to gloominess it this condition bo be obtained an ideal state of affairs la Is presumed to exist and at first it loomis very plaus ible able indcox that it Is usually accept ed aa as a positive fact not to be gain said bat but it must be refuted the custom though of ions long landing standing and of 0 almost unquestioned correctness is a bad on one and doubly harmful be cacao of the ellone strong ell one bold hold it has upon the public mind the beet best method of lighting lic lally when the source of light Is a bright q 1 la Is to place the light con Ider sider ably above the head bead holding the reading matter in euch such a position as to bo be illuminated as cuch by the reflected light from the surrounding surfaces Bur faces as rm from the direct raya rays from the flame flamo thus creating an effect more nearly resembling daylight conditions jeweler jewelers weekly clicc lar |