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vantages possessed by the electric light over all other forms of artificial illumination, it may be said to be far in advance of all others in the readiness with which it may be adapted to all forms of decoration.
It may be mounted in chandeliers, supported in brackets, fixed directly to walls and ceilings in any and every conceivable position, or allowed to hang at the ends of flexible cords. The globes may be of all colors, and the best talent of the civilized world has been levied upon the production of beautifully designed fixtures to receive them, as well as globes, shades, and reflectors to modify the lights and enhance the beauties of its effects. Like the light of the sun, it beautifies all things on which it shines, and is no less welcome in the palace than in the humblest home.
We have endeavored in the preceding pages to state the fact clearly that in the Edison three-wire system of incandescent electric lighting the pressure upon the wires is kept constant. A constant pres-
