Jan 27 2009
Candle Light
Have you ever noticed how candles and small lamps completely light up a room on old westerns? Someone lights an oil lamp and a dark room fills with light. In reality there is a reason beyond just keeping out the smoke that we have modern electrical lighting.
Modern lights do fill rooms entirely with very good light. Light that can be used to read and work by.
Candles and oil lamps, however, tend to barely emit enough light to read by even under strained conditions. My wife enjoys candle light because it is dim light and to her it is romantic and special. It is no great wonder that often L’amour mentions the use of spectacles, particularly for reading even among the very young. Lighting conditions in general were not bright inside. The sunlight was much better lighting than could be found under all but the very best of conditions.
