, 1881-07-17

art ut extracting money from their poor con
gregatjons, and that ILL opportunity t. pas
round the hat" is never neglected. TIL
good taste Of the Company now in possession
Of the Natural Bridge is shown by the fac
that Chicago is represented BY Mr.. Frencl
aud Mr.. Cleveland, who are engaged in TIL
| oversight and planning Of the various EN-
btllishnlents, roads, paths, and britlle-path
Of the great :ssooo-acre r park q = now bein4
| STAINED AND PAINTED GLASS IN
CHICAGO.
Messrs Healy IL NIillet have had on exii
bition at their room, No. p Central Music
Hall, three mosaic stained-glass windows Of
such extraordinary excellence and beauty a.
| to deserve mention. They are for the coun
| try house OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Larned, al
Lake Forest, and the designers, Messrs.
IIealy .S A[illet, may be said TO have selected
and arranged not only every tint, but every
particle used in these really precious win
dows The glass is strictly pure stained
glass, no painting having been introduced.
Although the tints are so numerous they are
still so delicate in their gradations as to Sc
cure the most harmonious as well as the
most striking effects. It is quite useless to
try to describe objects Of this SORT III which
the forms are altogether conventional. the
richness and beauty of coloriRg requiring to
be taken III by the eye i'll order to be appre-
ciated. Still 4 few words will give an idea
Of the perfection to which mosaic stained
glass windows have been brought i'll Chica-
20. The designs are Moorish in style; the
round arches filled i'll the two outside win
dows by lozenges of alternate blue and amber
nf exquisit clearness. In the middle window
this round arch is enriched at the centre by
the lotus fower {Sha1l we say of the Nile or
Of the Caiurnet?} around which is all atmos-
nothing but the aurora flush Of summer
morning. Outside this is a space In olive or
moss green, near which appear bands IN pur-
pie madder. with figures raised by eating in
the surface and producing 4 very choice ef-
feet. The arch is banded FROM the space be-
low by conventional radiated forms, strong
in outline and contrasts Of COLOR The glass
used is chiefly rolled cathedral, to be recog-
auf surtace as if it had been literally rolled
out by hand, and the antique glass, very thin,
to be recognized not only by the purity OF its
tints, which, however. brilliant, are never
crude, and however delicate, never poor, but
by minute bubbles in the body Of the glass.
The conventional forms cut from these mate
riaIs are OF marvellous intricacy, and the skill
used in their manufacture only to be realized
By those who understand how few mechani-
cal appliances can be made to serve under
Quite different from the above magnificent
specimens of conyentionalized designs IS i
small yestibule door, noticeable for its sig
niticance as we'll as for its beauty. Ii the
centre is painted rustic cross with lvy
leaves, on ruby-red ground with border
III green antique, held by bright roudelles
on ground Of the palest opal tinted rolled
on which are painted swamp
rushes with thin brownisll clubs; the leaves:
rising or falling, are symmetrical
without single repetition OF form; while
The space above is lightly filled i'll Dy tender |
5prigs of young palm. The border Wou!a |
appear to be simply of very choice tlnts OF
antique glass, i'll rectangular forms, until
me sees q me1iaya1 verse i'll Old Ensnsh |
characters:
:. Nulla salus est in Domo,
Nisi crucc nlunit homo .
Super llEnnaria.
which may be translated literally thus: " In
| house is no safety unless man fortltles 1t W
be cross over, the Threshold" This beautl- !
ul specimen Of both stained and paimted
lass was presented by Mr.. and Mrs VI Nllila!n
Wells to Miss Eliza Allen Starr, aud is set III
he yestikule door of Saint Josepll's cottage.
t was designed by her nephew, Mr: WtlIam
v. Starr, who carried out the tntentlon OF
llr. and Mrs. Wells to have the door tn0l-
ughIy significant OF its destination. Inc
erse wrought into the border was one
rhich has been pinned onto the door OF the
rst Saint Josepll's cottage. was taken down
he night of the FIRE OF 1871, and persever-
1glv pinned again onto the door OF the sec y