Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-05-13

Will serpentine and bearing. run, Aui
with surrounding ornaments OF cirVe',
heads leaves modelled In bronze aad
flowers in high relief inlaid with pearl
EJsnkine this are two panels, one nav
inc the word "Hospitalitas," the other
mSmicitia, :" in slender ivory letters 10
high relief, placed between Sinai
wreatbs In relief inlaid with serpentine
and bearing berries of coral and ivory
| -. Artissic RsDeas.
The center panel, opposite and 10
front of the great fireplace, has the GATE
oferectiop in Roman numerals OF ivory.
1 nlaced over a delicate ornament lnlaio
with pearl. This, too, Is between
,yreaths similar to those just described.
In turu this is thanked by two panels
containing categorical representations
| of the sun and moon, copied from an
old ivory carving and enlarged from
small master casts. These are the least
| interesting and least ineligible OF the
panels. Each consists ofthree sections;
| Tor example, that Of the sun embraces .
section with woman seated Oh the
bottom ofthe sea, above are the waves
| and Neptune in his chariot, and on the
uprer section is another woman seated
with child carry ing tiower-pot, rep
resepting the land This Is brought
| out by inlays of pearl, ivory and differ
emit metallic alloys applied, At the ends
are the four principal panels. Tnese
are
| Cores. Baechus, Pomona and Actrsn.
the last two being near the conservatory.
| These figures have been modelled oy
| Saint Gaudens after designs by Mr.. LA
| Fargo. If these types are not orr sfnal
they are certainly imbued with new
| charm in the vitality and delightful
| grace of the modelling and in their beau
| fll coloring. The figures are carved IN
| low relief and the heshtints are rem
dered in light Sienna marble and hol-
| lywood. The Ceres is draped TO the
| feet and is the most conventional OF the
| four figures. The Bachus has mantle
| thrown over his shoulder; 1.-the young
figure, standing among and crowned
| with vine leaves, holds a beaker aloft
| inlaid with pearl. The Pomona IL
cbarmingly posed, bending back, with
one hand holding cleaning knife OF
pearl to cut the golden fruit from the
| branch which the other presses down.
| The
The Grace and Action OF the Figure
is one of the happiest Of the many hap
by things that Saint Gaudens has done.
| The color is equally delightful. The
| flesh is rendered in the soft tones OF
hollywood and soft sweet Of the drapery
is in marble and mahogany, while the
| sweeping brsnches are in dull green,
| with golden bronze fruit. Actpon Is
still in the hands of the carver, q sturdy
| bearded figure, holding in one hand his
arrows, in the other a brace OF birds.
The dining room leads into the
Water-colOr Room,
| and between these two Is to hang the
portiere which, rs has been said, is the
cause of so many imaginative state
ments. The water color room was Origi-
| nally intended rs corridor leading into
the smoking-raom. This corridor Is
| copied from the architecture OF NignOli,
an Italian draughtsman, who may he
| worthily initiated. 1t consists OF CEN
trail vault and two arcades, each vaultcd.
| The central vault Is supported by square
pillars of Vienna marble, and very bad
pieces they are, too, being spotted and
dull. In the central vault IL an Oblong
| light of stained glass, not rich In color,
| owing to the necessity Ofsupplying light
| for the pictures rather than being q
thing of beauty in ITSELF Each smaller
vault has also its little belt Of light. The
walls are covered with light yellow
velours, in which there is brown tone,
and these were overlaid, under Mis-
| Tillinghast, with an
Old Venetian Design
in couchings of gold thread. The play
of light over the pile, amid the gold Or
nament, makes Il most interesting sur.
face and think will prove TO be equally
valuable as a background. The ceiling
Of the water-cOlOr room Is not yet in
place, but the preparations are going
rapidly forward. The two large semi.
circles over the doors are being painted
by Mr. La Fargo himself, and the small.
er panels are painted under his direc-
tons by n bevy of girl students. The
| architectural divisions Of this ceiling are
fourT panels and four + panels, where
they meet the end walls. In the alcoves
the meeting of the arches with the
perpendicular side walls-are six lynn
pana. These are larger spaces, which
are united by smaller panels filled with
conventional ornaments. The r and +
panels are filled with allegorical repre-
sensations Of the seasons and four ofthe
| senses. Such are the general terms for
Sertcs OF Lovely Women.
beautiful topics, poetic conceptions.
Spring is young girl holding Love
on her hand and contemplating him
with wondering curiosity and tender
ness. Summer is matron, with chill
dren about her feet. Autumn q girl
holding q basket Of fruit, and Winter
another with Loves warming her hands
over bra,ier set on pedestal. Sound
is lovely creature playing violin un.
der blossOming trees with Loves listen
ing. Sight il maiden reading q scroll,
which Loves assist her to read. In
Taste size bends over fountain, lifting
cup TO her lips while watched by
Loves.
The Only Made Figure.
Still, the most beautiful of all i'm line
and color Is girl bending toward her
long, sweeping vine In blossom. The
figure is nude-the only nude figure In
all the collection, except the Loves,
which Mrs. Vanderbilt finally concIud.
ed TO admit, but this Is partially yelled
by the foliage. These finish the vault,
except the sem-circles ut the ends over
the doors, which are the largest AMI
most important spaces of all. In one of
these Venus Is seated in boat, which
is pushed through the sedgy grasses by
Loves. In the other is Dawn i'm her
chariot and attended by Loves. The
tympana were to have been filed with
six female figures-FlOra, Proserpina,
Europa and that group Of lovely girls
which makes one TO wish they had
lived, too. when old Triton blew his
horn. There are no such girls now,
alas. Time, however, has forbidden to
allow of painting but two OF these fig.
ures, Flora and PrOserpins. M.G.H.
The Print Of n PeIon,s HAM