The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-10

according to rank on rough wooden benches
extending its entire lsngth. The Lady
iiowena bud for. sleepfng-room an apart
ment hung with rich draperles. but so,tad.,
ly constructed that tho wind entered at I'LL
sides. The rooms for guests were little
moro than cells in q distant purt OF the
building. furnished only with q rough stool
and a narrow couch OF straw covered, with
u slieepsiiin. Tue struc ure could hardly
be said to 10 OF two stories. though the
apartment OF the Lady liowena Was relched
~ u staIrcase composed of u CIV steps.
Altogether the style WIS such Ms can not
DO conscientiously commanded to the
architects or builders of tho present gen-
GRAFTON.
A!t.r tho Norman conquest the style
changed in Europe. The round Roman
arch Disappeared generally. and rectangu-
lar windows aud doors and the GUtuic arch
came in. The great period Of chuich build-
Ing that began with tho crusades was .ol-
lowed by a wonde full activity in the cree.
ton OF e sstos. The middle ,ges were tho
p-riod per Sc OIL defense. Tho houses up to
those above OF wood. Thereafter the whole
building was gene. Il ly OF wood. a material
used overywiier, III the north OF Lu.ope
before the Eomua invasion. The houses in
tae, cities were generally male OF wood.
with projecting upper stories. which rem
deied tho street, narrow n dark. 1he
windows We're r%cctangu'a had small
paies. and were OF different sizes. Instead
of tie Gallo- Roman dwelling. with Its two
stories supported by round i.oman arches.
IN ihe second. tho appeared this
handsome edilce. with its front OF
carv..d wood. its staluts In inches. and
Its elaborate doors and windows. Speci-
mems arc sun numerous in lrnnce and
England. TIC houses had in the city m
times y putty wail.sometimes u narrow allsy
that served as passages or 10 Garry Off to the
middle OF The street tho drainage from Dosh
buildings. Iiis style continued until tho
time OF Louis XIII. In tho time OF louis
XIV. cities in France We're built mostly in
stone. with the houses nigh and otthe sume
ape rance. Architecture had lost its PIE.
tu'esnue characier. Families had ceassd to
occupy separate houses. and lived in apart.
ments. many families under the same root.
as at present In Paris. In England the
changes had not been so arbitrary. The
house in the style OF Queen Annc's time
came long a!terward. aud still later there
London. which finally had to give pllce.
from Il sense of safety, to the unattrnctive
'buildinge of stone and brick which form at
pscsent the stapie of the architecture OF
London.
Glass has been blown almost since tho
world began. There are various trad lions
rcgarlins, its discovery from the fusion o..
sand on wiich liro had been built by huz.
ard. mono OF which arc particularly well
authenticated Tho Egyptians. the Greeks.
and the Romans w..ro uil we'll acquainted
with the material. though they did not use
it in any systematic way. if they used it ut
all. Cor their windows. Oiled cloths or p;l-
per. was deemed sufficient. or they left
their houses open to the weather. During
The middle AGES ito use of glass in win.
dcws was moi universal. either in dwellings,
or in churches. For tho latter stained glass
was used as an ornament. but many OF tho
openings that served for the admission of
light were urgluzcd. In private houses
ollo pap,cr or whit material Of some kind
was employed. When glass was used 1t
WIS set IN lead in small pieces. and some
times in intricate patterns. Windows wore.
levei %tiielcss. in many houses. as we'll as in
the churches. real works of art, some Of
tho designs OF which the builders of the
present t me have legun to reproduce. par.
ticuia ly in America.
Tho building vi the houses that represent
the human liabitation has not been accom-.
plisled without tho expenditure of consil.
cradle money nnd trouble. Tho material
used has generally bccn wood. sometimes
in tue form of ioards or planks. sometimes
in logs. The use OF moro or loss stone.
bricks, lime. mortar. and other material
has been found necessary. Tho arcllitcc.
tui a designs, often elaborate. have boon
most scrupulously executed.