The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-01
SCENES or GRANDEUR DEPICTED


The Beautiful Pafntinss which AAoFn
Pred r. Sanders New O0ce.
Every person Who, in passing from Pioneef
plsce around the corner Of the olympic build
Ing to Commercial street, or vice versa, Chances
through the plate-giass doors which open d.
rectly on that corner hes his gaze instantly
riveted by picture on the opposite wall II -
large picture, but one does not think Of its
size until satiated with gaxinS ct the glorious
scene which II presents - tho eye with marvel
Gus fidelity to nature.
The painting represents such acombination Of
mountain, - and forest - can Be found mo-
where else than at Seattle. II 10 J. z. Stuart's
painting Of Mount Rainier, - eeen from the
West seattle shore of the hsrboT, and Fred Z.
Sander II justly proud to be it, owner 1t IL
without doubt the finest reproduction on can
vas Of washington's grandest peak which any
artist ever made. The original sketch was made
In the fall Of 1855, when no long lines OF pfling
destroyed the harmony Of the foreground
and when the air Was 20 wonderfully
clear that II Is difficult to believe that sixty
shore and the mountains. The painting, which
IS ska feet, was finished in 1883 and Was bought
BY Mr.. sander about year ago. II shows the
Of Indian canoes returning from the hop fields
comes out Of the mouth OF the nver and across
the deep, blue waters Of the bay, In which long
strings Of kelp are floating. Beyond, and appar
rently close to the shore, rises the main chain
Of the Cascades, its jagged points al white with
snow and pointing sky ward like the many spires
white dome of Rainier, bis sides deeply scanned
by the glaciers to which they give birth, and his
summit gilded by the suns last, lingering rays
BY two dther Worts II he S.me '1 s sscS "a
feet. On tho left 10 the Yellowstone Falls. in
which the peculiar green tinge Of the water, the
the and se fs.nSo@ .sspf the
rock are all faithfully reproduced. The deep,
rich red Of the bed of the river and the lower
s s, OF the canyon z heigntsned p Tie con;
painting OF the Grand canyon Of the Yellow
stone occupies the other side Of the wall II
shows the river winding like . slender thread
feet high, the rays Of light Frightening the deep
red OF one wall while the other wall is enveloped
In gloom. From the walls pinnacles Of rock
mounted By an eagles nest, the birds themselves
nuttering over the cfags, while fieeces Of cloud
boating across the gorge give one an idea OF it,
full grandeur of the scene as no words can.
Another painting Of the same size, and by the
same artist, shows the great basaltic rock on
Dalles, which Indian superstition has named
the Great Chief, or Ruling Spirit of the Column
bia. The giant face il shown In sharp outline
at it, base and q camp of Indian tepees occupies
the sand hills below, while the great Columbia
shines in the distance.
II.
frescoed with wreaths Of morning glories, wild
rose and bamboo vine. the center being adorned
with tea-roses 1t Is the only frescoed ceiling in
for the painting il all done by hand by Mr.. OF
terson. formerly Of Chicago but now of this
city. The stenciled frieze Is broken at intervals
by charming little frescoed paintings of peak
In the Rockies near Denver, Mount Hood ~
seen from the Columbia river, forest scenes In
Maine and Washington and the Highlands on
the Hudson river.
The fittings are equally handsome and costly
The woodwork ID all of mahogany, furnished BY
A. H. Andrews 4 Co.. of Chicago. The metal
work 10 all sand blasted copper and oxydized
copper. The windows are filed with three of
the largest sheets of plate glass in the city two
OF them being 1lxl4 feet: AL the doors are also
of plate glass; The floor Of the lobby Is tiled
the outside base Of the counters IL Of African
marble and the office Il carpeted with body
Brussels.
Mr.. sander Is in q sense in the same ONCE
which he has occupied for the last ten years,
yet II - not the same for since the rebuilding OF
the Colman- Starr block he has trebled the Size
OF his Office aud made IL the finest real estate
Office in the United States. Al he took M his
quarters on this corner year after his coming
70 Seattle eleven years ago and stuck to Il until
he was burned out in the great fire, he has re-
turned to IL - soon - he could and has shown
his attachment for IL BY Identifying Il in every
way possible. He has been In the real estate
business throughout hisfesidence here handling
only his own property. He does no business on
commission, but buys and sells property him
self and has sufficient resources for any PROPOSE
ton, however large.