The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-09
PRETTY AS A PICTURE
The Walker Bar Transformed by
the Artists Hand.
Model of Decorative Art That Delights the
Eye and Intoxicates the Ssnses
with It's Wealth of Colors

"How besutifull'
isn't it delightfully."-
1.-THE prettiest 1 have yet scent %
Dazzling, yet subdued-"
These were some of the rapturous ex-
pressions which an inspection of thedecor.
ations of the Walker house bar inspired
last evening.
Messrs. Bechtol Sands were roundly
complimented by hundreds of the thousands
of spectators that inspected this panaroma
of an enchanter's dream.
What glowing, and blending of colors
ana mingling of delicate shades, kalel-
odoscopian variation of soft and gentle
lights. The plastic art of the modeler in
frieze and coping is matched with field of
sky from the painters brush, illuminated
and toned bvstne skill of the electrician.
A month has elapsed since Martin +.
Chambers Come into the city quietly and
unoptrusively and introduced himself to
Messrs. Bechtol and Sands as house dec
orator. He told them he ould like to ''try
his hand' in plastic way on the ceiling and
walls of the annex in which the bar is To-
Gated. A bargain was struck and the artist
went to work.
For a month he has been hidden from
view on the scaffosding that was erected.
He worked early and late and was devoured
with his subject
1 Last night the large canvas was re-
moved and the ceiling unveiled to public
view. AS the curtain was lifted, or low
cred, world of enchantment was revealed
to The eye there were murmurs of satisfac-
ton. But the more the work was studied
the more beauties it revealed and the muir
murs grew TO EXPLANATIONS of delight.
The frieze is hand-modeled relief work,
forming a renaissance scroll laid in with
shade of gaslight green, high lighted with
gold and with g tone shade. In the day
time the freize gives a blended color or
areenish tint and at night under the electric
lights it reveals varigated shades of green
and pink. The eighty incandescent lights
are set in groups of four, eaca of which
forms the center Of rosette, the middle
row being OF gasight green, and the up
per and lower rows OF frosted white
The core, twelve inches in width, is in
light relief, or scratch work, finished in
tone colors and high lighted with gold. The
style that forms the ceiling paneling
is of 8 delicate olive green with a
light and shade moulding dividing it
from the cove. The inner style that
divides the field is of delicate tan color,
decorated with clusters of grapes and
leaves, shaded to q soft tone color The
field, or center panel, is in Japanese web
work, revealing patch of blue sky with
cluster of wild roses in relief.
The walls are of a delicate tan color and
linoleum is painted in perfect harmony with
the decorations.
An important feature of the decorations
is large painting representing the famous
St. Paul ice palace that covered an acre of
ground, with a central tower $50 feet in
height.
This Ia executed in hand modelled relief
landscape work, of which Mr.. Chambers is
the inventor, The picture is 7x9 feet,
mounted in a beautiful FURNISHED gold
frame, a pretty effect being produced by q
hand modelled mat finished in ivy leaves,
high lighted with silver. In the back
ground is the dome of the state capitol.
TO the left of the ice palace is toboggan
slide, which gives it a decidedly realistic
and wintry appearance.
The Walker annex in its new dress is the
gem bar in the city, and big advance over
all previous attempts at decorative art in
this city.
The general effect is greatly heightened
by the electric lighting, which was person
ally superintended by Mr.. S. Z. Fenlow,
manager of the Inter-mountain Electric
Light company.
Mr.. Chambers, who has SO faithfully
worked out this design. has left the i'm
print of mastery hand on some Of the
finest residences in San Francisco.