The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-22

TO the crypt. other portions were placed
In the Campo Sauto. and out of the resc
was made a srnslfer and palmer stT11ci-
ure. wntch is StiH in use.
There Is a specimen az Pistoia LIKE
inferior TO what II was when perfect.
The PiSan one Is round. while this "a
oblo-rS in plan 1t IS attributed TO
Gugiislmo a Agnello. and It's archaic
looking sculptures Of SSrspturaI sub
jectS have a quaintness not easily for
gotten The sculptures are the glory -
early italian puipirs. though sometimes.
as at Rayeiio. near Naples. geometrscaI
patterns IN mosaic take their place.
Variations of this sort. however, are al
most confined 20 the parapst o{ eaclos-
I ing wah In whatever way IL Is treated
the uediaeval artists of Italy nearly al
ways supported lt on number of hight
and graceful marble columns. and each
column. again. usually erected on the
back of some such beast as hon. Our
English puipits were satisfied with less
ambitious ornaments. We have native
marbles OF mUch beauty. but. with the
exception of the duh blutsh-gray one
which is quarried "a Purseck. they were
neglected IN the middle axes. Instead
Of nosaics. We had tracsry; instead of
figures, We had carved foliage; and IN
!
ed decoration Sacred egnhierns were
also introduced. and sometimes roSai
or national ones. The pulpit at 81
Saysor's. Dartmouth. for instance. IS
carved with the Tudor rose and port
cEllis.
In the autumn - 1894 three aaven:ur-
Gus officers from Norwich set out "a SEQ
the citseS q their native land Tehe man
uscrspt journal Of their seven weeks
ride is preserved IN the British Museum.
AZ Bristol. they say. Wee found ~
churces. which are all fayreiy heautt-
ful. richly adorned and swec;iy kept.
Tfletr pulpits are most curious, which
the citizens have spared no cost nu~
forwardnesSe 10 beautIfy" Many %
these. perhaps. had been recently SCI
up. under the order % ls0a. TYacslc-h
Gothfc had then died cut. and wood In
stead of stone had come in. some works
OF this date are artists as well as eish-
orste. 80. johns chunCh. Leeds has
one 10 which the description 81 the
Bristol pulpits would apply II l. sing
ular. and must have been costly There
is little to mark q out for any religious
use. The details profusely laviShed on
IL are those wsth whi~h everybody ~
familiar in Jacobean chimney-p.eces
and wainscotings. Above a vast sound
80 tNtAseNA sAttNNAN a aila~~lNt-ffte<A
II does not POSSES. projects from the
wall in pretsrnatural-looking way,
without visible means Of support TlaiS
was the fashion OF the period II Lowell
long sermons. and put up sounding
boards that not a word might be vast
Ell. Whether they had much efrcS,t -
doubtful When they are really shaped
on scientific principles. they are apt to
work both ways-not only ma king the
speaker audible 10 the CONGREGATION. bur
bringing back TO him their fairsezst
whispers In return. They did not reach
this perfection in olden times. or they
would not have been tolerated 50 long
North OF she Tweed ehey were once held
Indispensable. and only the hour-glass
We'd with them in importance. ENpcr-
ience seems - have shown the dsosira-
bleneSs OF keeping this out of tha
preachers reach. Some Scottish pulplts
stood on low platform-much as a
teacup stands In a saucer Then thu
hour-glass was fixed In n little cage at
taohed To Hhis lower structure When
this could not he. IL was placed against
The pulpit front. but in nearly inacccEsd-
bic positions under the book-hoard Yet
even there ~ was not secure. Preach-
ers arose whose arms were az long as
their sermons. and tradition tells how.
at the risk OF overbalanclng themselves.
they would stoop and turn the hour
glass just a. their audience were iook-
ing for a happy release.