The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-09
Seating and Furnishing.

Special attention has been given to
the seating and furnishing of the church
and Sunday Sch oil rooms. The pews
are comfortable and cushioned with silk
corduroy of warm olive green color.
The entire church, Sunday School and
other rooms are earpeted with light
brown administer, relieved with feur.
de lis ornament. The Sunday School is
seated with ID sawed oak folding chairs
and the walls of this room and Of the
parlor and other rooms are hung with
appropriate pictures and engravings, and
piano is provided for Sunday School
use. besides comfortable and appropri-
ate furniture. The diniog-r room is
equipped with tables, chairs, ETC., and a
most complete outfit of crockery and ia
BILE utensils. The pastors study is also
handsomely furnished.
Convenience and Practicability.
Careful study has been given to the
details of convenience and practicability
as we'll as the artistic features. The
choir, Sunday School and pastors room
are provided with convenient cloak
rooms, lavatories, etc. Steam heating.
electric lighting aud the best sanitary
plumbing are provided.
There is battery Of two boilers, one
of which is for the Sunday School part
and one for the church proper. The
boilers are made interchangeable, SO
that both, or one, according to require
ments, may be used. The heating fol-
lows the indirect system, whereby warm
ed fresh air is introduced to all parts of
the edifice.
The light fixtures are in combination
for gas and electricity, but reliance is
placed on electric light. gas being pro-
vided only for emergencies. These com.
bination fixtures are all of statuary dark
bronze and specially designed for the
building and are ornamental the large
electroler hanging from the tower cell
ing with it's fifty Q6 candle power) lights
being particularly elaborate and beau
tiful piece of bronze work. All the met
al trimmings are of bower. barrf finish
soft lustrous black-wEile all the out
side entrance doors have elaborate
wrought iron hinge plates or mountings
embracing the entire door. The wood
finish throughout is of d sawed selected
white oak, finished in semi-antique and
rubbed down to dead finish.
Decorations.
The decorations are rich but simple.
The walls of the auditorium being of a
deep rich red, growing lighter towards
the cornice and blending into the warm
pleasant light olive green of the ceilings.
The walls are tastefully relieved by or
namental decorations of gold and olive.
The arches under the tower are beauti.
fully decorated and the spandrils are
filed with appropriate ecclesiastic de-
signs in color-gold olive and reds. The
panels of the tower ceiling are decorated
in the same tones and are beautiful in
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decorations are concentrated, producing
a most pleasing and harmonious effect
and serving to emphasize the central
point over the altar and organ. The
pulpit furniture has been designed in
special harmony with the architecture
of the church, and the pulpit platform
has for it's background the organ with
its elaborate Gothic screen and gilded
organ pipes, the gliding being subdued
by fine interlacing ornament of neutral
tone covering the pipes, in which
may be family traced the figure of a
Latin cross, but so delicately is this fea
ture introduced that it is only suggest
i've. not obtrusive.
The Organ.
The organ was built by johnson &
Son Of Westfeld, Mass, and is beauti-
full instrument, with varied and pleasing
combinations of tone. 1t has two man
uals with % speaking stops. The man
ual and pedal couplers are operated by
double pneumatic motors. controlled by
pistons or push knobs placed between
the manuals. 1t also has a piano. mez-