New-York tribune., 1896-10-04
ECONOUY ~ HAGNfFIfE\'E.
GORGEOUS MARBLES THAT MAY Bt ''if'"'
~ INITIATED IN PLASTER

T., ,b,s ago of limitations no on" VIII he surprise"
. ,r, tia, in the decoration Of large hotcH'
theatres and other public places mixture :"
,..,or and chipped stone is being used instead oil
marble. ,,., H.,
ONLY n night or two ago prominent ar'''''''' III
company with friend from out OF to"f' ""s P
INC ,hrough IN. corridor Of on" OF N"w-f ork
, ,,oi.,iaI hotels when stopping In front OF a
hugo marble column he paused ana inquirer.
..,,h,, do Won think Of that for Il nm" piece "'
stone cutting?
.t.xceen,." replied the friend
..Wer I'll give you pointer continue" wv
architect There isn't an inch of genuine maro'e
:, that whole column. The entire work Is mi'ao'''
THAT g. simplv an iron column surrounded VII"
MASTER which Is finished off by patent ProceS'
10 look like marble Work OF that kind mas ''
come popular now. This STUN costs h'''e an" van "
be nut on in no time whereas. II Harpie "',o
, the cost would bc enormous LOOK ~ ~
~ ono could tell the difference from real maro''
and every one goes away impressed with the mag
nincent and expensive manner III "h'c" ''''' -
,s finished up. Just up the s"'c' va,
,,ro orh whose splendor people are doing no
end Of talking. The entrance p'aAss WV" ,.,la
LIGHTS and on all sides Is this imita'io" MAJ Nv
what /. the use of spending money FOR the eehui I'M
article when the imitation does JUST as wen -, ~
the same old story Of the rich woman anu '"'
monds ANY one who has the reputation 'oi ''N"' "
- ,y.or any amount OF paste stones, ana they M
W o., ,oru,ro and the men passed on ana out
OF hearing. , -, cha ,.ad
. Tribune reporter called on several OF the ie'u
ing architects making inquiry az to the en'eh. s ~
~ .ha demand for the imitation marple III II a., nr
mosf every architects office there were SHi a,n, ,d
~ ,,n,,,i,on stone Some of the arcnitects hu-
n,tted having used the article In builuinHs ,ar vi
srned by them while others said that In all b"l amer
w5rk only the genuine marble was USED; ,idi ius
wbn had used IL declined to name any Duiioms,
saving that In much as 1t was im.ato,u: t ion ION
Gunner wOud not care to have such Information
given out for public use o.or,, &, s,vIes
eTbe ARTIFICIAL stone Is made generally IN sSies
IN rsscmbie the dark red marble NO small anloun,
of human intelligence and ingenuity mas a' oeem ,hch
oerJed i'm the effort to make a product whIcil
Would take the place OF the genuine sone Al one ne
,nne there was a concern claiming TO De ape 10
take white marble and color so that IL e3usa ads mo'
10 to,d from the expensive or imported eoouS
A. wh,e ma rble costs as little as any OF the vaIi-
ous kinds and as the cost Of coorng IL was s'lsn.
q, could be put I'm much cheaper than the costy
roored marbles and some one expected TO maks maze
a for,une from the process: but from what couu
be learned nothing much was done WIN IN tne sr,ine
no In IN. be class OF buildings the senune
ppr,ice az, ms 10 have the call. and most OF tne
interior work IL finished with bona noe ma. @ ". q
In dnishIng columns the artificial process mas
great advantage In the rapdity and cneapne,sIS ,I
9Th which IL can be put on. and no doubt VIII
have an extensive use for such purposes