The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-04-25
A PALACE OF GLASS.
Luminous Building to Be Feature Of
Paris Exposition
Beautiful Specimens of Stained Glass
Workmanship WIZ Enter Into
xfs Structure A Hare
Sight

The prettiext building Of the Paris
exposition of 1900 will be a mansion
made entirely Of glass
The luminous palace will be erected
near the EifIeI tower. ard il is intended
10 make it, inside and out, the finest
thing in glassware ever seen Tie
palace was Designed By Mons Porsin.
the celebrated artist in stained glass.
II Is 10 Be IL height no feet. and IL cir
conference IT'S feet The er1ire struc-
tuTe viii be Of crystal, ard artistic ef-
tects viii be produced by combining
richly stained glass With electric light
ing
In front of The buiIdiDg there viii be
crystal grOtto. giving the approach 10
the luminous palace the appearance OF
a lake Of iee- After passing through
this fairyIike grosto. the visitor VIII
cone 10 the glass porch which Is % be
reached b. bread flight CT glass steps
The art OF the designer has been uzsd
to the best effect in the planning ofthe
entrance The stained glass designs are
all to be beautiful Specimens Of work
Uanship representing various scenes IA
the progress Of the glass industry from
the time when glass was first discov-
cred The various improvements viii
be traced from one era 10 znOfher- w
III the present day The whole bread
front of The building Is 10 be given up
70 these stained glass scenes. ard TIE
first thing 70 catch thevisitor's eye viii
be the educational art work that ap-
pears at he entrance
The crystal walls Of the palace are
10 be partly plain glass and partly
stained glass Where stained glass can
Be used so as TO show 10 advantage AZ
night time when the building viii he
electrically Illuminated. the beautiful
pictures of this popular ecclesiastical
form Of decorative work. stained glass.
viii be chosen in preferences 70 plain
glass Care viii be taken. however. 70
lot only make The building rich IN
gems OF stained glass art. but as =
whole beautifully brilliant to the o5-
server who sees II from d short dis
lance.
a plain glass building Lighted BY cleo
tricity would be q beautiful sight, bit
not so beautiful as one in which the
glare Of the white illumination S soft
ened by the plain crystal alternating
with pictures II stained glass
So far as IS possible the building IS TO
be entirely Of glass material II has
been said thas this viii be an imposzi-
bilTty. but the designer promises that he
viii surprise the doubter<- The sup
porting pillars. he states viii Be GEE
StFueted OF tougkened glass. 50 that 70
wood or iron work viii be used ID hold
the roof How he VIII piece together his
building material IS q secret that the
designer has not divuIgsd. bat he hints
that BY means Of a process Of cement
ing TIE glass that he has been working
on for some time he vii be enabled to
dispense with so much foreign material
as to practically have the entire building
Constructed Of glass There VIII be 50
little other material used in Itsc0Extruc-
tion as 10 make II impossible TO discover
anything but glass work about the
building
Exhibits IN the interior VIII beentire-
" of glass There viii be fancy glass
work OF the various ages since glass
was discovered The most highly priced
glassware Of the world viii be on ex-
hibitiOn- The process Of glass making
viii &c illustrated and skilled wcrkznen
will be employed 10 take orders from
visitors for any kind Of glass cutting
OF blowing specimens desired as sou
venirs OF the exhibit.
Apart from the interest that such IN
exhibit viii have from an educational
point OF view. the beauty of the scene
in and out of the building when il IS
lighted up at night can be readily
imagined TIE electric lights VIII Ills
inmate the flashing crystal interior ard
the maze of glassware viii scintiilase
ard CLEAN and glow in al the haes
of the rainbow as the rays catch the
cut glass ard polished ware on the
stands
The visitors TO this charming build
ing VIII certainly see sight not often
enjoyed even in this age of brilliant ex-
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