Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-22

known 20 us Tor every KING OF SLIuc-
tural purpose, andiespecialIy for dwell
iIgbousss. In short, if the visions Of
MIR. Henriyaux are realized we shall
all be living in glass houses before
long.
The poip1 Of the idea is found in
the inexhaustible supply Of the
materials from which glass is made,
in its adaptability to all shapes and
forms, It's durability, and its cleanli-
ness. With regard to the second
point, It is obvious that glass can be
shaped, colored, and decorated to an
extent of which no other material is
capable, and 1t is upon this aspect Of
the lea that Mr.. Henrivaux lavishes
his imagination.
There are six ways in which glass
can be manipulated. 1t can Lc,east
into. window panes, paving stones,
panels, etc. It can be mcdded into
cornices, states, wall deco yations, and
even statues. It car. he blown into
bottles, tumblerss "A rs. and all the
utensils compISb under the name of
glassware. w can be blown and
groEsd int1ecrystals, lenses, prisms,
and ociier objects of art and utility.
It can be drawn into the finest threads
and made into pipes, baskets, and
dress materials. II can be turned into
mosaics and enamels, and can be
brought into the closest imitation Of
the precious stones.
Imagine, with Mr.. Henrivaux, the
construction Of a glass house. The
foundation and the walls would be
recently invented. called Stone
glass;" which has already successfully
withstood the severest tests. When
crushed it gives a resistance three
times as great as granite. When
subjected to heat or cold it is
found less sensitive than steel.
When submitted to friction it shows
less wear than porphyry. Shock, as
of a hammer blow, it resists to a
degree twenty-five times as severe as
that which would fracture marble.
The test of tension has practically no
effect on it whatever.
The walls, then, would be built Of
glass held together by angle-iron so
as to permit of hollow space through
which pipes. could pass (the pipes
themselves being glasswork(, convey
ing hot air, hot and cold water, gas,
electric wires. drains, and everything
needed for the health and comfort OF
the inhabitants. Stairs and balus-
trades, ceilings and wall decorations,
mantel-pieces and flre-places, would
all be constructed of glass. Some Of
Mr.. Henrivaux's conceptions in the
way OF decorations. in which the glass
Is made opaque or tinted with brilliant
colors, or made silver and golden, OF
arranged in prisms and crystals with
facets like diamonds. are perhaps toe
fapciful to be taken seriously, bui
through them all there runs the same
enthusiasm. the same belief that
glass. as Theirs once said of Louis
Napoleon. is capable of anything,
Our chairs and tables. in the new
glass age, win be made Of vitrified
material, toughened to the strength
OF oak and mahogany. Our cooking
utensils, our plates and cups ant
saueers. will be made OF the same
substance Even our knives ani
forks will have glass handles. r MOI
glass blades,
The new glass house will be alb
solutely clean and practically In
destructible. The whole Of it's sur
face can be washed from the tor
story to the basement. without trace
OF humidity being left. Dust canno
collect on its polished face, and the
spider viii find no place on which &
hang it's cobwebs.
They have already begun to pave
the streets Of Paris with glass. and i
IS found that the substance, while
practically indestructible. is admir-
ably suited to the feet OF both mer
and beasts. and as 1t neither holds
nor makes any dirt. II is absurdly
easy to clean. It's only fault is that
is somewhat Increases the noise OF
the traffic, but even this might, by and
by. be overcome.
One of the features of last years
exhibition was the Palais Lumineux,
or the Palace of Light, built entirely
Of glass. It was to some extent the
realization Of Mr.. Henrivaux's ideal.
Not only was 1t of solid construction,
but the adaptability of glass TO every
class OF decoration in form and color.
aided by it's various degrees OF
opaqueness and transparency. enabled
its builders to raise a structure which
as far transcribed London's Crystal