New-York tribune., 1901-06-30

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glass should not be red as the ruby as 10. ho-
bemian glass even now is, or OK the sapphire
bue so beautiful in One window Oh ot- V4ri
/ church at Rouen or golden as the sun, or Gl
a-v of the hundred shades of green IN WAieh
Nature so delights The effect of using ma
teriaI so bright in gray climate Would bt a
ittIa fantasfi,.: but stin it would be possible
to build a house which would appear 20 pe I'tIs ;E
of precious stones which couid De aooiiGu S 80
anv quantity of many shaded reileIS, anu "HiCh
might even if it's proprietor were an opera
manager. a Jew, or an artist VINO Ieie tlis - -
charm of sunsets be made TO realize Southey
magnificent though somewhat theatrical VISION
of the Palace of lndra:
"On that ethereal lake whose waters lie
Blue and transpcuoUs like another SKY,
The elements had reared their Kings apode-
strong controlling power their strlie SuSpc lueU
And there their hostile r.senees theS .a5 nlsiu'N
To form a Palace worthy or the Goo.
Built on the lake. the waters were its nto' @
And here its walls were water arched with nre'
And here fire and water vaui'ed U el'
And spires and p;nnacles of hre
Round watery cupClaS aspire,
And domes of rainbow rest ON merry towers
Aud roofs of flame are turreted around
With cloud and shafts of cloud with flame are
bound
/ If there is a Beckford among the millionaires
now so numerous among Us, we recommend tne
idea to- him, with the provlso tndt ms aiEA
than Italian The material Is fOr the AIhsin4or''
not for a Christian minister. He Would nave d
house unlike any other in the wcrid tnat "ou'd
continue exist, unless artillery were useG
against it, as long the Egyptian Nltrlheu
/ ornaments. say four thousand years as d
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or at all events might be, a miracle OK c1e@nh ,
ness the only detergent needed being soap anu
water rather Iavishly expended
[ Its rooms might be of marvel Gus variety, anu
in one way of beauty. the material admitting sf
every perfection of Arabesque design anu even
of reIiefs tC which shilf lilly localized opacity
would WELD the necessary shading. The erect
would be a little obtrusive. perhaps especlhiy II
the work were intrusted 70 Europeans, but
Eastern skill would that down. as II tones
down the intense colOrs used m orientaI carpet
making until the general impression was one
rio ikp a
enamel made of crushed gems an IMPRESSION
/ heightened by the fact that. open windows pells
the house could be embosomed in n grove OF
trees far closer to il than our customary aren't
lecture will allow. The leaves might toucn IL
as they touch some HiudOo temples. helghteninS
surprise for the visitor by sudden and over
wheluling contrast There would OF course' De
sight holes Of pelluc,d glass IL would De an
experiment worth making III one hdu say
g2Oooo. TO throw away, and VINO nowadays oi
tine palace builders Would miss so l'iSlshi Si
cant an amount? \ hfth-rate NeW-hofhe
would waste it his staircase
/ Such a house too, would have certain inter
lectual interest We should really like TO know
/ accurately what the effect of such a dwelling
on its inhabitants taste would be-whether II
would rnahIe them - understand Turner bet
ter or whether IL would produce IN thei'i d
distaste for color. and an IncaPael'S lor 'eIos C
nizing beauty except in perfect form ohe
would think black and white would De welcome
as reefs from color but still that Il nos the ene't
which AsatC ornamentation produces on
Asiatcs. and no one can pe certain Sse Wh.t.Gr 80
their taste is inherent or Is produced hy thelT
/ natural environment We suppose eyes WVuA'A
not alter under what would he. as far as hSht
was concerned. perpetual life in the open an.
for the ewes of ryots in India and ploushmen IN
Surrey remain unchanged. and II they dld not
there would grow presently in the boys and girls
So located kind of thirst for shade, ana even
for darkness. impatience or seeing so Well
and a kind of horror of edges which would be
always thrusting themselves upon them pra-
perv il is true would diminish the palnfulneSS
/ Of cirCumambient light. but somehow drapery
would seem a little out of place as II does IN a
winter garden and the residents would rely
rather on opacity in the glass used IN the hooks
/ and corners of course there would be no IN
srinSemeut OF privacy as the glass could easily
/ be slightly frosted tinted. So as not 10 ne
seen through. and impression of want ot
so,idity. the material being far more tenacious
than the marble. Really, for n niiIOr;ilre
in want OF a sensation such building might be
a new pleasure. and he would at least be able
to feel that he was not housed like every body
else. At preseLt. being new and seif-dIstruStiul.
he initiates or imports from Italy but some day
ne will thirst for a little originality