The age-herald., 1901-10-06
Clever Alabama Woman CO-
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 News of Club and Society.
BY ANNIE KENDRlck WALKER.

BY ANNIE kENOHiCN WALhEh.
 Among the Southerners who have achieved prominence In New York's ar tstic set is that charming and clever Alabama woman, Clara Weaver Parish, whose success as designer of stained glass windows and in mural decoration ls bringing her unusual distinction in a hne of work in which few women win recognition.
 Mrs. Parish's artistic career has, how Ner brought her fame along many lines, and she deserves to be classed among the American women who arc foremost in tho artistic development of the coun- Tx
 That 1t Is in the portrayal of Biblical scenes to which woman's talent should sselx to find expression seems most flt- ting. and that 1t i5 to woman to whom the New World may turn for an art so essentially an Old World art. seems most appropriate. And while. Europe contin- aes to claim that it's art ccnters will for ever be the home of stained glass, I be- licvc that 1t was Carslus-Duran who ad- nits that New York is destined to be- some the art center of the world.
 Art of Window Decoration.
 Tho art of window decorntion-the art pnce lost to the world. but happily re- stored by pious monks. may yet reach k great perfection in the New World as tn give this country tho distinction akin 10 that of the art centers of Europe. In ths development and appreciation of all That tends to promote art in America the American woman is recognized as weild- nG a strong influence and to work is due very largely tho advancement that has teep made along artistic lines.
 Many Birmingham people will recall Hrs. Parish. who lived here for number of years. She Formerly resided in Selma, where her family was among the wealth. lest and most influential in the State
 When Mrs. Parishs talent began to manifest itself, her father, MT. William NJ. Weaver, cultured gentleman of the pld school, sent his gifted daughter to New York for study at the Art Students League. under such masters as Chase, kenyon Cox and Siddons Mowbray. Dur Ing her carly married life she lived in Birmingham and with Mrs. Lovel organ lzod class for art study. For the last ten or more years, however, New York : ei.aF, been her home. Her pictures, pas iel3, oils water colors, monotypes. Ftained glass designs and mural decora- lions have hung in favored lights in art exhibitions of New York. Philadelphia snd Boston. while at the Chicago Worlds Fair and at the Paris Exposition her pie turcg were among those chosen as repre- sentative American art. The press. has not been stinted in it's favorable com }mcnts upon her work and her pictures have been deemed worthy of reproduce Lic:i in many sheets. From an Easter New York Journal two of the four Ma donnas illustrated are hers, with the fol- lowing description: "A second artist who has found inspiration for much of her bent work in religious subjects is Clara Weaver Parish, a Southerner, who has spent most of her life in New York worked and studied exclusively in the metropolis and gained her laurels without further instruction than that afforded by New York schools and studies. Like Mrs. Lamb. Mrs. Parish is best known as a Designer in mosaics and stained glass. She was a co-worker with Louis Tiffany ln the famous window recently placed In St. Michaers church on Amsterdam av- rnuc. Mir Tiffany gives Mrs. Parish credit for much of the splendor of color which renders this window one of the finest In America" Praise from many quarters rings out for this beautiful se- ties of seven great windows. imposing in Its design of the valiant saint encircled by the angelic hosts of heaven, and glo- rfous in that wonderful color, which seems Mrs. Parish's especial gift The New York World states that: ''This rich work of art makes St. Michael's well worth a visit to lovers of the fine art" One may catch gleam of this exquisite c0icring and observe something of the new American School of Stained Glass from the fine chancel window which Montague Castle has set up after Mrs. Parish's design for the Davidson Memo rial church in Uniontown. Ala.
 Poetry and Soulful Force.
 As favorably noticed are this artists water colors, delicate pieces. full of sub