The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-17
Crystal Palaces To Be Plenty
 In the Future
A French Savant Predicts That Glass VIII Displaoe Many Staple Materials In tho Economy oftho Future-In Glass Houses

ot st Gobaln. and one of the greatest French chemists.
 M Ucnrlyaux is an enthusiast on glass. IIc believes t to be thc material or Che future. IIc does not pretend that we can look for glass cannon or glass men-o'- war or glass grcyhounds Of thc ocean. nor does hc contemplate thc substitution of vltrcous machinery for that which we now employ ln our various processes of manufacture. but hc does clolm that ri1ss ls the best substance known Co us for every kind ot structural purpose. and especially for dwelling houses Tn short. if thc visions of M UcnrivouN are real lzcd we shall au bo living In glass houses before long
 The point of the idcp ls found in the in- evhaustihle supply or thc materials from
 which glass ls made. In its adaptahlity Co an shapes and forms. its durability. and its cleanliness. With regard Co Che second point. it ls obvious that glass con bc shaped. coiorod. md decorated Co m extent of which no other material ig en- pable. and lt is upon this aspect Of thc ldca that M Ienrivaux lovishcs h.r im- acin1tion.
 There are slv ways In which glass can be manipulated. 10 can hc cast into win
 dow. pancs having stones. panels. etc 10 can be nodded Into cornlccs. slotcs. wall decorations. and even statues. lt. can bc blown igto bottles. tumhlcrH
 vases. and ol Che utensils comprised pn. | der the name of glassware" 10 can bc blown and ground Into crystals lenses. prisms and other objects of ort and utn- | lty TO con bc drawn Into thc finest | threads and made Into pipes baskets and dress materials 10 can bc turned Into | mosaics and cuamols. and can hc brought | Into thc closest imitation of most or Che precious stones.
 Imagine. with M Henrivauv. thc con- | structlon of 70 glass house The foundo- | tiong and thc walls would bc constructed
 of a variety or gloss. recently Invented.
 called "stouc glass" which has already
 successfully withstood Che scvcrcst tests. | Whom crushed 10 gives resistance three times ae great as granite. When suh- iectcd Co heat or cold t is found less scn- s.tirc than steel When submitted Go fric- tlon 10 shows less wear than pophyry. Shock. as of a hammer blow. it rcsists
 to a degree twcuty-two times os severe
 1s that which would fracture marble Tho
 trst ot tension has practically no cfcct
 on it whatever
 The walls then. would bc built ,f cl.se end between them VoWI bc
 hollow space through wh'l ipes
 oould pass 0hc pipes themselves being | elareworlo conveying hot air. hot and
 cold water r1s. electric wires. drains.
 and everything needed for the health aul
 comfort or Che inhabitants Stolrs and ! b1uetrldcs. ceilings and wall decoration.
 montcl-plcccs and fire places would aI bc
 constructed of glass. Some of M Ucnr-
 yluvs conceptions In thc way 60: dcc1ra
 tIons ln which the rloss ls made opaque
 or tinted with brilliant colors. or made s.lrcn and golden. or arranged n prisms
 and crystals with faces Ikr diamonds
 arc perhaps too fanclful Co h" :lN'n ssr- | iously, but through them au there runs
 Che same enthusiasm the same belief that glass. as Thlcrg once said of Louis Napo-
 Icon. is capable of auythIuF
 our chairs and tables In thc new gloss age win Doc made of vitril,l mltc,iJ | tourhcncd Co thc strength of oak and ma
 hocany Our cooking utensils our plates and cups and sauccrs win loo made of thc | same substance Even our knives and
 forks win have glass handles lf not glass blades
 | Tho new glass house win hc absolutely
 clean and practically lndcstructhlc Tho
 whole of itg surface can loo washed from
 thc top story Co tho basement. without a tncc of Humidity being left Dust cannot collect on ts polished f1ce and Che spider win find no place on which Co hang its| cobwchs
 | They have already begun 'o p1vc .hc
 streets of Paris with glass. tnd e 's otrd| | that the substance. whilc practically in- | lcetructiblc. is admirably suited Co thc
 feet of both men and beast. and as it neither holds or makes any dirt it is. obslrdly easy to clean Its only fault is that lt somewhat Increases the noise of.
 thc traffic. but even this might by and | by. hc overcome
 l One of Che features or Che last years cN- hbtlon was thc Polais Lumincuz. or the | Palace of Light built entirely of glass
 10 was Go some extent thc realization or. M Ucnrivaux's ideal Not 1n'y was lt z. solid construction. but the adoptabiliy
 of glass Go every clos8 of decoration in | form and color. added to Che various de-
 grccs Of opaqueness and trlls3U'ncy. enables its builders to raise 1 ftrictur" which as far tronscended tondon's Crys- tal Palace as a diamond outshines thcI | Imitation.
 The question of cost has not been left out of account Glass can hc md 'u. of almost anything omcnohle to Che in- 1ucncc of fire. The stone glags to which reference has already been made. is man Iuf,cturcd mainly from what have h,th'r Co been regarded as waste substances | The slag heaps which disiigure our min- ine and Iron districts orc on convertible into glass. Evidently the days Of bricks and sl1tcs are numbered
 pcrh1ps t might he possible in com ncct'on with one of the many protected exhibitions Co construct on model but sufficient scale a dwelling of the kind M. Hcnrlvaux describes People would then hc able to experience Che actual ecnso tion of walking alorg glass floors or climbing a glass staircase. of being sur rounded by glass walls. and sitting on glass chairs at glass tables. drinking ten out Of glass cups. and stirring it with glass teaspoons. How far this could bc accomplished with due avoidance or monotony it isl hard to say Certainly M Icorv'uN is | enthusiastic enough to believe Ice f-n- est developments of his Idea. It is perhaps. @ fanclful Idea, but it | must be confessed that. with VI dchrl