The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-25
LEADED ART GLASS.

LEADED ART GLASS
THE organ peaed forth goriously Forabele plump
rosy up big steps of the church and
aisle to find seat Church was very
delightful place the rustic the fragrance
rising floating But above
Foabee might almost be pardoned for straying off to
Of while looking at those richly coored mo-
picturing lilies lambs OF
course this small maiden ought to be mildly reproved
lilies wholly captivating they should
not charm young minds away from the services
being imaginative, Florabee curious Very
discovered of looking would tell
g1owed why the lambs seemed ready to
fs why parts were dark and other were
'Uncle Dick will tell me- she said The knows everything
Uncle Dick Knowing
Uncle Dick surely deserved such compliment,
her to the factory the next day to
beautiful windows made.
twilight passage fenced stained glass
Forabelle safely until they reached
a drearv little waiting room Here were many pieces of
cardboard bearing pictures windows
explained Somebody wanted
window paint window of the
required shape him approval And then
Somebody "lifeszed: plan would be
drawn on white paper for the work1nen making
the window. ."--
A Momentary Disappointment.
Then Uncle gallantly Florabele thru the
workroom. The first swift glance
brought disappointment 1t big brm full OF
things Florabelle had expected to
perhaps stained glass palace with wondrous
flowers blooming aroundthere were only gry
ases worked busiy, and piles
window frames and other such rubbish Then she saw
dance and her lips puc1~er
This the colored glass kept in stock
From long dngy cubbyholes peered sheets of rich
ripping and of varying thickness pur
posey varying depth Of color Here was
bit of the sky at twilight; there
exquisite cloud attened out and stood on
yet ripping sheet showing rainbow CLEANS
in milky dephs might have been cross section of
great square OPAL deghed at these beautiful rich
thought they be like the splendid glass
the wonderful
caverns of
Now everything peculiar charm, and dark
musy corners mysterious might
interesting There two cutters who placed the pat
what color belonged that particular
place The cutters selected the right shades and tns which
easy all numbered and cut out pieces to
fit patterns in little hand tool Flora
thought this waste of jewels but she did not
So pieces the flowers and leaves the
angles and circles together background pieces
particular to the glazer who arranged
them Ishaped lead between them,
fitting them into grooves brought
like slim potato Florabele breath
essly it the eaden melting the
lead enough weld different pieces together.
A very thing the window at this stage Lest it
up sheet of it carried gngerly to
table receive two baths without much by
your leave rubbed into the
brush to make them water tight Then followed
vigorous scrubbng with sawdust which polished the
glass sparkled To give strength to these
artistic placed them the
wrong to the glass by brass sodered
lead AS the design Of the had saht lines
and bent to follow general line else
the tell tale light would reveal this skeleton.
FIorabeIe Angels and Lambs
All this was very fascinating doubt Florabelle
considered nj m
Uncle Dick fastened that
backgrounds-sky Clouds mountains and foliagethe
down in front and the ornamental
opalescent glass;
was Florabele sighed
reached the head of the long, long stars
them times in imagination the
Florabele thought she had never seen anything quite
pretty opalescent glass but that
hardly beautiful called antique because
imta ancient Instead
rppl streaked with colors it
evenly colored; but it full Of crny little lines
beautiful brilliant
window
delight Florabele figure in process Of
construction Glass Of the colors already
glass easel lowered to form table, Then
the pieces to hold them in place. and
of enamel Florabele could
what that ugly paint for really seemed spoil the
the artist explained that the antique
shading he had to make