The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-10
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 @ HERE are great doings in the Sub \Q way Tavern. Just now workmen
 are busy scraping the outside of the venerable building and painting it beautiful dull yellow. The bar inside has blossomed as the rose in chaste ecclesias- tical designs adapted from church archi- lecture.
 Joe Johnson, the tiny Acorn from whom the Subway Tavern Oak grew, is nothing it not consistent. Far be it from him, in decorating the new Subway to hire Law renee McGooligan, that old master who has painted some of the great saloon mas- terpieces on Sixth avenue or Professor Sanguinetti, who varies his occupation of professional tattooer by painting the chefs d'oeuvre in the altogether which decorate the Night in Turkey show on the Bow cry. Far be 1t from Joe Johnson to plant the work of such beside the blessed bar
 No, he engaged MT. Frederick Stymetz Lamb, who is a member of the firm of stained glass window men, and is rated in Who's Who as a specialist on religious and memorial art Mir Johnson would have liked to follow his predecessors, the great cathedral builders of the middle ages by engaging one in holy orders for this great ecclesiastical work, but the clergy is lacking in art sense in these days. MT. Lamb was as near as he could come to the ideal
 On the inside of the barroom the great work is done. The upper panels around the room are painted vita views of his- toric New York. There are old Bowling Green and Wall street in the revolution ary days, with Trinity in the background Old Trinity confronting the thirsty worlSingman as he lifts his head to collar his booze, with haunting suggestion of the higher life. There are old Broad street, showing an expanse of clear pure water, and the Hamilton tree ana New York harbor in Dutch times. Why, the other night, a gentleman oi the work ing classes. who had fingered in the sub way long enough to be filed with relig- ious enthusiasm, was heard to murmur as he was led reverently forth by Percy Kahn:
 I'm Peter Stuy'v' sant. tsoo I am. Donchu see m legs wooden?"
 There is one little rift in the lute. Over the bar is a loaned picture, which represents five Grecian maidens sporting on the lea. They're all properly dressed; there's nothing ikea Greek robe for pro- priety But the luscious blonde in the foreground has been-well. carless-about the way she hooked up her robe on the left shoulder. It isn't so very bad; even Bishop Potter would undoubtedly admit it to his parlor without a thought, but yet the bishop would hesitate to hang it in a church, and strict church stan dards are hereafter to be the rule at the Subway. The glass doors at the Null berry street entrance are leaded with circular panes.
 The outside is to b the masterpiece. There is q dark secre; about the out side
 I'm not at liberty to say what the dc sign will be-" said MT. Lamb yestJrdaS. but l assure you that it will be same thing new and startling-something which will make the Subway Tavern unique. Nor can I tell who is paying for all this. I give my services, but some one else is paying the workmen and supplying ma terials"
 There have been a great many sugges- tionst about the outside. The manage ment has adhered strictly to ecclesiastical