Evening capital., 1906-11-02

st. Anne's Church by Judge Alexander
b. Hagner. in memory of his father
and mother, was unveiled yesterday
after the morning service in that
church. As the day was the Festival
Of All Saints in the church calendar,
ii was peculiarly appropriate day
for such a ceremony. The window
bears this inscription:
In loving memory Of
PETER HAGNER,
Born in Philadelphia Isl October, 1872.
Died in Washington 10th July, 1850.
And of his wife
FRANCES RANDALL,
Born in Annapolis 18th June, 1856,
Died at Washington 10Th May, 1868.
The subject is "The Presentation in
the Temple of the infant Saviour,
by Joseph and the Mother of our Lord
Simeon and Anna the prophecies are
in the group. Simeon is represented
as holding the Babe of Bethlehem in
his arms. As ST. Luke says: Then
took he Him up in his arms, and
blessed God and said Lord now let
test thou thy servant depart iii peace,
according 10 thy word. for mine eyes
have seen thy salvation. The work
is very beautiful one and st. Anne's
has had added TO her treasures an
other very interesting and attractive
one.
Peter Hagner came TO Washington
from Philadelphia as an officer con
nected with the Treasury Department
when the seat of government was re-
moved To the new Federal City in
1893. When the Third Authorship of
the Treasury was created by Act of
Congress in 1916 he was at once ap-
pointed TO that position and held ii
until 1850, when he resigned shortly
before his death. lie enjoyed to a
high degree the confidence of Congress
and Of the government and many i'm
portant claims against the government
were referred absolutely to him for
adjustment and settlement. His wife
was the eldest child of John Randall
and Deborah, his wife, of Annapolis,
who have many descendants in this
city and elsewhere.
The window was unveiled by Miss
Mary Magruder, daughter of Mr.. John
II. Magruder, of Annapolis, who is a
great -grandchild of the two persons
commemmorated. Within the past ten
years four very. beautiful memorial
stained-glass windows have been
erected in st. Anne's Church, and
each of them is by a different artist
and manufactures and in an entirely
distinct style of stained-glass art.
The window erected to the memory
of Thomas Sands and wife is from
the Art Studio of the Tiffany Com
pany, Of New York. 1t was a part
OF their remarkable exhibit of an
tique, or ''drapery" glass, at the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago in
1899. The effects, shades and shadows
are largely produced in this kind of
glass by the varying thickness of the
glass itself.
The window to the memory of
George Hawkins Williams is from
the celebrated works of Clayton d
Bell, of London, England. 1t is
known as the English Cathedral style
of antique glass.
The window erected 10 the memory
of the late Rev. William Scott South
gate is by Heinigke q Bowen, of New
York. 1t represents our Lord still
ing the.sea. 1t is in the Byzantine
style of antique stained-glass and is
very much admired by many persons.
The colors in it are wonderfully
rich and effective.
The window just erected is from
the works of Meyer q Co., of
Munich, Bavaria. They are justly
celebrated all over the world for the
beauty of their designs as we'll as for
the charming harmony and exquisite
tints of their colored glass.