The Washington bee., 1907-01-12
FIRST IN ART OF OLD
CHICAGO LEADS WORLD IN MAX
ING OF ART GLASS.
Stained Glass Wiudows Mzde There
Decorate Churches in Every Land
on Earsh-5zh7ing Problem
Solved o. WoFknen.

Solved o. WoFknen.
Cllcag0--CElcsE has robbed Eu-
rope or distinction oI which il was
proud italy. France. and Austria have
been outdo1e 20 "a at Ia which they
have for centuries been supreme
Chicago nov leads the world in the
designing and maElng OF art glass and
stained windows The city may Be
scOIued as Inartls-ic and commercial.
but the workers in coIorng and lead
ed glass have advanced far beyond
their fellow craftsmen in other coun-
tries. and particularly is Iais true Of
the men who design stained glass win
dOWs. More than q score OF firms
here are engaged in the manufacture
Of art glass, and their product is now
node widely known that that Of any
other city or country.
There are hundreds Of permanent
proofs Of Chicago's artistic supremacy
in the making Of stained-glass win
dOws. There are manufacturers here
who can point 10 their Office walls
hung with photographs of buildings
In far OF countries, the windows for
each one Of which were designed and
made in this city. Il is indeed an un-
civilized spot, one not blessed with
churches, where Chicago windows are
not prominent South Africa has Chi
.cago windows in a Capettown church.
Melbourne. Australia has several,
there are two in the City of Mexico.
and a number are scattered through
Japan. In Russia Vladivostok a great
theater has Chicago windows Of bril-
liant colors and intricate design, and
quite recently came an order from
Germany for q large number Of loaded
panels to be used in the palace Of the
emperor. Italy and Rome itself have
examples of this city's art. and many
Of the old world cathedrals, as re
pairs become necessary, order copies
Of the original windows from Chicago
An order just given to a Chicago
company adds one more proof to the
city's supremacy in glass work. II
calls for three immense triple win
dows. representing religious subjects,
to be placed in the Central Methodist
Episcopal church of the Philippine
islands, at Manila. Rev. Homer c.
Stuntz. d. D., superintendent Of the
Philippine islands mission conference,
who brought the order 10 this city,
will have some original ideas en-
bodied in the designs, for. while
neither the subjects nor their tech
nicsl handling will be different from
tother ecclesiastical windows, the color
scheme is unique.
AS a general thing church windows
are made of cOlors that add warmth to
the interior Red and yellow tones
predominant, and are softened with
broken browns and greens, while ev-
cry cold color is eliminated. For Ma
inila the idea is entirely different.
There the tropical sunlight is dazzl-
ling; its brilliance pains the eyes and
lwearies the brain. To Offset the pain
fully brilliant colors of the landscape
and to give the interior of the new
church an appearance of cool restful-
ness, the windows recently ordered
will be done in thick, dark opalescent
glass that will shut out the glaring
sunlight and, with cold green's and
blues and purples, give relief and rest
to the senses
But Chicagos supremacy in window
making does not depend on widely
scattered orders from foreign cities;
it is firmly fixed by the originality
and skill of the artisans. A Chicago
man first conceived the idea of lead
ing together beveled plate glass and
of using it combined with the stained
glass. And it was a Chicago factory
that solved the problem that has baf-
fed glass workers for more than five
centuries, the problem Of finding a
method 10 join pieces of glass with
hard metals, such as brass, copper
and zinc, in place of the soft lead
that has been used so long and WHICH
is so flexible that the patterns must be
marred by heavy rods to stiffen the
windows and prevent bending.