New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-16
THE REID MEMORIAL
A New Window in the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine.

ON December 10. 1912. Whitelaw Reid
died in London Yesterday the first ami
versary Of his death was marked BY the
unwilling OF a stained glass window,
erected in his memory by Mrs. Reid, in
the Cathedral Of St John the Divine The
service was conducted by Bishop Greer,
who dedicated and blessed the window,
assisted by Dean Grosvenor and the Rev.
Howard Robbins Mrs. Reid was present
with her son. ogden Mills Reid, and other
members Of her family, as we'll as a num-
Der of friends
The Reid window falls in the middle OF
a series OF seven filling the clerestory OF
the apse il is in three openings. all OF
which are twenty-seven feet high. The
central light is nearly six feet wide ana
the Ranking lights are about eighteen
inches narrower. \ rose window eight
feet in diameter is placed above, complei-
Ing the scheme. Lifted some sixty feet
above the floor, the main window is seen
between the gigantic pillars which rise
Just behind the altar TO support the dome.
IL CLEANS far down the nave. striking a
powerful note OF color amid the cool
erays OF the walls and the dull browns OF
the vault Its field is a deep but brilliant
sapphire blue. broken by greensh modu-
lations. Against this is set the figure OF
Christ clorined. crowned. and with the
ninbus, His bands u2lifted IN benedc-
ton. This is the Apocalyptic Christ o.
Johns dream on Patnos. the King OF
Kings and Lord OF Lords. and His robe,
falling in hcavy. straight folds is the robe
of the elation-"Anj lie was clothed
with vesturc dipped in blood lie T.
in the midst OF the seven golden candle
sticks and round Him arc the quirihb
cherubim. images of rose and gold. -Four
OF the angels OF the Apocalypse III the
thanking lights. and here the coors pass
into tones of purple. blue or emerald
green. repeating. slightly lowered, the
piangent kew Of the dominating figure.
That figure is modern in conception
tho benign face and the protective arms
expressing In a profoundly touching man
ner the ideal % the Church in our own
day. But In the majestic simplicity OF the
design. "a we'll as In the general force
and harmony OF the color, the aim mas
been to emulate the style of the thir-
teenth century glass IN the clereStory Oh
Chartres II has been with a We"
not only TO the great scale OF our
ca thedral--which will be rendered even
more impressive when the nave is ex-
tended-but to the nature OF tho stone
prevailing in the fabric that sequence
Of color has been adopted in the windo"
eliminating in the glowing red OF inc
Christ's robe The conditions In the build
ing demand just the warmth and TO
mantle depth provided by this beauttul
glass
All OF these seven windows I'm inc
clerestory are dedicated TO tho illustration
OF ST Johns Apocalypse. Each viii have
great figure I'm tho centre light win
angels on either side. and at the base
there will run through them all the river
OF life. figured In waters Of celestial blue
The Reid window is the only ono thus lar
Installed. but funds for three OF the
others have already been provided ana
though these will probably not be ready
for another year IL Is hoped that II VIII
not be long before tho entire series IL In
place. The execution OF IL is I'm the
hands OF the Powells. the noted glass
workers OF London.