Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
STAINED GLASS TOUR OF
DELAWARE Is POSSIBLE
First State Has Added Distinction
OF Finest Window Art In The
World.

ing, doesn't it? The quotation para
phrases the title of a book which
Judge Hugh M. Morris, browsing at
the Free Library one day, discover
ed and which related to a similar
tour in England. But the words are
not mere paraphrase. The final in
spection tour made by Judge Nor
ris and Judge Victor B. Woolley,
joint trustees, of the four stained
glass windows in Delaware church
es, erected under the will of the late
United States Senator Willard
Salisbury, this tour of Delaware
would reveal four of the finest stain
ed glass windows to be found in the
world.
Judge Morris and Judge Woolley
were accompanied on this tour OF
inspection by James H. Hogan, OF
London, designer of the windows,
and also by Mrs. Hogan, Mrs. Wool
ley, and Mrs. Morris. The tour
marks the ringing of the curtain on
all important phases of the carrying
out of this trust with the exception
of the dedication of three of the
windows. The one in Trinity Church
in Wilmington, has already been
dedicated. The other three are locat-
ed at Christ Church, Dover, as
memorial to Senator Saulsbury's
father and mother; st. Johns, Mil
ton, to his mother, Annie Ponder
Salisbury. and st. Paul's, George
town. to his sister, Margaret Sauls-
bury. The one at Trinity is in mem
ory of his wife, May du Pont Sauls-
bury.
Finest in the World
The windows in Delaware, like
the stained glass windows of the
Liverpool Cathedral in England,
were built by James Powell ana
Sons. Ltd, and the Liverpool win
dows stand out as perhaps the most
beautiful in the world for the per-
iod in which they were built: me
windows in the English Cathedral
and in Trinity Church, Wilmington,
have both been seen by Edward H.
Snicer. president Of the London ho-
tary Club, who was recent guest
of C. D. Garretson, and speaker
before the Wilmington Rotary CluD.
Mr.. Spicer is a great admirer and
critic of stained glass windows. At
ter he had viewed the Trinity men,
orial window long and carefully he
declared that he believed the Trim
ity window to be masterpiece OF
Powell and Sons. Until Judge Nor
ris, Mr.. Hogan and party made the
final inspection, the Judge had been
of the opinion that the Trinity win
dow could not be surpassed but he
now believes that in every one OF
them, in the three other churches as
well, there are outstanding charac-
teristics which make them of equal
rank with the one in Wilmington.
It will be a source of qualification
to Delaware people to know. too,
that the famous museum of Elton
College in England contains a repli-
ca of a portion of the lower panel OF
the window at Milton. 1t came about
in this way. Elton desired an out
standing example of the art for It's
museum and asked Powell and Sons
TO supply one. After mature delib-
Grafton the English firm decided up
on the Milton window as the best II
had to offer.
Detailed description of the wind
ow would fail utterly to do justice
to them. They must be seen to De
However, to those who
do expect to make "The Stained
Glass Tour of Delaware" there will
be particular reason to study the
ruby glass effects. This color is per-
haps the most beautiful and the
most expensive of the various tones
in such windows, which, when
designed and executed, are
like a collection of rare jewels,
scintilating and sparkling in SINH
lar manner as the various degrees of
light fall upon them.
There are two reasons for the
beauty and expense of the ruby
glass. One is that, to obtain the pro-
per color, gold must be added to the
materials entering into the making
If the glass, in just the proper guam )
.ity. In inferior ruby, copper is used
instead of gold. The other reason is
hat the materials used in the glass
must be cooked" to just the right
state. In each consecutive firing the
'ed comes up richer until it has
the much-to-be-desired eX-
Lct ruby tone. Then, if it is cook
ID" any longer it will start to
,hange to deep, dull green, show
ng the chemical action of heat on
hese substances. The manufactur-
ng cost of ruby glass is So for ev-
,ry half pound and when the thick
less of good stained glass is taken
nto consideration it can be seen
hat a pound of it doesn't go very
ar.
Inscriptions Apart from Window
There is not single mark of any
ind on any of the four windows to
mar the design. Before the work
vas undertaken it was decided that
be inscriptions should be placed
part from the window proper. With
he Trinity window it was decided ;
hat the inscription should be cut in
be sill and the others will have
rome tablets near the windows to ;
ontain the inscription. The Trim
ty window sill will have the fol-
owing inscription:
In Loving Memory of
May du Pont Salisbury u
1S54-1927 3
Presented Under the Will of
Her Husband