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Show How Stained Glass "Windows Are Made. The twentieth century American stained glass maker follows without Important variation the simple methods of tho French monk of eight conturle? ago The unit requisite la the design. The artist makes a small water-color 6ktch to show the Rfnoral defclgn anil color scheme, accompanying accom-panying it with detailed studies. From thin two largo drawings) or "cartoons arc made, tho exact stzo of ihc desired window. win-dow. One cartoon shows where the 'leads wiil be placed the thin strips of lead, hollowed hol-lowed on both sides and looking in a transverao section like the letter H. which form the framework to bind the pieces of glass together. Another drawing gives tho size and shapo of each piece of glass. This cartoon is cut Into Its component pieces by a pair (or triplet) of three-bladcd scissors, scis-sors, which lenvo botweon their parallel blades a space sufllolcnt for tho leads. These cut-out patterns arc put together again en a large glass easel, to which they arc attached by wax, and tho spaccn between be-tween are blacked ln, to glvo the effect of the leads. The easel Is then placed agalnat a window where tho light can stream through It. The Artist or his substitute sub-stitute replaces each paper patterns on the easel by a piece of glass of exactly tho same slzo, but from a sheet of glass oi tho color called for by -tho color sketch. Tho sketch Is not followed slavishly . experiment ex-periment with the actual glass will 9SSest improvements. To a greater or loss ox-tent ox-tent this stained glass Is supplemented b painted class, on which the colors aro fired as In chma painting. When all the pieces have been cut, thoy aro transferred to tho leadln?;" drawing, the .flexible leads aro twisted Into shape and soldered at tho Joints, and a special cement applied to make the whole water-tight. The window la now complete, ready to bo put in position, posi-tion, where It Is made secure by copper wires fastened to the transverse bars or rnjjMjn |