Show FIRST IN ART OF OLD CHICAGO LEADS WORLD IN ING OF ART GLASS stained glass windows made there decorate churches in every land on earth baffling problem solved by workmen chicago chicago bas robbed eu rope of a distinction of which it was proud italy france and austria have been outdone in an art in which they have for centuries been supreme chicago now leads the world in the designing and making of art glass and stained windows the city may be scorned as inartistic and comme iclal but the workers in coloring and lead ed glass have advanced far beyond their fellow craftsmen in other coun tries and particularly is this true of the men who design stained glass win dows more than a score of firms here are engaged in the manufacture of art glass and their product is now mode widely known that that ot any other city or country there are hundreds of permanent proofs of chicago a artistic supremacy in the making of stained glass win dows there are manufacturers here who can point to their office walls hung with photographs of buildings in tar off countries the windows tor each one of which were designed and made in this city it is indeed an un civilized spot one not blessed with churches where chicago windows are not prominent south africa has CM cago windows in a Capet town 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 llant colors and intricate design and quite recently came an order from germany for a large number of leaded 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 ai an order just given to a chicago company adds one more proof to the city s supremacy in glass work it 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 stunts D D superintendent of the philippine islands mission conference who brought the order to this city will have some original ideas em bodied in the designs foi while neither the subjects nor their tech handling will be different from other 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 predominate and are softened with broken browns and greens while ev cry cold color is eliminated for ma alla the idea is entirely different there the tropical sunlight is dazzi ing its brilliance pains the eyes and wearies 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 greens and blues and purples give relief and rest to the senses but chicago s 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 baa fled glass workers tor moie than five centuries the problem of finding a method to a 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 aa |