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Show SPLENDID MEMORIAL WINDOWS.. ' Dvyft &$rr. jot-?? wbSs" i 18 Ifc. Pm$ ;r : I s&Sf wHvfr'lt fh&&t L.A'5r"t Mfei; i Wth a & i sm A A' A Window in Memory of John Judge. The cathedral of St. Mary Magdalen is so far completed that it has been possible for The Herald to secure the pictures of the stained glass windows which appear on this page. Although all of the windows have been put in, the scaffolding necessary for the further fur-ther operations of the builders made it impossible to take eitner the northern window over the sanctuary or the group of windows on the western wall. There are twelve larger windows, all of them gifts of friends of the church in memory of their loved ones, and the work of the. famous House of Zettler, of the Royal Bavarian Institute of Munich. Mu-nich. The entire group represents a value in excess of $20,000, and is artistically artis-tically the finest display west of the Mississippi. Over the sanctuary is the representation of the Crucifixion, and opposite over the organ loft, the Saint Cecilia window, the gift of the Altar society. The other ten windows, five on the east and five ,on the west side, tells the story of the Christ from the Nativity to the Crucifixion. Make the Trip. In -making the selection of the windows,' win-dows,' Bishop Scanlan was particularly axious" that the artists should bear in mind that they were telling a story as well as creating an artistic ensemble, and the result has been that an admirably ad-mirably consecutive and impressive narrative is presented in picture. The bishop is satisfied with the result of the labors of the artists and designers, and believes that it fulfills the desires of those who have thus honored the memories of those dear to them. The placing of the windows is the finishing touch to the seven years' labor la-bor which has reared the great structure, struc-ture, and arrangements are being made for the formal consecration. Bishop Scanlan and other prominent Catholics in Salt Lake and throughout the west are anxious to have the presence of Cardinal Gibbons at that ceremony, and every effort is being and will be made toward that end. The cardinal has never been west, though in no part of the Union has he more friends and admirfs, and he has often expressed his desire to make the trip. The Catholics Cath-olics of Salt Lake City think that there could .be no more auspicious occasion for a visit than would be that of the dedication of the greatest cathedral west of the Rockies. Story of the Christ. Tlif windows tell in consecutive order the story of the Christ from the Annun-ciation Annun-ciation to the Resurrection. The opposite transept windows, the most magnificent of the group, are the gift of Mrs. Mary-Judge, Mary-Judge, in memory of her husband, John Judge, a pioiifc-r of the Silver King mine, who died in 1S3H. The eastern Judge window consists nf five lower and connecting panels which form one large grouping representing the Resurrection of the Christ and, above, a center panel of the meeting of the Christ and the Magdalen, about which arc grouped separate representations of eight saints Francis, Ignacius. Stephen. Agnes. Ag-nes. Francis De Sles, Monica, Vincent De Paul and St. Bernard. The incident chosen for the lower panels is that at the tomb upon the appearance o Christ. In the background are the three Marys. The guards of-Pilate at the tomb are prostrate in front of the apparition of the Christ, who, in white, is the center figure of the grouping and the dominant note of the series. The incident of the upper panel is that of St. John xxi, 17, the encounter of the Savior with Mary Magdalen. "And Jesus said unto her. touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my father." In the western Judge window the five lower panels form the picture of the Christ in -the temple. Above, about a picture pic-ture of the Magdalen washing the feet of Christ, are grouped Individual representations repre-sentations of Saints Augustin. Mark, Jerome,- Matthew, Thomas, Ambrose- and Luke. Four Eastern Windows.- The four other windows on the eastern side continue the story of the Christ from the Resurrection to the Ascension: the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apos tles in the form of a dove; the Assumption Assump-tion of the Blessed Virgin, and the Coronation Coro-nation of the Virgin, are respectively the gifts of Miss Ellen Hayes in memory of her brother, William Hayes, an early settler, set-tler, and the principal merchant of Ely, Nev.. at the time of his death seven years ago; in memory of John and Hanna Keogh, the former a brother of Mrs. XV. S. McCornick of this city; Vicar General Kicly. in memory of his father and mother, who died in the County Wa-terford, Wa-terford, Ireland; 'T; J. Lynch, a wealthy Tonopah mine operator, in memory 'of his father and mother. The, four panel -windows on the western side are respectively 'the Annunciation, Mrs. M. H. Kerwin. now of Reno, Nev.. formerly of this city ,in memory -of her husband, whose record as a mine operator runs, back to the days of the Comstock lode. He also developed the Ontario mine, at Park City; the Visitation, given in memory of Patrick Phelan. by the St. Ann's orphan asylum, which upon his death he endowed. The window was purchased pur-chased from the proceeds of the orphanage orphan-age fund hy the authority of the bishop and Father Kiely. "T.ne Nativity," by W. J. Halloran. president of the. Commercial Commer-cial club of this city, in memory of his wife, who died in .September, 1!00. The last panel on the west wall is the Presentation Presen-tation in the temple. St. Cecilia at Organ. Over the organ loft is a window, the gift of the Altar society of the cathedral, the president of which is Mrs. C. C Slade. The center picture is St .Cecilia at an organ, or-gan, and about her are arranged twelve of the Angel choir, each with a different musical instrument. Above the sanctuary is the story of the Crucifixion: the Christ on the cross in the center, with four groups of the Agony, the Scourging, the. Crown of Thorns. and the. Carrying of the Cross. in the baptistry are eight small windows win-dows of beautiful design and execution. gifts of Mrs.' Dixon of St. Louis, formerly of this city, the Junior choir, of St. Mary's cathedral. Patri, Valsh "end Stephen Lavin. for twenty" vears employes - and friends of Bishop Scanlan, the . Rev. M. Curran. now -.parish .priest, of -Ely. -Nev., but formerly of this city; and three windows win-dows in memory of Michael Cullen. Cornelius Corne-lius O'Keefe and Margaret Fitchet. It may be interesting' to know that the magnificent windows in the new St. Mary's cathedral that depict -the' beautiful mysteries of the Catholic belief are made in Munich: hi Bavaria, and that the processes pro-cesses through which they pass are intricate in-tricate to the last degree. The transcept windows are approximately 3o feet, high and Id feet, wide and the-nave windows, of which there are eight, are 40 feet high and 6 feet wide. ;The. five sanctuary win-riows win-riows are 5 feet wide and 2ff feet hiffh: eight windows in the baptistry are 2 by 4 feet. The windows are made of antique glass l and are produced only in Europe. It Is i one of the arts practiced only in that country. The colors are produced by mixing mix-ing mineral paints with the sand from which the glass is made. These colors are selected to suit the scenery, the draperies and other portions of the picture sought to be brought out. These colored plates are cut into small bits and pasted by means of wax upon a large plate of glass by the artist. This the artist works from a drawing to the full size of the scene which he desires to reproduce. Process Is Intricate. After this work of settling has been completed, the glass is put into a kiln, where the mineral paints used by the artist ar-tist are burnt into the srlass and become a part thereof. The whole is then turned over to the lead glazier, who puts all o the lead pieces together with lead and solders the joints. The cement is put between be-tween the particles in order to make the whole water tight. Divided into sections, it is packed in boxes for shipment. In inserting the sections sec-tions in the windows, iron bars are used in order to give additional strength. In each of the larger windows there are thousands of pieces of glass of a multitude multi-tude of colors and tints and shapes. The windows of St. Mary's were manufactured manu-factured by F. X. Zetler of Munich. The work of insetting was done by A. Mich-audel, Mich-audel, an expert of some note. Mr. Mich-audel Mich-audel left a day or two ago for Denver. Thence he will go to New Orleans, where he will install the windows in one of the new churches recently completed in that city. |
