The Saint Paul globe., April 02, 1899, Image 25

About The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905

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* im »™ l^^^^^^^^l^^^^SS^ THE LITTLp CHIME ROOM OP GRACE CHURCH.
Mr-U lORJt. AND TOUCHLS THE KE\S THAT BRING FORTH WILD NOTES OF EASTER JOY FROM
, IHE THROATS OF THE GREAT SILVERY BELLS ABOVE.
THE CHIMLS OF GRACE CHURCH ARE : CONNECTED BY ELECTRICITY WITH A TINY KEYBOARD, OVER WHICH
THE DELICATE FINGERS OF THE ONLY WOMAN CHIME RINOPR "v^ wx-n-^i
TENDERLY WANDER ON EASTER d"y KINUIjjR
A WOMAN WHO RINGS CHIMES.
Miss Eertha Thonass Plays the Famous Grace
Church Bells of New York City.
In a liltie room, just off Broadway,
whore the noise of the street creeps in,
spite of thick walls and heavy doors,
there sits a young woman who daily
A NOTICEABLE FACT THAT DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE
PRESENT CENTURY, WOMEN HAVE - BEEN MOST SUCCESSFUL IN
PAINTING THE MADONNA, GIVING THE FACE A DELICATE
REFINEMENT IN KEEPING WITH THE SUBJECT.
MISS SOUTHARD'S MADONNA.
strikes the keys which operate the great
bells in the church spire above.
For years Miss Bertha Thomass has
been the bell-ringer of Grace Church
SOME OF THE PRETTY EASTER NOVELTIES TO BE SEEN IN THE SHOPS THIS WEEK. THEY ARE MADE OF SILVER. DELICATE PORCELAIN AND DELFT, AND ARB CHARMINGLY ADAPTED FOR WEDDING GIFTS.
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chimes, and when you visit New York
and happen down on Broadway near
Tenth street you can drop in any time and
see her at work. She rings the chimes
every day at 10 in the morning; and at
4 in the afternoon, and during Lent she
rings them a great deal oftener. Sun
days she is at her post six times a day,
HERE ARE THE NEW ORNAMENTS OF EASTER WEEK FROM WHICH NEW ARTICLES FOR THE DRESSING TABLE CAN BB SELECTED FOR THB SPRING AND SUMMER ROu.,
THE ST. PAUL- GLOBE SUNDAY APRIL 2, 1899.
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and on Easter she spends nearly the j
whole of the daylight hours seated upon '
the little wooden bench, striking the keys
UDOB the tiny keyboard in front of her.
The famous bells of Grace Church j
chimes are rung by electricity, and the j
electric wires are connected with a j
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OLGA NETHERSOLE. THE DELIGHTFUL ACTRESS, WHO DESCRIBES A
NEVER-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN EASTER EXPERIENCE,
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MISS NETHERSOLE IN EVENING DRESS, AS SHE LOGICS IN HER
OWN HOME. ' . '
miniature pianoforte which is located in
a small room in the basement of the
church. Here every day the fair young
chime-ringer conies and strikes the keys
which form the electric connection with
the big bells above.
When Miss Thomass'first began to ring
the bells of .Grace Church, several years
ago. she had no end of difficulty, for the
bells ring several seconds after the keys
are struck, and it takes a great deal of
practice before one can learn to play
without expecting to hear the answering
note.
But after a while she got used to having
the bells ring several seconds after the>
were struck, and now she is able to
go on playing, feeling sure that in timt
the right bell will sound. Another dif
ficulty experienced by the chime-ringer,
so far away from the bells, is that the
sound is often lost in the noise of the
street. Many ringers of electric chimes
are obliged to have a very large horn at
tachment which brings the sound down
to the ear. But Miss Thomass plays
without the horn, and trusts to her eai
to catch the fleeting note. *
Miss Thombss says that chime-ringing
is an excellent occupation for a woman,
if she cau learn it: though she admits
that her sister tried it and failed. It was
so hard to follow the bells. The actual
execution is very sin-pie, for the slightest
touch makes the connection.
Easter morning Miss Thomass has a
special programme, and each year she
plays several pieces of her composition.
She is of German descent, a true musician
by nature, and a very pretty and winsome
girl withal.
WOMEN PAINTERS
OF THE MADONNA.
They Hare Distinguished Themselves
by the Delicate Coloring of
Mother and Child.
Religions paintings Ho longer bave the
vogue that was theirs back in the middle
ages. The great artists bf both contin
ents arc more apt to seek their inspira
tion from Nature than tiie cloister. "At
mosphere" is desired a hove symbolism,
and a ray of sunshine is preferred to a
halo.
There are but few artists of note in
America who have given their talents
exclusively to the painting of religious
subjects, and the majority of thes-j
few are women. Four of the best known
Madonnas iv this country are by women
artists who have already acquired fame
for their cartoons in stained glass work.
One of the most exquisite of the
modern Madonnas, both in color, design
and religious sentiment, is the "Star of
Bethlehem," a study of the Mother and
Child in the stable, by Mis. Charles R.
Lamb— Ella Candle Lamb, as she is bet
ter known in the ait world. The sweet
serenity of the face, the graceful aban
don of the Madonna, as she sleeps in the
stall t with the Divine Child resting iv her
arms', is in itself a sermon, however
gently, graciously told, of faith, of trust
in the unseen stranger, thau any pulpit
discourse.
A second artist who has found inspira
tion for much of her best work in religi
ous subjects is Mrs. Cla-ra Weaver Par
rish, a Southerner, who has spent most
of her life in New York, worked and
studied exclusively in the Metropolis, and
gained her laurels without further in
struction than that afforded by New York
schools and studios.
Like Mrs. Lamb, Mrs. Tanish is the
best known as a designer in mosaics and
stained glass. She was a co-worker in the
famous window of "St. Michael and the
Dragons," recently placed in a New York
church. Mrs. I'arrish has the credit for
much of the splendor of coloring which
renders this window ojms of the finest in
America.
Mrs. E. Christine Lunjsden, of Brook
lyn, has djne a study of ,a head of the
Madonna that in coloring and expression
has rarely been equaled. - The idea of
doing a Madonna was hrst suggested to
Mrs. Lumsden by the 'sight of a very
beautiful woman, ground in delicate blue,
the Virgin's color.
Miss Amelia Soutbarf, of Wisconsin,
has designed a lovely Madonna in stained
glass, which, when ; . completed, will
be placed in the " window of an
Episcopal church. It is after one of
the old masters, but the color and treat
ment are. original. The ; Madonna's face
is framed by the moon, which shines
brightly through the ihxular window,
making an aureole around her sacred
he-ad. The head is dniped in cloth of
purple, and the babe is .wrapped in ceru
lean blue.
The background of thfe scene is a deep
rich red. which seems .to borrow its
glow from the duskines*Yof the room in
which the Madonna appears to sit. Her
features are singularly clear-cut and
pure, almost to delicacy.
OLGA NETHERSOLE'^ EASTER MEMORY.
"There is one memory of my childhood
associated with Easter that can never be
eliminated," said O.ga Nethersolc recent
ly to a reporter of this newspaper.
"A member of my family lay sick ai
home, aud all were worn with anxiety
and dread. During the week preceding
Easter the skies had been dark and the
weather was raw and bleak, gusts ot
snow falling from time to time, and
everything seemed to be in keepiug with
the darkness that had come over our
house. The physician attending my
relative had called many times, and each
time, as I watched from my nursery
window, I thought his face grew graver.,
"Easter day was beautiful. The sun
shone hot and bright. My governess waa
particularly quiet about the invalid,
though she told me he was worse. We
went sadly enough to church — she and I
and my sister, and my brother was among
the little, white-surpliced choristers iv the
chancel.
"The full, rich notes of the organ were
pealing forth the opening of "Christ. Ih
Risen To-Day,' as my relative's mother
stole softly down the aisle and seated
herself by us. While she knelt there
praying, the sun streamed on to her head
and seemed to fill her soul with light.
"After the service we- hurried home,
when we learned that a change had come
while the mother was - in church, and
that her child was saved. ,
"I do not think I shall ever be happier j
than I was that Easter. day."
A Tms^uilME^^HE SHlßT^t^ l^, ll^^ 0 CHECKED SHIRT WAIST WHICH WILL BE THE VOOUI
ItUS SUMMLR. THE SHIRT WAIST WILL BE DONNED EARLY AND WORN VERY LATE IN THE SEASON
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ONE NOTTr T £? A T T^M^ S^ WHICH WILL BE EXTENSIVELY WORN THIS SUMMER.
NOTE THAT THE SLEEVES ARE SMALL ON THE SHOULDER AND LARGE IN THE ARM
SHIRT WAISTS
AND SAILOR HATS.
For Some Unknown Reason These
Warnings of Snmmer Me Se
cured an Extra Early Start.
It is for Asheville, Aiken. Jeykl Island
and the Florida resorts that the shirt
waist and sailor hat are brought out in \
March. But now that April is at hand,
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THE OVERDRESS EFFECT WILL BE APPARENT UPON MANY OF THE WASH DRESSES IT T**! ORTiTYirn
EITHER BY A PIPING OF THE SAME GOODS OR BY A DEEP RUFFLE Ai.Mrr.lJ
PUT ON TO IMITATE THE LINES OF AN OVERSKIRT.
THREE BEAUTIFUL MODELS OF SUMMER. SHOWING THE LONG STRAT GHT LINES WHICH WILL BH
OBSERVABLE ON NEARLY ALL THE NEW SUMMER DRESSES V luu aa
and the Easter sun is warm and bright, it
is time for the city dweller to look
around, and quite the season for her to
secure her supply of goods for summer.
The smart set have started the fad of
spending the early spring months at the
clubhouses that are beginning to dot
"Dixie" land. Each set has its club in
the suburbs of some Southern city, and
to this semi-winter resort the shivering
Northern dwellers love to go. Nor is it
the Northerner alone who is fond of pa
tronizing these clubhouses, for the South
erner, no matter how balmy may be the
city, loves to escape to the country al the
first intimation of spring.
Shirt waists were never more tempting
ly displayed than they are this year. The
more expensive ones of the wash variety
are each in a separate box with a great
splashy American Beauty or a bunch of
violets printed on the box, just as if the
waist in itself were not alluring enough.
Pink is undoubtedly the most popular
color this year, and it is seen in all
shades, from palest rose to deepest ger
anium. The smartest pink wash waists
show a background of moire effect in
pique or in cheviot. There are fleur de
lis in dark blue or dark red, and fre
quently in black, embroidered all over
the waist. These fleur de lis are from
one-half to an inch long, and they are
done in the best of wash embroidery silk.
Others are embroidered in white Easter
lilies with their yellow petals and long
green leaves. The embroidery is simple
and can be easily done at home on pique.
This is rather an innovation and gives
the effect of figured material of the bet
ter qualities.
The sailors are coming iv warily. I
have only seen three, and as they were
all shaped alike probably they were fore
runners to be relied "on. The crowns
were about three inches high, and the
brim correspondingly wide. This is I
distinct improvement on the flat, smal
sailors of last summer.
Maby Hubbell.