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...capital. Late in the materialistic 19th Century The Cathedral Church of Saints Peter & Paul was begun on Washington's Mount St. Alban. Last week a stanch Presbyterian displayed two stained glass windows, designed for the National Cathedral, and executed with the simple, wholehearted reverence of the Gothic 13th Century. Already the author of 13 National Cathedral windows, Lawrence Bradford Saint made his- latest pair to flank the stairway to the crypt in the North Transept, as a memorial to the late William T. Hildrup Jr., Pennsylvania steel products manufacturer...
Because devout Mr. Hildrup was reading the 14th Chapter of St. John when he died 20 years ago, Lawrence Saint used his memorial windows to show eight scenes from the same Gospel. Decked in calm crimsons, blues and yellows, like their 13th Century counterparts, Mr. Saint's saints & sinners glowed from the glass with equal clarity. A cringing Peter denied his Lord. Judas fingered his 30 pieces of silver. Jesus announced to Thomas, "I am the Truth." Jews in the Temple treasury were told, "The truth shall make you free...
...building of the Bryn Athyn Swedenborgian Cathedral was started by Raymond Pitcairn as a medieval craft centre. Lawrence Saint worked enthusiastically on its stained glass for eleven years, studied his subject more & more deeply, often wished he could completely approximate 13th Century windows by making his own glass instead of using the "stock" colors of commercial furnaces. Then one day he chanced to see in a yellowed newspaper clipping a photograph of the architect's model for the National Cathedral...
Last week Islam moved nearer the united front it has not enjoyed since the 13th Century, when the leader of the new Pan-Arab movement, Saudi Arabia's tall, wise, Mohammedan Warrior-King Ibn Saud, patched up his diplomatic and religious quarrels with the Government of Mohammedan Egypt...
...Opponents for the fourth time were Fisticuffers Miller and Sarron. Though he failed to harm his opponent, who cleverly ducked & bobbed, Champion Miller piled up a comfortable point lead in the opening rounds. In the ninth Challenger Sarron began a blistering offensive, pummeled Miller around the ring. In the 13th round Miller was hanging on the ropes. The 18th went the same way. The title went to Sarron. Boasted he: "Freddie...