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>1 ýVelvet with gold trim .... crystal .and ......2.9e with smart ... 2.95 I ~ T. Slf Mathew Francis Phot( Last week there was placed on a sides are carried ini effect to the apex 1 kinds of qurzaesdoece siding of the Chicago & North West- of the dome, further complicating the and te other opalescent. one 15 ern_ railway in the. western part of difficulties, as the st one mus t be foundIn Georg ,ia, the other in N\Orth Minmette one of the largest' unen- molded to fit thesteel fabric which Carolina. It is t'he strongest and a closed freight cars;buît. It nmeasures riscs from tie' base of the dome to the samne time Iightest stone knRown, 65 feet 6 inches inside, and was load- iis top. The nine major girders form This quartz is crushed into pieces ed withi 36 pieces of artificial stone the division lines between the nine about the size of a pea or bean, and weighing 139,700 pounds, consigned d ifferent sides. mixed ini the proportion of 75 per to the Baha'i temple, and intended "Also, it must .be recognized that cent'clear to,25 per cent opalescent' for use in covering the massive dome the Baha'i temple dome is among the StilI other quantities are Éround. tc of that interesting structure. The five largest in the Nvorld, and com- thé fineness of sand andi this, mixed Skokie Valley Coal & 'Material comn- pares favorably in size witlï' any of, with a clear white cement, formns the pany was commissioned to unload and the others. The dome on the capiltol coticrete. transport the stone to the temple site, àt Washington, D. C., is also ainong "ýAIl of the manuifacturing is donc .where the %Àork of putting it into the five. The temple dome is the ini our studios at WVashington, D. C. place was beguni on Tuesday of last .only. one wherein concrete 'coveredTemitrisad npoedio week. steel is employed. Teifitr smd n ordit Thoe wo hve ote th geamng tilze uarz laster molds, whichi permnits of ilhe Thos wh hae ntedtheglemin Utliz Qurtzdesigns as shown iii that being placed whiteness and scintillating' brilliance mTenaterial being tised is known on the temple. It will always retaiti of this manufactured stone as it is as Earlev process concrete, thouigh that brilliant,. scintillating whiteness being placéd in position on the temple cfteii referred to as artificial stone. because. of its extreine hries dome will be interested in the details To cover the dorme will require 387 whichi renders it i !ardneuss. of its composition and .manufacture sections, each section wveigh11ing from initue hich is the cause o-f dis- as reiated byBý. G~ Taylor, associated 1 M to ,2¼1 tonls. 'As, the individual coloration ini concrete. withi J. J. Earley, architectural sculp- sections are placed ini position they Poie uClr tors, of Washington,1D._ C., which are firmfly.bolted to th-e.,steel girde rs, iovd nClra firmn developed its use for, both ex- no cement being .u .se-d. The. glass "t might.,be interesting to add' that terior and inferior finishi. Mr.. Taylor. beneath the steel fabric takes c are this material can, be provided- inan is spending some time in Wilmette of the- water,1 carrying it into the desired color. We' are. now ,vemiploy-' supervising the work. In describing d raining system. It may be, of inter- ing seven different colors in thenew the, mfaterial and its. application he est to know that the hoisting 'crane Departmnent of Justice building i said: being used in this. Wàrk is welded W\asliington."' Coanplicated Design together and not bolted, as is the Owing to the policy of the Baha'iý "To get an idea of the magnitude ordinary crane. This crane, was association of flot awarding con- and difficulties of the undertaking, built' espécially for the present job tracts for work urit il the nioney is in Ave. Phone HONORS BRIDE*-TO-BE Barbara Holden, 527 Warwik road, Kenilworth, entertained at a lingerie shoWver and tea Monday in honor of Jane Wilson of Winnetka whose marriage takes place Priday of: this weet. it T to