Initiation Of Emir Abd-El-Kader.

that Avas supplied to a good cause by the powerful help of undaunted faith and invincible fraternity . " After the initiation , Bro . Custon , the W . M . of the lodge , denoted in a feAv deeply felt expressions the sincere and fraternal friendship the Emir Avas

entitled to claim from his brethren . The orator , Bro . Nicoullaud , in addressing the lodge , enumerated all the glorious and Masonic claims the neophyte had to the friendship of his associates ; he recalled to the Emir's mind all the obligations

and duties inherent to Masonry ; he croAvned the "W . M . 's Avork , as it Avei * e , by giving to the Emir in a certain manner the intellectual baptism subsequent to the moral and symbolical consecration . These two speeches are destined to produce an

excellent effect in the Levant ; they will contribute , there is no doubt , to the development of Masonry in those regions . The Lodge Henri IV ., at a solemn meeting , endorsed the initiation that had taken place in its

name through the instrumentality of Lodge Les Pyramides and Ave cannot help congratulating it upon the successful result of its endeavours .

Ornamented And Stained Glass.*

ORNAMENTED AND STAINED GLASS . *

I purpose giving an account of the different methods now used in England of ornamenting glass , and of the mode of producing stained glass AvindoAVs in ancient and modern times . If a windoAv space is to be filled in the cheapest manner , merely to be seen through , and as a

defence from the Aveather , you Avould use common German sheet glass , AA'hich can be bought for Id . to Ad . per square foot . If the glass is not required to be seen through , but only to admit light , you would use either rolled plate ( say Id . per foot ) or common ground glass

; the latter being , from its exceedingly cold aspect , the worst thing to be used in any case . NOAV , for about Qd . per foot extra , this German sheet glass may be ornamented Avith any simple device or geometric form , the pattern being of transparent glass , on a semi-transparent ground

formed of Avhite enamel . This production , and some of its varieties , are termed " enamelled glass ; " their manufacture give employment , at Messrs . Chance's and Messrs . Pilkington ' s Avorks , to about fifty hands , chiefly girls .

_ This is the manipulation : lay the sheet of glass on tAVO strips of Avood about Sin . high , on a bench- paint over one side Avith AA hite enamel , finely ground on a glass slab AY ith a muller , and . aftenvards mixed Avith a little weak gum-water :

you must not paint it as you AYOUM a door , but put on a thin coating of the enamel Avith a flat camel-hair brush , and , before it is dry , make it perfectly even Avith a broad badger-brush , using it backwards and forwards all over the sheet , at first heavilafterwards very lightly . NOAV cut your

y , pattern out of a small sheet of tinfoil or annealed copper , the same way as letter-plates for marking liiiervare cut , and place it on the dry coat of enamel . Then Avith a nail-brush remove the

enamel , until the clear glass appears in . the parts not covered by the plate . Continue this all over the sheet of glass . If the enamel is not easily rubbed off , there is too much gum in it ; if the pattern-plate works up tho ground , there is too little . Then , after removing the metal plate , put

the sheet into a glass-stainer ' s kiln for the purpose of fixing the enamel . The white enamel is thus made : take one part of oxide of tin , or any other Avhite substance not liable to change at a red heat , such as calcined bones or china clay , and mix it with three parts of

a flux composed of three parts of red led and one of sand , melted together for one hour at a Avhite heat . The mixture , Avhen finely ground AA'ith water , is the Avhite enamel in common use . * The ordinary white enamel used for watchfaces may be bought in cakes at the Whitefriars Glass Works for 2 s . per lb ., and answers every

purpose . The principle of engine-turning , as applied to the backs of Avatches , is also sometimes adapted to the cheap production of enamelled glass . Or , a pattern may be etched out AA'ith a stick as m . etching on copper . A piece of the Avood of which butchers ' ' skeAvers are made , cut to a broad

point , is generally used . Another Avay is this : paint the patterns with common whiting and gum-Avater , and , Avhen this is dry , cover the Avhole surface of the glass with the Avhite enamel mixed Avith turpentine . The whiting , which has in the trade the name of " never

stick , " prevents the enamel from adhering . A similar process is used in calico-printing . Patterns are supplied in large quantities by these simple process , and are , as a rule , very good : in many of them there is a AY ant of simplicity , and the outside appearance of the raw Avhite of the

enamel is very disagreeable . A tint of colour , such as pink or blue , is sometimes used , instead of tho AA'hite ; but the greatest improvement Avould be making the Avhite of an agreeable tone by the mixture of small quantities of coloured enamel , and ruling it AA'ith lines nearly

close together , made AA'ith a needle-point . Tin ' s would be discernible on the outside , and would give the inside a more brilliant surface . I have now to speak of embossing , some specimens of which are met AA'ith in most of the large shops in London , especially in public houses . It is remarkable easy of execution , and competition has brought down the price so IOAV as to rendei