,illustration3 ,,kate ,,field   ,,the   
,,drama ,,of ,,glass  ,,by  ,,kate      
,,field  ,,published ,,by ,,the ,,libbey
 ,,glass ,,co4   ,the ,drama of ,glass  
was an inspiration born in the brain of 
,kate ,field1 as she watched the busy   
workmen1 who with trained eyes and      
skillful hands1 wrought out the products
 of one of ,america's great industries  
that found a temporary home in the      
,world's ,fair at ,chicago4  ,it is an  
addition to the long list of brilliant  
writings of this versatile woman1 whose 
literary labors have made her memory so 
dear to the thousands of ,americans who 
have found in them the reflection of her
 own individuality4  ,the story of an   
art that is as old as the building of   
the ,city of ,babylon1 that formed a    
part in the life of ,egypt1 that was    
interwoven in the history of ,rome1 and 
that gave a reputation to a nation1 is  
re-told by ,miss ,field4  ,from the     
beginning of the art1 wrapped in mystery
 and legend1 step by step her story has 

become history4 ,she has carried it as  
far as the ,world's ,fair1 and it has   
devolved upon ,mr4 ,thos4 ,m4 ,willey to
 complete what she so well begun4       
,illustration     ,,prologue   ,have you
 ever thought what a drama glass plays  
in the history of the world8 ,it is a   
drama even in the ,french acceptation of
 the word1 which infers not only intense
 action1 but death4 ,can there be more  
intense action than that of fire1 and is
 not glass the own child of fire and    
death8  ,the origin of glass is lost in 
myth and romance4 ,nobody knows how it  
was born1 but there are as many         
traditions as there are cities claiming 
to be ,homer's birthplace4 ,pliny says  
that the discovery of glass was due to  
substituting cakes of nitre for stones  
as supports for cooking pots4           
,illustration  ,according to his story1 
certain ,phoenician merchants landed on 
the coast of ,palestine and cooked their
 food in pots supported on cakes of     
nitre taken from their cargo4  ,great   

was the wonder of these                 
,phoenicians--the ,yankees of antiquity1
 the builders of ,tyre and ,sidon1 the  
inventors of the alphabet--on beholding 
solid matter changed to a strange fluid1
 which voluntarily mingled with its     
nearest neighbor1 the sand1 and made a  
transparent material now called glass4  
,illustration  ,this story is too pretty
 to spoil1 and those of us who prefer   
romance to science will believe it1     
though ,menet the chemist positively    
declares that to produce such a fluid   
would require a heat from #ahjj to #bgjj
 degrees ,fahrenheit4 ,under the        
circumstances narrated by ,pliny1 such a
 tremendously high temperature was      
impossible4 ,science often interferes   
with romance1 and were not truth better 
even than poetry1 science would be a    
nuisance in literature4  ,an art that   
,hermes taught to ,egyptian chemists    
like good wine needs no bush1 yet on its
 brilliant crest may be found the       
splendid quarterings not only of ,egypt1

 but of ,gaul1 ,rome1 ,byzantium1       
,venice1 ,germany1 ,bohemia1 ,great     
,britain1 and last but not least the    
,united ,states4  ,illustration  ,he was
 a poor man1 who1 in ,seneca's day1 had 
not his house decorated with various    
designs in glass2 while ,scaurus1 the   
,aedile1 a superintendent of public     
buildings in ancient ,rome1 actually    
built a theatre seating forty thousand  
persons1 the second story of which was  
made of glass4 ,that masterpiece of     
ancient manufacture1 the ,portland      
,vase1 was taken from the tomb of the   
,roman ,emperor ,alexander ,severus1 and
 should bear his name rather than that  
of the ,duchess of ,portland1 who       
purchased it from the ,barberini family 
after it had stood three hundred years  
in their famous ,roman gallery4  ,in the
 thirteenth century ,venice reigned     
supreme in glass making4 ,no one knows  
how long the ,city of ,doges might have 
monopolized certain features of this art
 but for a woman who could not keep a   

secret from her lover4 ,marietta was the
 daughter of ,beroviero1 one of the most
 famous glass makers of the fifteenth   
century4 ,many were his receipts for    
producing colored glass1 and as he had  
faith in his own flesh and blood he     
confided these precious receipts to his 
daughter4 ,alas1 for poor ,beroviero6   
,marietta1 after the manner of women1   
loved a man1 one ,giorgio1 an artisan in
 her father's employ4 ,history does not 
tell1 but ,i have no doubt that ,giorgio
 wheedled the secret out of his         
sweetheart4  ,illustration  ,once       
possessed of these receipts he published
 and sold them for a large sum1 then    
turning on the man he had betrayed he   
demanded faithless ,marietta in         
marriage4 ,thus it came to pass that the
 ignoble love of a weak woman for a     
dishonorable man helped to change the   
fortunes of ,venice4 ,the world gained  
by the destruction of a monopoly1 one   
more proof of the poet's dictum that all
 partial evil is universal good4        

,illustration  ,it was in the middle of 
this same fifteenth century that a      
number of ,venetian glass makers were   
imprisoned in ,london because they could
 not pay the heavy fine imposed by the  
,venetian ,council for plying their art 
in foreign lands4 ,let us work out our  
fine1 pleaded these victims of          
prohibition4 ,their prayer was warmly   
seconded by ,england's king1 whose      
intercession was by no means            
disinterested4 ,yielding to royal       
desire1 ,venice freed these artisans1   
and thus glass making was established in
 ,great ,britain4 ,beyond the point of  
reason all prohibitory laws fail sooner 
or later4 ,go to the bottom of slang1   
and as a rule you will find it based on 
rugged truth4 ,when in the breezy       
vernacular of this republic a human     
being is credited with sand or is       
accused of being entirely destitute of  
it1 he rises to high esteem or falls    
beneath contempt4 ,possessing sand he   
can command success2 without it he is a 

poor creature4 ,for the origin of this  
slang we turn to glass making1 the      
excellence of which depends upon sand4  
,if ,bohemia succeeded finally in making
 clearer and whiter glass than ,venice1 
it was because ,bohemia produced better 
sand4 ,when the town of ,murano         
furnished the world with glass1 its     
population was thirty thousand4 ,that   
number has dwindled to four thousand4   
,bohemian glass stood unrivaled until   
,england discovered flint or lead glass2
 now1 the world looks to the ,united    
,states for rich cut glass1 the highest 
artistic expression of modern glass4    
,where does ,america begin its evolution
 in glass8 ,before the landing of the   
,pilgrims at ,plymouth ,rock4 ,in #afjh1
 within a mile of the ,english          
settlement of ,jamestown1 ,virginia1 a  
glass house was built in the woods4     
,curiously enough it was the first      
factory built upon this continent4 ,this
 factory began with bottles1 and bottles
 were the first manufactured articles   

that were exported from ,north ,america4
  ,in those early days glass beads were 
in great demand4 ,indians would sell    
their birthright for a mess of them1 so 
when the first glass house fell to      
pieces1 a second took its place for the 
purpose of supplying the ,indians with  
beads4  ,illustration  ,a few years     
later common glass was made in          
,massachusetts4 ,it appears from the    
records of the town of ,salem that the  
glass makers could not have been very   
successful1 as that town loaned them    
thirty pounds in money which was never  
paid back4  ,during the time of the     
,dutch occupation of ,manhattan ,island1
 when ,new ,york was known as ,new      
,amsterdam1 a glass factory was built   
near ,hanover ,square1 but not until    
after the ,revolution came and went did 
glass making really take root in        
,american soil4 ,in ,july1 #aghg1 the   
,massachusetts ,legislature gave to a   
,boston glass company the exclusive     
right to make glass in that ,state for  

fifteen years4 ,this company prospered  
and was the first successful glass      
manufacturing company in the ,united    
,states4 ,then followed others that were
 successful4 ,as early as #ahfe there   
was manufactured1 in the vicinity of    
,boston1 glass that was the equal of the
 best flint glass manufactured in       
,england4 ,two hundred and fifty years  
from the time the first rough bottles   
were exported from ,virginia to ,england
 seems a long time to us1 but how short 
a time it really is in the life of this 
ancient art--this drama of glass4       
,illustration     ,,from #ahej ,,to     
#ahic  ,,an ,,evolution ,,in ,,glass    
,it is always interesting to trace the  
history of a great industry4 ,like the  
oak1 it begins with a small seed that   
hardly knows its own mind1 and is often 
more surprised than the rest of the     
world at the result of earnest effort4  
,see what apothecaries did for ,italy4  
,mediaeval art and the ,medicis go hand 
in hand4 ,the drama of glass in the     

,united ,states may have as significant 
a mission1 for it is singularly true    
that ,james ,jackson ,jarves1 son of    
,deming ,jarves1 the pioneer glass      
manufacturer of ,new ,england1 was      
almost the first ,american to give his  
life to the study of old masters and to 
devote his fortune to collecting their  
works4 ,the ,jarves gallery now belongs 
to ,yale ,university4  ,illustration    
,william ,l4 ,libbey was born in        
,portsmouth1 ,new ,hampshire1 and       
became1 in #ahej1 the confidential clerk
 of ,jarves  ,commeraiss1 the greatest  
glass importers of ,boston1 and whose   
glass factory in ,south ,boston was the 
forerunner of the ,libbey ,works of the 
,columbian ,exposition4 ,having made a  
fortune--the fortune his clever son     
spent in art and bric-a-brac--,deming   
,jarves sold his glass factory to his   
trusted clerk in #ahee1 and for twenty  
years this ,massachusetts industry      
gained strength and reputation4 ,but the
 trend of population was westward4      

,cheap fuel was necessary to successful 
glass making4 ,how could ,new ,england  
coal compete with natural gas8 ,so ,ohio
 came to the front4 ,a few years ago    
,ohio's natural gas became exhausted4   
,without a day's disturbance petroleum  
succeeded gas1 and better glass was made
 than ever1 because oil produces a more 
even temperature4 ,verily there is a    
soul of goodness in things evil4 ,from  
,massachusetts to ,ohio1 from coal to   
gas1 from gas to petroleum1 what would  
be the next act in the drama of         
,american glass8 ,what1 indeed1 but an  
act the scene of which was laid in the  
grounds of the ,world's ,fair6          
,believing fully in the westward course 
of empire1 ,mr4 ,edward ,d4 ,libbey had 
the inspiration that if ,chicago wanted 
the ,world's ,fair1 ,chicago would not  
only have it1 but would create such an  
exposition as had never been seen4 ,so  
before even the temporary organization  
was formed in ,chicago the ,libbey      
,glass ,company filed an application for

 the exclusive right to manufacture     
glass at the ,columbian ,exposition4    
,the problem of erecting a building that
 should be architecturally in keeping   
with the surroundings1 that should      
afford every possible comfort to the    
thousands of daily visitors and still be
 used as a manufactory1 was not an easy 
matter4  ,begun in ,october1 #ahib1 the 
admirable building1 put up in the       
,midway ,plaisance to show the process  
of making glass1 was finished one week  
before ,may #ast following4 ,on that    
bleak opening day thousands of overshoes
 were stalled in mud a foot deep before 
the ,administration ,building1 and the  
owners went home in some cases almost   
barefooted4  ,illustration  ,but there  
was an expenditure of #abe1jjj in an    
idea1 and the investors had no reason to
 fear weather or neglect4 ,from the     
opening to the closing of the big front 
door two million people found their way 
to this glass house1 at which no one    
threw stones4 ,the trouble was not to   

get people in1 but to keep them out4 ,a 
mob never benefits itself nor anybody   
else4 ,to reduce the attendance to      
reasonable proportions a fee was        
charged1 applicable to the purchase of  
some souvenir1 made perhaps before the  
buyer's very eyes4 ,why was this glass  
house so popular8 ,because its exhibit  
displayed the only art industry in      
actual operation within the ,fair       
grounds4  ,all people like machinery in 
motion1 and the most curious people on  
earth are ,americans4 ,they want to know
 how things are made1 and1 like         
children1 are not content until they    
have laid their hands on whatever       
confronts them4 ,please do not touch has
 no terrors for them4 ,in addition to   
this inborn love of action1 there is a  
fascination about glass blowing and the 
fashioning of shapeless matter piping   
hot from the pot that appeals to men and
 women of all sorts and conditions4     
,with eyes and mouths wide open1        
thousands stood daily around the        

circular factory watching a hundred     
skilled artisans at work4 ,they looked  
at the big central furnace1 in which    
sand1 oxide of lead1 potash1 saltpetre  
and nitrate of soda underwent           
vitrification2 they saw it taken out of 
the pot a plastic mass1 which1 through  
long1 hollow iron tubes1 was blown and  
rolled and twisted and turned into      
things of beauty4 ,here was a champagne 
glass1 there was a flower bowl2 now came
 a decanter1 followed by a jewel basket4
 ,a few minutes later jugs and goblets  
and vases galore passed from the nimble 
fingers of the artisans to the annealing
 oven below4  ,illustration  ,all these 
creations entered the oven as hot as    
they came from the last manipulator1 but
 gradually cooled off to the temperature
 of the atmosphere4 ,getting used to the
 hardships of life requires twenty-four 
hours1 during which the trays on which  
the glass stands are slowly moved from  
the hot to the temperate end of the     
oven4 ,this procession was an object    

lesson in life as well as in glass4     
,make haste slowly or you'll defeat     
yourself1 was the burden of the song    
those things of beauty sang to          
themselves and to all who listened4  ,if
 ,american cut glass has grown beyond   
compare1 it is largely due to the       
superior intelligence of ,american      
artisans4 ,they have the sand3 so1 too1 
have the beautiful hills of ,berkshire  
,county1 ,massachusetts1 whence comes   
the purest quality the whole world has  
known4 ,the best flint glass exhibited  
at the ,paris ,exposition of #ahfg owed 
its excellence to the treasure stowed   
away in ,western ,massachusetts4        
,illustration  ,the finest ,american    
flint glass of the ,columbian           
,exposition found its inspiration in the
 same part of the old ,bay ,state4      
,little did those visitors to the ,fair 
know whence came the hot fires of       
,libbey's ,glass ,house4 ,they little   
knew that oil was drawn in pipes from   
,ohio1 and that one hundred and fifty   

barrels of petroleum lay buried under   
innocent-looking grass1 that looked up  
and asked not to be trodden under foot4 
,of course1 had lightning struck those  
two great hidden tanks of liquid        
dynamite1 we should all have been sent  
to that bourne whence no ,world's ,fair 
visitor could have returned4            
,seventy-five barrels of oil were burned
 daily on the ,midway ,plaisance4 ,how  
many gallons8 ,three thousand4 ,multiply
 one day's fire by one hundred and      
eighty days and you discover that the   
drama of glass at the ,fair was the     
death of fifty-four thousand gallons of 
petroleum4     ,,epilogue  ,,the        
,,actress ,,and ,,the ,,infanta         
,illustration3 ,,georgia ,,cayvan  ,ever
 since the era of fairy tales the world 
has heard of glass slippers4 ,cinderella
 wore them and great was the romance    
thereof4 ,but whoever before #ahic heard
 of a glass dress1 and who conceived    
such a novel idea8  ,illustration  ,from
 that memorable day in the ,garden of   

,eden when ,eve ate that apple1 which   
may literally be called the fruit of all
 knowledge1 woman has been at the bottom
 of everything3 it was a woman who got  
it into her head that she wanted a glass
 dress4 ,how did it happen8 ,thus3 ,in  
the middle of ,may1 #ahic1 women from   
all parts of the earth took ,chicago by 
storm4 ,theirs was the first of one     
hundred congresses1 and among many      
artists was ,georgia ,cayvan1 whose     
record on and off the stage does credit 
to her head and heart4 ,of course the   
clever actress visited the ,fair and of 
course she followed the multitude and   
found herself watching the process of   
making ,american glass4 ,it was not long
 before ,miss ,cayvan's quick eye was   
attracted by an exhibit of spun and     
woven glass lamp shades4  ,do you mean  
to say those shades are spun out of     
glass8 she exclaimed2 the material      
resembles silk4  ,nevertheless it is    
glass1 replied the attendant4  ,is it   
possible to make a glass dress8         

,illustration  ,why not8 ,it is not only
 possible but eminently feasible4       
,would it be very expensive8            
,twenty-five dollars a yard4  ,this was 
a deal of money to invest in an         
experiment1 as at least twelve yards are
 needed for a gown1 but when a woman    
wills she wills1 especially when she is 
intimately acquainted with her own mind4
 ,miss ,cayvan knows hers perfectly1 and
 in a few minutes she exacted from the  
,company a promise not only to spin her 
many yards of glass cloth for a white   
evening costume1 but she obtained from  
them the exclusive right to wear glass  
cloth on the stage4 ,it is agreed1 said 
actress and manufacturer in chorus1 and 
off hied the former to ,new ,york1 where
 at the end of four weeks she received  
her material direct from the ,midway    
,plaisance4 ,how to make it up was the  
next question1 for ,madame la ,modiste  
vowed she wouldn't touch such material  
with scissors and needles4              
,illustration3 ,,infanta ,,eulalia  ,as 

a matter of fact a specialist is needed 
to cut and sew glass1 which differs from
 other cloths in breaking and wickedly  
sticking into the hands1 so a skillful  
and artistic young woman employee from  
,toledo was sent to ,new ,york to do    
what the ordinary seamstress could not4 
,she cut and made the unique costume    
with which ,miss ,cayvan sweeps the     
stage to the edification of feminine and
 the wonder of masculine eyes4  ,the    
fame of that glass gown reached the ears
 of the ,infanta ,eulalia1 who saw it   
worn by the ingenious actress and       
determined to inspect its counterpart   
set up in a case at the ,world's ,fair4 
,the ,midway ,plaisance was the         
,princess's favorite resort in ,chicago1
 and she soon turned her steps toward   
the glass house she had heard so much   
about4 ,where's that dress8 asked the   
,infanta as she entered the factory4 ,on
 being conducted to it ,eulalia         
expressed great pleasure1 declaring it  
was the finest thing she had seen at the

 ,fair4  ,would ,your ,highness wear    
such a gown were one made expressly for 
you8 she was asked4  ,illustration  ,not
 only would ,i wear it1 but ,i'd take   
the greatest delight in telling the     
story of its manufacture1 replied the   
,princess4  ,before sailing away to     
,spain1 ,eulalia was fitted for her     
,american glass gown1 now wears it1 and 
today there hangs in the ,libbey ,glass 
,company's private office the following 
official certificate3       ,,royal     
,,house ,,of ,h4 ,r4 ,h4 ,,infante ,,don
 ,,antonio ,,de ,,orleans       ,h4 ,r4 
,h4 ,infante ,antonio de ,orleans       
appoints ,messrs4 ,libbey      and      
,company of ,toledo1 ,ohio1 cut-glass   
makers to his royal      house1 with the
 use of his royal coat-of-arms for      
signs1      bills and labels4 ,in       
fulfillment of the command of ,his      
,royal      ,highness ,i present this   
certificate1 signed in ,madrid1 ,july   
#aeth1 #ahic4                   ,,pedro 
,,jover ,,fovar                         

,superintendent of ,his ,royal          
,highness's ,household    ,thus for the 
first time in the history of an industry
 almost as old as humanity1 glass adorns
 alike the person of a ,royal ,princess 
and the person of a charming actress4   
,produced at the ,court of ,spain and on
 the ,american stage1 am ,i not         
justified in calling this memory of a   
far and near past ,the ,drama of ,glass8
                                ,,kate  
,,field     ,,the ,,drama ,,of ,,glass  
,,by  ,,kate ,,field   ,in every story  
told of the sights worth seeing at the  
,columbian ,exposition the factory of   
the ,libbey ,glass ,company1 of ,toledo1
 ,ohio1 has had an important part4 ,it  
was more than a mere exhibit2 it was a  
practical education in the art of glass 
making1 which1 like an easy lesson that 
follows step by step1 from the mixing of
 the crude material to the completion of
 the finest piece of cut glass1         
impressed itself upon the minds of      
hundred of thousands of visitors4       

,illustration  ,recall in your memory   
your visit to the ,world's ,fair in     
#ahic4 ,place yourself upon the ,midway 
,plaisance1 directly opposite the       
,woman's ,building4 ,does your mind     
picture a stately1 beautiful building1  
with central dome and graceful towers8  
,this was the building of the glass     
factory to whom the exclusive right to  
manufacture and sell its products was   
awarded over many competitors by the    
,ways and ,means ,committee of the      
,world's ,columbian ,exposition4 ,this  
concession was given because the plan of
 the ,libbey ,glass ,company was a plan 
of broad ideas1 fully meeting the       
requirement that ,america should show   
that the whole world followed her in the
 manufacture of cut glass4              
,illustration  ,how well that ,company  
fulfilled its mission is known to the   
two million visitors who passed under   
the deep-recessed semicircular archway1 
rich with sculptured ornament1 that     
covered the grand entrance to this      

palace2 within1 it was like a theatre1  
where the scenes in the beautiful drama 
of glass were ever changing4 ,do you    
remember that the sides1 the dome1 the  
ceiling1 were all glitter and sheen with
 the products of this mystic art1 and   
that from thousands of cut-glass pieces1
 as from brilliant diamonds1 sparkled   
the prismatic hues8  ,illustration  ,do 
you remember the roaring furnace a      
hundred feet high1 the melting pots made
 of the clays of the ,old and the ,new  
,worlds1 mixed by the bare feet in order
 that they have the requisite           
consistency8 ,the products of this      
factory were born of fire4 ,the plastic 
molten mass that came from the melting  
furnace1 with its heat of #bbjj degrees 
,fahrenheit1 was thirty hours before a  
mixture called by glass makers a batch1 
whose chief ingredient was sand from the
 hills of ,massachusetts4  ,illustration
  ,did you watch the workmen--the       
gatherer and the blower1 with their     
long1 hollow iron pipes8 ,how the       

blower1 with his trained fingers1 gave  
an easy1 constantly swaying motion to   
the pipe1 into which he blew and        
expanded the hot glass at its end8 ,the 
tempering oven1 through which all glass 
productions must pass before they will  
resist changes in temperature or even   
stand transportation8 ,did you follow   
the process of cutting glass2 see the   
wheels like grindstones1 driven by steam
 power8 ,wheels of stone that come from 
,england and ,scotland1 and carry with  
them the old-country names of ,yorkshire
 ,flag1 ,new ,castle and ,craigleith1   
stones that are very hard and           
close-grained1 capable of retaining a   
very sharp edge8 ,wheels of iron1 which 
are used to cut the design in the rough2
 wheels of wood1 cork1 felt1 and        
revolving brush wheels1 used in         
finishing and polishing8 ,did you know  
that the trained eye of the cutter and  
his experience were the only guides he  
had to secure the requisite depth to his
 cutting2 that he must exercise great   

care and judgment1 else the vibration of
 the glass renders it extremely liable  
to break1 and that an intricate design  
requires many days of constant          
manipulation8  ,did you watch with      
interest the making of glass cloth1 see 
how the thread of glass was drawn out   
and wound on the big wheels that        
revolved hundreds of times a minute8    
,how the glass thread was woven with the
 silk thread1 producing a pliable glass 
cloth of soft sheen and lustre1 that    
could be folded1 pleated and handled in 
all ways like cloth8  ,do you recall the
 ,crystal ,art ,room8 ,did you realize  
that under that ceiling1 bedecked with  
ten thousand dollars' worth of spun     
glass cloth1 was collected the finest   
display of cut glass the world had ever 
seen8 ,do you remember an old glass     
punch bowl1 used in #ahdj by ,henry     
,clay1 and that near this relic of      
ancient glassware was another punch bowl
 upon which five hundred dollars' worth 
of labor had been bestowed8             

,illustration  ,did you mark the        
difference1 the deep and brilliant      
cuttings1 how effective they were1 how  
they brought out the beauty and richness
 of the design8 ,then1 when you examined
 the hundreds of other articles1 the    
sherbet and punch glasses in ,roman     
shapes1 the quaint decanters in         
,venetian forms1 the celery trays1      
flower vases1 and the ice-cream sets and
 cut-glass dishes for every use1 you saw
 the clearness of the glass itself1 and 
that this deep and brilliant cutting of 
perfect design1 that brought out the    
beauties of the great punch bowl1 was a 
marked characteristic of the ,libbey    
,cut ,glass4 ,did you not1 as an        
,american1 feel proud of the progress   
that your countrymen had made in this   
old art of glass making8  ,since the    
,world's ,fair at ,chicago1 two         
expositions of the industries of this   
country1 the ,san ,francisco ,midwinter 
,fair and the ,atlanta ,exposition1 have
 added to the honors and reputation of  

the cut glass of the ,libbey ,company4  
,certain trade-marks and names on silver
 and china are always looked upon with  
pleasure and with a feeling that the    
possessor has the genuine article4  ,the
 same thing applies to cut glassware1 so
 as a protection to the public against  
those who would profit by the reputation
 of others1 the ,libbey ,glass ,company 
cut their trade-mark--the name ,libbey  
with a sword under it--upon every piece 
of glass they manufacture4  ,half a     
century in the life of ,america has     
added much to the art upon whose        
brilliant crest1 as ,miss ,field has    
said1 may be found the splendid         
quarterings of ,egypt1 ,rome1 ,venice1  
,germany and ,great ,britain1 and today 
the ,united ,states stands unrivaled in 
the manufacture of cut glass4  ,the     
honor conferred upon the ,libbey ,glass 
,company by the committee1 in granting  
to them the exclusive concession to     
manufacture and sell ,american glassware
 within the grounds of the ,exposition  

during the ,world's ,fair1 was a great  
one4  ,the honors conferred by the ,san 
,francisco and ,atlanta ,expositions are
 but added proofs that the selection was
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