H onse and Garden 
minable succession of the universe. Between 
the signs and the characters which name 
them the edge of the table is pierced to 
render it lighter in fact and appearance. 
If we are to name them by the duty they 
perform,these figures are caryatides; but they 
are the easiest in manner and most graceful 
maidens of that family it is possible to meet. 
The natural attitude of the models who were 
used was only changed by a little readjust¬ 
ment of the points of the body, notably in 
the length ot the legs; and it any rectitude 
of poise be apparent it is alone revealed in 
a side view of each figure obtained in stand¬ 
ing; close by and noting the verv slight twist 
and absence ot curvature in the back. In 
all else there is freedom from restraint, full¬ 
ness of form, depth of shadow, bright sun¬ 
light and abounding sculptural color. These 
will be realized in the neutral gray ot Ten¬ 
nessee marble, which is to remain unpolished, 
thus leaving to the imagination the contin¬ 
uance of details which the artist has purposely 
refrained from in his mind and in his clay. 
The dial-face has been calculated by Messrs. 
Queen & Co. and will be made by them with 
decorations added as suggested by Mr. Cal- 
der. These, together with the considerable 
mathematical data which has been worked 
out, will constitute an elaborate design. 
The plate is to be twenty-four inches 
in diameter and of bronze let flush into 
the marble table. On its face time will 
be measured between the hours of 5 A. M. 
and 7 P. M. and the intervening space is 
divided into periods ot five minutes each. 
Alternating with the names of the months 
are those of twelve cities under which the 
difference ot time is given tor various points 
over the globe when it is noon at Philadel¬ 
phia. Several rows ot figures under each 
month give the variation between clock 
and sun time. The gnomon has been the 
subject of no little study. It is shown by 
the artist’s latest sketch to be elevated on 
two small feet above the surface of the dial 
(that the center of the design thereon can be 
the better seen) and comprising within its 
triangular outline an hour-glass enfolded by 
the wings of Time. 
This and the dial-face were unfortunately 
not completed at the time the photograph 
was taken ; but the main conception of what 
will constitute the dial’s chief beauty can 
well be judged from this record of the 
sculptor’s model upon which his own hands 
have signed a fresh motif as satisfactory to 
the eve as it is unconventional in conception. 
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