The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-12-08 00:00:00

ROMI ARTS.

This was the subject of a lecture delivered in the
Working Men's Club, !flit-chi:ll-street, on Friday
evening, in connection with the Weymouth Town
Society, by Miss Samson, of Upwey. Mr. Groves
presided, and there was a large attendance. Miss
Sagami, in the course of her remarks, explained that
amongst other objects which the society had in view
was that of eneour..ging industry. She did not think
that the idleness of the present day proceeded from a
vicious source. One of the things to which it might
be attributed was that people were stunned owing to
the powers of machinery, which could do so much
with very little treuble, and the society was desirous
of re-kindling the wish to work for the lore of it.
There certainly 1/31,A, however, a renaissance
going on in England, for many persons were
no longer contented with machine-made fur.
niters or any other articles. There was a
desire for beautiful things, cost what they might.
Nevertheless, if they went into • house tastefully
decorated now-a-days it was invariably found that
most of the things which were beatiaul had been
br eight from foreign countries. Miss Samson Ruh-
sequently alluded to the work being carried on by the
Home Arts Association, which warn started last year,
with Isord Brownlow asits president. She explained
there were now nearly 900 art sehouls in the country,
besides which there were also 23 great centres for
scomoe and art in England and Sootland ; in fact the
facilitios were such that anylskly living in a large
town, who had • little taste and money, could have
gost art learning.
At the close Mr. G. Emu, suggested that the most
practical way of carrying mit Miss Sainson's prop',
'Wont would be to endeavour to start ono or inure art
classes.
Dr. Omni moved a amebid vote of thanks to Mks
Samson for her instructive and interesting paper. Ho
siisseptently ohaerved that the Rev. F. If. Sowter,
who WWI present, had a great desire to start clams,s on
his side of the water, also that the Rev. and Mrs.
11.11-Salter were desirous of doing something at Si.
John's. What was, however, neetlml was material.
Tito work in connection with minor arts was simple,
n,,,t did not eNniro a groat amount of education.
11. Sown's., vicar of Holy Trinity
(74‘1,11, in see eliding the proposition, explained that
I, ...mid he glad to support tho art movement on his
si of Ow w.it-T, hot that he stopped short when it
rim.' to a teacher and to funds.. . . .

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The motion h wing keen carried with acclamation,
a vounnittee, with Mr. tiyines as secretary, was formed
as follows, for tho pitrpneid endeavoiwing tt: promote
art amongst the poorer aiii-ez viz.: -Messrs. tletley,
'T. n.vet, Baker, l'ye, Beldgaher, Mrs.
moil Mn.. firitfiths. . . .

sptain ea aisleaupiently challengei stuns of
the riiiiiirks which had been mail° by NI jos Samson, and
its loi ig eiii..d ri trim( I:slighter. Unsaid a wif finit
" lame. art' ahead., he her husicmil - (laughter) -and
ber ...cow I "hon. art " Isar children. (Laiightsir.)
fle feel brought elaven children up to Mall and
w naiih sr! Jovial. laughter) -I.it int., whit wail still
at »deed hail to learn o many subject., that arts
were out of the question altozether.
r. BAK KR. headinasiter of the Weymouth School of
of Art, reid y oan invitation waken few remarks,
ass I the 114 people t I iey were desi Me of laying hold
44 were ch.... Wil..Me•re• W 44 in 4 t lmir ciin*inthßxtr,,,t4.
A. m...u.r a the schisil ~fart he was willing to di, what
he mithil llniapp wt if the movement, for he thought
h•i could find a little time to slevists• to the inatructem
of the poorer Malawi (Illear, hear.) Ifs was almost
I me of the Heat workers in art in lisrant, and hail hail
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various to contend with, butsrt matter.
w I • itow in .kin; .11••11 prove.. tlitt evi•ry eeleellboy
ei• girl woold shortly roceivit Joe in•itrontious in draw.
(Hear, hear.)
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