Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-12-19

THANKS ron TIE G1RLs-rHT WOMEN AS vo-
rERs-NEw THINGS IN PoTTERY-DEooRATED
WARE FOR EVERY DAY UsE-TA1ENCr LAMPS,
AND NOVELTIES OF ALL SORTS.

TERs-NEw THINGS IN PoTTERY-DEooBATED
WARE FOR EVERY DAY UsE-TA1ENcr LAMPS,
AND NOVELTIES OF ALL SORTS
BosroN, Dec. y, 1879.
want to thank the girls among my read
crs who have responded so kindly to my sug
pestion regarding our North End Mission
Fair have been much touched by the ex-
prcssions Of personal regard which have &c
companicd them and no longer regard my
self as a stranger among you. As soon as the
fair is over ! shall answer all your letters per
sonally. The fair opens on Monday, and 10y
the time you are reading this it will be well
under way From the present indications it
will be very successful there is wide
spread interest regarding it, for it is one of
those practical charities which has for Its
object the real good Of humanity.
Well. the women have voted and the skies
have not fallen-neither was n woman elect
ed on the school board-but TINT is a disap-
pointment which we do not mean to suffer
again. But, notwithstanding this result, the
women have every reason TO feel satisfied
with the result Of the experiment. Every
where they were treated with the utmost
courtesy, and l think the supposition that
they would not be was an insult to the men.
The board of aldermen voted to prohibit
smoking until three o clock and everything
was done to make things pleasant and com
Portable Next year the number Of women
to vote will be much increased, for some who
hesitatod, half afraid, have discovered that it
isn't so terrible thing after all, and that
they were in danger neither of browbeating
nor ridicule Ii may be interesting to you to
know that the first woman to deposit ballot
in Cambridge, was Mrs. Agassiz, the widow
Of the lamented naturalist. In Cambridge
the result was more satisfactory, for the
women candidates were elected Among
them was Mrs Phoebe Kendall, sister of
Maria Mitchell The defeat Of Mrs. Talbot
in Boston, was largely due to Mr.. Philbrick,
who published a letter incorporating Mrs
| Talbot's position regarding the girls Latin
school 1t was willful Misrepresentation, IN
doubtedly for Mr.. Philbrick could not, IN
! less his memory be much impaired, have SO
soon forgotten Mrs. Talbot's attitude. True,
she did her best TO have the doors Of the
| Latin school opened for girls. but failing il
that, she turned her efforts il the direction
Of the establishment Of a separate school for
them, and, was really one of the most tti-
cient in bringing the school into existence.
This does not seem to warrant Mr.. Philbrick's
assertion that she was opposed 10 the school
and worked against it.
But to leave politics, and come TO pottery,
which. I dare say you have long ago learned,
is one Of my weaknesses. I won't admit to
being afflicted with the ceramic craze. for
I acknowledge that decoration Of this kind is
amenable to laws, and that a hodge -podge Of
bric-a- brac is not decorative art. 1t is won
derful what al advance there has been IL the
taste for pottery within a few years. and how
far that taste has extended. II not only COM
preheuds the various kinds Of ornamental
vases but it reaches to our tables, and comes
into the most every day matters. 1t is just
as cheap, and every way more satisfactory, to
have the brown pitcher that is SO indispensa-
bic in your kitchen, of good design, even if
il is of the commonest ware, and still better
to have il il some of the old-fashioned dec
orations which have sprung to the fore again
Those Of you who have turned up your noses
at graudmHmrlss blue or green-bordered,
jug-shaped pitchers, with wonderful flowers
on the side had best take the pitchers down
| Iruu nv upper nIvI'v-. rIrvIv you Iviv BauvNI
them, and give them place of honor IL your
pantry Only don't let Norah or Chloe, or
Gretchen, make too free use Of them with
her careless fingers, through which the
most treasured Of your things are constantly
slipping. No, repeat ii, there's no reason
il the world why your every day common
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beauty and symmetry.
Perhaps you will remember something
which l wrote about two years ago, regard
ing the Introduction Of the ld-faslioned,
blue ware. That was but the beginning Of
the now prevailing fashion Of using the dec
GRATED ware il place of the white French
china which was SO long the favorito table
ware. II is not so very long since every one
thought this style the only one that could
possibly DC used, and I remember once dress
ing my own table with some decorated pink
china, as delicate as an egg shell in texture,
which had come down through three genera
tions into my possession, and being asked,
laughingly, by a friend, if ! was giving Il
"grandmothers party" Ii is needless to say
that now my pretty china is treated with
proper respect. Since the introduction of
the blue willow ware 10 the present genera
ton, there have been various styles of dec
GRATED table china and now there is a wide
latitude of choice. The newest of all. which
has been lately imported for this market, is
called Ivory Indus and has graceful dec
Grafton in light brown, on al ivory ground.
The decoration If not heavy, giving al over
towering sense of color. but Just enough 10
make the ware artistic This is really one Of
the prettiest and most desirable styles il the
less expensive decorated goods There seems
to be prevailing notion among housekeep-
ers, and have often heard it expressed, that
the colored china could not be matched if a
piece was broken. This is decidedly errone-
Gus it can be matched as easily as white
ware
There are many new ideas in Ornamental
ton, and none prettier than the faience
lamps for coal oil. It becomes delight TO
burn OIL with such lamps as these, and gas
grows commonplace There is no doubt
that the German student lamps decreased
the use of gas in the cities, and these faience
lamps, which are in the highest style of dec
orative art, will tend 10 still further lessen its
use. gas fixture is not especially ornamen-
tai to d room, but such lamp as any one Of
the many that I saw yesterday at Jones
McDufee & Stratton's is Ii is delight to
have one on ones table they make room so
coy. They are as handsome as an elegant
vase, and combine, most happily, ornament
and use, which is the true decorative art mo-
tive.
Another new ornamental ware, which the
season las introduced, and which is inexpres-
sibly fascinating is the bohemian crackle, -
an amber-tinted glass with the. surface in
| cracllle decorated with geA-mosses and grass