The morning call., 1891-03-01

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than. that connected: with 1.-The IL mercantile
facts and figures; with their eXtraordin}aly:
art development. compelling tne eIii ply :
ment.of: the most noted andssklllIui qeTSaS
tive artists in Europe or even 10 ses
bewildering .ShoW=rooms *9f llIe?, ; si.,ss'
plaotles candnlabra; state taDle 10 I'll,
chimney pieces; multiiarl3liul5 80 ,anam-
decorations, Etruscan enlpe! S;amns:
els cabinet settings: piattldI po,ii c.n,ane
bowls, seals: relle1s, tsd in'ovortetv and
MN r. This. is. in the everyday ne, Hao
demonstrations: character ana alnuseli i.
of thelpotters themselves:
/ believe nota kind1ler, more eolnI It tqs
or. .cGnfented, folk live. than these Stafford
Shire n0tters:. There are economic reasons
Tor this which American man ufacturers
.c6uId study;with profit That cur sed piracy
;nnon.labor, the !.'truck system, is unknown
here. While rivalry between manufacturers
is Of the keenest.. unvarying provision Is
made against periods of depression; so that
at all times there is unbroken sustentatlon
of labor. If slight reduction Is ever neces;
sary, tits only i'll the: quantity proquced.
Wages, Invariably by the r" piece, are
never REDUCED. Every penny ,dus -eE TSys
man: is paid him each Saturday noon LUG ~;
result is, wOrkmen. are sure OIL CERTAIN ~
come.. This just and humane {teasLienS
makes good. citizens aud comic rtaole Monies
anywhere. But tile Universal goou nature
of the Staffordshire pOtteIS S; atlrlDuteI Oy
themselves to a curious .heIeuttdIS Uejlel'
"Working in EARTH, tney say maAes
men 50, -: -...+
There are preserved many sunny pictures
of the masterpieces home in the seven
teeuttEand eighteenth centuries. The genial
autocrats of pitchers, jugs ana pornngerS OF
that time whose workmen lived IN matched
novels not fit for swine, were each suppo sed
to exist in an ample thatched ana umOe red
dwelling with: deep caves and loaded case
ments, built against or around. the pat-work.
itself. You. entered either from the street
or The garden aroomy h0uSeplace or Kitchen.
In a gable next the pGt-WOrk was a.capa-
efnnS. chfmhey-plaCa, and opposite this was
the parl6r. The hOuSa-place. had Its pom
derous settle, its eatheT-c0yered eaSy-chalr,
a slelYed dresser, clock and tables Benlnd
the dresser the 'cratehlans scores Were
chalked:- and on the; dresser. shelves We're
displaved: the masterpieces of the 'potter'S
art Of that time. Snug and comfortable
as all this was, you: can md 10000 homes
of hotter wOrkmen, within. hYe-mlle IA
| dius of Henley, where the poorest potter
of the district lives as snugly. as his master
predecesscr- His cottage is OF brick 1t
has TWO stories and The blessing OF perfect
drainage On.th6 ground floor are a parlor
with n. pretty fire place a large living room
provided with IA huge CRATE: hobs and
"iOckey-bar" for SNinglnS pots and ket-
ties: and behind this is Sculery, with a
floor comprises two large sleeping rooms,
This gives every potter family here alive
r0imrd, completely. detached house and
garden. Ordinary WOrkmen. earn. the year
round from twenty-five to tHlrty ShliilAgs
weekly, II there happen<to be daughters,
one NAV be a. .paintress,3 coloUng the
cheaper wares and earning eight ~Shllings,
and perhaps another a 'burnSAer" earning
six shlllings per. week. Many lami4lleS
thus secure :tlirty-tlye to forty Shll!-
ings per week, Wlllle. me potter POTTS. .
Felrt. and rates do not exceed twenty
shTlling5 per month: for such. home.
Many Of these homes have. area flower
*plats In the gardens of all are nlazeS OF
flowers and vines in summer Every pot
ter's paTlOf. mn ST have: It's Solemn-Nolceu
"srandfatheT'SC tCk. = 1t also boasts chests
of linen. drawers OF comfortable clothing,
and MANY cheap and pretty pieces OF furnl-
lure; Mliile on the manrel or bureau=top:lS
always fouad some fanciful sketch, painting
or curious medeli pertaining to the peters
NOcatiOn; tile result OF emulate on to win
prizes for Invention IN new processes; or far
unique and .OrgipaI designs IN modellng-and
The p tiers. daily:routine is an unevent-
. full: one -.AI.Jo' clock. in. the morning he
leaves heme, "!TUiiiny" or .ssnap'n" (hs
breakfast. dinner, or 6uth)-in - -. -.
-. A RED CorToS:. HANDKERCHIEF
In one hand, and in.the other. his can" of
EllltC NEtls.ll Ilt ltslLS Oti Dtb busle -
. used Iii drying the ware. before burning.
He works little or much, at WALL, from the
opening Of the pottery gates at . O'Clock I'D
tie morning.. until the same hour in the
eyening,::When he.Teturns home @ tea. ms
meal.conSlsts OF bread, butter and tea, with
any. handy tritle leftover. from the home
: meals of. tile day; but always includes, in
season, cress;- radisbes.o or onions, from his
little garden. HiS-WOrki is eadessly hot and
+ dusty, and he " hungers. for green things"
ever" Alter his evening meal, he is found,
until bedtime, at the public-hOuse, or
with groups of his fellows at the street
| corners. or in the. .market-place, ginning
| at m0nntebanks or unctuousy Joining in
l. tile Services of the ''SalVatiOnstS." If de-
IYQut-and however much these men ire
| .Gient the .'pubs,''. they are nearly all
/ ent rIisiastiG: AVeSievans-On Sundays they
|. arl. f0iind at prayer-meetlng before break
| fast; at Sunday school again IN the alter
E.n06n. and: at service at o'clock in the
evening Between and 6 o'clock on summer
Sunfay afternoons, with their families, they
will number around 10000 strolinS along
T. tha.cIayey roads and lanes.
!. Their dialect, somewhat similar to that Of
:th8.l5wly~of Cheshire, is worthy of illustra-
tim. t:-rrt lgat lent Of what she
T conceived to'be my .'60p%ess-IS oo I, re
ways iii arriving at exact lntormatfU1
marked to. me: with some show OF spirit :
TheiglI thenkst theyt sumhuddy. with
/. theght dicsonary nonsense; but VI the nkSt
/ theight a reg lar feu Zoo, tooD!'
"A potter will greet fellow with: well.
|. Tim Tom. lad baa dew?" 'uaa dew ?"
is the inyariable answer "Er" is univer-
sally used for "she"; and degrees Of near
ness are indicated by 1T, aymer nearer
land Its aymest nearest" Tie following
| conversation, which | caught from two pot
ter "tlroweTs' at their work on Saturday
| morning, regarding a prospective visit to the
! playhouse, of which they are all very fond,
| is as good aniliustratiOn as can be given Of
otaffOrdshire dialect among the lowly:
|. "We'rt goin' tniSht?"
well, WHAT'S say bait goin' t plee ?" ;
'Wel, 'ats theighr on?" -
=, liking Dick" -.
IN waits t after-peyce loike ?" =
well, Oh Gamma just remember naa. But
| Oidasseay ct II be proper good fearce."
"Wer shan we meight (meeD?"
"OIll seey theigh t thee-ay-ter dooar."
AYE thaitll dew"
"0'll be theer" '.. 30.