The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-07
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Where wheeling Pottery Work is Most
Appreciated.

Where wheeling Pottery Work is Most
Appreciated.
The saying, 60 away from home
to hear the news" is as old as tho
scriptures, and this is as true Of Wheel
ing industries as OF interests Of other
communities. However much Wheel
ing has been praised in the past this
tribute from n trade paper, CHINA,
Glass and Lamps" TO the WheeIng
Pottery Company VIII be read not on
ly with interest, but with PRICE
To he Drnised by Caesar was deemed
praise indeed, In the classic days OF
glorious Rome. but In these more ma
terial days OF modern Democracy,
| when business considerations far out
weigh the highest compliment OF a
throned monarch, to be ACCORDED un-
| stinted praise by competitor VINO
feels moved by q sense OF justice ana
love OF truth 10 rise above the gross
ness OF yellshness, and l0Vishly lauu'
with the exubernnce OF an enthusiast
the goods Of q competing house, ~ me
highest encomium which can De gwen,
because therein poor human injury
mark which divides divinity from the
man to surpaRs. ~ a..
"po YOU know what / consider the
best piece Of modelling plneed on the
market by any American house aur-
ing the past two years?" quizzed IN
English potter now visiting the states,
OF the writer Inst week. As he was
himself a modeler OF recognized abil-
ity, we deemed It wise TO keep silent
and confined ourselves TO saying: no,
SIR" Well" said he, when say the
best / mean broadly the best az re-
CARDS conception, harmony cont onah
versatility, adoption OF design TO eash
niece. and forms running from the
severely Greek to flowing Roman out
We nodded assent, but only to ae-
knowledge that we thought he knew
the basic requirement OF art about as
well as the specialized lecturers on ART
ut the academy.
"it's a toilet set" said the modeler.
'for you excel us in toilets, While we
English, YOU must admit, ana notapy
the French. beat you Yankees on din-
ner ware. But Its beauty ,elear, clean,
classic. There's the Jar, which you
Americans call combinet, q piece OF
straight lined Greek, ending In Just
enough OF u marginal swell and out.
flow 10 bronx the stiffness which art
abhorR. The swell OF the lid Is lower
than any one but q true artist would
have made Il, SO as not to detract from
the ensemble OF the set. The ever the
next largest piece, combines the modl-
iied Greek lip with the low flowing
curve OF Italian art in the Renaissance:
the body broadening out into bolu
swell, which HogArth's eye might nave
envied. The large bowl Is again
modification and sensible adoption OF
outline TO the use OF the vessel, Whlcn
the smaller articles retain the shape
illness OF the larger pieces, without be-
inE rigid copies OF them. The decora-
lions are in keeping with the design
and the name Is expressive and ap.
proprinte, and as chaste. pure and
sweet in Renaissance as volume OF
the psalms OF Dayid."
well" said the scribe. u should
like to have you come to the point, and
tell me what you are raving about. You
really surprise me. for an Englishman
rarely sees anything TO compliment
outside OF his own dear Albion"
well" said he. 81 mean the Quak-
eress, Of the wheeling Pottery COM
pany. It IL pure Puritan. II has the
flavor OF England, and the free breath
OF America Every time ] look at u,
! feel Ike repeating the words OF Pris-
ella:
NV heart is 80 sad that l wish myself
bnck In Old England.
You Will say Il is wrong, but cannot help
wish myself back in Old England. feel
20 lonely and wretched.'