The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-19

signing. as the most congenial, has de-
voted the two years to that study. Miss
Ct. T.. Simonson Is the instructor of the
silk department. Practical instruction is
given, and some of the best designs made
by Miss, Whittredge and many other stu
dents also were riot exhibited because
most prominent manufacturers. The best
decorative houses are to be found among
the schools patrons.
The prize sketch by Miss Whittredge
was q design of "LaDtos. :" but the designs
Of FORMATIONS" and Empire also ex-
hibited, were very attractive. Miss Whit
t fSese d alyes n an su artlstie aatmospEher in
rounded by her fathers artistic career.
Ineir nome Is one that suggests in its
situation on a little knoll a love OF the
hand, while the friendly young Scotch
collie, 'Laddie,, running to meet the
visitor only makes the charm more COM
Iplete, h interior of the house is pleas
ing, and calculated to excite the interest
OF the visitor by its many art treasures.
among them the portrait of the master
washington Crossing the Delaware"
The portrait was painted while both men
were students at Dusseldorf and present.
led to Mr.. Whittredge later, when the
artists exchanged pictures. The portrait
represents the artist In costume of Queen
~ialiAapeth's era, and is an excellent ike-
ness today, with the exception Of the
signs or the whitening hand of Time.
IN the architectural department Miss
Amelia T. DAILY, formerly of Orange. now
OF Plainfield, received the first prize n
exhibited very commendable work. 1T is
very probable that his department does
not appear to every one, unless the sub
1ect OF architecture is we'll understood.
in their details and breadth of view. The
centre OF attraction, however, was the de-
sign OF the Woman's Era Building, de-
the school, and now occupying an office
IN Lhe building. This same firm design
ed the Woman's Hospital in California,
which has received such approval, and
Miss Cannon is now experimenting the
building of a model tenement house on
Sixteenth street, near First avenue. This
pc completed in the fall. 1t is done I'M
der the direction of the Improved Hous-
ing Council, and the subscribers are
mostly women, namely; Mrs. Pierpont
Dunlap Hopkins, Mrs. Morris Jessup, Mrs.
Josephine S. Lowell and many Others.
To quote John J. A'Becket in his
School of Applied Design is as follows:-
f'!Qne need not be a prophet to ~foresee
the future Of the New York School of
lily widening circle it presents more than
all of the satisfactory results which were
forecast in its conception. 1t is earnest
~ hoped that the exhibition of work done
by the school may lead to the knowledge
of its worth, and incite the charitably-
minded to the truest exercise of we'll
uoIHS-lndl OIL nelplnS the deserving to
help themselves, by coming to its aid"
The prices the students receive for their
work will interest many. The girl stu
dents Of the school receive 5 per cent. on
the cost of the building for which they
make an architectural drawing, the same
price that men receive for like work.
For silk designs they are paid $40 and
$25 for wallpapers, $50 to $75 a set; for
book covers, $40 to s25; for rugs, sis to
S35, while Illustrations bring from $40 to
$50 or more.
Upon entering the gallery during the
exhibition the first object that catches
the eye is a glass case, containing a we'll
done Testimonial gotten up by two of
the students to be sent to Princess Chris
tian in acknowledgment of her offer to
become a patron of the school. The let
teriag on it is the work of Miss Louise
Jessup Cuddy and the exquisite border
officers of the school are:-President.
Thomas B. Clark; directors, the Rev.
Q h Wesley Brown, Justice Ingraham,
Benjamin C. Porter, ]. Carroll Beckwith,
John Cleary, Clarence M. Hyde, Francis
Lathrop, Elihu Root, S. v. White, Mrs.
James Hartman, Mrs. L. A. Carroll, Mrs.
Calvin Brice, Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins and
Mrs. George Kemp.