The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-06
CHINA TALK
Mrs. Horace G. Wait Adj
dressed the Keramic
Artists Yesterday.
PROGRESS OF POTTERY
Delightful Ending of the
Seasons Work
Those Present
PROGRESS OF POTTERY

Three o'clock in the afternoon of yeste--
day was the hour set by the Keramic ar
fists of this city for their closing recep-
ton, at the residence of Mrs. S. Browne,
the President, and by three o'clock yes.
terday the thermometer had run up to an
almost unbearable degree of heat, but the
Keramic artists with their friends turned
out in full force to hear Mrs. Horace c.
Waits lecture on american Pottery"
which was the feature of the afternoon.
Preceding the lecture, however, was a
vocal solo by Mrs. Anna T. Molten, ac-
companied by Mrs. John Headden. third,
who also played all the other accompani-
ments.
Mrs. Wait divided her lecture into three
parts, taking her text from the familiar
ines which bid the bride wear
something old, something blue,
Something borrowed and something
new"
To head the first part of her lecture
Mrs. Wait took something old and some
thing blue giving a most delightful talk
on blue china Illustrated by samples the
lecturer had brought for the purpose.
from a very fine collection of her own.
1.-THE love of blue china" said Mrs.
Wait, rs with some people a fad, n you
all know for what those three letters
stand, 'for-a-day.' 1t was a great artist
and poet on the other side of the Ocean
Who first taught us the true love of blue
china, Dante Rossetti. Imitation is hat
people began on, and out of the imitation
comes sometimes originality
She then went on to speak OF the
American pottery as characteristic say
ing, "You can trace the whole history OF
the race in it's pottery. But the cry OF the
potter is that he must V his price and
that is why art in America has not been
more progressive"
Mrs. Wait then went on with a most in
teresting description of the manufacture
of blue china, saying it was easier to dec
crate china in blue because it is the only
color that can be fired without risk" The
trouble with the decorator of today" con-
tinued the speaker, sis hat he does not
know when to stop. White should be used
sparingly.
1.-The average collector of blue china"
said Mrs. Wait. gathers together a great
many things he knows nothing about. The
only value of blue china is the value it IS
to YOU" Mrs. Wait here showed a num-
Der of specimens describing the different
modes of decoration. Most people, con-
tinued she, collect teapots. and the tea
pots that came off the Mayiower ara
very numerous though tea drinking was
not known at that time
This concluded part first of the lecture,
an after a solo, MAY morning." by Miss
Lillian Kompff. Mrs. Wait continued with
part second. Something borrowed"
1.-The Browning spirit" said she, exists
in all art. There is very little originality
in the world. One very interesting fact
with all china is that about two hundrad
years ago England brought the clay from
America. So while we have borrowed
from England her pottery, she has bor-
rowed from us her material"
The lecturer then continued with a de-
scription OF the first pottery in Jersey City
in charge of Mr.. Turner and Mr.. Rouse.
This, she said, was not a success.
Miss Agnes Mathilde Dressler then ren-
dered a v~ioloncello solo, Because" n
Mrs. Wait went on with. part third,
Something new" Under this head the
lecturer gave a description of the latest
methods of glazing pottery, showing
many beautiful specimens. She also went
Ddck ~ oOuielHlHS Ulu, dlu ueSCTlDeu
the old clay pie plates of a hundred years
ago. quoting many of the rhymes found
thereon, to the amusement of the
audience. A second solo by Mrs. Moul-
ton concluded the programme, and re-
freshments were passed.
Among those present WEEK.-MRS.. Charles
Browne, Miss Edith Bushman, Miss
Louise Darling, Miss Louis r. DRESSER,
Mrs. Louis Dougherty, Miss J.. F. Ehlers,
Mrs. James Erwin, Mrs. j. P. Chuck, Mrs.
P. Held, Miss Florence White, Miss J. c.
Wightman, Miss J. NJ. Wightman, Miss
Ida Milford. Mrs. James H. Noe, Mrs.
Brice Collard, Mrs. J. l.. Scudder, Mrs.
Hiram Bennett. Miss Louise Darling, Mrs.
Horace c.. Wait, Mrs. Bull of New York,
Miss Elizabeth Simpson, Miss M. A.
Haight, Miss Ehlers, Mrs. James Erwin,
Mrs. Moulton. Mrs. FRANKIE. Mrs. Robert
son, Mrs. George White, Mrs. Pring1es,
Mrs. Priestman, Mrs. John Headden,
third, Mrs. ]. L. Mclaughlin, Mrs. Mount,
Mrs. McCabe, Mrs. See. Mrs. Blanchard,
Mrs. Manning Stires, Jr., Miss Ada D.
Fuller and Mrs. Robottom.
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