The Portland daily press., 1900-12-07
SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION.
The China Decorators
Annual Display.
Over Fifteen Hundred People Have
Visited the Rooms.
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Evident Artistic Adj
vance Has Been Made.
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A Superb Collection of Skiiful
and Beautiful Work.

The exhibition OF the China Decora-
tors club came to an end last night after
three very successful days. 1t has been
Viewed by at least fifteen hundred people,
the greater part OF whom have been
women. For nine PEARS this club has
been giving annual exhibitions ami the
public has come to look forward to these
with antioipations OF pleasure and as one
of the artistic events of the year. The ex-
ceIlenoe of the exhibit this year has been
the Inject of much comment. and the
universal opinion is that from an artis-
sic point of view the display has been one
of the best the club has ever made. Last
syening steady procession OF people
passed IN ana out OF the room In the \.
N. G. "A, building where the exhibition
was given and the attendance was fully
10 large as that OF any of the previous
lays.
During the past year the club has had
The advantages OF talented instructor.
Every piece that has been shown Is the
Individual work OF the member who pre-
sented 1t for exhibition and this fact has
added much to the interest In the elegant
display, There has besn a marked i'm
proyement in paste work raised work and
snameIled work during the past year.
The noticeable thing about the exhibition
as a whole is the water color style which
has prevailed more than b eretofore.
The club mem be rship Is limited to
twenty. and this year there were flfteen
exhibitors, between four and five hundred
pieces being shown.
Miss Medora +. IAtwood made a smaller
display this year than has been usual.
Her best piece was perhaps figure In a
gold frame and some other tine pieces
were tankard with grapes, also several
vases, plaques. trays, etc. This year the
club has two new members from Vest
brook, Mrs. N. L. Worthy and Mrs. He
bron Msyhew. Mrs. Worthly's exhibit
was composed OF large pieces among them
a framed figure entitled "Easter Morn,
which was one of the delightful things In
the exhibition. Besides this there was
game SGT OF artistic design, large
tankard, punch bowl, plaque with
grapss and many other handsome pieces
Mrs. Mayhem exhibited tine soup set
and some plates of beautiful design. She
also had two elegant vases an ice cream
platter and some other things of great
merritt
The exhibit of Mrs George S. Rowell
was perhaps one of the prettiest OF the
exhibit. A vase decorated with peoples
was one of the features OF the exhibition.
A card stand with roses and some hand
soma table ware with fruit dishes and
smaller pieces composed an exhibit which
was highly spoken of.
Miss Elsie Gibson had on her table a
number of elegant small pieces, all done
in her we'll known and thoroughly good
style and among them was an odette tea
set, Jardiniere decorated with trumpet
flowers and claret pitcher.
Mrs Isabel Burnett Rundlett showed
among other beautiful pieces of work a
vase adorned with yellow roses, a cider
pitcher decorated with apples besides
many other things of marked artistic
merit.
Mrs. q. M. Rice never fails to display
something worth looking at and this year
her display surpassed in skill and variety
all OF her former efforts. A breakfast SGT
in green, vase decorated with cactus
and in particular a lustre pitcher are
among thoss pieces which have created
the most comment.
Mrs, Stanley p. Warren showed a
superb figure panel framed in m ahogany
and q vase illuminated with birds besides
many other things worthy of mention.
Miss Gertrude Millstt had pretty col
lection, the principal pieces being older
pitcher, plaque adorned with straw
berries, a tray with roses, and two hsads
IN monochrome, the latter being plea sing
to the eye and Of artistic excellence.