Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-12
HANDSOME EXHIBIT
By the Augusta China Decorators
Club at City Hall.
Large Plumber OF Visitors -Wi!i CONTINUE. To-
day and Tomorrow.


sale Of the Augusta China Decorators
Club opened. Tuesday forenoon. at the
council rooms in the City building.
This exhibition always calls out the
best people in Augusta as well as those
| of Hallowell and Gardiner. and there
were many ladies present during the
day and evening, who enjoyed not
| only the beautiful >display of china.
| but also The pleasure Of social inter-
course which the opportunity offered
| The former exhibitions which the
club las field have always been char
acteriZed by the display OF skill in the
! delicate art OF china painting. but the
one just inaugurated is said by those
| qualified to judge such matters to be
superior to it's predecessors perhaps
i not in quantity. bat IN quality. Among
| the members Of the club are ladies who
nave long made a study of the art
and who have attained such a degree
| of proficiency that should the sharpest
critic be called TO pass judgment upon
some of the dainty speciments With
which the display abounds. he would
hesitate before deciding whether or
| not they We're the work of profession
| ais.
The arrangement Of the china is
such that it is displayed to the best
| advantage. Around the room are
| a number Of tables. each covered with
snowy linen or Il fancy table scarf.
and each table bears the display OF
some member of the club. Miss Alice
| WEIGH is the president of the club, and
| it is due to her kindly assistance that
the Journa! reporter is able to give ar
| accurate account of the beautiful
| things which are displayed.
Miss Weich is an enthusiast in the
decoration of china. and does some
very fine work Her display consists of
picture on porcelain. entitled The
EetrothaI.'' "A tankard done in brown
and bearing the picture of Bacchante
and also some dainty bread and butter
| plates. s@t
Mrs. Elias Milliken also shows some
beautiful work. Among her pieces are
a large vase bearing upon it a CLASH
cal figure entitled Dreams. several
miniatures. an oval panel of Psyche,
done in dark and a card tray and cups
which are very dainty.
Mrs George w. Martin has one of
| the largest exhibits in the room. NO
tioeable among other specimens of her
| work are two pictures, one an interior
| with three figures, and the other an
oval called The Fairy Chariot. Her
! table also bears an exquisite set done
in shells and gold, an oyster set done
in very dark green, which is much
admired: also a very pretty panel IT.
| brown, Of IL mother and child, an ice
cream set in luster. and glass work.
| Miss Lena Became has some delicate
specimens, including a vase in apple
| blossoms, a cracker tray in pansleS, q
| a card box and comb and brush tray
in palms. Miss Beane's display is not
| large. but the work is excellent.
| A noticeable feature of Mrs. w. g.
| Rootllby's work are her studies OF
monks one in particular is tankard
! in brown, bearing upon it group OF
these old fellows. They are enjoying a
ouiet sip Of the rare old beer of the
Fatherland, and the happy expression
of their faces speaks louder than
could words of the excellence of the
beverage. The study is perfect. she
also has another fine study of monks
| on porcelain, two coats OF arms en-
PLAQUES, a vase III pine cones and
brown. salad bowl in shells, a cake
plate in violets, and a chocolate pot in
| pansies.
| Mrs +. w. Ninsnlan has a very
| handsome set of a tankard and two
mugs. The tankard bears n German
study. while the mugs are embellished
with imps. She also shows chop
tray that is exqusitely done in mush-
rooms and ferns. and berry dish III
blueberries. that is very dainty.
Mrs. Charles w. Jones shows some
little gems in the line of miniature
work. This is done on ivory and IS
some of the finest ever seen in the
fity. The best specimen is undoubtedly
her miniature of Mrs. Powers, the wife
of the Governor. 1t is an excellent like
ness. and the work is perfect The fact
that this picture was accepted at the
Boston Art Club exhibition was a flat
tering testimonial of it's excellence. It
has been on exhibition at Poland
Springs during the past summer.
Miss Beeman has a boullion set in
raised paste and gold that is much
admired.
Mrs Calvin G. Totman ofFairfield, has
a large display that is as varied as II
Is DcautlIul, lllcluulHS punch DoN 10 dii
oatmeal set. two vases, a cider pitcher.
two trays in interglaze, a large vase
with figure of Jephthas daughter, a
tray exquisitely done and bearing q
figure of Night" some dainty speci-
mems of enamel and jewel ware, among
which are chocolate cup and saucer
which excite the admiration of all.
Mrs. Ann NJ. Pulsifer of Watervilie,
has a display that lends variety to the
exhibition 1t is the lotus ware finished
in lustre and is made to initiate the
ancient ware which it so closely re-
sembles. She also has a violet vase done
in violet, California tray with pink
roses. a cider pitcher in brown, a clar-
ct pitcher with wild flowers. a salad
bowl and tray with ferns and violets.
chrysanthemum vase and jardi-
Mere.
Mrs. W. b. Arnold of Waterville