The age-herald., 1900-12-23
In Mrs. RauIston's Studio

Mrs. RaulSton is at work these winter
 days in an attractive studio on the top
 floor of the Watts building. Adjoining her
 studio is that of Miss Phean, while next
 to this are Mrs. Loyell's and Miss Sharpes,
 and the studio beyond is occupied by Mrs.
 Morgan. This charming coterie of artists
 intend throwing their studios together and
 giving a tea just after the holidays. It
 will be a very smart affair, but after all
 the most thoroughly delightful time to
 glimpse at a studio is the moment that no
 one is expected.
 As I went up in the elevator, I remem-
 bered suddenly that I had said I would
 come on Friday, and that l was day too
 early But it was too late to retrace my
 steps, and the elevator shot downward be-
 fore I could decide exactly what to do
 You will let me come in any way, won't
 you?" said to Mrs. Raulston, and enjoying
 the charming picture of surprise that she
 made She had not had time to discard
 her artists apron and palette.
 O." she said laughingly, T intended making the studio more presentable tomor-
 row We were going to make tea for you and
 interrupted.
 q know it is dreadful of me to forget
 and come on Thursday instead of Friday. but if you will only let me remain and watch you at work, - looked across the house tops at the grey sky There was a continued batter of rain on the roofs. Within the studio was warm, luxurous, its pale blue walls hung with exquisite water colors, the cabinets filled with those mar yelous examples of china decoration that are worthy to be classed with the old mas ters and that all Birmingham has rayed over for a year. The newest things in Mrs. Raulston's cabinets were done by her in Chicago the past summer Among the most superb pieces Is a jardinier show ing a rose decoration. The colofings are in red and yellow and pink, the roses being dng wonderful contrast against back ground of water green and palest grey. Mrs. Raulstons' backgrounds are marvel ously- beautiful, the broken tints, seeming 1 to be a distinctive feature of her work, that no one can surpass. A chrysanthe- mum vase represents the figure of woman, draped in green, and holding a vase of chrysanthemums in palest pinks, the petals so wonderfully delicate that they seem but a mere outline against a background of green. It Is one of the most exquisite ex- amples. A lemonade pitcher is decorated with beautiful design in the trumpet flowers, while a tall vase painted in the Iris, in purple, white and yellow, against a background of the same tints, shading so delivatey as to resemble the tints Of an opal is one of the rarest examples of Mrs Raulstons wonderful art
 A set of chop plates, the one showing pink roses, in a rococo design, the other in | black berries, the rich purple of which blends with the background of brown and yellowish, is among the many beautiful examples. w 8 Mrs Raulston's water colors have been as greatly admired as her china painting. A beautiful design in violets in bowl, and nasturtiums and other flower pieces make her studio work attractive. In oils she has just done a cupid, after Rubens, In pastel she has famous study after Reynolds Mrs. Raulston has classes in pyrography | that wonderful art of burnt wood: Her l frames, boxes and calendars are exquisitely etched, and as in china painting there Is | frequently such bad methods employed 1T typography that the average person Is moi | able to distinguish between the work of the amateur and the expert. As in painting, SC l it must necessarily be with typography This latter art requires soul and not me- | chanical genius alone.
 | Mrs Raulston chatted interestingly ot the late designs in china and of the mos l fashionable chocolate pots, plates, after dinner cups and the many new designs | that will fill the cabinets this winter. Shs talked of the Chicago studios. of American | women who are making names for them 1 selves in the studios of Paris; of the colors l that produced a particular background l and of many things that rainy afternoon: | in midwinter which make it all the more l charming and interesting to gossip about