The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-24
SOME FAMOUS BOOKBINDERS.
MISS PRESTON'S STUDIES WITH
MASTERS or THE CRAFT.
cobdrn.Sanderson's Peaceful studio In
London and Its High Ideals -Liveiier
french Artists More and More women
Taking tp the Bookbinding Art.

Taking Up the bookDinuing Art.
A professional binder Of books IL Mis-,
Emily Preston. a Chicago girl. who hai
wandered far afeld II fifteen years IN
Europe have somewhat eff ced the
chicago hall mark. Still, the clever
Young bookbinder insists that she is West.
rrn to her finger tips, and possibly she Is.
certainly, she Is American. No Swiss
Anglo. French lacquer can hide that adj
mirable fact, and she has testified to the
faith bv coming back to America, TO sc,
nm her Lares and Penates. first and fore
most among which household gods, 10
~nor,rait of Golden Sanderson.
Miss Preston's creed begins with Il be.
b4ye in Golden -Sanderson,' but her ad'
miratiou for the man who taught her the
host that she knows of bookbinding, ism
the ordinary hysterical idealization OF q
master in which 10 many American art
students indulge. 1t il the solid N cor
dial respect OF an intelligent worker for
the master craftsman.
Jaws emphatically. Il have worked under
other good masters, but there il only one
Golden -Sanderson. His ideals are what
set MIN apart.
does not even recognize that there
ia any NdN OF DOING u tnliR, save INC Dtbt
way. For him poor work simply doesn' I
exist. Sham and compromise are words
not in his vocabulary.
1t has never occurred to him. ] believe,
that fault, an impeTfectlon IN a binding
could Toe hidden. could be covered up.
The work must he done over. No other
solution ever presents itself to him. Ar
tistic conscience incarn ate-that Is b
Sanderson. -.
ats rather hard to live up TO that spirit
al first hard to accustom oneself To his
standards, Ia the atmosphere OF his work
shop, but the personality of the man moulds
his pupil. He brings out the beet of you,
stirs your pride. inspires you, makes you
feel that any standaI except the highest
10 uncomfortable.
III there is any honesty and sincerity in
ones make up work With Co~bden-Sander-
son will bring IL out, I'm not sure but
what he can create il il II doesn't exist I"
Was he your first MASTER asked THE
suN reporter, with whom Miss Preston
was talking.
The young bookbinder laughed. Eng
fish associations have not dulled her sense
Of humor. Possibly they have whetted II.
No: | didn't plunge into the Doves
Bindery at the start, she said. Il began
work in vevay, Switzerland. i hadn't
the faintest idea Of making beokbinding
a profession. you know. ] only tool 1t
up TO keep from being bored.
NV lucas vi INV FhbJ''A WIZ
Philistine. III tell you something that
will probably make our blood run cold.
wanted to bind books in linens and bro
cades and | did it,
No confession Of guilt was ever made
more solemnly, The crime was heinous
In the eyes Of CObden-Sandersons pupil,
hut the eyes twinkled.
Il went into a little Swiss workshop,
where they turned out commercial bind
ings at from 50 centimes TO two francs
3 piece. The patron was positively over
come when | suggested his taking me.
He had never heard Of a woman learning
bo~okbinding. ! believe he didn't con-
slider IL decent.
He had 20 take a week to think the thing
over. but I've a notion II was madame, his
wife, who did the thinking. She was con-
WINGED that | must be an improper person
or | wouldn't want TO do such a ~ierd thing,
but was willing 10 pay for my madness.
Finally she consented 10 the arrange
mont, but she kept an eve upOn me. She
herself conducted a clinique de poupees,
q doll hospital. When | arrived at the
shop in the morning she always brought
an apronful Of frsgmentary dole and sat
near me, putting in eyes and patching up
legs and watching me solemnly. ] can
So that little shQn pow.
Il learned somc~Aings there. At least |
learned that %bookbinding might he fssci-
Mating | developed an ambition then
] went 10 Cobden-Sanderson
hadn't very serious ideas even then.
When he told me he wouldn't take me for
= Ieriod Of less than a year ] was staggered,
but ] agreed to the condition.
II wasn't a week before ] had settled
down grimly TO make bookbindine nv
career. II career | could have. ] Was head
over heels ia love with the work l wOuldnt
nave given IL up for anything in the world.
The thing was a revelation 10 me
i wish could make you understand
the Al fnA.Vl.Na If that AnVLNhnn Dor AlN
months | was the only pupil From the start
J vas one with the bindery The workmen
we're my friends.
There are no social lines A. the Doves
BIndery Caste simply doesn't exist Two
men and ono woman make up the force
The men. n forwarder and a hnirher. are
~orkm"n from the Workman's class, but
they are good workmen. That. In tobden-
hander-on's eyes. raises them 10 his level
W. l. = consistent socialist
The woman sever IL not from the work
ius class She 10 a sirl Who hAs ss.rn better
dave aud had hAs 10 Work, but certainly
her hnes have fallen In pleasant place
~. three we're my teachers aud nv
iuends one ~ the men had ten rhildreh
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