The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-21
RARE WORK 70 Be SHOWN
ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBIT WILL
CONTAIN MANY BEAUTIFUL
SPECIMENS
LATEST THINGS IN CERAMICS
Choice Pieces of Beaten siIvervare,
Bendings of Exquisite Design
and EmbrOideries to Be
Exhibited.

Everything is in readiness for the sue
cessful opening of the arts and crafts
exhibit which takes place tomorrow
evening in the Ryan annex. The exhibit
ton room is on the fifth floor, and is
reached by elevator from the Seventh
street entrance The executive commit
tee, consisting of Mrs. George b. Young.
Mrs. George r. Metcalf, Mrs. S. c. Ohm
stead, Mrs. Herbert Davis Mrs. J. w.
Edgerton and Mrs E. O. Zimmerman,
will act as a general reception commit
tee and various other women interested
in the work will assist. Tea will he
served during the evening and the Jeffer-
son School orchestra will play. The
management has decided to keep the ex-
hibition opened both day and evening
during the week. A nominal admission
fee will be charged with a slight in
crease for the opening evening to cover
tn. expense of the undertaking. No in
Nasetie s-slaxe been issued for this open
ingsIs anybody who cares to pay SO cents
will be admitted.
One of the best displays viii be the
ceramic exhibit, which will include the
latest work of the Gruebe Faience COM
pany of Boston. Examples of several
new kinds of glaze in the lockwood
pottery not hitherto exhibited here and
an extensive line Of Dsdham tile will
of amateur work in pottery.
A unique exhibit will be list of fifty
six pieces of art iewelry, W tn gold,
silver and copper settings in antique de-
signs, the work Of Mrs. Knapp, of Chi
cago. few choice pieces of beaten Sill
verware will be shown. Each article is
hammered from the virg'n metal without
casting, stamping, spinning, rolling or
chasing and each article is signed with
So - do
Book lovers will revel in the bookbind-
ing collection which VII contain some
of the choicest examples of design and
workmanship. Miss G. Starr, of Hull
house, Chicago, sends some of her
best work; the Roycroft shop is another
contributor.
METAL WORK DISPLAY.
The Chicago Arts and Crafts society
viii have a large co lection of meal
work, burned wood, pottery, cabinet
work and embroidery, the work Of its
members. Besides there will be orna-
mental leather wo k from Montclair, n.
J.; needIework from Deerfeld, Mass,
and embroideries from Japan. The Min
neapolis Arts and Crafts society will also
have displays in various lines. A num-
Der Of ST. Paul amateurs will exhibit ar
ticles of Their own design and work.
tors are Mrs. Margaret James Burt,
portraits in plaster. relief; Miss Cornelia
James, burned wood; Miss Olive Long,
Illustrations; Mrs. F. NJ. Douglass, burn
ed woodwork, carving and leather work;
Mrs. De Wolf, wood carving; A. H.
Stem, design for carved chair; Miss Mary
E. j. Golfer, metal work, cabinet work
and book decoration.
Daniel c. French's models for the
oil in 7O1a
ter of decorative detail will also be on
exhibition, through the courtesy of Cass
Gilbert The school exhibit will COM
prise examples of all the best industrial
work done by children in the St. Paul
schools.
Tomorrow evening the boys of the Me-
chanic Arts high school VIII begin a
working exhibit in cabinet making which
will be continued during the week. The
girls of the cooking class in the Central
high school will serve chocolate, which
they will make themselves.