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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
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ceramic art and the arts kindred to IT,
Nothing was heard OF her outside the
social world for several years, however,
Then Bellamy Storer was appointed
minister TO Madrid. and his gifted
wife transferred her activities of every
variety thither with him. Again she
was silent, apparently idle, so far as
art achievement went. for some years.
But she was not at all idle. During
the latter part of last winter a collec-
tion of art bronzes was exhibited at the
Academy Of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. A
learned connoisseur said of them with
enthusiasts:
mo more exquisite bronzes have ever
been seen here. They would not dis
grace Benvenuto Cellini."
The collection-twenty-fi pieces
was the work of the hands and brain
OF Maria Longworth Storer. The de-
signs were hers, too, for certainly none
before her ever originated such strange.
daring schemes Of imagination. Now
they were like nightmare. now like a
scene from fairyland. The designs were
original 10 the point OF eccentrclty. vet
never once violating the canons OF ART.
Mrs. Storer's artistic Imagination has
evolved far above and beyond the timid
little woman idea Of a rose and a tame
kitten.
Boars, monkeys. serpents, devilfsh.
Holsters, wolves. gorgons and uncanny
monsters for which no name comes
handy revel and waltz and chase one
another around and over these Storer
bronzes. One of the most grotesque
and striking of the conceptions is a
troop Of monkeys running up and
around a vase. A devilfish is trying TO
capture them and actually grips with
one OF its tentacles the tail of the last
and lowermost monkey. In another a
sea nymph holds up a vase. There is
nothing grotesque or uncommon in that,
but this original lady must needs lay at
the feet of the nymph human skull,
suggesting one of the hapless victims
the sea has swallowed. and that skull
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

HINCINNATI ladies have had
share in the advancement OF
" American art industries for
which they have not received
due credit Wood carving as a
wage earning occupation for women
practically took it's rise there. Mrs. G.
A. Plimpton, an accomplished painter,
was one of the first TO establish a fur
mace for firing art china and porcelain.
Miss NJ. l.. Mclaughlin actually dis
covered a method of underglaze decora-
ton that produced beautiful and re-
markable artistic effect.
At the Paris exposition OF 1900 one OF
the notable displays was that OF the
Rookwood art pottery, Cincinnati. IL
was founded in 1880 by Mrs. Maria
Longworth Storer. wife OF the present
United States minister to Spain The
ladys father was Joseph Longworth.
He was one OF the most generous as
we'll as most discriminating patrons OF
art Cincinnati ever had.
Joseph Longworths daughter Maria
Inherited his power of will and his ar
tistic tates, with an artistic gift all her
own. In the seventies Mrs. Plimpton.
Miss Mclaughlin and a number OF 9TH
er Cincinnati ladies became warmly in
| terested in the artistic ceramic possi-
bilities OF the native Ohio and Indiana
red clays, particularly that utilized in
the potteries at East Liverpool. o. One
said to another: Look at the splendid
glaze that red clay pottery takes. What
pity II should only be used for beer
pitchers and milk jars!"
When the ladies said that, then the
rest of the world began to look at their
cheap common brown pitchers and
mugs. and. sure enough. there was a
shining, rich dark enamel upon them
that sparkled like black diamond.
Then the ladies applied their art
knowledge and talent to designing use
full objects which were also ornamental
from the common clay OF the country
! that took the glaze so magnifcently.
There was then no pottery at Cincin-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

natl or in the west where their wares
could be fired properly. Mrs. Storer
had the means TO build and equip one.
An ancient red brick factory I'm the east
end at Cincinnati was selected and
made over into an art pottery. Mrs.
Storer herself (then Mrs. George Ward
Nichols) managed IL, with a woman SUI
perintendent under her direction at
first. Tk2t was the beginning of the
famous Rookwood ware, now known
the world over, the leading material Of
which TO this day is the desplsed yellow
and red clay from the hillsides OF
southern Ohio and Indiana.
Some OF the Rookwood products were
put on sale I'm eastern cities. They
were designed every one by an artist.
accomplished trained. mostly women
artists. the ladies of Cincinnati They
attracted notice at once by their beauty
and dusky richness Of coloring Ready
sale was found for them. Wherever an
industrial exposition was held I'm a
large city in this country or In Europe
they were shown and became I'm time
almost as well known as the Minton
tiling or Wedgwood output. The Rook-
wood art pottery became. too, i'm time
self supporting. Then its founder. see
ing she was no longer necessary 20 Il.
gave it's management into other hands
in which IL prospers well. May IL con-
tinue TO do so. for II Is a woman's pot
teryl
Meantime Mrs. Nichols made a ro-
mantle and very happy marriage with
Bellamy Storer. ESQ, Of Cincinnati, a
brilliant lawyer and friend whom she
had known many years. She was de-
voted 10 him and TO his interests. and
when he was elected 10 congress from
his home city and became Hon. Bella
my Storer his wife's friends said:
Nov Mrs Storer will go to Washing
ton and be engulfed In the social swim.
and art will hear no more OF her. you'll
See"
Mrs. Storer did go to Washington. did
become an important part OF the capi-
tars social life. but she did not forget
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

has opal eyes. which glare out at you
weird and uncanny as the obsidian eyes
OF royal mummy in the British mu-
scum. Another OF these odd. beautiful
creations shows a monkey standing
upon the handle of pitcher and scold-
ing vigorously at a wolf below. The
creatures are so natural you can imag-
inc you hear the monkey jabber.
This. then, is what has been occupy
ing Mrs. Bellamy Storer all the years
when she seemed TO be doing nothing
i'm the art field She was simply Gre
ating a new path for herself. In Spain
she has been delving deeply into the
intricacies and mysteries OF art metal
work. She could have had no better
school os learning in the metal working
art. for the ancient perfect touch OF the
Moor is still visible I'm the exquisite
steel, iron and brass work found TO this
day in old Spain. This American wo-
man has revived i'm way some of that
wonderful work and adapted IL TO free
designs OF her own.
Mrs. Storer has been from the begin
ming "A successful and fortunate wo-
man-fortunate I'm having, first, artistic
gift OF a high order fortunate, again
I'm possessing the means TO train IL and
20 crafty her desires; fortunate. again.
an the successful accomplishment OF her
undertakings. Lockwood pottery her
first important venture. now occupies n
commodious new building on Mount Ad-
ans, above the Ohio river at Cincinna-
a. We must not overlook, either, the
fine force of character that kept the
artist from succumbing 10 her social
conditions and becoming a mere leader
OF fashion. MARILLA WEAVER.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
JEALOUS LOVERS.

The greatest thing In the world II
love. IL Is the most beautiful thing too.
Strangely enough. however. II is apt to
go hand in hand with the ugliest thing.
which is jealousy. The green eyed mon
sters favorite victims are lovers.
No sight is more terrible than the
Jealous rage of a lover. The man who
suspects his sweetheart OF flirting with
some one else is enduring such pain
that he is hardly responsible for his ac.
tions.
Similarly, the girl who sees that her
fiance is faithless experiences a heart
ache which is little short OF maddening
II is sad when such suffering Is with
out any real cause. The man or girl
who is victim OF unreasoHing jealousy
is TO be pitied. The intensity OF their
feelings cannot be realized by an out
slider.
True love is trustful, above all things.
Sweethearts who trust each other are
never worried with jealousy, nor have
they any need TO be. A true lover
never aIrts. He would not be true
lover II he did. A girl who really loves
her sweetheart can bear 10 see him
walking or talking with another girl
without the slightest pang. She knows
well that there is only one girl I'm the
world for him. and that Is herself. In
his heart she reigns supreme, just as he
does in hers Polite and attentive
though he may be to many another
maid, he reserves one thing for her
alone. This one thing Is love.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
kz Mak,
Lakeside"
ROYAL CHARMS.
Lakeside. {"

Most monarchs have jewelry which
they especially value and to which they
attach a sentimental or even supersti-
tious interest.
The dowager Queen Margherita of
Italy during her happy married life
had fancy Cor pearls, which the late
King Humbert gratifled by giving her
every year as birthday present a rope
of them just little longer than that OF
the year before. The queen dowager OF
Spain is fond Of rings, and she is said
TO change them half dozen times a
day for luck. The sultan of Turkey Is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

incased I'm a chain shirt of gold and sill
yer. and his fingers are covered with
rings, which he thinks bring him luck.
The German emperor has quaint old
ring which has been handed down from
generation TO generation Of Hohenzol-
lerns and TO which is attached an in
teresting legend. Hidden by his cuff
he always wears a small bracelet.
The czar has an exceedingly valuable
watch. and IL is said that whenever IL
has been allowed to run down some
misfortune has always befallen the i'm
perial family
The king OF the Belgians has hobby
for collecting old timepieces, the most
valuable that he possesses being one
which was once owned by Marie An
toinette.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

hospitality extended them they gave a
vaudeville performance in the audito-
rum. AT the close they rose to a man
and rendered the pilgrims chorus from
"Tannhauser" with stunning effect.
Two women back OF me were visibly
impressed Said one:
What's that they're singing? Sounds
like hymn"
"S-ssh!" retorted the other. They'll
hear you. Don't you know it's their
national anthem?'
Which shows that not quite all the
learning in the world is imprisoned In
summer schools
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

down TO the music room, where they
sat. very stiff, very plain looking, very
uncomfortable. but "Philadelphese" to
the last.
The New Workers pride themselves
upon their style and tendency to hustle.
on these two points they can without
doubt distance all competitors. but IL
was certainly rash of them TO attempt
TO give book party the other night.
because. as might be expected, a Boston
girl carried of the prize. She didn't
half try either. You don't know what a
book party is? oh. yes, you do.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
Frivolous Femininity at school.

Girls. girls. girls! Never have / seen
so many at one time in my life. There
are no married women to speak OF, and
the men-called so by courtesy,-are a
handful of callow youths who stand
abashed before the alteration they re-
ceive. When men are plenty. we girls
treat them as the dirt beneath our feet.
but when they are scarce-ah, / assure
you the demeanor changes. II ] were a
man and wanted good time. certain
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
A GALLANT WRITER.

a recent writer thus gracefully de-
fines maiden ladies':
THE undelivered packages at the
express office. They were originally In
tended for somebody, but the parties to
whom they were addressed have never
appeared or else they had the wrong ad-
dress or the address somehow was OBJ
liberated. Often very valuable parcels.
which would have given great JOY II
they had been delivered to the proper
consignee"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

or course all the girls at the summer
school are supposed to fraternize-"sis-
terize." IL ought to be. But they don't.
defy any one TO put a lot OF women to.
gether and expect them to be friendly.
1t isn't In the nature OF the sex. They
can no more help being 'cliquey" than
they can help being women. So II han
pens that the women who live at the
club hold themselves just a fraction
higher than the rest; that the girls in
the Boston cottage look with scorn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
KATE KATE CLYDE aT = SUMNER SCHOOL

three or more pique skirts being made
at the dressmaker'sl"
or course every head would be craned
in the direction of the victim OF this
sally. and loud would be the giggles. es-
pecially from her friends. In this man.
ner. by keeping his audiences contin-
ually expectant of they did not know
what, the clever lecturer secured crowd.
ed halls until his departure, which was
grievously lamented.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

tages, each plac-
cd in the center
OF a green lawn
and called aft
er some city
the New York.
the Phila d e l.
phia, the Bos-
ton. etc. OF
course the girls
from the differ
ent towns stop
at IHtlI iNSPNt"
tive Gotta ge s.
and great is the
rivalry. All take
their meals at
a central res
taurant. There
are two addi-
tional buildings
~. -
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

um, where the lectures are given. and
the club. where dances are held and
where there is also an excellent care
THE auditorium at one end or the
grounds and the boozorium at the 9TH
err" as one witty girl put. II. And the
saying has taken hold. much to the dis
gust OF the faculty.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

these are past
ed pictures OF
objectsor phras-
ew which sug-
gest the names
OF books. And
that remin d s
me. No. IL had
simply written
on Il The Ides
OF March. OF
course II rep
resented Md
dlemarch, but
two. girls came
and stood be-
fore it, biting
their pencils re-
nectlvely. Said
the more gor-
geously dressed
of the two:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

The Ides OF
March That sounds familiar"
"Of course Il does. you goosel" retort.
ed the other scornfully. Don't you
know that's from Lady Macbeth.
she says. rubbing her hands tragically.
'Bewa-a-re of the ides OF March,"
And down II went on the paper as
Lady Macbeth"
Another one. A Canadian club visit
ed the summer school. and 10 return the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

No matter what the fabric, the cos
tune must have the new graduated
flounce in order to be on the crest Of
the wave OF fashion. This finish Is
known as the plated. shaped fiounce
The plating is done by machine. the
folds narrowing at the front and Wild
ening toward the back with the In
creased width OF the flounce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

upon those who
don't use broad
as a n d w h O
drop an occa-
sional final <,
and that the
Phila delphians
bu n ch them
selves into tight
little groups for
no earthly rea-
son than be-
cause they are
Philadelphians.
The other night.
for instance,
there was a mu-
sicale given by
a charming wo-
man, a singer.
and TO this all
-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

"OR the sake Of consistency I will
L. call IL the Lakeside Summer
school. though that isn't its
- name by any means. III is sit
uated on the shores OF a large
sheet OF water dotted here and there
with picturesque islands. The school
itself is a settlement OF about fifty cot
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

Incrustations Of all kinds are used
extensively on silk and cloth. There 10
a preference for jetted nets. and those
on which paillettes are arranged n
elaborate scroll designs are popular.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06

4 young lady's definition of polite
man was zone who listens TO things he
knows all about when they are told by
a person who knows nothing about
them"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
The Philadelphia clique

The Phiiadeiphia Clique the cottages
were invited. They all conversed to-
gether amicably except the Philadel-
phians. who massed themselves In
solid phalanx on the stairway leading
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-06
A Book Party.

About twenty-five sheets OF paper
are pinned around the wall. and on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07
About Nordica,s Ancestors.

To the Editor of the State Journal.
Referring to an article in Thursdays
State Journal, the inference is that
''Nordica's" paternal ancestor Nor
tom came to America in the Mayfiower.
She may trace her ancestors to May
flower stock as claimed. but not in the
male line. There We're no Nortons who
came in the Mayf1ower in 1920; none in
the next ship, the Fortune that came in
1921, and none that came in 1929. in the
ship Ann, or in the Little James OF
course there was a good deal of Puri-
tan, and in a sense Mayflower stock
that came afterwards and not only
Nine. Nordica but thousands of other
have descended from the Mayf1ower pas
sengers through female lines, and the
mother line is just as good as any.
g. f. KIMBALL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07
STANLEY IN ST. LOUIS.
VIII Help Pick Out Site For the Kan
sas Building.

Governor Stanley left last night for
ST. Louis to help the Kansas st. Louis
Exposition commission pick out a site
for the Kansas building at the Louisi-
ana exposition He was Joined in Kan
sas City by Senator Morrow, of Wash
fngton county; Senator Carpenter, of
Chanute, and w. p. Waggener, of Atchi-
son. G. H Luling, of Wichita, and Sem
ator Simons. of Caldwell, went by an
other route and will meet the commits
sion in st. Louis today.
They will go over the ground care
fully and try to pick out a location
where Kansas can make the best show
ing. The last legislature appropriated
more from the Legislature, and is laying
it's plans accordingly.
The exposition commission in ST.
Louis will tomorrow entertain the Kan
sas party at luncheon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07
THREW CHILD FROM TRAIN
Des perate Act of Prisoner in Effort
to Escape.

Greencastle, Ind, March Jacob
Reynolds threw a little girl from a NOV
ing train on the Monon railroad at Lime
dale today. He jumped after her, escap-
ing a Kentucky sheriff who had been
after him since October IL. The sheriff
had arrested Reynolds at Valparaiso
on a warrant charging him with kid
naping the little daughter of a woman
who lives in Green county, Kentucky.
The prisoner was being taken back to
Kentucky and the handouts were re-
moved from him to permit him to take
the little girl to the other end of the
car. He went to the platform, jumped
hours later, at spot Is miles from
where Reynolds left the train he was
again arrested. Both he and the child
were badly scratched by their fall from
the train. Reynolds is the father of the
child. He and the little ones mother
separated several years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07
STICK TO 1T
Until Coffee Hits You Hard.

1t is about as well to advise people to
stick to coffee until they get hit hard
enough, so that they will never forget
their experience, although it is rather
unpleasant to have to look back to
half dozen years of invalidism, money
and opportunity thrown away, which is
really the terrible price paid for the
weakest kind of a mess of pottage''
A woman writes and her letter is con-
densed to give the facts in a short
space. Il was a coffee slave and stuck
TO it like a topper to his cups notwith-
standing 1 had headaches every day,
and frequently severe attacks of sick
headaches, then I used more coffee TO
relieve the headaches, and this was we'll
enough until the coffee stimulant wore
off, then would have sick spells Final
ly my digestion was ruined, severe at
lacks of rheun atism began to appear,
and ultimately the whole nervous sys-
tenn began to break down and was
fast becoming a wreck.
At this time l was induced to quit cof-
fee and take up Postum Food Coffee.
This was half a year ago. The result
has been most satisfactory. The rheu-
matism is gone entirely. blood is pure,
nerves practically well and steady, di-
gestion almost perfect, never have anv
more sick headaches and am gaining
steadily in weight and strength Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Greek, Micn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-07
IDEA is SPREADING.
Kansas Reciprocity Movement As
sumes National Scope.

1t seems probable that Governor STAN
ley's reciprocity movement is to become
national in its scope. A. B. Hulit. sec
rotary of the Western Reciprocity
league, which was organized here a few
weeks ago as result of the movement
started by Governor Stanley, has just
returned from a tour of Chicago and st.
Louis in the interest OF the movement.
He visited a large number of manufac-
turing industries, and nearly all of them
promised to take hold of the movem ent
provided the organization is made a ma
tional one, and they further promise
to put up the funds necessary to make
it a success. -
The organization is really already ma
tional in it's scope, for it takes in mem
bers as far east as Connecticut. al
though it's name indicates that is west
ern. Governor Stanley. who is president
of the league, has called a meeting of
the executive committee, to be held in
Topeka next Monday to consider the
idea of making the organization nation
al in name and pushing it in the east
as well as in the west. 1t is possible,
also, that a general meeting of manu-
facturers and other business interests