The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-12
ARTS And CRAFTS.
The Local Society Will Give an Elk
tensive Exhibit Beginning
January 10.
Work Of Practical and Original De
sign in Widely Different Lines
Will Be Shown. 4.

+. The artistic event of the winter will be
the third exhibition Of the Arts and Crafts
society the week of Jan. 49, The two
previous exhibitions have been accounted
not only a joy to. all interested in the
least degree in art craftsmanship or beau
tiful household articles, but a great edu-
cational force.
The society is a small one, made up
almost entirely of very busy young wom-
en-, most of whom are wage earners and
the labor Of planning and carrying out
an, exhibition worthy Of note, such as
those of the society have been, involves
heavy sacrifices of time and strength by
the entire membership. The work is
wholly an unselfish one, for no material
profit accrues either to the society or to
the members. The purpose being educa-
tional. the society, before entering into
| this field of labor, decided that those most
in need Of the inspiration of such exhibits
were those least able to pay for the bene-
fits 1t decided, therefore, to make the
exhibitions free. Then, realizing the diff
fculty Of, getting exhibitors Of beautiful
and expensive things, for which there is
a, limited market to send these things
long distances for exhibition, the society
decided to charge no commission on sales.
This very generous policy had a. very
! important part in the far-reaching inf1u-
|ence of the work of the society. The only
source of income connected with the OK
|hibitions are the sale of advertising in
the catalogue and the small fee for the
The members of the society have kept
Eup more or less correspondence with art
craftsmen about exhibits ever since the
last exhibition two years ago, and a par
ticularly sharp lookout for new worker:
land commendable new wares has beer
kept since spring. The returns which ar.
now nearly completed, show that this dill
igent search has borne abundant fruit
Most of the prominent exhibitors of TIN
former exhibitions will be represented wei
again, and many interesting new lists ar
inow in the hands of the committees, read.
for the catalogue.
4 Practical and Original.
The exhibition will include manufac
tured articles made from practical an
original designs. The classification in
Ecludes: Bookbinding and leather work
lin charge of Mrs. f. B. Dodge, Miss Hop
: Mcdonald and Miss Edith Griffith; cabi
net work and carving, Mrs. A. e. Hell
5 mick and Miss Harriet Mcdonald; cream
r cries, Mrs. r. w. Tice; metal work, Mis-
. Ethel Farnsworth and Mrs. F. E. Ho]
: brook; erl1broideries and textiles, Mrs.
T. is. Woodruff; glass;, Mrs. M 0: Nelson
. decorative modelling, Mrs. G. J. Backus
4 Edesigns and book decorations, the Misse
r Mary M. Cheney and Nellie Trufant; has
I |ketry and bead work, Miss M. e. Robert
s The list OF entries is not quite com
J.. pletc yet, although the catalogue Is abou
:. ready for the press, for very many com
e in at the last moment. Following tn
: holidays so closely, many of the popu
k liar craftsmen and women find their stock
: much depleted and are unable to sa
t definitely what they can send, so ther
: are likely to be some eleventh hour SUI
It prises. 49,.
e Among the important new exhibition
lis collection from about a dozen al
n worker of Dayton, Ohio. This include
It woodw ork and carving by William Cocf
: |rane,, George W. Weber, J. c. Hendel
e |shott, Mrs. Clarke, J. Stewart and Sar
> |B. 5Thresher; and jewelry, including e1
y pensive pendants, chains silver gil
y abalone and baroQue pearls, silver, COZ
- per and gold, by Brainerd B. Thresher.
VI Through the influence Of Mrs. Amel
= Center of Chicago large number of tt
y. exhibitors at the Chicago exhibition
- arts and crafts that has just closed W.
= send their work on to Minneapolis, ar
~ 1.-The Kalo, Krayle and Crafters shops
Chicago will be well represented. MI
20 Center will send a large screen Of carve
= embossed and inlaid leather and 9th
- articles :.'
of The exhibit over which Chicago We
1e wild was in leather, and wood and met
r. work, done by Charles Eaton or Los Al
is geles. A few of the pieces were alrea'
a promised for Minneapolis and now an e
ic fort is being made to secure all that w
10 Left after the Chicago exhibition. M
is Eaton uses his materials in combinatio
9. with rare art and fine workmanship. H
be boxes are leather covered and trimm
he with metal work. Several of the ches
and writing desks are also marvels
n ingenious construction.
10 The exhibit of rare bindings will be
91 rich one, headed by five examples fro
IN Otto Zahn's shop and ten from Mi
y, ~ Ellen Starr and her pupil, Frank We
- berg, Several Of the latter were in t
Scribner's exhibition Of books in n
-. vember. Gertrude Stiles of Chicago y
w send three books and there will be loa
49, ~ Of fine specimens of hand bound boo
49,, by Edmund Brooks, the public libra
10 and others. OF the local binders M
"a Grifiths, Mrs. F Dodge and C. F. N
Clumpha will send books. Other ext
al itors Of leather include Christie Reat
to the Dolese sisters, and the Kalo shop
on Chicago. The Kalo work includes 1ibrs
,re sets, card cases, magazine covers, 81
ed tionery folios, bags, table mats and bel
nd The Dolese sisters have a novel way
is decorating leather in water colors that
ere1 very beautiful T. ~:- = - -~
- The mental work is always one Of