The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-05-01
Woman's Club.


The Woman's Club met with Mrs
H.Kirk White Saturday afternoon. AS
the work OF the club is upoa the arts.
and crafts movement, Che papers
presented were along industrial lines
Mrs. Minnie White read her paper or
"Modern Industrial Art In Europe, >
at the request OF members who had
not heard the same at a previous
meeting. The following is short syn.
opsis ofthe papers OF the afternoon:
"Modern Industrial Art In England, )
by Mrs. Minnie White. The original
idea Of the arts and crafts movement
s, as the name implies, the association
Of art and labor. The movement be-
gan about forty years ago, although
the distinct phase OF industrialism
belongs to the last ten yeans.
Art is defined as creative opera
ton Of the intelligence; the making OF
something either with view to utility
or pleasures" one object OF which is
to give people pleasure in the things
they must use and another to give
pleasure In the things they must make.
Industrial art is a form of art OF
abor which aims to be artistic and
educative and which combines the
practical and the ideal. Modern civil
lization prides herself on her machinery
and devices for saving labor and
increasing production, but to those
who have feared that the hand might
forget its cunning, 1t is pleasing to
know that the old handicrafts are
being reestablished. This is clearly
shown in the work in the British Isles,
where home arts and industries asso-
citation was formed, In the Guild Of
Women Binders, the meath and home
art scheme for disabled sailors and
soldiers, in the weaving and tapestry
houses OF Haslemere, and others too
numerous to mention.
In the future 1t will be the producer
not the consumer that will determine
what shall be produced and inlorder to
bring about an age Of artistic activity
it is necessary for the maker and the
user to understand each other.
Much has been done in the right
direction and the many industries
being perfected herald new birth of
art in England for
mems eyes see again
Mems minds live again
Mems hands fashion again."
Typography" by Mrs. Clara Bent
ey:
Typography, while antedating civil.
zation is today one Of the youngest of
the arts.
The word typography literally means
rewriting and is the art of engrav-
Ing on wood or other substance by fire.
1t seems to be one of nature s arts and
has been known in all ages. Exam.
pies of typography have been found
among the savageS Of New Guinea, and
the art was practiced in
parts of Europe as early as the four
tenth and fifteenth centuries.
As the art has developed, the tools
or the work have improved. The
irst tools were Of primitive order,
being simple instrument, often a |
poker heated in the fire on the hearth.
Then poker-like points Of different
lies were used, but all retained the |
LIKENESS to the dear old kitchen en-
)lem.
The practical difficulty was the
necessity Of frequently heating the
METAL and the inequality of the tenn.
'erature. Experiments were made by
n electric current.
About fifty years ago an Englishman
famed Ball Hughes, a poor sculptor,
When sitting by the fire heated a poker
ed-hot and burned picture Of Fuse
els witches" on shingle that lay
N the hearth. This was the origin of
Ball Hughes poker pictures.
Thus at first typography was crude
nd simple because the tools were,inad-
quate.; Relief came.when bettertools
we're invented, and now the appara.
us for the work consists Of tools vary
ng In size from darning needle point
o gouge half an inch in diameter.
each is made with a hollow shank per-
Grated with a small hole, and the