St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-09-06
The Woman's Club.
Arts aud Crafts the Subject or the
Monthly Meeting.


Monthly Meeting.
The September meeting OF the st.
Tohnsbury Woman's Club was held in
Pythian Hall Monday afternoon and
was largely attended by members and
guests from abroad. Three new names
were presented and accepted for member
ship-Mrs. A. S. Haskins, Miss Laura
Chadhourne and Mrs. II. N. Turner. The
chairman of the social science committee,
Mrs. B. W. Spaulding, presented the
matter of appropriation from the club OF
| SIS, with which this committee couio
supply needy families with nurse the
coming winter, and after few favorable
remarks the club voted to make the ap-
preparation. Announcement was mace
| bv Mrs. w. P. Smith that there would
be three sessions of the art class, winch
is being formed, meetings to be held one
afternoon of three different weeks, after
the middle of September, and the subject
ia Greek Sculpture. No further public
notice will be given of this class, but
any members wishing to join may give
their names to any member OF the art
committee.
| At the conclusion of the business the
nresident introduced Mrs. W. Z. Smith,
the chairman OF the art committee, VINO
announced that arts and crafts would
be presented at this meeting and that
Mrs. W. P. Stafford would speak upon
William Morris and his work. Mrs. Stat
ford gave an exceedingly appreciative
| l. IL 6 M~ Mnr~ic +ha met artist ana
socialist, describing in charming style
how his enthusiasm for Ruskin, Inacker-
ay and Carlyle. supplemented by MS
friendship for Burne-J ones, led him TO
give up his first choice to lead clerical
, life and to become an architect. In 1851
the firm of Morris & Company was
formed and the product was artistic
furniture and household decorations
Later the business was enlarged to in
clude the manufacture OF textiles, dyeing
book Illuminating and printing. tn
Kelmscott press at Hammersmith beini
{ one OF the most famous printing office
@ in the world. Mrs. Stafford said Mi
Morris brought about the return II
: simplicity without the ornate decoration
d and closed her paper with an exceedingly.
: apt quotation from Ruskin.
At this point Miss Maud FoDensb.
{ sang the solo Remembrance" in mos
: pleasing manner. =,
. Mrs, 7. W. Titcomb followed with al
U interesting paper upon 1.-The Spirit OF tn
Arts and Crafts Movement and som
Experiments in this Line" She spoke
the accomplishments of T. ]. Sanderson
d who after his marriage to Miss Copoe
was known as Mr.. Cobden-Sandersor
- and how the Doves press was estat
J. lished by him after the Kelmscott pres
le was closed. The output OF Mr.. Sander
=. sons bindery and the Doves press e.
i. pressed the beauty OF dignifed simplicity
" which was the spirit OF the entire NOV
ie ment wherever it existed. She said tt
work was continued in Syracuse, N. \
d where the magazine United Crafts wa
% published, and the Boston publication
W Handicraft, was also mentioned. l
~ our own state Mrs. Nelson ". Fisk ha
II organised a movement at Isle la Mott
a and the Methodist ladies are al
ID nually helping that society by the
e. handiwork In Hazelmere, England,
lv colony OF ladies do excellent hand wea'
III ing. and the hand loom is still found
re the mountains of Kentucky, its produt
being offered for sale at Berea College
pay tuition of the young lady student
On the Cornish coast the lads are taugi
of metal work and the work OF the Dee
:, field women in linen embroidery and ba
10 ket wea wing was specially mentioned:
re In calling attention to the large exhih
a of arts and crafts which adorned t
7e. walls and filled the tables, Mrs. Smi
- said the exhibit included specimens tro
~ Isle la Motto, Brattleboro, the Marb
~ head handicraft shop, the work OF t
~ ~ Mothers and Daughters Industry
ng Plain6eld, N. H., which had been great
lN ne helped by the Cornish colony OF artls
e. specimens of the Deerfeld embroldei
.ne NC cut leather work by Miss Caroline B'
.ne M CESS and Miss Mary Chamberlin, a
IVY iewelry by Miss Elizabeth Copelar
these three ladies being members OF
. Boston Arts and Crafts Society.
Iohnsbury handicraft was represented
some furniture by Supt. Dempsey, IL
4 curtains and lace work by Mrs. D.
H Macomber, embroidery by Mrs. Elb
~ E. Gage, basketry by Miss Isabel
Paddock, Miss Eliza M. Ross, M
lanes Ritchie and Miss Wilde, art pho
graphs by Miss Bingham, pictures W
specially designed frames, and hamme
work by Miss Helen S. Patterson, ant
: very creditable display Of articles m
at the vacation school.
At the conclusion of the meeting pu
was served by the social committe
the new cups recently purchased tor