The Jersey City news., 1906-01-03
AN hRIISI'S WAY
Hav a ,eranic Painter En-
teTsasns Her Guests At a
Buiscait Feast
..IIAI AILS THE GIRLS
pHEY HAVE ACQUIRED COMMON
ENsE BUT AS YET NOT TOO
Sa OF IT-EMPIRE STILES
TX FAVOR

* FAVOR
An artist who makes a specially of
ch.aa painting every ,no& and then in
Wits about dozen friends to a biscuit
party. When the mystifed guests ar
gire they find the studio fixed up to
represent a ceramic laboratory, with
rows Of pottery along the shelves, a pot
ter',s wheel and an artificial kiln in one
cesner
Oa an unpainted table in the centre of
the soom is pile of what the guests
thiak IS the dough for the biscuits. AS
a matter of fact it is the dough Of which
the artists particular brand of biscuit is
made. 1t is china clay, and biscuit, as
the artist proceeds to explain, is the
technical name for china after its first
firlug and before it has been glazed, says
the Brooklyn Eagle"
Seating her guests around the table.
she provides each with a modelling stick
and pA:tion of clay. and tells them to
form any variety of biscuit they chooss
md She will see that it is properly baked.
IN her studio she has number of little
articles made by the guests at her last
party. They had just returned from their
baking and were delicate and white bits
of biscuit, or bisque. as it is commonly
called.
1T makes novel and very delightful
evening entertainment said the artist
What is commonplace enough to china
painters is a real treat to other people
They think it marvellous that they can
actually make piece of china. If the
article they design is one that would best
be glazed. tint the biscuit and send it
back to be burned a second time. Now,
this is such piece"
She held up china ash tray. tinted
green, and formed to represent a paper
scroll with skull and cross bones lying
upon IT,
a physician made that" she EXPLAIN
ed. .'.It was the first thing he ever mod
eled in his life. It is really remarkable
what clever things many people who have
never studied art in any way turn out
at the first attempt; and no one is more
surprised at their success than them
selves. Now, here is piece which is
prettier left in the biscuit
She held up a medallion upon which
mans profile had been modelled in bas
relief. Ii looked like carving in ivory.
"A woman did that she said, sand
certainly the work is worthy of a trained
sculptor. Her model was the gentleman
who sat ON her right. Some of my guests
copy pieces of china they see in the
room, but most of them make little
trays and ornaments of their own design
ing. cae of the prettiest things ever
made Al my parties was a set of tiny
dishes which young mother fashioned
for her baby daughter. When the bis
cult of these came back painted bands
of blue about the pieces and had them
glazed. When finished. it was the dain-
test little dolls tea set one could mag
inc. 1t reached the mother just in time
for Christmas.
"Yes, certainly l send the guests the
articles they make. That is one of the
most delightful features of biscuit par
ty. Every one receives souvenir of
his owu2 handfwork by which to re-
member the evenings fun
Somebody has once again discovered
what is the matter with our girls. 1t is
a restless age. So many people go to-
and fro in the world proclaiming what is
the matter with their brothers and sis
fes'S. Nlrat great mind made this last
discovery it is difficult to ascertain, says
the I.ordon Telegraph" But you catch
echoes of the discovery reverberating in
all sorts of places, and from time to time
the discovery itself is shouted at you
either in drawing room or through the
philosophical columns of ladies' paper
The discovery is, indeed, rather startling
Here It il in its simplest form: What is
The matter with our girls is that they
have 100 much common sense"
pressed up in various phases you meet
ri4as statement severa4itim week justs
ncw Perhaps it is not 50 bad as it
is:As. Our girls say their aecusers, have
put off the gentle feminine charm Of the
past. 'There is something in this. It IS
81, longer considered unwomanly not to
fasa1 1t every opportunity. The ideal Of
our sssls, their accusers pathetically com