New-York tribune., 1907-01-07
OF Interest ~
~ to Women.
A WORK FOR RED MEN
Miss Foord Employed By GoUesm-
n1eat to Help Indian Potters.

.Mfss Fo0rd Employed by GoUesra-
ment to Help indian Potters.
At the exhibit of the National Society of Crafts
o,sn Il this city this winter people who like hand
made things have examined with interest tho
INDIAN pottery displayed by Miss Josephine Foard.
A human interest story which touches on ad-
venture history, ethnology and philanthropy lies
oehind those quaint pots and Jars. They said
be tbs fret pieces of glazed Indian pottery made
xsnoe prehistoric times. and the only others in
existence are few. in museums. excavated from
pre-Columbian ruins. They also the first bits
OF Indian pottery made under the auspices OF the
United States government; for though Miss Foard
built the kiln st her own expense the government
now pays a salary TO her and her helper.
The history of the enterprise is example OF the
Interesting things American women arc doing now
adays. Miss Foard. who lives Flushing, Long
Island N lineal descendant Of a sister Of Governor
Peter 6tuyvesant. She had for many years two
hobbies-pottery and Indians. She had her own
Kiln made artistic pottery and exhibited at the
knd crafts exhibits. When there were conferences
OF the friends OF the Indians to study ways and
means of beneiting the original owners Of the
country she would attend and contribute according
70 her means. Eventually she combined the two
interests Of her life She went down into ''the sad
Southwest" the land Of little rain to explore
the pueblos of Arizona. She became familiar with
them all and naturally OF the interesting
things about them to her their pottery -nis
pottery has all the charm OF the thing which is
individual rnstudied and spontaneous. Neverths-
less 1t wes very poor pottery; ungazed. water
tight end fragile that it often broke IN the
tourists hand Moreover. it steadily degener-
ernS under the influence OF the tourist trade at
the railway stations. Miss Foard conceived the
tdss OF teaching the Pueblo TO glaze their
pottery, strengthen It sufficiently to stand ordinary
use and then market it among handicraft lovers
Ia tbs East. whose taste would keep 1t up to Its
original standards of excellence and whose pocket
Books would send tiny stream of affiuenoe down
10 the quaint old puebos
ACOMA POTTERY.
= OF al the Pueblo tribes the Mokis and the
xcornas make the bast pottery. The Mod Hopi
pottery is the best known of all, like everything
else about this tribe because their strange snake
canoe has made them known throughout the world
But Miss Foard considers the Acoma pottery supe-
rior, end. indeed. believes that the excellence OF
the Aopi pottery is due to the fact that NampeL
Acoma woman. married Hopi. She is
T: old sss G fsGRs { as The best st S G5 the mSg
women. Ace is also more accessible. being only
eighteen miles from the railway. So Miss Foard
rather Than with the T5opL To DO this shs settled
tsnt, large and 4 fio1Tishing paebio iii The Ia-
funas make poor pottery, but In other respects
Lssuna is the youngest Of ali the pae6los. being
Qvsrhowed into the surrounding territory for
farming purposes. building up five smaller pueblos
these smaller villages are al farmers and each
LIS nas ms sown house IN Il Lagqna which nc T. ne GGou-
IN these six villages whore Miss Foard has lived
fne arc e.h0o ad eefS4e
women 9. Ss E living there here for business purposes s
Ger IN the regular army, and Mr.. Gum who for
1wsnty-aye years has been studying the pueblos
sncounteTed By a New York woman taking up her
IN the County and fresh meat Is iitfe eaten in
sumner because OF me s ahouty OF keeping It me
prices but prohibitive prices have be paid for
the conhtry lives IN an indian mousse built Of ADOBE
with with an @ Indian maid with Yamei her government
tndians are well educated and intelligent graduates
sEord OF English or even Of Spanish.
PRIMITIVE KILNS
AoomR, eighteen miles away, is infinitely more
primitive than Laguna- II is the Oldest of ell the
pueblos. and centuries old when the Spsniards
came. 1t is perched three hundred feet above the
surrounding plain, on the top of one Of those
aicularly from the midst Of the vast mesas of the
Southwest One little footpath leads from the plain
days Of war, when the Acomas lock refuge from
,her enemies on this his height An the cart earth f., for
path from the plain below, all the clay for their
% build the little Spanish church erected two cen
The Aeoma women have always made all the
ths Old times were the great water Jars and the
ee % 0s a n YfsF s ts f keep spa the Of wa5s
region declare that beans are never 60 good as
a BY yess
the gsG tSSs a ads dish When D. the Aooa 1S. woman ban
polors. of which she has only three black red and
hrish Is tough root. of which she has chewed
fhe end until it is ragged and brushlike. She has
e or seen picnre m or 0ae 95e Simply N aSs ns
on her coors in her designs because It pleases
mv: qusty @ art whey pleaseg the
tnetrical. and are admirably adapted TO the space
fnd size she has TO cover. Some Of them have
fo generation but It is dificut for white people to
Know Just what these meanings are or how much
fine may be the convenionsiized expression Of
worms. which indicate the springtiine with its
moist earth But nowadays is not safe to attach
When m thing Is done s Se'g the potter proceeds to
Ere Il In her own way. She makes a fire and
PLACES pebbss tin cans an 's of ang ANGST rbbsR at
sasP puts On on m aSn' Ssr sG' IS sd III ffns + l.
when Il IS red hot she hooks out the pieces which
Fiowing name ooiof with the design standing e out
fnow white, Ike lace over Venetian glass. Often
us E sgesp o r % s sk bo,d1 to the sa TaFoaa to ss T.
G whess the @ Rasssf %nsgw % and down the trains
e fi8 sS1H nd az isss @ sss %Ssrs sss
now placed in various arts and crafts exhibits
s5 o. eses hs sSg & S sS & 9 szs he d baosE fs @
sitI Kitten Miss FoaTd Is now experimenting ting
a s sR Without ous rs as fadsns In sa
ne s TO Hsf the tR ss shs W and s ns
own wares She viii introduce the making Of
psrimenting with aTchiteotural tiles Miss Foerd
klso sells the quaint silver bracelets and swastika
hair quirts woven by the Acoma men. which are
On her project sSe G She angs Heeo e
Spsnon and sves S n0T enTTs ean on much Of it at
fn the products in the Eastern markets to warrant
Il. she WIN devote her life to the work,
o social function. which had Important results