Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-02-27
EUROPE, GALLERY
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OF THE,.FINESTslRT,

Americas is still formative, and
here it is that we find ideas in the
germ. Here it is, as no where else,
that beats the pulse of industrial
nature, not in the mere factory but
in the air. Rather than live in some
country that seeks to ape Europe
why not go to Europe itself. Amer
lea is original 1t is bold and bur-
ley, but it is genial and friendly
When not at work it is playful and
even humorous.
Best of all, America is natural.
For this reason it is criticized by the
Apostles of Veneer Other countries
having few visible means of support
cry out: ''Oh, but look at your cul,
ture!" Stagnation is often accepted
as respectability. Ripeness of art
often means decay. The nation that
carves and paints holds out the hand
for aims. The beggar stands at Eu-
ropes gallery of art.
Only through long and infinitely
complex train of influences could the
art of Europe have been evolved. For
instance, china making, one of the
chief handicrafts of that country, is
so intricate in nature, SO engroSsing
in it's demands, that a single national
life seems far too short for any coun-
try to earn the degree of master
workman. The best work in such
trade can be done only where slow
process of selection has gone on for
generation after generation, and the
mysterious force of heredity has
been shaping the brain and hand of
the craftsmen. In such community
love of beauty, of good work for its
10 fa. .tfA1,C
in daily life, and the man most hon
Ored is the cunning workman, the
man who knows and can do good
work The trained deftness of hand
realizes, as if by instinct, the artists
dream of the perfect line of grace,
the ideal blending of color.
In the making of fine china the
artist and the artisan must work in
perfect unison. We have not yet
learned to do this in America. In |
china, as in human beings, individ- |
uality is the quality that endears
America is anything else but individ- |
ual. The beauty of fine china is, |
however, not all the work of the |
designer. After all the studio and |
innumerable hands must accomplish |
their work. America lacks the stu |
dio and the hands.
For these reasonS-and they are
good ones-the china that charms, |
that endears, is nearly all imported. |
The kind with it's decorations har- |
mOniZing with the form and style OF |
each piece, in which the design of |
the artist is paired out by perfect |
chemical prOcesSes-the ideal re- |
suit of a matter of certainty-comes |
from Europe's galleries of art.
That we have in this city a house |
carrying an elaborate display of the |
finest imported china from the great |
est of these galleries is a source for
sincere self-congratulation by the peo-
pie of Americus. BY this reference
is made to the A. w. Smith Furni-
ture Co., the president Of which is
A. w. Smith, also president OF the |
Bank of Southwestern Georgia,
whose name in connection with any
enterprise of our city is as important
as the trademark of any ware, which
besides protecting the buyer in the
matter of the genuineness OF the ar
ticle he buys, also gives him an eX-
preston from the article itself-a
personal point of contact with it.
And so a name, like some simple
device, speaks various language,
ana Dy long Houoleu dSooCho'CAo1l !
comes to be held in affection and
esteem. Those associated with Mr..
Smith are j. E. Gyles, treasurer, and
E. Y. Andrews, manager, who by
reason of having mastered the details
of their business and having acquired
a reputation in it are well fitted to
carry out to a successful conclusion
the plans and purposes of the com /
pany.
Besides the finest line of imported
china and furniture the company car
ries a large stock of Bohemian vases,
cut glass, silver-plated ware, Japan
ese pottery, window shades, lamps,
etc. They are here with the best
goods always. Anything in their
line, either wholesale or retail, and
patrons dealing with them have ad-
vantages to be found no where else
outside of the largest cities