The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
U. s. ADVANCING. IN CERAMIC ART Interesting Talk by Members
 of National Arts Club SPECIMENS SHOWN BY
 FORMER MEMBER Delightful Musical Program And Tea Entertains Art League.

Mrs. Fannie Rowell. a meanber of the Natfonal Arts club Of New York and former ex-presddent of the Bridgeport Art League, gave a very dnfornal and highly interesting talk before the members Of that society at their regular meeting in the league rooms in the NeWfleid building, yes te1s7ay.
 As Mrs. Knapp. the president of the Eorganization. was i'll, Mrs Philip Hol- ger announced that the regular bus mess meeting would be dispensed with and the afternoon given over entirely to the musical program and a. talk.
 Mrs Florence klein Bishop. the cl1a,irz1raaa of the musical cornnnittee did programs have bven presented, in triduced the so1odst for the afternoon, Mrs. Robert Hard.
 Mrs. Hard's seaections were well suited to her contralto voice and brought much applause from an ap- preciat1Ye a1adience
 Tliree songs The Mission of a Rose, 2 q by Covve, ssThe Philosophy 2 and sfaothing bs1t Love . by Bond, and an encore piece, KashTnlri Song were given
 pdrs Dinner Beaa-daley accompanied the soloist with her usual efficiency and sympathy.
 
 ing for the purpose or forming a class in art jeweiry win be held at the home Of Mrs. Sjorgaum of 43 West avenue, South NorwaIk. at 3 o'clocE on 'Elnursday aftsrnoon of this week.
 Mrs Holzer chairman of the ceraLn- ics department Of the 9eague. spoke a word Of introducffon for Mrs. Powell.
 Her talk was ilFnstrated with inter estina miniature bits or csEaulic art which she had fbeen collecting in her travels abroad
 sceramics,. said Mrs Rowen .sis the most beautiful of all arts It IS also the most lasting. am not speaking now Of tea cups and Of the things which we use daily. but in the broad sealse! Italy is the inspiration to all the world for ceramics.
 The speaker showed different mo saies wa1d6h she had besn given -in Vezsace and which had come from those wonderful old mural decora- tior,s which are to be found in am cierf churches In different parts oi Europe.
 Beautiful examples of that much beloved piece of work, Bambino," !" were shown, also of that havorite Mrs. ROwell had also with her. some Roman pearls and ., paecesof alabaster from which they are out and then dipped into an. icing to give them lustrous coating.
 ..Itaiy,, she said. is certain1y naak- ling a living from hotel -keepda1g and ceramics.
 s.The swiss she continued turn- ing to the min hatures from the coun- try, ssaIthoagh they will work twice as many hours on g piece as sviM the Italians, have not reached as high an artistic degree as you would expect from the insignificant beauty of their SsJlrroundfngs They have, however. gone very deep into ceramics.
 Nobody in the FNennlsh country would think of making a new shape in cFifna,'' said Mrs. RoweIl, as she held LID to view some very quadnfiy shaped articles similar to those seen iii the paintings of the old masters
 The Munich girl is the emblem of that city and people are so proud or her that she is found on nearly ev- erythinse spllaoh they make
 Some examples from England, most Of which showed poor taste in the ua- : ha1anorli zid1g colors of the exterior and interior. and a grfnndng cat from Wales completed the collection.
 The most wonderful thing about the Btsalian and Spanish pieces was that in spite of their anantrbeness they were peraectly formed and exQuisitely coi- pred Although all hand work, many of them ?????2?2???7g awsznr