The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-29
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

The Metropolitan club members were
entertained in a pleasant social man
ner yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Wal
ter Grimes at her home on kinsey
street. Fourteen members were pres
ent. Miss Ruth Barnard was a guest
of the afternoon. The hours were
spent socially and with needlework A
luncheon was served. In a fortnight
Mrs. J. c. Thomas will entertain the
club at her home on South B street
The Hiawatha Literary and Social
club will meet Friday afternoon with
Mrs. Rohlman at her home, SO State
street. All members are invited to at
tend.
Several classes of the Reid Memorial
Sunday school will give a penny supper
Friday evening from 5 until $50
o'clock at the church. The proceeds
will be given to Rev. |. E. Honeywell.
The public is invited to attend.
One of the most interesting meet
inss in the history of the Art Study
class was held Wednesday afternoon
in the Public Art Gallery at the High
school and was in the nature of an
open meeting" AS a guest it was
pleasure to see the manner in which
these meetings are conducted They
are very informal and instructive. Any
one who desires to participate in the
discussions are privileged to do so.
The front gallery was well filled with
guests. Mrs. J. NJ. Judson presided
over the meeting. Miss Overlook of
Cambridge City, was the principal
speaker for the afternoon and de-
scribed the ways and means of making
the various kinds of pottery on eXhi-
btion at the gallery. Her talk was eX
cellent and her listners were delighted
with the simple manner in which she
told how the various vases and jars
We're made. She said in part that many
OF the jars were made by a wheel and
not hand made. The larger jars and
vases are usually made in two pieces
as it would be almost impossible for
a woman to handle enough clay to
make such a large vase. Care must al
ways be taken not to let the clay get
100 dry. The glaze for the jars is
weighed and mixed and then ground
and must be put on quite smooth and
Well coated. The glaze must be fred
the second time. OF course there are
many different ways of finishing the
work. It is hard to get perfection. At
ter Miss Overlook had answered a
number of questions relative to the eX-
hibit OF pottery the committee in
charge was called upon to give some
thing Of interest about the different
kinds of pottery.
Mrs. Jennie Yaryan had for her col
lection the Van Briggle pottery made
in Colorado. The principal cOlOrs are
in the purple and green. She said it
was interesting to note that the first
pieces were made by women. Van
Briggle was an artist and did some
beautiful work. Perhaps the beauty of
this special kind Of work is its dignity
and cOnventionality Of its flowers.
NilOak pottery was described by
Miss Stubhs, Her frank conversation
which was far from stereOtyped was
a pleasure. She said this kind of pot
terry was the result of a young artist
who left his work in Cincinnati and
went to Hot Springs for his health
and there nodded and shaped some
Jars from the clay found in Hot
Springs. II is unique but not especially
attractive.
AIRS. Fred White talked on the New
comb pottery made at the Newcomb