The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-06
KANSAS GIRLS MAKE DISHES
University Gods Serve Tea to Callers
From Homemade Cups and
Saucers.

Saucers.
Not many girls have had the unique
pleasure of serving tea at their an
nouncement parties from tea sets
made by their own hands from native
clay. The first Kansas girl to do this
was Miss Lucille Kreider of Law
renee, who graduated last year from
the School of Fine Arts at the State
University. Miss Kreider modelled
her three-piece set entirely by hand,
as the potters wheel in use at the time
would not turn pieces Of the desired
thinness. Since then, facilities for the
finest work have been installed in the
clay laboratories in Haworth Hall
Two years ago Mr.. Paul Teetor took
charge of the clay working at the Uni
versity of Kansas, and at once began
survey of Kansas soils with the aim
O. discovering clay suitable for cere-
mic purposes. Near Ellsworth he
found deposits of very good pottery
clay that made excellent brick and tile.
Art students at the University used it
for modelling and made from it var
iety of dishes and the like. Its only
defect was that the glaze would crack
in fine lines in spite of every precau-
ticn.
More than one Lawrence bride has
set up housekeeping with dishes,
vases. candle sticks, jardinieres and
other useful and ornamental objects Of
her own manufacture, doubly dear on
that account.
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Expelled Is Students.-Seventy-iV
students OF the Salina High School,
about half of them girls, were expelled
for leaving the school in body for the
purpose of celebrating WashingtOn's
birthday. None of the students will
be taken back until accompanied to
the school by one of his or her par
ents 1t was the intention of the stu
dents to strike during chapel, but the
doors were locked upon them and the
strike occurred Immediately after
chapel exercises.
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Arrested Sons for Smoking-The
city marshal of Ellis arrested four
boys for smoking cigarettes in viola
ton of city ordinance. The boys,
were convicted in police court and put
on the streets to work out their fines,
guarded by the marshal.
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To Ask Cattle Disease Fund.-At
recent meeting Of the Greenwood
County Live Stock Association a COM
mittee was appointed to go to Topeka
TO petition the legislature to appro-
pirate a fund sufficiently large to
stamp out the foot-and-mouth disease
among stock in Kansas. A resolution
also was passed petitioning the state
live stock commissioner to maintain
an absolute quarantine against ship
ments of any cattle in Kansas from
the other states until danger of spread
Of foot-and-mouth disease has passed.
Crawford Pioneer Dead. p.
Christian, 80 years old, one of the
earliest citizens of Crawford county,
is dead at Girard He came to the
county half a century ago and had
lived there continuously.
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Open Pottery Piant--Arrangeme
have been made for the opening of
the Pittsburg Pottery Company's
plant within thirty days. R. c. Will
liams of Monmouth, Ill, has pur-
chased an interest in the company and
will become general superintendent.
Would Prohibit Bond Issue.-Ffve
hundred taxpayers of LeavenWorth
county assembled the other day in the
court house at Leavenworth and
passed a resolution asking that the
county commissioners he enjofned
from making a bond issue or increas-
ing the Ievies to enable financing
county affairs until next June.
Mexican War Veteran Dead.-Na-
thaniel Daniels, who was the only
Mexican War veteran in the Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth, is dead. He
was 90 years old.
Another Pioneer Gone.-Mrs. Eliza.
beth H. Weeks, 70, a resident of Kan
sas since 1869, is dead at the home of
her daughter in Atchison. Mrs. Weeks
settled IN Marshall county, where she
lived until several years ago, when she
moved to Atehison.
paid $4,000 for s27 Aeres.-John
L. Hickey recently bought the John
Murphy farm of 327 acres near juno
ton City. for $4,000. Hickey wrote
a check In payment for the entire
amount Six years ago the farm gold
for $20.