El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-25

/ 4 MEXICAN Ceramics were the dis
/ "A cussion topic of the art depart
I L = ment Of the Woman's club at its
/ meeting Wednesday afternoon in the
auditorium Of the First Christian
{ church. Mrs. a p. AveriH. the depart
ment chairman. presided. As her mes
/ sage TO the department from the state
[ federation in Brownwood. Mrs Averill
! spoke of the idea OF using a stereopI-
con lantern so that pictures might al
ways be kept before the art depart
I menr- She announced the recOmmen-
dation of the board of directors of the
{ club that the paintings of Allen True,
. of Denver. be brought to FL PasO for
an exhibit under the management OF
the art department Mrs Branch
Craige talked about Mr.. Trues WORK
I Mr. True is 4 native Ii HaSoau- me
house in which he was born stood on
I the site now occupied by the First
Presbyterian church Mr. True studied
art in the Corcoran school in Wash
lngtOn, D. C., and was pupil OF How
: ard Pyle in New York After giving
up illustrating. he went into mural
painting and has been pupil and as
sociate Of Brangyn. the famous Eng
Z lish mural painter, whose murals Of the
four elements OF nature-fire, earth,
wind and water-were the master
. pieces Of the Panama-Pacl1lC eNpOSf-
: ton. The paintings 10 be exhibited
here Will include about 80 pictures, 20
OF which are of New Mexico and south
erIi Colorado scenes
Mrs. Frank Seward was in charge
Of the program of the afternoon The
current events in art were given by
Mrs s. J. Prudential and Mrs 4 p.
Averiu- Mrs Prudential talked
about garden pottery. of cement and
terra Gotta Mrs Averiu spoke Of the
: art department meeting Of the state
, federation convention
Q
( esting talk on the potteries Of the
eastern states. illustrating her talk
about the various manufacturers by
. specimens Of different kinds Of glass,
{ china and pottery
Mrs. Henry Warren read paper on
western pottery She spoke Of the
cliff dwellerS' work in pottery and
exhibited specimens that she had found
herself in Arizona she mentioned the
pottery plant in California, which IS
a philanthrOpic institution where tu-
bercular girls from the stores, shops
and factories may support themselves
while seeking health.
Mrs. 5. NJ James talked interestingly
upon the pottery OF the cliff jewellers.
which she illustrated by three very
unusual pieces Of their handic-aft- The
pieces of pottery are OF tie sort used
Z TO hold the seeds and grains which
We're placed beside the dead at their
burial one is quantity Ornamented
with design Of tadpoles within and
frogs outside. Another in me shape
with symbolic lightning and other
symbols in red and brown a cup with
/ q handle was ornamented IN the same
design. Mrs James exhibited some
very small cliff dweIler arrow heads.
She also exhibited arrow heads Of the
same size found in Texas These are
recorded by the Smithsonian institute
as belonging 10 a prehistoric period
antedating by a long time the use of
the larger arrow heads more COM
monty found The same miniature ar
titles in Death Valley. California, Dy
government service men
Mrs James also exhibited a piece Of
bronze luster ware that dates back TO
the MayflOwer period
Among the pottery and china exhib-
its was a jewel case said to have be-
longed to Marie Antoinette, which Is
Of SeVre ware ornamented with gold.
a plate from the service Of the great
Napoleon; a quaint French pitcher,
which contains two compartments, one
for coffee and one for hot milk, each
with a separte ODeninE in the spout
an old liquor bottle containing -FOUR
compartments for the serving OF
mixed drinks, and an old Dutch blue
plate, all the property Of Mrs Paul
Ginther.
Mrs. : Y. Young exhibited sigma
ture vase Of Tiffany and piece or
Tiffany lockwood pottery
Mrs. Miles Hansen exhibited an old
piece of COalpOrt china, a BIT OF old
Goss wear, pitcher and sugar bowl
81 UlA CHINA over q century oAAs anu q
Lancasterian Pilkinton pitcher from
the potteries OF west England.
Mrs r L. Thomson exhibited a
glove box Of Tiffany's Favrile glass
a piece of Teco ware. a lockwood vase
and two plates Of Crackle ware, made
in Deerfield. Mass. reproductions OF
very old Oriental ware.
There were two pieces Of lockwood
pottery exhibited that We're made by
Mrs ! c. Nee. who is also the owner
a quaint John Gilpin' pitcher was
exhibited by Mrs. X. l.. SimOns- a
pitcher similar TO this is in the Brit
ish museum The pitcher is orna-
mented with bas-reliefs Of John Gil
pin upon his horse with his wife and
children in the chaise- Mrs. SimUns
also exhibited q cup and saucer that
has been handed down through her
family since the days Of George Wash
ngton. Specimens of cut glass and
art glass from local stores formed an