The Washington times., 1915-10-14
HAS 7OOP|TCHERS
IN HER DINING ROOM
Josephine Ellis Is Youngest
Member Of Society Gathering
Specimens.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 14.-If Miss
Josephin. Ellis. who Is thirteen years
old, wanted to have q different pitcher
for her cream at breakfast every
morning for a year she could have 1t
without stepping ten feet from the
dining room table. And then she
would be able to run over Into the
next year 1876 days before starting all
over again. She has 100 Of them;
II was three years ago that MISS
Josephine's collection was casueIy
started through the receipt OF a re-"
pitcher. as sift from fro caIlestion al sans w.s
more or less Incidental to other In
terests until Miss Josephine and her
mother heard of an organisation o.
persons Who .mssrs oS1.s9t .Pd p''SeitS With very
serious Views on the subject. SO MISS
Josephine became the twenty,second
member, the youngest In point OF
years and IN the age or her eomoe'.vd .nd
Importance Of her representation.
Has "Pitcher" Custom.
"The members Of the society live all
over the. United States" Mrs: Ellis ssid su
at her home. and they have a de.
iightful custom Of remembering eacn
other with pitchers on birthdays ana
holidays. When any member OF our
family finds a pitcher-for we al are
the same kind as possible, We send
them around to other members OF the
society" :.
should shoe think he would get tired Of
bringing us pitchers sometimes.
II you should go into what was once
the conservatory of the Ellis home.
you would find the walls covered with
k1o
stead Of volumes. you would see
dozens and dozens OF pitchers. tall
pitchers and short ones. fat ones ano
Slim ones. colored and plain. some
decoration. decoration others OF beautiful rare
ware and with as much beauty Of
form as a Grecian urn:
All the names that delight the sous
Of followers Of ceramic 6otoa art are Metz Mstt
ZACH, Belleek. crackle. luster. Dsiht
Chelsea, majolica, Staffordshire
Royal Koko. cloisonne. and many
others.
Taft and T. r. Are There.
When you have had time to get
away from the impressive sight Of sc
many pitchers all in one room and
have time to look at separate cases
you will begin to see interesting faces
OF people and an entire menagerie ol
animals. OF course, there Is the TOD!
pitcher, some hundreds Of him ano
her. very genial In most cases ano
Our rastime pitchers" Mrs. Ellis
explains.
William Penn. holding his famou.
treaty behind his back: George Wash
ington. william of Orange. Maud'
Adams, ready to give her Chanticleer
ian greeting to the dawn: Mr.. Taft
testing the ability of even tob!
pitcher to represent fat man, Mr.
Roosevelt (there are only one hundre
of him In the world: Napoleon, tn
Abbe Liszt. and as for the menageric
there are sixteen Of the cows alone. be
sides owls. roosters. swans. dogs. cats
elephants. pigs. rabbits. fish. goats. an
sea lions. :.
One section Of the collection is de
voted to curious pitchers. tiny sil
yer one, smaller than the nail on Mis-
Josephne's little finger was made from
coin by a Navajo silversmith. !
pitcher from Yellowstone Is covered
with a deep white magnesium incrusta
ton from being left overnight In on
of the springs. A brass cartridge shel
from a battle with the Moros furnishe
another.
And then there is the stamp jug. tn
cigar pitcher. one made OF money pulp
others from the followed tooth Of al
elephant. and the skull OF a walrus
And besides these are tho flower an
the vegetable pitchers.