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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Recent Exhibition Shows Successful E9n
Toward Cooperation Betueen the Art
pt and the Man Of he Machine

technical mill man and the salesman's ideas as
to what will scll"-and limited by the facil'
ties that arc at the disposal of the manufaci-
urer-than they arc to be encouraged in org
inality and the production Of what is intrln'
sically beautiful, in the belief that if il is i
will sell.
Is not the tail wagging the dog-to be Orl''
and direct, if inelegant?
1t would pay" Mr.. Manufacturer to have
consulting artist who was free to create
and to leave him free to perform his funet0'
not try 70 make machine Of him, too.
The man who hunted the world around for
gold and found a mine in his own back yard
one of the commonest types in the world %
our museums and public Libraries in New loTt
and nearly all large cities there is wealth o.
material waiting to be mined.
In the Brooklyn Museum there is collecio'
of Chinese and japanese textiles and costume
that is probably the most complete IN re
world. One woman Of intelligence who 0H
spent several years in the East studying alors
this line said frankly that she came home ah'
got more information in three hours N W'
Brooklyn Museum than she had in a Y"
abroad.
And on another occasion this institution Wa
consulted by the japanese themselves as ~A
old ceremonial robe or pattern which v"
needed for a coronation.
No less person than Professor Arthur '"
Dow, at the head Of the Fine Arts Departrnsn
Of Teachers College Columbia University ,
giving the most hearty support and cooperate
to this movement.
The idea is not new at Columbia-but ne I
glad to see it popularized. Primitive mou,s
printing textiles with wooden blocks, USING -,
museums for inspiration, have been paris
the course there for a number Of years, a..
some of the prize winners are Professor pO..
pupils His opinion in regard to the neeo y.
the effort is of special interest and seems
express neatly the general trend of tnous''
He says .u,c %
II think the artist is ready and w1l lle
work for the machine, but the trade ASA su 4,
TO know what the people want. hltneiyS 0.;g.
trade has ignored the fact that textie " *
is an art. They seem 70 have thougnl vush
fashion rather than OF quality Of design TTh
alone makes a pattern worth anything 3,
Heve that if good design were produ'''
people would buy II and use II. r.,ps
10 !, "lool,;nf, backward" with venges'"
70 draw future designs from past fashions,
As rank outsiders, a laymen, as mere >, sc q
crs of textilos-let all who have eyes IwS,sl
and who wear clothes wish hearty goGsSSp
10 the ''get-togethcr movement as aPPn ami,
the independent American artist, whether .e,rs rel
teur or professional, aud the manuiA'''
textiles. .,o,, bays %
Can he afford to miss what they 10"
offsr2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

7HY must a thing be ugly ana
! !: q: !. !" T: !: !:
Iv1I commonplace because it's cheap?
w Why do we make thousands Of
L-I things in duplicate that are
go hideous and take such pains
AA that things made singly be
l&AJI beautiful?
The answer is: 1t must not,
and we shouldn't. .
When we make one of a thing, painstaklngly'
bv hand. we expect of it beauty. Just one thing
that comparatively few will ever see. But,
when we are going to duplicate pattern thou
sands of times, we say the artist must stand
aloof-this machine made thing can't be eX-
pected to be beautiful and the artist must not
condescend to commerclallsm.
II is beginning TO occur to some people that
the larger the output, the greater the influence
and the educatve and JOY giving power
Why should not the artist collaborate with
the Man of the Machine? Why should the
artist consider it belittling even to consider the
limitations Of the machine that weaves, as the
illustrator must consider the method Of repro
d,ction and the paper that is to carry his art
to thousands?
And why should not the man who all but
1dOllZeS the marvellous dOCOiHPl'"'AN"0
Jacquard loom feel that his idol has been be-
trayed when It's intricate dexterity is suborned
10 bring forth a garish ribbon or silk wnen II
might lust as we'll have duplicated over ana
over again a work Of art?
The hand work will always have its own high
place-but il is the natural ideal Of democ-
racy 10 raise the whole level a bit; 10 make the
plateau Of life little higher, even If we fan
of mountain peaks
There Is man who believes he will do much
for the pleasure and education Of the public
taste. and for the profit of the merchant as
we'll if he can bridge the gulf between the
artist and the nachine--if he can get the artist
70 feel the inspiration Of making beauty gen
eyal instead Of exclusive, and 10 be willing 10
this end 20 consider the limitations Of the ma
chine. and on the other hand 10 get the ma
chine. man and manufacturer TO appreciate the
artists work and be willing 70 seek for crea-
tive work and pay for IL.
This man is Mr. ". D. &. Crawford, who is
,onnected with the trade and is also Research
A,sociate in Textiles al the American Museum
Of Natural History; 80 he has an alliance De
tween science and commerce already 20 his
credit. He is working in every conceivable
way 10 enhance the srtistic quality Of Amer
esn fabrics.
The day when an especially good design yes
Labelled Imported" in order " make 1t sell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

with its dull terra Gotta background, the black
stems, and leaves of dull green and blue if you
would really sec it. Miss Ryther denies that
this is designed for strictly decorative pur-
poses--it is to cedr, and why not have 1t dec
orative at that?
On a scarlet flaming background Andrew
Flory placed his black graceful, Haunting birds
with the interesting circles in dull blue and
yellow. 1t is charming enough for first prize
surely, both in color and form, and is declared
to be perfect in its commercial adaptation, but
was not deemed as original in the use Of the
inspiration the others. The chicken motifs
OF Chinese origin are shown for comparison.
One could go on and on; but these three show
the trend and the aspiration the originality
and the charm Of this movement Whether il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

means, as some believe, that tho modern woman
with her athletic tendencies and desire for free
dom and new force and strength has eschewed
pale blues and baby pinks and demands some
thing more virile in her garments and draper
les; or whether it is merely the effect of the
modern school of art, with its post-impression-
stic tendencies-what wots it? The point is
that here is an inspiring idea for the promo
ton OF originality in American textiles, and one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

the public, TO desire what is original, yire
and meaningful in textile art
One pathetically funny little story was told
on this point. An Irishman presented to
certain manufacturer a design for silk. He
was paid SIS for it--no small sum. It was
very successful, ran for years. Some three
hundred thousand pieces of silk made on the
pattern went out to delight the eye of all who
saw it. 1t may run again. If $4,000 had been
paid for it instead of SIS it would still have
been a bargain The manufacturer sought
said Irshman diligently in after years, but the
nearest he ever came to finding him was to dis
cover that the man had given his name as
reference when applying for job as a con-
ductor on the Fifth Avenue bus! 1t was re-
marked that a low desire to eat occasionally
had probably overcome the Irishman's artistic
impulses.
Would it not be canny Of us to look
abroad, and instead Of merely following their
designs, study their methods of producing ar
tstic work?
There. some OF the best artists act as con-
sulting experts for the production of pottery,
textiles and the like-while here for the most
part a mill or factory has its corps of design
ers. who are more apt to DO dictated to by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
WATCH THE DOLLARS BEFORE THEY GO

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I len o ime
s. it vii stay wit POUNDS
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

that women are appar-
emily best adapted both
to carry out and to en-
JOY.
Why despair? The art
of weaving is some 25,-
900 years old; the mills
yielding our finished
fabrics only about 1875
ere infants. Before
they acquire bad habits,
why not train the mar
vellous machines to habits
of beauty as well as of
productiveness? Why not
make American goods
a hallmark of originality
and strength, standing
on their own merits, not
aping the styles, however
exquisite, of other lands?
Two practical points
needed TO be covered:
teach the artist the tech
nical limitations of the
machine, and teach the
manufacturer to desire
and to be willing to pay
for the creative work
that he can duplicate in
definitely to his own
profit and the pleasure
Of his clients, and teach
them both. topether with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04

Duran Sumene Russian
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-04
Bv ANNE LEWIS PIERCE
Director Of The Tribune Institute

HY must a thing be ugly and
commonplace because it's cheap?
Why do we make thousands Of
things in duplicate that are
hideous and take such pains
that things made singly be
beautiful?
The answer is: 1t must not,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-03

TEXAS' MOST PROGRESSIVE STORE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-03

A Hearty Welcome at ''The
Popular Awaits the Officers
@ Men of Pershing's Expedi-
l. tom Now Leaving Mexico
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion Picture Attractions.

The Empire today presents June Mad
ness, a three-act Western; Swede Hearts,
two-act drama; and Barred from the
Bar, a comedy. On Monday William
Fox presents Genevieve Hamper in
Tangled Lives, fve-act drama, and
An Aerial JOY Ride, a two-act comedy
with an all-star cast.
Today the Princess theatre presents
Alice Joyce and Harry Morey in the
". L. S. f. feature, The Courage of
Silence, in five acts, also good comedy.
On Monday Fannie Ward will be seen in
the Paramount feature, Her Strange
Wedding A Burton Holmes travel pic
ture also will be shown.
Henry B. Walthall Essanay's great
emotional actor, and Mary Charleson, a
motion picture star, have the leading
parts in the screen feature, The Saint s
| Adventure, which will be shown at
Island park tomorrow night. 1t is an
Intensely human love drama of the
slums, and Walthall delivers an upper
cut to burly roughneck that would
do justice to Jess Willard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
BELLOWS FALLS.

The eighth annual exhibition of the
Connecticut Valley Poultry association
will be held in the armory at this place
the first week of next January, probably
on January /, and g. The judges will
be f. G.. Cook of Waltham, Mass, and
j. f. Tasker Of Brattleboro.
The building at the north end of the
village, known as the shirt factory, now
used by the W. B. Finn Distributing
company for storage, has been rented for
three years from October l by the Inter
national Paper company. 1t Is under
stood that it will be used for manufacture
ing, but in what lines the company is
not ready to say
The village trustees have elected George
Webb, son of w b Webb of Rocking
ham, superintendent of streets, sewers
and water TO succeed Davad NJ Lawlor
resigned Mr. Webb is a civil engineer
and for several years has made his head
quarters at Petcrboro, n H. The pas
year he has been at work on the construc
ton of New Hampshire state roads
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
TEN OF REGIMENT
OF 500 SURVIVE
One of the Number is Noise Dubois.
Who Is Now Visiting at His
Home in st. Johnsbury.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Sept. 29-Moise
Dubois, a St. Johnsbury man, wounded
while fighting with a Canadian regi-
ment in the trenches. is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Dubois. He
was discharged by the English govern
ment because of his injuries and after
few days here COOS to Ottawa to re-
port for guard dury,
Dubois enlisted three years ago with
the 22d Canadian infantry and was
chosen at the start as bomb thrower
in the trenches Three fingers of his
right hand were shot off and he is a
physical wreck from the shock Of
months in the trenches. He was in the
first line trenches and spent about Is
months in the mud. Much of the time
he was but few miles from the Ger
mans.
Out of the 500 men who went out in
his regiment only 10 are alive and only
eight are still on duty. He and one
other of the 10 were discharged be.
cause of wounds. This regiment was
IN the thick of the fight and the first
to face the German gas. At one time
for Is hours the St Johnsbury man
held his line of trenches and threw
bombs when all round him had beer
killed. He has been awarded a golG
medal for bravery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
BABBITT BROTHERS
IN ARMY SERVICE
DR.. James A. Babbitt Gables of Arrival
in France = Sons of Former West
Brattleboro Pastor

A cable message has been received
from DR. James A. Babbitt of Haver-
ford, Pa, from Paris announcing his
safe arrival there at the head of the
reconstruction unit No. l, which sailed
from New York Sept. 4, 1917.
DR.. Babbitt was director general of
the Haverford college students last
spring in their threemonths' drill in
preparedness. Thirty -four of these stu
dents went to France in the ambulance
unit No 10 sent out by the University
Of Pennsylvania
During the summer about 100 men
drilled in reconstruction work at Hav-
crford, and more than - of them are
now in France with DIR. Rabbit, and
others will soon follow.
LIST Lieut.. Theodore p. Babbitt is at
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala, aft
cr serving in Texas last winter and in
Camp Perry, o., the last few months,
and is liable to be sent with Ohio troops
to France at any time.
Harold F. Babbitt is lieutenant in
the East Orange, n. j., Home Guards
The other brother, Winfred H. Rabbit
| of Honolulu made a hurried business
trip east this summer, but is now in the
| Philippines for few months, and
writes: Il envy my brothers and wisi
| could be one of them, but will have e
do ms bit in another way.
The Rabbit brothers are sons of the
| late Rev. and Mrs. James II. Babbitt
Their father was for IL years pastor OF
the congregational church ia Yves
Brattleboro and later lived in Andover
Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
BrattleborO Young Man in
France Gives Up Am
bulance Work
WRITES HOME OF
PRACTICE WORK
Located Four Miles from Tours-One
of Three Ambulance Boys to Climb to
Summit of Mt. Blanc, Altitude of
Which Is $4,000 Feet.

James G.. Adams, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
now actively through with the ambu
lance in service in France and intends
to Join the aviation corps there. Some
interesting letters on the subject have
been received from Mr.. Adams by his
parents, of which the following are ex
tracts:
August 10.
am now actively through with the
ambulance service and have been recon-
mended for training over here in the
aviation corps | have before this Civ
en- YOU my reasons for choosing this line
and hope you will be reconciled to it.
The danger is not so great as you (and
lothersl think. But before entering this
service / am to have a week or ten
days of rest, to be spent in the splendid
scenery of the French Alps, starting
| Aug. l6.
August %
Well. I have sent you some photos
for Chamounix and Mt. Blanc, the high
lest mountain in Europe. Three of US, all
ambulance boys, succeeded in climbing
to its summit, $4,000 feet high 1t was
some feat 1t required two guides at a
big price, and we had to be roped to-
gether for the ascent, while telescopes
from the hotels were watching us all
the way up. Only five parties had made
the ascent this season, though the town
! (Chamouix) was full of tourists of
many nationalities. More description
later. Now | want to tell you about the
-laviation, as later on | may not be al
lowed by the censor to write anything
very exact as to work, location of train
ing field or anything. We know this
that we 90 first to Tours for the first
training, and then may 20 to Italy OF
to England or some other French base
The average period required is at least
two months, often three, although | hear
one new man has been graduated as al
LIST lieutenant, too) after just Is days
But don t really believe any of us vii
get much real action at the front, unit
spring, as not much can be done in win
ter. The L. S. A. has got to supply tht
air men and a lot of them. Many of tn,
former American Ambulance men hav,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
CHURCH NOTICES.

Unitarian church, Rev. f. @. S. Os-
good pastor. Service Sunday morning
at 1880. Subject of Sermon, Fellow
ship. Sunday school at 11.45. All are
welcome at both services.
st. Michael s Roman Catholic church.
Masses at $50 and 1870 a. nj. Bene-
diction at 40 in the evening Sunday
school at Oak Grove at 2 clock. All
the children are requested to be pres
emit
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Emerson building, Elliot street. Sunday
service at 1915 a. m. Subject. Reality.
Wednesday evening testimonial meet
ing at 7.45 Reading room open daily,
except Sundays and legal holidays, from
3 to 8 o clock. All are welcome.
Universalist church, Rev D. E. Trout.
minister. Divine worship 1870 a. m.
with sermon By the pastor. Bible school
10 a. m. Preaching service Guilford
Center 2.45 p. m. Thursday, Oct. 4, the
| regular meeting of the Ladies' circle at
4.30 p. m. in the church parlor The
annual harvest supper will be served
6.15 p. m.
y. Michael s Episcopal church, Rev.
}. Fredrik Virgin, rector. Sunday in
October of St. Michael and All Ageles
Day. Eight p. M, holy communion
$50 a. m, Sunday school; 1870 a. m.
holy communion and sermon; 7.30 p. m
evening prayer. Tuesday at 7.30 a. m.
and Thursday at $50 a. m, holy com
munion. Friday at 7.30 p. M, evening
prayer and intercessions. Christ church
Guilford, Sunday at 2.30 p. m, evening
prayer and sermon.
Methodist church, Rev. Douglas G
Guest minister. Services for Sunday
| 1890 a. m, divine worship, with SCI
mon by the pastor. Topic, Shall W
Shoot the Old Preachers? 11.45 a. m
session of Sunday school; $50 p. m
meeting of Epworth League. Topic, Dis
Il couagement and It's Cure. Luke 24:1l
80; | Kings 1876. Leader, Willial
| Rogers; 100 O'Clock, regular Sunda
II evening preaching service. Topic, Whe
Il the Devil Forecloses His Mortgage
II Church prayer meeting in the vestr
II Friday evening at 7.30.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

Until Oct. 10, DR.. F. Hamilton will
be in his office from II to P. m.-Adv.
17S-1S9
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

gone into aviation. Signal corps is
trench work and keeps a man at the
firing zone all the time and is in its
way quite as bad as air service. If
man is found untitled as many are after
they start training, he is changed to
different work, motor cycle, observing,
etc, but the real training is for stu
dent-pilot and with it goes a u. S.
army commission, as I'd lieutenant at
least.
Sept. 8 and 5.
We came here, &c of us, a few DAYS
ago and have started in with observing
and little low flying with the instruc-
tors We live in long, low, wooden
building Gone of about ten here) on the
edge of a huge flying field. We are 4
miles from Tours with no civilian town
nearer, which isolates us Just enough.
There is no hard and fast discipline /;
it ism t needed All are in earnest in
strict attention to the art of flying.
Our instructors are English-sp king
French and we have French machines
in great numbers. Our food is excellent
here with lots of milk and butter. We
have good cots with sheets and small
lOcheTS. we are Supplleu with neaVy
cork helmets, feece-lined leather coats
and trousers, fur gloves and gray sweat
er. We get up at a. m. and fly from
sunrise until 9 a. m. then lay-off un
til a lecture at $50 and then begin Il
fly again at 4 until dark, unless it i
too windy or rainy. ] tried going III
without goggles on to test its possibili
ties, as | hate to wear them, but in thes
machines the propellers are in front o
kus and the air pressure is tremendous
In looking down it blows your eye-lid
right into your eyes which will necessi
tate glasses, in a speed machine som
of which go 100 miles an hour. T
re assure you, might say this; no on
has been hurt since we came here, a
though from to planes fall ever
lday, but these falls dom mean ute
collapse from great heights, or even the
the pilot is often injured. The machine
Frequently turn over gently just as the
hit the ground but as the pilot
strapped securely in, his danger is ne
very great No one can drive alone ii
til he has shown his ability and cont
dence after flying 40 or 80 hours wit
his instructor.
JAMES G. ADAMS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

Mrs. G. H. Smith has large invoice
of up-to-date feather hats.-Adv. Isl
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. NJ. Z. Cutler is suffering with
tonsilitis.
Alva Stacey expects to harvest about
100 bushels of apples.
, w. F. Mixer went to Halifax this
morning to harvest his potato crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Barber went yes
terday to Nottingham to gather farm
products.
A. w Sweeton and family are moving
today to II. F. Weatherhead S cottage
ION Western avenue.
Mrs Charles J. Stoekwell returned
today from Greenfield, Mass, where she
visited her sons, Purle B. and Guy
Stockwell
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29

A. R. Momaney of 242 South Main
st. will open meat market Oct. l, in
what was Mrs. Dan Doyle s store. Mr..
Momaney will endeavor to please all
customers.-Adv. 1S0-1S1*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-29
1ST VERMONT CAVALRY.
Annual Reunion of Regiment is Held at
Burlington.

BURLINGTON, Sept. %. - The 45th
annual reunion of the lst Vermont cav
airy was held in this city Thursday.
There were A survivors present. For
NAL exercises were held at the General
Wells statute in Battery park. The vet
Grams were given a sight seeing tour
about the city and a dinner at G. A. R.
hall last evening.
At the business meeting A. C. Slough
ton of this city was reelected president
and Maj S. H. Woods of St. Adams,
vice president. During the year there
have been 81 deaths among the mem
bers. There are now about 300 sur
vivors of the original regiment of 1889
The next meeting will be held at Brat
tleboro.