South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-10-07
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The silver Tea E.v 40 Che home
OF Mrs. NJ 81 Bel-. Thursday att
ernoon u-le tne .spIces Of the
ar departai. .lt OF OBJ Progress CLUB,
proved Co - a rare treat for the
seIee- audience which gathered IN
the bali room al 800 and listened
70 the talk -. The Art of the
Srversmitl aterSiHinsly pre-
sentes gr f Gertrude Harris.
prez1eut OK ,n- Woman CLUB OF
IYwieht ILL.,. who had with her
collection representIn9 samples OF
the work Of English, Irish and Am
erican versmiths. nearly the whole
u the exhibit being loaned by
Crlchton Brothers. of London, who
have brarch houses in Chicago and
New York and who are the royal
siiversnaiths 10 thee king and queen
o. England.
II was all hand wrought silver
and reproductions in many in
stances Of museum pieces. the silver
AIT standing salt cellar displayed.
being a copy Of the ea-ii"et one in
existence. which represented cost
or $4,000.
other pieces on display were from
samuel Kish and son. the oldest
firm OF silversmiths in this coun-
try, their establish ment dating from
1918. The House OF Tiffany was
also represented.
Miss Harris introduced her sub
feet by urging her audience 10 en-
courage the beautiful, since the use
nul encourages itself and ably i'm
pressed upon her attentive hearers
the very important part which the
craftsmen Of the silveEsmiths played
In the general spread Of the arts.
Miss Harris had much 90 say re-
sarding the work of Benvenuto
Cellini. He was the greatest silver
smith OF the Renaissance. Unfor-
tunately most OF his masterpieces
have melted down: his most famous
piece Is the Francis 1 saltcellar in
The museum at Vienna
II is the Queen Anne and Geor-
gian silversmiths in which interest
OF the connoisseur centers today. &C
cording 20 Miss Harris. as only the
silverware made previous to 1925
can really be classified as antique.
The collection of American silver
most noted for its historic interest
T. in the Metropolitan museum at
New York city. II contains repre-
sentative examples Of the skill OF
Che early American silversmiths
among them Edward Winslow. John,
Joseph and Samuel Edwards, Mich
alas Roosevelt. Peter Van Dyke,
ciree generations of MoultOns and
Paal Revere. The punch bowl which
Paul Revere made for the Sons of
L.Jerty is considered the premier
sfece I'm America and is owned by
Aarsden J. Perry. of Providence,
Il. l.
FtIr addition TO the beautiful col
Iecti0n Of silver exhibited by Miss
Harris. a private exhibit Of silver
and rare curios representing price
less treasures from all parts Of the
world and loaned for the occasion,
mas enjoyed by the 200 women pres
snt.
Following the lecture tea was
served in the ball room by Mrs. w.
o. Davies Jr.. and her committee,
which included Mrs. Neil Robertson.
Mrs Carl Ginz. Mrs. Charles
Wattles. Mrs. Donald Elbel. Mrs.
Hugh WOOlverton, Miss Vern.ce FL
tcl Miss Ruth Staples, Miss Arva
HcagIey and Miss wilda Shontz.
distinctive military atmosphere
dominated the informal dance given
Thursday evening at the Chamber
Of Commerce building for officers
and men OF the third battalion OF
the 54th United States Infantry
which were encamped here Thurs
day. More than 100 couples enjoyed
the program Of dances which includ-
ed a number Of old fashioned steps
as we'll as the newest measures and
lent an unusual and informal note
30 the affair. The company military
band furnished the music.
Mrs s. Seymour Bullock was
largely responsible for the success
made the party possible were per-
fected by Chaplain Weber OF the
company and members OF the local
recreation committee. Chaperones
Tor the evening were Mrs Bullock,
Mrs Homer Miller and Mrs. Kreuger.
MY Bird Acquaintance" was the
subject OF a talk by Mr. Frank
iReece which featured the meeting
OF the Thursday club az the home
of Mrs. Earnest NIossey SOC F.
WAYNE ST.. yesterday afternoon.
Other numbers on the program
were Parliamentary drill conducted