The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-22

made of mulberry paper which was
| first immersed in persimmon juice tc
| tougher its fiber and then treated with
oil to prevent softening under the ap-
| plication Of liquid coloring matter
| Two sheets of the treated paper are
| laid one on top Of the other, and with
| a small steel knife which is pushed
| away from, not pulled toward the OPP
orator, as it would be with US, the
| most beautiful and intricate patterns
| are cut out. In many cases all that
| is left of the paper after cutting is a
series of filmy lines or delicate lace
| work. After cutting, the two sheets OF
paper are pasted together with net
| of fine hair placed between them. The
| hair net keeps the design from tearing
| when the color brushes are rubbed
| over the. face of the stencil.
| When a stencil is applied to piece
| of cloth the design appears in the
original color of the material, it being
the portion of the stencil around the
design that has been cut away so as to
allow the coloring matter to reach
I THE cloth. Some of the stencils in the
lThayer collection are as much as three
hundred years old.
The Thayer collection at Lawrence
embraces drawings, paintings, prints,
ivory carving, bronze work, pottery,
rugs, shawls. jewelry etc. the product
of all nations and of all periods of
TIC WOIio AlSlOIy- II Is SdlQ 10 De
one of the best collections of the kind
in the world.
1t is being arranged in exhibits any
one of which will be loaned for a lin
tied period to any responsible club,
association or school in Kansas which
has safe and suitable building to
house it and which will pay the ex-
pressage from Lawrence and back
again. Its donor, Mrs. H. B. Thayer.
of Kansas City, Mo, is willing to go
to the town where the exhibition is
being held and give an explanatory
talk on the exhibit for no other charge
than the payment of her expenses
1t Is pleasure to know that the
people of Kansas have begun to wake
up to the value of the Thayer coHec-
ton and the state authorities are now
engaged in giving it the necessary
housing, space and arrangement at
the Kansas state university.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Topeka Art Guild will be held next
tuesday evening at Boswell hail.
Washburn college, in order that there
may be an opportunity for the Guild
members to view and discuss the art
EXHIBITS now on display there. Mrs,
Whittemore will give talk on the
Japanese stencils, and Carl p. Bolmar
has been asked to tell about news
paper illustrations.
Mrs. L. c. Hodge of Topeka who
mas spent the last two or three sum-
mers painting at Laguna Beach, Cal,
about thirty miles south of Los An
geles, has had one of her paintings.
an oil marine, accepted for the per
manent exhibition of the Laguna
Beach Art association. The same as
ISOLATION has also accepted two of
Mrs. Hodges pictures for its travel
ing exhibition The last mentioned
pictures are oils also. One is an an
tumn landscape painted near Tecum-
sen: Kan. and the other a painting
of flowers, zinnias =
MRS Hodge is a prominent member
OF tne iopeka Art Guild and of other
local clubs. and her Charming work
IS often seen in Kansas art exhibits.
Where 1t always attracts favorabIe.no-
tice. She is also a skillful phdyog-