Evening star., 1922-11-05
Regarding Girls and Their Affairs.
by Fetter

HE many arts VI hdhoAS' ~Ns
work have not been empta-
sized during the growth OF our
American nation until COM
oaratvely recently. Eut, according 10
Miss Leila Mechlip. secretary OF the
American Federation of Arts. there Is
,o reason why these practical lines
. Of art should not be developed IN this
country until they even surpass lhe
splendid hand!craft of the period OIL
rho renaissance and the famous WORK
5naushlp of Eeuvenuto Cellinl' the
ITALIAN goldsmith and sculptor. III
rhe present-day revival of interest III
- rnandicraft in the United States. 1t IS
narticu,arly interesting to note the
number of women and girls who are
succeeding at this work profession
ally.
The National Gallery OF Art has
row on display an exhibition Oh "oi
tierfuliy original hardicraft or many
Kinds This exhibition Is uhnrr tt'
supsryfslon of the American Fedora :
+iou Of Arts and Will be sent AS a
travelling display over the enui'.i ..i ~
following the few weeks that ~ IA
lie on view here In this eNhlDlu"n, u,
yirnitcd 10 ONLY 200 out of nearly NJ"
articles submitted for consideration
Sor this display. there are se'tn.S
three girls and women VINO are
.ns handicraft and many oi t'.ehi
have several articles.
M. iawei-v display is especially
b.autifuI and some of the most strih
suely original pieces were eAecu.eu
and designed by women. lnett "a
-iacklace sof Mexican hre opais VIM
,,roved a favorite with many OF the
.rttstIc folk of Washington VINO at
-end.s the private opening OF the eA
sibifinr last Wednesday allernooi
,r-hfs necklace was designed any
worked out by Miss Grace Halsn %
Ivbite of Philadelphia had three very
,,yeiv pieces OF jewelry %nlck
moved originality in combination OF
r,recious and Semi-precious s'p 81
<vali as In design. Gertrude rec. y.
,,amoridze, Mass; Florence L. Potter
. .SIaveIand, Ohio: Margaret Rogers
81 BOSTON. Grace Schreifer OF BUR-
yrpaue Calf, and Millicent Strahss
Edison of LakeInont. Ga, are ie" y.
-ha Others who exhibited IN this on
section Of the display me 'is.' ~ al
b.. noted. includes women ilois -
over the United states. from coast ~
coast and north 10 sJuth.
rrHE two examples OF ename. worn
a.
,aIightful silver and enamel e1hioi's
sert b.; E.da Lord Dixon of Riversiae'
.,,ri1. !; was notable that girls anu
women did not corrpete with the men
9, The carved ivory, pewter. IRON
ga, LACQUER, wood carving OF oe-
.s-s for advertisement exhibits Bat
,n IN. making of book plates. Iiiumi, =,
Ino x,
pottery. decorated china ana textures
,be women were quite equal III num-
Ter. II not greater than. the men WHO
had work taken for the eShipIs5
some of the pottery designed ~
,1irls was particularly attractive Aoe
Iaide Alsop Robineau or syracuse ~
had some especially charming eA-
nnpl-s of her work. lne pc
swarm" porcelain jar was uhnsuaiiy
original in conce2tioh aHo docors+ad toc
color Only women lad decoIatyo
china exhibited. and 1t was notaoie
that most Of these hailed from 1he
In textiles. naturally. the women
dominated the situation Two locai
Girl artists covered themselves with
glory in this exhibition. Miss Lydia
flush Brown had Blue "aterfaIl
and Tropics" both lovely panels IN
beautiful colorings and unusual oe-
a lovely imaginative panel. "Pierrots
Dream"
OF the out-of-.own women exhibit
.ng textiles, Miss Nell Writer'S of CHI
cago, Miss susan Collins of Cleveland
and Miss Marion Crane Maercklein of
Hartford. Conn. each had number
of haagings on display. Some OF
shese, IN batik. harked back to the
days of grandma's sampler and the
repeated rows of printed elephants
seen on old quilts for their inspira-
tion.
ALL IN AL, this exhibition should
~ prove great inspiration to the
girls, as we'll as the boys, OF Wash
:ugton. The exhibition is not only
repIete rith novel ideas and treat
:aents of standard lines Of handicraft,
but also challenges competition such
as might be offered by local handi-
craft artists. Considering some Of
-he work seen IN local high schools,
e Is more than possible that most
Interesting exhibition could be col
!scted by the girls Of our own schools
20 show what great progress has
been made in local art departments in
rhe public school system during the
past few years.