White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-11-26
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
BY Mrs. Frank e. Taylor

by MTS. FTuNh II. IuYtoT
No, we didn't get this but we saw
it at the Arts, Crafts and Pottery Ex-
hibit sponsored by the Woman's Club,
on Saturday, November 20, at the high
school.
Owing to the inclement weather, the
number of visitors was small but all
who attended admit the exhibit to be
one of the most wonderful things
White Bluffs has ever seen.
There was delightful musical pro-
gram carried out during the afternoon,
and the Thanksgiving Tea was one
of the incest ever served.
The exhibition was made up of arti-
c1es loaned from the Boys and Girls
Tr, i ing Schools at Chehalis and
Grand Mound and from the United
States hospitals for disabled veterans
at American Lake and Cushman.
These exhibits were augmented by
numerous articles loaned by different
people in the community.
The aim of the exhibit was to aid
in developing the arts, crafts and pot
terry of the northwest, particularly in
the state of Washington, where there
are clay beds and other facilities for
this great industry Of our state. In
featuring the state industrial handi-
craft, we tried to create a greater in
terest in arts and crafts generally and
through this to arouse the people to
the possibilities of the industrial art
occupations within our state institu-
tons; TO bring HEN and happiness to
the unfortunate wards of the state
by assisting them to sell their work.
to rcestablish their faith in themselves
and to render service ~ the world,
even tho confined to these state in
stitutions. In this E,,y the public be-
comes better acquainted with its in
stitutions and With the work being
done in them. Concrete, definite re.
lationsl1ip cf art to human life and
happiness is brought about in this way.
The articles loaned by the state fed
Grafton consisted of basketry, wood
carving, rugs, hand tooling, and hand
woven scarfs, and curtains made on
24-6 harness looms by the disabled
veterans. Tie designs Of the weaving
were carried out in interesting old
Swedish; and Colonial types--the North
Carolina Beauty, Rose Wreath, Little
Pine Burr, and the Sun, Moon aad
Star designs.
Orders for duplicates corld be taken
and several were-all the money going
to the veterans themselves-and it
was difficult job to decide what one
really liked best, for the rugs were so
serviceab,e, the scarfs such lovely
weaving, and the baskets so strong
and the prices SO reasonable.
The embroidery and fancywork from
the Girls school arid the Tuxedo suit
from the Boys school were wonderful
pieces OF handwork. There were some
splendid private exhibits in the loan
collection, too. The exquisite piece of
Batik silk work, valued at $500, de-
picting the story of the Willow pat
tern plate was well worth seeing.
And last, but by no means least,
must be mentioned the wonderful ex-
hibits loaned from this community.
One collection alone was valued at
nearly $1,000 and consisted of stone
age specimens and other old valued
treasures, such as vases and lace work.
Samplers and pictures were on show.
Then there were several lace handker-
chiefs one hundred years old, valued
at about $50 each; silver spoons
one hundred and fifty years old, hand
made of Russian silver; other COM
memoratson spoons of gold nuggets,
Mexican silver lace work, and others
equally interesting; unique glass cut
plates; wonderful lace exhibits; old
quilts, one particularly good one made
of over 2000 pieces of silk in log cabin
design, all of several generations in
age.
Then, too, we must not forget the
pottery a1ei brass work and basket
work displayed-the carved crystal
vase, the Cloisonne vase, the Duchess
of Sutherland chrysanthenun. vase
(the only one in existence now and
over 100 years o.d,) the Mexican pot
terry, the Indian baskets of willow and
birch bark and also the many lovely
pieces of more modern art-the en-
broidery, the crccaeted articles of silk,
the pen painting, the carved woodwork
and many other things too numerous
TO be mentioned here.
1t was certainly wonderful ex-
hibition and in answer to many re-
quests from those who were unable 10
attend, it is possible trat it may be
pat on again next spring.