White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-01-13
WoMAN's CLUB NOTES

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WOMAN'S CLUB NOTES
The club held it's regular study
meeting Wednesday afternoon, Jan
uary IL.
Twenty members and friends
braved the snow and were reward
ed, for the program was one of the
best of the year.
The topic for the afternoon was
Pottery and Glass. Mrs. D. S.
Wilkinson, leader for the day,
opened with a splendid talk on
American china and pottery. She
stated that while it was we'll with
in the memory Of all present when
it was impossible to get good china
unless it came from England or
France. such progtess had been
made recently by American potters
than now one can say of Americas
china, none better" The Illus
trations she showed of the beauti-
full Lenox ware helped to substan-
tiate this claim. Vases and other
articles made in the potteries of
Ohio, Rookwood and Weller ware,
and the Van Briggle products. in
Colorado, are famous, Mrs. Wllkin.
son said, all over the world for
their originality and beauty of
design y ~ ~ zis!s vt.-a
Mrs. F. A. English next spoke
of English china, giving intimate
histories of many of the wellknown
wares, Wedgewood, Spode. Cope
land. Worcestershire, Royal Derby,
Royal Douton, Chelsea, Bow, and
the Irish Belleek ware. She
exhibited some beautiful specimens
to illustrate her talk.
Everyone was delighted with the
fragile daintiness of the BelIeek
China, the rich colourings of the
Royal Derby, the ouaintness of the
Royal Doulton and the simplicity
and beauty Of Royal Worcester.
The Wedgwood display was very
good, there being pieces of the Ba-
salt, the black Wedgewood, the blue
and white jasper, and the white
fluted Queens Ware.
Mrs. w. j. Kincaid sketched the
history of French and Continental
china. 1t was news to most of the
members that the world famous
Haviland china was designed by an
American, and that the works are
American, although the Haviland
brothers are Daturalized French
men That the French potters
were noted for their cleverness and
ingenuity was shown by the story
of the flowers in Madame Du Pom
padour's conservatory. A piece of
the Imperial Dresden china was on
view, as we'll as several other Eu-
ropean pieces, including a lovely
Austrian jardiniere, exquisiteIy
decorated with pastel flowers ap-
piled to the sides of the bowl.
The last talk was by Mrs. F. E.
Taylor, on "Glass." She explained
the glass making industry, from
1000 B. C. to the present day,
briefly the formula for
the production of different kinds of
glassware. The lovely specimens
she showed helped to make her
talk more interesting. No one had
imagined there was such wonderful
glass in this valley. The Tiffany
BOWL, the Libbey cut glass and the
'tched pieces, along with the COL ,
'ured and moulded specimens, all
Helped to make one want to own
more lovely glassware. The cup
,lates on view were extremely in .
eresting.
Much time and thought had been ;
,iven to the preparation of this
program and it was greatly enjoyed :.
" all present.
The hostesses for the afternoon :,
we're Mrs. H. O. Canedy and Mrs.
v. A. Joyce.
Before the tourist season opens the
tate parks coanmitte plans big dedi- :.
atory celebration to mark the formal 6
ransfer of the sixty-three-acre tract o
{ big trees on the Sunset highway near h
Jenny creek which the state fedora h
on of women's clubs recently bought A.
nd is setting aside for public enjoy o
aent Early next spring picnic W
rounds will be cleared of underbrusll II
nd a care-taker installed. West-bound Il
ourists will get their first glimpse e.