White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-06-18
Club Holds Last
Study Meet of Year

One Of the most interesting meet
ings Of the year was held by the Wo-
mans Club at the home Of Mrs. ].
O. Lloyd on Wednesday afternoon,
June 10. Every member present will
long remember the last study meeting
Of the club year.
The quiet dignity Of the old Colonial
days prevailed and one expected to see
the shades Of George and Martha
Washington appear upon the thresh-
old
Mrs. Lloyd gave a splendid informal
talk upon the furniture of the Georg-
ian and Colonial era and was able to
illustrate with her fine specimens and
by pictures of genuine antiques.
Our homes today derive much of
their charm from the furniture
styles of our forebears; simple, grace
full forms of Early American and
English pieces that are particularly
appropriate in modern interiors Au-
thentic copies of old furniture are in
good taste today and will always be
fashionable.
In her remarks Mrs. Lloyd stressed
Ul1C PO11lU q 41o SOlOIllc1l 1ul
niture never was in style but was al
ways in fashion. She said that fur
niture of that period was classic and
a valuable birthright to those whose
ancestors had bequeathed it to them.
During most of the seventeenth Gen.
fury American furniture was of
very simple type. A table or chest
was the work of carpenter-a joiner
who knew how to put the parts clev-
erly together, with dovetail, mortise
and tenon, and peg. Colonial furniture
was built in a century when a demand
for fine craftsmanship existed; when
money was no object and when ma
chinery had not developed to the ex-
tent that a workman degenerated into
a part of a cabinet making machine
as he did in the nineteenth century.
Every piece of Colonial furniture
called for both artistry and the &C
cumulated experience of many genera
lions; was created with utter fidelity
to beauty and comfortable proportions.
The rich, ornate decorations of the
later periods suited the needs of the
people of that time sbut the Colonials
demanded the best in individualistic
furniture. Consequently we find a
room actually furnished with people
and each with his or her own particu-
lar piece of hand made furniture. So
we find the tall fireside chairs, the
low substantial lounging ones, mothers
reading and sewing chairs, even ones
| for grandfather and the baby, the
latter, not toy but cunningly fa-
shioned hand-carved piece of furni-
ture
Authentic specimens of this type
may be collected now, significant
pieces that give us rooms occupied
by people themselves and not merely
decorators show rooms.
There was sentimental value also
in the old Dickens and Milton chairs
Of the olden days and one of the fin
est works of art is the Independence
table or desk now in Washington, D..
G., upon which the Declaration of In
dependence was signed. It is in Sher-
atom style.
Mrs Lloyd concluded her talk by
enumerating the excellencies of Col
onial furniture, such as refinement,
comfort, utility, sentiment of associa-
lions, patriotism, quaintness and dura-
bility; qualities that appeal most to
the student thinking class but open to
all whose hearts may lead in that
direction.
1t was rare treat to be able to
examine the fine pieces of Sheraton,
Hepplewhite and Dutch Colonial re-
productions in Mrs. Lloyd's home.
After refreshments were served by
Mesdames Smith and Gilhuly, walk
round the old world garden brought
the meeting to happy close.
Mrs. D. S. Wilkinson and Mrs. John
McFee left Tuesday morning for Van
couver to attend the annual state fed
Grafton convention of women's clubs
being held there this week. Mrs. Will
kinson, as president of the local or
ganization, will represent the White
Bluffs Woman's Club at the federation
meeting. Mrs. McFee is state chairman
of the department of home economics.
The Junior Woman's Club held
Husbands Picnic" on the lawn at the
old Allard place Sunday afternoon,
the guests being the husbands and
families of the club members. Ice
cream, cake and lemonade were served
and the Riddles had fine time play
ing in the shade of the trees on the
big lawn.