The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-20
BY MRS. G. o. ROBINSON
Times Hobby Editor

THE early American glass and
l. china show which will be
held at the L. S. Ayres & Co. store
the last four days of this week
will serve the laudable purpose of
raising funds to carry on that
unique and valuable educational
feature, the Children's Museum of
indianapolis. 1t also performs an
esthetic function by bringing out
for public display the rare old
treasures which can be found in
almost every indianapolis home
and which would be unknown to
the public except for an exhibit
ton Of this nature.
These relics from the past give
the present generation tangible
evidence of the excellent crafts
manship in days gone by and i'm
press upon our minds incidents
in national and state history.
The cup and saucer here shown
is a memento Of this kind, as its
story involves a President of the
United States and two families
whose names are associated with
the settlement of Indiana. 1t is
owned by John RaWlinS Ward Jr.,
1909 Ruckle street., and is one of
a set Of six which were given to
Mr.. Wards ancestor. Mrs. Daniel
Stout, by General William Henry
Harrison, former President of the
United States, when he was Gov
ernor of the Northwest territory.
Daniel Stout came into the west
from Virginia in 1903 and by 1903
had a wife and small daughter
and was superintendent of public
works for General Harrison.
Mr.. Stout also owned a mill
near his home in that portion of
the territory which now is Floyd
county and was associated with
General Harrison in business
projects in that vicinity.
On General Harrison's frequent
trips between Vincennes and
North Bend, o., he stopped with
the Stout family to rest from the
journey and to transact business
and upon the occasion of one visit
he brought six cups and saucers
to Mrs. Stout as a gift in appre-
citation of her hospitality.
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COMETIAE before 1922 Daniel
~ Stout and family moved to
Monroe county near the home of
Roderick Rawlins who with his
brother Joseph came into the ter
ritory from Tennessee in 1911 and
founded Bedford and Blooming
ton.
Daniel Stout's daughter Cynthia
married Roderock Rawlins son and
they received this cup as a we'd
ding present from Mrs. Stout. 1t
has been handed down to succeed
ing brides and treasured by them
until it remains to reveal by it's
intimate history a kindly, cour-
teouS side of a great mans nature.
1t inspires also a kaleidoscope of
mental pictures featuring thin,
wiry William Henry Harrison as
he braved the dangers of the will
derneSs riding on horseback with
the precious bits of porcelain
carefully tucked in his saddle
bags
We see also the delighted pio-
neer wife as she receives a gift
that was not meant only for util-
ity but was dainty, charming and
ornamental and that fed the hun
ger of her beauty loving soul.
The cup has no handle, of
course, as was customary at that
time and its decoration is very
beautiful, the coloring being as
clear and brilliant as if it were
made only yesterday.
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THE third annual hobby show
4 will be held at the Hotel
Sherman, Chicago, again this year
from November 20 to IS inclu-
Sive under the management of o.
G. Lightner, publisher of Hobbies
magazine. His hobby shows in
Chicdgo and New York serve as
meeting places for enthusiasts of
every variety of collectible objects
and offer a splendid opportunity
for collectors and dealers to buy,
sell and trade.
Antique dealers from the middle
west and as far east as New Eng
land come to the Chicago show
each year with large exhibits and
Flora Haggard, Ridgef1eld, Conn,
will return this time with enough
pressed glass to set different
table each day.
Collectors of glass, china, pot
terry. metals, textiles and furni-
ture will enjoy Friday. Nov. %,
particularly at the Chicago show
since the Midwestern Antiques
Association, formed last year to
represent the minor arts, will meet
that day in the hotel room oppo-
site the entrance to the exhibition.
The meeting will be open to the
public and the president, E. Jo-
seph Buckles, 825 Diversey park
way, Chicago, announces a very
instructive and entertaining pro-
gram which will include reports
from various branches of the as
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