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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XI 



THE NORWEGIAN CENTENNIAL 



NORWAY intends to celebrate the 

 centenary of its adoption of a con- 

 stitution on May 17, 1814, by holding a 

 national exposition at Christiania May 15 

 to September 30, or possibly as late as 

 October 15, 1914. 



It was first intended to hold an inter- 

 national exposition, but the Storthing 

 I Parliament) has decided that a national 

 exposition will be of greater value to Nor- 

 way. Notice should be taken of this fact, 

 as several newspapers, both foreign and 

 domestic, have announced an international 

 exposition as a settled program. 



The King of Norway will be patron, and 

 the Prime Minister, the President of the 

 Storthing, and the mayor of Christiania 

 honorary presidents. The exposition will 

 be managed and financed by the State, 

 though the city of Christiania contributes 

 part of the expenses. Norwegian citizens 

 only will be allowed to exhibit, with a 

 separate section for those living abroad. 

 Any of the latter wishing to participate or 

 to send exhibits must notify the general 

 secretary. Mr. N. A. Brinkman, Chris- 

 tiania. before May 1, 1913. Exhibits will 

 be unpacked and placed free of charge, but 

 transportation will not be paid. Exhibits 

 must be sent to Christiania in March or 

 April, 1914, and are subject to approval by 

 the committee on exhibits, who will also 

 have power to decide whether exhibits may 

 be sold or not. All exhibits must be priced, 

 and if sold must pay 5 per cent, to the ex- 

 hibition, or 10 per cent, if objects of art. 



The scope of the exposition will be very 

 large. There will be exhibits of domestic 

 animals, dairying, horticulture, and agri- 

 culture; manufactures of all kinds, includ- 

 ing motor boats, machinery, and textiles ; 

 forestry exhibits ; illustrations of the work 

 done at public and private institutions of 

 every- kind : and exhibits of arts and 

 sciences. Diplomas representing gold and 

 silver medals will be issued, as well as 

 bronze medals and diplomas of commen- 

 dation. 



POTTERY FROM BASKETS 



OMAR KHAYYAM'S tribute to the 

 potter and his wheel, and Biblical ref- 

 erence to the same craftsman with the 

 same equipment, are a picturesque part of 

 Oriental literature, says an exchange. The 

 potter's wheel was known in Asia from 

 days as far back as history reaches. 



In prehistoric times, as soon as mankind 

 developed the first tendency toward civiliza- 

 tion, receptacles were made of clay and 

 hardened in heat. The use of the wheel, 

 though, was not always a part of the opera- 

 tion. In spite of this want, prehistoric 

 pottery of remarkably fine shape has been 

 found throughout the world, and some 

 curiosity has been manifested over the 

 methods of the primitive workmen — work- 

 women in many cases. 



The Western Hemisphere is noted for 

 the production of shapes in clay that are 

 beautiful and symmetrical. Without me- 

 chanical contrivance, the American Indian 

 produced wares that rival the symmetry, 

 if not possessing the rigid outline, of the 

 machine-made. One method was the use 

 of a mold made of basket-work. Another 

 contrivance was that of a half-mold of 

 wood ; when the clay had been shaped to 

 this half, the potter gradually rotated his 

 product, adding section by section, until 

 the whole received the roundness from the 

 wood. Tn another use of the wooden mold, 

 two halves received their separate imp- 

 ious and were then joined with liquid 



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