House and Garden 
The Berea Fireside Industries, an associ¬ 
ation started by Dr. William Goodell Frost, 
President of Berea College, Ohio, who be¬ 
came interested in the making of bedcovers 
woven by the people in the mountains. He 
bought many of them for himself and friends 
and organized some “homespun fairs,” which 
were held annually at the College Commence¬ 
ment, for the benefit of the mountaineers, 
premiums being offered for the best specimens 
of tbe best 
coverlets, 
blankets, lin- 
sey, etc., and 
laterfor home¬ 
made articles, 
such as chairs, 
saddles, spin¬ 
ning wheels, 
axe handles, 
wooden plates, 
forks, spoons, 
baskets. T he 
mountaineers 
came from 
miles around 
to attend the 
c o m m e n c e - 
ment exercises 
and took great 
interest in the 
exhibition of 
h o me - m a d e 
products. The 
associ ation 
has grown and 
increased its 
usefulness, 
until now the 
village women 
card the wool by hand and the men raise 
sheep to supply the wool. The making 
of hand-woven rugs is also encouraged. It 
means so much to the country that these old 
time hand-crafts should be preserved, and 
that willing helpers are found to organize and 
assist such simple peoples, whose handicrafts 
would otherwise have gradually disappeared, 
unless the hand of fellowship had been 
extended. 
Always an interesting part of an exhibition 
is that devoted to metal. The copper bowls 
and plaques made by Mr. A. G. Rogers were 
beautiful in shape and workmanship, the 
copper seeming to glow with color. Some 
of the bowls showed peacock blues and greens 
in most exquisite shades inside and were 
called “Antique Patina,” these iridescent 
colors being obtained by burnishing. 
The copper mantelpiece done in The 
Busch Studios was most interesting; as 
were also several smaller pieces of brass and 
copper, which showed both skill and origi¬ 
nality in the 
workmanship. 
From the same 
studio came 
also numerous 
examples of 
furniture, with 
hand -tooled 
leather seats 
in the chairs, 
portfolios, 
card cases in 
tooled leather, 
and jewelry— 
examples of 
a n u n u s u a 1 
combination 
offorcesinone 
family. These 
artists are 
Danes and in¬ 
troduce into 
their work the 
Viking ships 
and other 
symbols pecul¬ 
iar to their 
country, 
though by no 
means con¬ 
fining their efforts to one style of design. 
Some interesting examples of jewelry, 
consisting of silver jewel cases, lings, pins, 
pendants, belt buckles, showed the force and 
vitality of Charlotte Busch’s originality and 
purpose. The buckles and pendants were 
unique; some rugged and indefinite in design 
but finished with a fullness of rich color. 
Some very creditable pieces of jewelry were 
on exhibition by the Junior Arts and Crafts, 
Brooklyn. 
Chance sometimes plays an important part 
in success. 1 his was illustrated by the way 
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