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artisans a special department in charge of an experienced 
chief whose office it is to make the collections directly acces- 
sible, to assist in finding suggestions, recommending de- 
velopments in design, and in general, in working out the 
direct influence of the finest things of all times for the 
greater good of American design in the present. 
The Metropolitan Museum regards it as the sincerest 
form of war time effort to contribute in this way toward 
the steady development of the arts of peace in anticipation 
of commercial rivalry during the reconstruction that will 
surely follow the world conflict. In Washington legislators 
have given thought to methods of steadying our lives when 
the job over there was finished. They have foreseen that 
we must now prepare those counter weights which will help 
to bring us back to an even keel. Among these counter 
weights, the arts will play a leading part. In order that 
they may assist in making comfortable, convenient, and 
attractive, the environment of our returning fighters, in 
order that they may assure the predominance of America 
in the industrial arts producing field, manufacturers must 
give thought to the education of designers. They must build 
for the future. They must found schools and profit by the 
splendid efforts of our great museums. For New Yorkers, 
the Metropolitan Museum offers advantages unequalled by 
those of any public institution devoted to educational pur- 
poses beyond the public schools themselves. 
K M 
"MADE IN AMERICA" 
Henrietta B. Paist, Ass't Editor 
THIS is to be the new slogan — the new ambition — for 
American producers, IF I mistake not the thought 
and tendencies of these days looking towards reconstruc- 
tion; and surely Industrial Art will come in for its share 
of the honors. 
Everyone knows that the great distinction and the largest 
asset of France have always been the originality and the 
beauty and refinement which have added so much to the 
intrinsic value of her art products. 
To bring about this pre-eminence in art France has fost- 
ered her talent by every means possible. Schools of Design 
and Fine Art, travelling scholarships, museums, all have 
been the obligation of the State, and France has reaped her 
reward in money and reputation. 
We do not know when our Government will assume like 
obligations, but we have our art schools and museums and 
must make the most of them. 
We are told that the war has left America minus fifty 
thousand craftsmen; and Europe will not be able to con- 
tribute from her talent. 
The obvious need then — and our opportunity — lies in the 
development of home talent. Of course, a great Industrial 
School, not alone for the student craftsman, but one which, 
through illustrated lectures, would aim to cultivate taste and 
discrimination in manufacturer and salesmen, would facili- 
tate matters, but we have a growing number of art schools 
where the student can learn honest construction, and the 
true elements of design, as well as most of the crafts. 
Not all of us are interested directly in a foreign market, 
but we are all concerned where pride of country is at 
stake ; and the development of a national art begins in the 
home. Furniture, dishes and wallpaper make a home only 
when they have a certain harmony of character, and na- 
tional characteristics are felt most in the home equipment. 
When we have really developed a national style which pos- 
sesses unusual artistic value, the demand will come. But 
we need faith in ourselves and a national pride; we need 
the western spirit which booms its own resources. So let 
us work with faith and optimism, and whether or not we 
are personally concerned in broadening our commercial 
opportunities, we must have a national pride and broader 
sympathies if "made in America" is ever to mean as much 
to Europeans as European products have meant to the 
American purchaser. 
ART NOTE 
The Minneapolis Keramic Art Club entertained at lunch- 
eon on Friday, February twenty-eighth, for Mrs. J. F. 
Friesen (nee Huntington) now of Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. 
Friesen was vice-president of the club at the time of her 
marriage, and still retains her club membership. The Club 
has federated with the State Federation and will eventually 
belong to the National organization; this would seem a wise 
move for Keramic Clubs in general, as it enlarges the scope, 
broadens the interests, increases the acquaintance and inci- 
dentally the' patronage. 
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TULIP MOTIF UNITS— HENRIETTA B. PAIST 
DARK AND LIGHT IN DESIGN— AN OBJECT LESSON 
I Illustrations by Courtesy of Metropolitan Museum] 
Adelaide Alsop Robineau. 
AT first sight it will be difficult for the average worker 
to find anything of value to the Keramic designer in 
the illustrations on this page. The main reason for their 
publication is the striking object lesson of the different 
effects to be obtained in the same design by varying the 
dark and light arrangement. 
These three pieces of Hungarian lace have practically 
the same design. The different effect is simply a matter of 
