THE CRAFTS 
WOOD CARVING AND PYROGRAPHY. LEATHER AND METAL. BASKETRY, ETC. 
Under the manageinent of Miss Eiiiiiy Peacock, 6 Brevoort Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. All inquiries in regard to the various 
Crafts are to be sent to the above address, but will he answered in the magazine under this head. 
HE Annual Spring Exhibition of 
The New York Arts and Crafts 
Society was held at the Guild 
House, 109 East Twentj'-third St. 
from March the 22d until March 
26th. The exliibition showed inuch 
interesting work in the various 
branches of applied art and a 
marked improvement on that of 
3^ear ago. The exhibition of 
baskets deserves great praise. The workman.ship was good, 
there were many good shapes and interesting designs. Miss 
Mary White's moth basket was beautifully woven^ the colors 
in the moths were soft and harmonious, particularly suitable 
for the weave used. 
Miss Mary White Miss Acker Mrs. Carl Hollander Mrs. Gates 
M]-s. Carl Hollander Mrs. Gates Mrs. E H. Tliompson Mrs. J. S. Hockenhal! 
From the Belchertown Arts and Crafts Society Mrs, E. 
S. Thompson sent a copy of a famous Indian rattle snake 
basket in brown and natural raffia and Mrs J. S. Hockenhall a 
copy of a Navajo Indian sacred basket used in the marriage 
and other religious ceremonies. The white pathways in the 
design '"were for the use of the Spirit in passing in and out of 
the basket. 
bottle in brown and natural raffia was very attractive as also 
the twine baskets and flasks by Miss Acker. 
The work of Mary Frances Dorrance is always attractive, 
there is a bigness and firnmess about her bafskets combined with 
the beautiful tones of the natural grasses, the hu.sk of the com 
and other materials used. 
Miss A. S. Kendall's covered cracker jar in flat reeds and 
rattan in natural color, with design in green, was something new, 
as also her covered mason jars with reed handles for carrying. 
The small work baskets by Miss Sara G. Norrie were exquisite, 
they were made with a bodkin fronr Sicillian palm, and espec- 
ially attractive was the one in brown and natural color. 
Six baskets of Mary Fra 
From the Greenfield Arts and Crafts Society Mrs. Carl 
Hollander sent sonie good shapes. Miss Brown's cologne 
Manj' of the rugs and textiles were delightful in color 
qualit3^ and texture, notably the hand spun and woven hang- 
ings from Berea College, Kentucky, and the Russian homespun 
covers for tables and cushions designed and worked by Mary 
Francis Dorrance in natural grasses. A word must be said \\\ 
passing of this charming handiwork, the color and texture of 
the material, the simple designs worked with the grasses, pos- 
sess a quahty that is individual and pleasing. 
Mrs. Priestmans' Martha Washington rugs, those of Mrs. 
A. B. Deady and Miss A. M. Hicks, were good in color quality 
and workmanship. Miss Hicks' hangings and cushion covers 
