Vol. IX. No. 7 
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
November, 1907 
HE November Keramic Studio 
presents an old friend to its 
readers. Miss Stewart's flower 
and fruit studies have been so 
popular that we are sure of the 
welcome her number will receive. 
It is not too late to still make 
some studies of flowers for winter 
use. In the garden, the Snap- 
dragon and Salvia, here and there a belated Larkspur, 
Poppy and Hollyhock. The beautiful fall Anemones, the 
Pompon Chrysanthemums, Dahlias and Marigolds, Pansies, 
Gladioli, and even a Foxglove encouraged by a little fall sun- 
shine. 
Do not forget to make some detail drawings as well as 
your study for general effect, Even if you do not make 
designs from them, you will become better acquainted with 
your subject. 
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The editor wishes to correct an error which occurred 
in the October number. The credit for the contribution of 
Tea Tile, "Highbush Cranberry," was given to Miss Carrie 
Williams. It should have read Jessie I. Williams. The 
best plan for contributors is to mark their designs plainly 
on the back of each one. There will then be no chance for 
mistakes being made in authorship. 
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We have lately received an interesting letter from the 
St. Louis School of Arts which is attached to the Museum 
of Fine Arts of that city. The success of the applied art 
classes of that institution shows that the people of the 
American West are becoming no less appreciative of beauty 
in the every day things of life than are the people of France 
and Italy, and that our workers are destined to become as 
skilled and successful as any in making their productions 
attractive to the educated eye. The enrollment of new 
pupils this year is one-third larger than last year. St. 
Louis has built up one of the chief art educational institu- 
tions in the country, with imposing public collections and a 
magnificent home in the public park. It is supported by 
twenty-five hundred members paying annual dues of ten 
dollars each, and by a recent popular vote a special tax has 
been levied for the Art Museum, which has yielded $102,000 
thisfyear and will grow with the city. 
Western communities are decidedly setting the pace, 
and it would be well for some of our large Eastern cities to 
wake up and do things. 
LEAGUE NOTES 
Problems one and two which according to instructions 
sent members were due October first, and Problem three 
due November first will be received for criticism up to 
November fifteenth. This extension of time is at the re- 
quest of three clubs whose members wish more time. 
Many good designs have been sent and these will be 
criticised and returned without waiting for the tardy 
ones. 
At the last Advisory Board meeting the following were 
accepted as individual members : 
Miss Sallie Patchen, Wayland, N. Y. 
Miss Alice B. Sharrard, Louisville, Ky. 
Mrs. C. H. Shattuck, Topeka, Kansas. 
Mrs. R. E. Hurst, Bloomington, 111. 
Three of these have already proved valuable members, 
and the designs sent in by them are of a high order and they 
begin their League work with enthusiasm. One good 
individual member who is a worker is more help to the 
League than a club whose members are uninterested. 
We hope that it will be possible to arrange, by next 
year, an exchange of designs by league members, individ- 
ual, as well as club members, that will prove of great value 
to teachers and students of design. We should be glad to 
receive letters from members concerning this and stating 
whether they would personally work for it. If each work- 
ing member would pledge themselves to send in two designs 
finished after correction we should have a fine collection of 
new and original designs that could not be obtained in any 
other way and each would get inspiration from the study of 
others' work. Some charge could be agreed upon and ar- 
rangements made so that the League members who wish 
to pay it could have the collection a certain length of time. 
It would possibly be a good plan to allow only those mem- 
bers who worked for it to have it. 
All china decorators or designers are invited to join 
the League and take advantage of the opportunities offered 
by the League Study Course. Slips containing cut of the 
shape selected for Problem seven will soon be mailed to 
members. Special arrangements can be made by clubs 
desiring to entertain the exhibit by writing Mrs. Bergen, 
7404 Harvard Ave. There has been no change in the 
League rules concerning this for years. 
Intelligent criticism is always helpful and will be wel- 
comed by the officers of the League. The League only ex- 
ists for the purpose of bringing the affiliated clubs in closer 
relation and raising the standard of the work. If you wish 
to join the League send in your application and initiation 
fee and you can begin work on the Problems at once. If 
you wait until later before joining you miss the criticisms 
on the first three Problems which you can get if you join 
now. Address all communications regarding study course 
to Mary A. Farrington, Pres. N. L. M. P. 
41 12 Perry Ave., Chicago, 111. 
STUDIO NOTE 
Mrs. Vance Phillips writes from Los Angeles, Cal., that 
she will return to New York for lessons in the spring and 
will also have her Chautauqua summer class as usual. 
A Studio note in the last issue gave the wrong im- 
pression that Mrs. Vance Phillips, who is spending the 
winters in California, would make her home there in the 
future. But she intends to come East every spring and 
summer. 
