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KERAMIC STUDIO 
be mailed to the President of the League previous to ship- 
ing the china. The date for receiving entries at Chicago 
is April 20th. They will be submitted to the jury April 24, 
this will give time to arrange and catalogue them in time. 
It will be difficult to insert other pieces after the cases are 
arranged without destroying the whole effect as the back- 
grounds will be specially selected to harmonize with the 
colors in each case. 
The annual meeting of the League which is open to 
all members will be held at the Art Institute May 5th in 
the morning from nine-thirty to twelve o'clock. After- 
noon two to five o'clock. Amendments to the By-Laws 
will be voted on, also plans for the coming year. Every 
criticism or suggestion which has been or may be sent to 
the Advisory Board in reply to request made in our Finance 
Report issued last June will receive careful consideration. 
The work of the Advisory Board has been arduous the past 
year, made more so by the lack of printed matter. It is 
thought after the annual meeting there will be sufficient 
money in the Treasury to print and distribute information 
in regard to the League and its work in a more business like 
way. 
. At the last Advisory Board meeting an unexpected 
enthusiasm was shown, as letters were read and reported 
from different cities showing a great increase of interest in 
the League. At this meeting plans were made for placing 
the study course on a self supporting basis, these plans 
will be presented to the members and decided upon at the 
Annual meeting. We expect a great increase in membership 
from the cities and towns in the middle and far west who 
must look to the greater educational centers like Chicago 
and New York or Boston for expert instruction. 
We hope by July first to have printed statements ready 
to mail to every person whose name appears on our mailing 
list. Any college School, Club or Individual interested in 
designing particularly for ceramic forms will do well to 
request that their names be added to this list. It is crit- 
icism of the highest order that the League offers — helpful 
alike to the professional and amateur. We have members 
who have written us this year offering twice the price of 
our entire course for a single criticism on other than the 
shapes selected by the League. These requests have come 
from members who have studied under good teachers and 
understand the value of our criticisms by Miss Bennett, 
whom we have been fortunate enough to engage for an- 
other year. 
Individual members should watch for the League 
Notes in Keramic Studio, these will keep'them informed on 
all .League matters outside of the Study Course Criticisms. 
It should be evident to all, that the officers of the 
League can not write many personal letters to members, 
to do this it would be neccessary to employ a stenographer. 
This would be impossible without raising the yearly dues 
and this we do not contemplate. These dues of one dollar 
for each member are due May first for the year ending May 
first, 1909. Upon receipt of these dues from members their 
names will be placed on our membership list for the year, 
and literature issued by the League will be sent as soon 
as published. New members are required to pay an init- 
iation fee of two dollars in addition to the yearly dues. 
This initiation fee is not required from members of affiliated 
clubs of five or more League members. Application blanks 
for membership will be mailed upon request. 
Mary A. Farrington, 
41 12 Perry Ave., Chicago, 
President of N. L. M. P" 
Large Sevillian panel, XVI century, in the Metropolitan M 
by courtesy of the Museum. 
METALLIC DEPOSITS ON GLAZES 
(continued) 
Louis Franchet 
I have prepared a translucent glaze fusing at 970 C. 
(Seger cone 09), which I will call glaze A, and which is com- 
posed of: 
Quartz 12 
Sand of Decize 20 
Kaolin from Eyzies 2 
Cornwall stone* 10.5 
Red lead 30 
Cristallised borax 19.2 
Cristallised boric acid 2 
Dry carbonate of potash 2 
Sodium chloride 1.8 
This mixture is ground, sifted through sieve No. 6o, 
fritted and then ground wet. 
With this glaze A I made the following combinations : 
No. 1 a 
Glaze A 100 
Kaolin 10 
Silver carbonate 2 
No. 3a 
Glaze A 100 
Kaolin . 10 
Subnitrate of bismuth 4 
Silver carbonate 2 
Copper carbonate 1 
No. 5a 
Glaze A 100 
Kaolin 10 
Copper sulphide . . 0.3 
Silver sulphide 2 
No. ia 
Glaze A 100 
Kaolin 10 
Zinc oxide 1 
Tin protoxide 1 
Silver carbonate 0.5 
Copper oxide 3 
No. 4a 
Glaze A 100 
Kaolin 10 
Silver carbonate 2 
Copper sulphide .... 2 
No. 6a 
Glaze A 100 
Kaolin. 10 
Zinc oxide . 1 
Tin protoxide 4 
Copper sulphide .... 0.5 
Each of these glazes is ground with gum tragacanth 
which makes it possible to apply it evenly over the ware. 
It is applied like any other glaze with the brush or the 
atomizer, or by dipping. The fusibility may be increased 
by reducing the amount of kaolin or decreased by the addi- 
*Cornwall stone or pegmatite should not be confounded with feldspar. 
It is a mineral similar to feldspar but richer in silica and less fusible. 
