Vol. XIX, No. 4. 
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
August 1917 
IS we .had announced some time ago 
there is a new ware on the market 
which will be in the hands of all 
dealers by September, which is an 
I American ware, of good shapes, and 
retailing at very reasonable prices. 
It is made by the Haeger Pottery of 
Dundee, 111. and can be supplied in 
unlimited quantities, war or no war. 
1 It is of course an ornamental earth- 
enware, not a porcelain tableware. It reminds one of the 
Satsuma pottery, but is not creased and has a stronger and 
interesting yellow glaze. The same ware may be obtained 
with a green glaze, but the yellow will undoubtedly be the most 
in demand. It is most suitable for enamel decoration, like 
Satsuma, and much cheaper. 
No American porcelain so far to take the place of the 
European supply which is dwindling more and more. Very 
large orders for imported china have been placed by dealers 
to be filled as soon as the war is over and a big supply of German 
china will be released as soon as there is freight to carry it. 
Meanwhile the only thing for china decorators to do is to turn 
their attention to the decoration of potteries and glass. 
Some are trying again American porcelain which would 
give good satisfaction if properly burned, that is with a firing 
lasting three hours or more instead of the rush firing done by the 
average decorator. There is no reason why this porcelain 
could not be used to advantage, if the manufacturers, who have 
more orders for their decorated tableware than they can fill, 
can be persuaded to sell their china in white. The black spots 
which have given trouble to decorators when they first tried 
American china are due to too fast firing. This china has a 
lead glaze and the oils used to apply the colors have a tendency 
to burn in the glaze if burnt too fast, thus causing black spots t 
American china manufacturers have no trouble with black 
spots because they fire slowly. Decorators can learn to do 
the same. 
The interest in glass is growing. Many dealers are al- 
ready taking a stock of glass. By next fall we expect to see 
practically all dealers in china adding a line of glass to their 
china. We publish in this issue two illustrations of a few glass 
shapes on the market. As we said before we will be glad to 
have contributors submit designs for glass decoration with 
treatment in glass colors. But any old file of Keramic Studio 
will furnish abundance of glass designs, as simple china designs 
are also suitable for glass. Glass should not be overdecorated. 
The simplest decoration, as a rule, will be the most effective. 
The firing of glass is simply a matter of a little practice. Glass- 
ware decorated in a truly artistic way will sell easily. In fact 
several decorators who have just tried this work and are only 
beginners in it, write to us that they have no trouble in selling 
it well. 
The important point is to know what kind of glass you buy. 
Different glasses will need different firings. Many decorators 
have been disappointed because their first fired glass 
collapsed in the kiln. Once you know how to fire certain makes 
of glass, always be sure that you get glass from the same manu- 
facturer and, if you try a new make, experiment with it before 
risking a whole kiln of decorated glass. 
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Mrs. O'Hara calls our attention to some inaccurate state- 
ments in a notice on her work, innocently quoted by Mrs. 
Anita Gray Chandler, in our June number, from an article in 
the Art World. Mrs. O'Hara was not born until after the 
Centennial in Philadelphia. The writer of the article con- 
fused the Centennial with the Chicago World's Fair. Further- 
more Mrs. O'Hara never taught in Montana and has only been 
in that State once in her life. 
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We hear with regret that the excellent little Magazine, 
the "School Arts Book" went under with debts of approxi- 
mately $25,000. Many other publications may have the same 
fate, as the war has hit publishers badly, especially Magazines 
with a limited circulation in special fields. Keramic Studio is 
facing the storm bravely and successfully. It has absolutely 
no debts, but the publishers and editors cannot afford to buy 
Liberty Bonds or anything else out of their profits, as there are 
none. We hope for the best, we think the war will be over 
sooner than many people think, probably some time this fall 
and after the war there ought to be a big revival of the china 
business. Meanwhile we ask our friends to do all they can to 
push the subscription list and we ask advertisers to support 
us, even if they do not expect big immediate returns. It is the 
interest of all, for the best way to help a revival after the war 
is to keep Keramic Studio alive. 
MY COUNTRY'S FLOWER 
A Plea for a National Floral Emblem 
(Extracts from The Ladies' Home Journal) 
Allena Morgan Jones 
THERE is one of our flowers that is peculiarly adapted to our 
requirements for a national emblem. Loved and admired 
by all; a beautiful, free-growing, native wild flower, blooming 
in red, in white and in blue, as well as in an infinite variety of 
other shades and colorings. In woodland and on lofty moun- 
tain we find her springing straight and slender in a very elegance 
of endeavor; friendly with her gayly nodding, saucy flower- 
bells; brilliant with her scarlets and blues and golden linings; 
daring in her quest of the most hazardous ledge on which to 
poise her dainty frame; growing most beautiful in the wild 
open places, but lending herself gracefully and cheerfully to 
adorn the cottage as well as the elaborate work of the landscape 
gardener. Provident, she lays by stores; charitable, she dis- 
penses these; joyous, she disperses gloom. Her every grace 
is emblematic; her character is inspiring. 
She was first given the Latin name aquilegia — from aquila, 
meaning an eagle — by Linnaeus, as, to his imagination, the 
base of her petals suggested an eagle's talons. When Doctor 
Prior gave her an English name he called her columbine — from 
columba, meaning dove — because her petals suggested to him 
doves around a dish feeding — -a favorite design of early artists. 
Columbia, our poetic name, is not from the same derivation, 
but the eagle and the dove are our emblems of power and peace. 
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