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KERAMIC STUDIO 
even in the mildest way. Each is an attractively written 
book gotten up in a way to impart information in a pleasant 
manner. Modern decorators who are using lustre to any 
extent might find the first valuable as a historical background 
to their work. Those painters who are going in for glass 
decoration — and anyone who is at all farsighted may be de- 
pended upon to do that— will no doubt be interested in the 
| book of old glass. This applies only to the class of painter 
who wishes to mix a little idealism with her oils and turpen- 
tine, not to the other who desires "nothing but designs," as 
if she were a dressmaker who ordered patterns at a counter 
and never bothered to put any originality into her work. 
"Remember that a true work of art is that which has 
pleased the greatest number of people for the longest period of 
time; that the love of beauty indicates our highest intellectual 
plane, and that if you will express to your fellow sinners bur- 
dened with life's cares, something of the enthusiasm of your 
own life, and will assist them to see their mother earth through 
your own eyes in constantly increasing beauty, . . . you 
will confer upon them one of the greatest blessings which fall 
to their lot on this mundane sphere." — F. Hopkinson SmithJ\ 
AZTEC MOTIF 
Suggested by Mexican 
Hieroglyphs 
Esther A. Coster 
CIRST Fire — Tint entire surface with a soft yellowish grey, 
* using Neutral Grey with a little Yellow Brown. Second 
Fire — Lightest value, same color as the ground a trifle darker. 
Light value, grey green, using equal parts Celadon and Neutral 
Grey. Darkvalue. Bands, Yellow Brown strong. Scroll figures, 
old blue, using part Royal Blue and 3 parts Neutral Grey. 
Darkest value, Black. Enamels are effective for this style of 
decoration. Suitable for vases, lamps, or other upright pieces. 
*• «r 
LUNCHEON SET IN PINK ROSES (Page U6) 
Ida Nowels Cochran 
r I A RACE conventional part of design on the china with 
J- transfer paper. Plates to be divided into three parts 
and one motif to be on each side of creamer, sugar, teapot and 
cups. Sketch in roses and paint with Aulich's Rosa with Copen- 
hagen Blue for shadows. Leaves in Yellow Green, Olive 
Green, Dark Green and Copenhagen Blue. Background of 
naturalistic panel Lemon Yellow, Copenhagen Blue and Dark 
Green. Now outline conventional design in 2 parts Copen- 
hagen Blue and 1 part Copenhagen Grey. Fire. Tint long 
panels in 2 parts Copenhagen Blue and 1 part Copenhagen 
Grey. Retouch naturalistic panels in same colors as for first 
fire. Rim edges of plates. Fire. 
THE BOOK SHELF 
Anita Grey Chandler 
Collecting Old Lustre Ware. By W. Bosanbeo. (George H. 
Doran Company, N. Y.) Collecting Old Glass. By J. 
H. Yoxall. (George H. Doran Company, N. Y.). Collect- 
ing Old Miniatures. By J. H. Yoxall. (George H. Doran 
Company, N. Y.) Looking over these three little volumes is 
enough to make one quit work and fly to the nearest antique 
shop available, more especially if one happens to be a collector 
