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HXRAMIC STUDIO 
THE LEAGUE'S 1902 EXHIBITION A COMPARATIVE 
EXHIBITION 
AT the January meeting of the Advisory Board the follow- 
ing points were decided : 
Mrs. Vance-Phillips was elected Chairman of the Ad- 
visory Board. 
Each board member representing a club was appointed a 
special messenger to create, if need be, and to sustain in his 
club, interest in this comparative exhibition. Clubs not rep- 
resented will find in their presidents especially appointed 
- messengers from the League. 
Mrs. Wagner, of Detroit, Chairman of the Paris exhibi- 
tion, had sent to her, for all her splendid efforts in behalf of 
the League, a letter of thanks and as a token of appreciation 
a check for one hundred dollars. 
The bills of Pan-American Chairman, Miss M. H. E. 
Montfort, were honored in full and a vote of thanks given her 
for valuable services rendered. 
Medals were ordered to be delivered May ist, and an 
estimate on dies to be made from medal monogram Was re- 
quested. 
A complete list of League members is to be prepared. 
While the general plans for the year were made in De- 
cember, it was at the January meeting that the details were 
carefully taken up. 
The Advisory Board believing that the greatest benefit 
of the Exhibition lies in the comparison of ideas has chosen 
to call this a Comparative Exhibition. 
Designing and painting on porcelain or Belleek articles 
conforming to plan prescribed by the Educational Committee, 
is the League's course of study for the year ending in May, 
1902. 
Pieces conforming to prescribed course of study are, if 
worthy, eligible to receive in 
First Class: The Gold Medal, ist Honorable Mention, 
or 2nd Honorable Mention. 
Second Class: The Silver Medal, 1st Honorable Men- 
tion, or 2nd Honorable Mention. 
Third Class: The Bronze Medal, 1st Honorable Men- 
tion, or 2nd Honorable Mention. 
Katharine Corbell Church, member for San Francisco, 
made the motion providing that work done could be entered 
marked, " Not for competition." Such pieces will become a 
part of the exhibition, and will therefore go with the exhibi- 
tion to all points scheduled. This provision assures a greater 
number of pieces being entered, and makes the exhibition 
primarily a comparative one. 
Mrs. Fanny Rowell, representing the Jersey City Club, 
led the way in helping the Board to decide upon a single 
shape and size of vase. It was thought that this plan would 
greatly aid the judges in rendering a just judgment ; and 
that all who viewed the vases presented would find the com- 
parison of ideas more interesting and of greater educational 
value. The Board was unanimous in its decision that a vase 
of American manufacture be used. The selecting of a shape 
was intrusted to Mr. Marshal Fry, Jr., and Miss Maude 
Mason, who, assisted by Mr. Arthur Dow of Pratt Institute, 
and his assistant, Mr. Fralick, decided upon No. 405 Ceramic 
Belleek. This shape was suggested by, but not copied 
from a Doulton Form. It was first modeled in Trenton and 
has been since copied by some French potters. The vase 
was chosen for the Gold Medal class, not because it repre- 
sented a superior or more important line of painting than the 
other classes named, but because the variety of treatment 
possible under the given conditions would include the largest 
number of workers. It will be noted that even figures and 
geometric ornament come within the given conditions. 
Miss M. H. E. Montfort led the way to a rendering of 
the decision that in all cases designs for table service be ap- 
plied to plain rim plates, Ida Johnson, Chairman of Educa- 
tional Committee, giving a little latitude by not restricting 
the size, in order that dinner plates or even bread-and-butter 
plates could be submitted. 
Mrs. Sara Wood-Safford made a motion relative to the ap- 
pointing of judges which is incorporated in the letter from 
the Educational Chairman. The judgments rendered in San 
Francisco, Denver, New York and elsewhere will each have 
equal weight, for when the sealed envelopes prepared by the 
judges are opened at the close of the exhibition by the Ad- 
visory Board, there will be a summing up of the points given 
to each piece entered in competition. This composite opinion 
of the judges will be the final judgment,— the one which will 
place the award. 
On a motion made by Mr. Marshal Fry, Jr., all transpor- 
tation expenses, both ways, for individual and club members, 
were assumed by the League, thus making it possible for all 
League members far and near to contribute. The only ex- 
pense to be borne by a club is in the event of its desiring to 
receive the exhibition, in which case the sum of ten dollars 
($10), shall be paid into the League treasury and a promise 
given to see that the pieces comprising the exhibition are 
carefully packed and shipped to their next place of exhibi- 
tion. No club and no individual member can afford not to be 
represented. 
It would be difficult to estimate the educational value of 
seeing in a single exhibition three classes of work only, with 
each class restricted to a certain form. Should the contribu- 
tions include not only work from all sections of the country, 
but from the brushes of the very best American mineral 
painters, it seems safe to say that this exhibition will be the 
most interesting one yet planned by any club. The Board 
feels already greatly encouraged at the interest shown. 
Some of the foremost mineral painters in New York have 
promised to contribute. One enthusiastic club has ordered 
three dozen vases for members to work upon, and they are 
planning to have the vases presented at their April meeting. 
After being criticized by their special critic, those deemed 
worthy will be sent to the League exhibition. The prize to 
be given at the annual exhibition of the Du Quesne Club in 
April, as noted elsewhere, will be seen to fall in line with the 
League's plan. 
Miss M. T. Wynne has shown great interest in the forth- 
coming exhibition and has offered to receive all articles sent 
and to display the same in her place of business. 
Reported by L. VANCE-PHILLIPS, President. 
The following letter has been sent to each member of the 
League and is authority for all work contemplated. Copies 
may be obtained from the Corresponding Secretary ; 
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF MINERAL PAINTERS. 
The National League of Mineral Painters having instituted a medal 
competition, the following plans have been adopted, the suggestions from 
the various clubs having been carefully considered, and what might be 
called a composite result chosen. 
This competition will constitute the League's course of study, and the 
pieces sent will form the exhibition for 1902, which may be called a com- 
parative exhibition. 
Awards. — There will be three medals awarded, gold, silver and 
bronze; and there will be first and second Honorable Mention in each 
