KERAMIC STUDIO 
LEAGUE Mrs. Vance Phillips, Chairman of the Ed- 
NOTES ucat ' ona l Committee of the League, has been 
teaching in the principal cities of the far West, 
and has done much towards furthering the interests of the 
League. 
In the course of study for the coming year, there will be 
competitive designs for a government table service. The 
League will in due time request sealed drawings to be for- 
warded. These will be placed in the hands of competent 
judges. On application to the President, Mrs. Worth Osgood, 
a valuable paper on "White House China" will be loaned for a 
month. 
The annual exhibition of the National League of Mineral 
Painters will be held in Chicago, commencing May 15th, 
under the auspices of the Chicago Ceramic Association, the 
entertaining club. The President of the League, Mrs. Worth 
Osgood of Brooklyn, will attend, and hopes that as many 
representatives as possible from the different clubs may be 
present, so that she may hold a meeting there during the ex- 
hibition, that plans may be discussed and arranged for the 
next year's work. 
C LUB 
The New York Society of Keramic Arts 
N"FWS ^ e ^ lts April meeting at the Waldorf. After 
the business was disposed of, a paper was read 
by Mrs. Wait on " China Hunting in America." 
At a meeting of the Brooklyn Society of Mineral Paint- 
ers, a paper on "Italian Keramic Art" was read by Miss 
Drake, and another, "The Conundrum of the Workshops," 
by Miss Shields— the latter paper prefaced by the reading of 
Kipling's poem of that title. 
The Jersey City Club is one of the clubs that adheres 
strictly to the League course of study. The same subject is 
taken by all the members and is carried out in treatment 
upon similar pieces of china purchased by the club. Then at 
the next meeting the Avork is shown and a medal is given to 
the most artistic design and best technique. 
[ This is an excellent plan for any new club.— ED.] 
On February 28th the Louisville Keramic Club held its 
ninth annual election of officers, having been organized on 
that day in 1891 by Mrs. Anna B. Leonard, now of New York 
City. The members still manifest an ambition to advance in 
all branches of keramic arts, and while no especial line of work 
is taken up during the year, it is gratifying to note that there 
is no lack of energy, and that the result of regular application 
and study is most encouraging. Makv Grant, President. 
A most interesting and enthusiastic club has been recently 
organized in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., known as the Poughkeep- 
sie Keramic Club. Its aim is for mutual benefit in the study 
of keramics. This club was formed by the members of Miss 
Lela Horlocker's class of 1898. Great interest has been shown 
in the club, and we may hope to hear from them in the future. 
Mrs. J. N. Hinkley, President; Mrs. S. H. Brown, Vice-Presi- 
dent; Mrs. S. L. DeGarmo, Recording Secretary; Mrs. San- 
ford Stocton, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. E. M. Meeks, 
Treasurer. 
The Mineral Art League of Boston held its annual exhi- 
bition at the Thorndike Hotel the latter part of February. 
In spite of bad weather the attendance was large and sales 
good. There was a general evenness of work, but no new de- 
parture into anything especially original. The members gen- 
erally considered it an improvement upon their last one, 
saying there were fewer imitations of special artists than for- 
merly. The dark rich background effects were particularly well 
done and well fired. Very few of the members have taken up 
conventional treatment, and there was a scarcity of decorative 
work in raised gold or enamels. The lustre effects over color 
were charming and shows greater possibilities on these same 
lines. There were some original poster effects upon steins 
and tankards, with appropriate decorative borders and mottoes. 
Silhouettes were very cleverly used also by this promising 
artist, who shows a decided fondness for Japanese lines. 
There was a handsome vase with roses and cupids, having 
over the entire surface a filmy gold effect, which was rich with- 
out being gaudy, and that idea could be applied to advantage 
over smaller surfaces. The vase was one of the most striking 
and original pieces there, but being placed in a very poor light, 
one could get only an impression of it. This club does not 
make individual exhibits, but the work is scattered here and 
there, three or four artists exhibiting upon the same table. 
[ It would be interesting to hear from the different clubs upon that sub- 
ject.-ED.] 
The February meeting of the Bridgeport Keramic Art 
Club was held at the residence of Mrs. George F. Bushnell. 
Mrs. Kinsley being absent, Mrs. Doremus presided. The 
club has procured one hundred pictures for the purpose 
of circulating among the children of the public schools, to be 
used in connection with their course of study and school work. 
The water color members of the club painted and donated 
beautiful portfolios in which to enclose the pictures, accord- 
ing to classification, and they were presented to Miss Mary 
Holzer, a club member and principal of the Lincoln school, to 
be circulated and used at her discretion. Following the usual 
order of business was the introduction of Mrs. Plorace C' 
Wait, a member sorosis, who spoke upon the subject of "Staf- 
fordshire: Memories in New England." Mrs. Wait had a 
most charming personality, and her eager listeners were 
carried with a learned grace, through the potteries of Staf- 
fordshire, and entertaining art sections of foreign countries, 
pausing longest in the literary journey at Holland, thecountiv 
of Delft in all its entertaining phases. They halted there to 
learn the methods of success acquired by the untiring, noble 
and generous Hollanders, in their advanced style of water 
colors and other works of art. Much of the old blue ware of 
Connecticut and of the New England States were productions 
from Staffordshire and the foreign potteries. The members 
of the circle felt much regret that time compelled Mrs. Wait 
to turn her attention from the gifted accounts of her travels 
in the ait sections abroad, to the many pieces awaiting criti- 
cism, submitted by the members of the circle. After a care- 
ful and prolonged study of the generous display of china and 
water colors, Miss Genevieve Allis was awarded first prize in 
water culors, making her a gold medalist. Honorable men- 
tion was given to a handsome piece of orchids done by Miss 
Mary A. Jackson. The meeting was adjourned with unani- 
