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KERAMIC STUDIO 
T EAGUE We are very proud to have the duty of 
NOTES we ' cormn g tne members of the Duquesne 
Ceramic Club and the Indianapolis Associa- 
tions to our League at the commencement of our year's work. 
Officers and addresses of the Duquesne Club, Pittsburg, 
Pa., are : President, Miss Sophie G. Keenan, 5550 Hays street, 
E. E.; vice-president, Mrs. Simeon Bissell, Murtland avenue, 
E. E.; secretary, Miss Myron Boyd, Penn avenue, near Lang, 
E. E.; treasurer, W. E. Moreland, jr., 4745 Ben Venue ave- 
nue, E. E. 
Mrs. Mary Alley Neal has been elected to fill the vacancy 
on the advisory board, caused by the resignation of Mrs. F. 
Rowell Priestman. The League welcomes the new member 
and appreciates her ready acceptance of board duties. 
Mrs. S. Burritt Hinsdale, Woodbridge, New Jersey, has 
been chosen chairman of League catalogue committee for 
Paris exposition. 
The vice-president of the Minneapolis Keramic Club, 
Miss Helen Mcintosh, will assist the catalogue committee in 
obtaining lists from individual members. 
Mrs. John L. Minor, North Platte, Nebraska, writes en- 
couragingly of keramics in Salt Lake City and other fields. 
We are glad to have this new member's sympathetic interest. 
In separating the League exhibits to be returned from 
Chicago to owners, from those to be forwarded, mistakes were 
made which caused considerable anxietv- Miss Butterfield, 
hostess Public Comfort Building, most generously undertook 
the supervision of repacking and returning the mis-sent pieces, 
and now reports all shipped from Omaha in perfect condition. 
The warmest thanks of the League are given to Miss Butter- 
field for her work. 
A report from one gentleman who has assisted in all of the 
expositions since '92, says that the china exhibit, Fine Arts 
Building, Omaha, is much superior to any previously shown. 
That great interest in it is manifested, and that the value of 
the National League is being understood. 
It is with sincere regret that we record the withdrawal of 
the Louisville Keramic Club. This is the first and only break 
in our ranks since the beginning of this triennial. 
The names of the jury for League Paris Exposition work 
will be published in October KERAMIC STUDIO. 
The transportation committee for the east, Miss M. Helen 
Montfort, chairman, is at work obtaining information for 
selection of transportation company, and advice for making of 
contracts. 
The seventh annual report of the National League of 
Mineral Painters has gone to press. These reports will be 
mailed to officers of clubs, individual members, and colleges 
conducting keramic departments. 
At the last meeting of the Atlan Club of Chicago the 
following members were elected to office: Mrs. E. L. Hum- 
phrey, president; Mrs. J. E. Zeublin, vice-president; Mrs. 
F. M. Steele, secretary; Miss Mary H. Phillips, treasurer. 
JN THE Miss Anne May Seymour of Utica is 
STUDIOS P robabl y one of tlle busiest artists in the 
State. Her reputation as a keramic artist 
extends over a great part of Central and Southern New York, 
calling her to a dozen or more different towns where she has 
successful classes. 
Mrs. S. V. Culp, after her busy season at the Summer 
School, Chautauqua, will visit a number of eastern cities, in- 
cluding New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit and Syra- 
cuse, before returning to her home in San Francisco. A de- 
lightful woman to meet socially, and a thorough artist ! 
Miss Laura Overly of Pittsburg, Pa., will have classes this 
month in Portland, Me., and opens her home studio, Oct. 5th. 
Miss Jeanne Stewart is seeking inspiration in the Far 
West. She is at present in California, studying the fauna and 
flora of that State. Her studio in Chicago will be open early 
in October. 
Mrs. L. Vance Phillips will open a studio in New York- 
City the first of October. The address will be given in the 
next number of the magazine. She will spend the month of 
September on the coast of Maine. 
Mr. Marshal Fry will, after his season closes at Chautau- 
qua, go to Shinnecock, there to remain until October 1st, after 
which date he will be back again in his New York studio, 36 
West 24th street. A hard worker is he, and a living exam- 
ple of what perseverance in studying direct from nature brings 
to the artist. 
CHAUTAUQUA SUMMER SCHOOL 
August the 25th, the Keramic Art School, under the 
management of Mrs. Vance Phillips, closed its fourth suc- 
cessful year, with an increased interest and a widening 
acquaintance. Three teachers were busy during the entire 
season of seven weeks, and in the mid-season rush were ably 
assisted by Mrs. Katherine E. Cherry of St. Louis. The en- 
tire studio regretted her inability to remain throughout the 
season to give instructions in the modeling of paste. In this 
feature of her art work she seems as happily at home as in the 
broad decorative painting by which she is best known. 
The large, well-equipped studio is a delight to all 
who enroll as students. A Revelation kiln of large size- 
does duty in the studio, and contributes much to a 
perfectly adjusted arrangement for the rapid completion 
of work. Instructions in figure and miniature painting 
were, as usual, given by Mrs. Vance Phillips, who exhibited a 
number of beautiful pieces completed during her winter on the 
western coast. Many agree that by far her finest work has 
been done during the past year. Her home-coming to New 
York will be hailed with delight in keramic circles. 
Each season Mrs. Vance Phillips has sought to add new 
features of interest to the Chautauqua School, giving always 
to the large general classes, at popular prices, some one of the 
high class teachers, and in addition to arrange for special 
lessons from one of those teachers who have a national repu- 
tation. This year the latter condition has been fulfilled by the 
presence of Mr. Marshal Fry, Jr., to the delight of all who 
had the privilege of entering his private classes. Mr. Fry's 
work this season has been masterful. His glowing color 
effects, fine drawing, and beautiful compositions, all told, not 
only of the artist born, but of the artist carefully trained. Mr. 
Fry, together with some other of our best keramic artists, 
stand as examples of the value of an art education given 
where there was talent, and accepted where there was willing- 
