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Miss Minnie C. Childs seems, more than almost any one 
else, to know the sort of pieces that will sell, this by no means 
being the least hindrance to good work. A number of Miss 
Childs' pieces are beautifully painted in a delicate, dainty 
manner and very appropriate for the pieces which she exhibits. 
Mrs. Evelyn Beachey exhibited a number of delightfully 
satisfactory pieces. One that attracted a good deal of atten- 
tion was a yellow rose plate. A bon bon box in lustre with a 
poster effect was very good ; also some plates and steins in 
conventional designs were shown. 
Miss May Armstrong sent a few pieces only, but all were 
so very good that one was at a loss to decide which was best. 
Miss Laura Norton Starr exhibited some very beautiful 
pieces of china. 
Miss Wight sends a number of pieces. An aster vase is 
very good in color and decoration ; also a vase with storks 
painted in a semi-conventional design is very pretty as is also 
a pine cone bon bon box. An aster vase by Miss Alice Russell 
is very pretty in treatment. 
Mrs. Cora Randall sent a number of pieces, mostly in 
conventional style. A plate with a blue border in a conven- 
tional design was well carried out. Miss Mary Phillips ex- 
hibited many very pretty pieces. One of the most original in 
the exhibition was a vase with a landscape decoration with 
sheep in the foreground and was catalogued as a " Sheep 
vase." A decorative panel called " Welcome Greetings" was 
most delicately done. The texture of the skin was beautifully 
handled, the color cool and fresh and wonderfully clear with a 
transparent purplish tone reflecting the sky. 
One of the best conventional pieces exhibited was a tray 
by Miss Lyster. One might safely say it was the best con- 
ventional piece in the exhibition. 
Mr. Albert Keith had two placques with figures on them 
which were remarkably well done. 
A figure piece that attracted probably the most attention 
of any was by Mr. Franz J. Schwarz and was called "The Caliph's 
Daughter." It was an Oriental girl with a carmine red dress ; 
the execution was faultless. The drapery had a brilliant effect 
that was wonderful. 
Mrs. J. Reichmann, Miss Rose Junk, Mrs. McCreey and 
others exhibited work that showed merit. 
In the National League of Mineral Painters there was not 
a very extensive showing made. In the competition for the 
Gold Medal, among the best vases were those by Miss 
Mason, Miss C. L. Joy, Mrs. S. V. Culp and Miss M. E. 
Franz J. Schwarz. 
Griffin. These seemed to be the favorites. In the Portrait 
Competition for the Silver Medal, a very few pieces were 
shown and many of these showed the use of photo proofs. 
The best were those by H. O. Punsch, Mr. Campana, Mrs. 
Alfred Pettit, Miss May Armstrong and Miss Ada White. In 
the Bronze Medal Plate Competition, some of the work was 
very good and some very bad. One small plate had a daring 
color scheme of violet and Mexican green on a red tan ground. 
This proved attractive. A small green and gold design was 
very pretty ; also a large plate in red and gold. 
[The illustrations reproduced above were sent by Mrs. 
Evelyn Beachey, together with an interesting article, but as 
we had already accepted Mrs. Hinman's article and had not 
room for two, we were able only to use the illustrations. 
Some of the photographs were not used, among them the 
photograph of Mrs. Crane's exhibit, for the simple reason that, 
the group being too large, all the details of decoration were 
lost. When photographs of exhibits are sent, it is much 
better to select one or two good pieces and reproduce them 
singly with all the details of decoration, or groups of two or 
three pieces at most, than to send large groups, which have 
to be reduced so that the decoration is entirely lost. — Ed.] 
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EXHIBITIONS 
M. Paul Hilleu will make an exhibition of his etchings 
and oils at the Durand-Ruel Galleries in February. 
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The opening of the new wing of the Metropolitan 
Museum is still postponed, and the directors are still unable 
to give a definite date for the completion of the arrangement 
of the exhibits in the new building. 
The attendance at the museum thus far this autumn has 
been unprecedentedly large, and the pay days have seemed as 
popular as the free ones. A large proportion of the visitors 
have been from the South and Western cities. New Yorkers 
seem to visit the museum during Spring months, when Cen- 
tral Park is particularly attractive and the warmer airs call for 
an outing. 
