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Take the basket in left hand, and with right, pull 
tight each straw turned back, so that the edge thus made 
may be even. Cut off both sets of straws close to basket. 
Dampen it, turning the edge inside the basket to the bot- 
tom, making the sides double. 
Procure a square wooden block same size and depth 
as basket, on which place the basket. Cover with a damp 
cloth and that with a dry one. 
Press it all over, especially the edge, with a moderately 
hot iron. This finishes the basket. (See illustration. 
No. 3.) 
The cover is made exactly like the basket except 
that it is two, instead of five inches deep. Half of this is 
also turned in, making the rim double. 
In pressing, stretch the cover slightly that it may fit 
over the basket. The covers of fine baskets must have 
four more straws than the basket because the button is in 
two parts and when put together must be halved again. 
(TO BE CONCLUDED.) 
CRAFTS EXHIBITIONS 
The annual exhibition of The Guild of Arts and Crafts 
East 23d St., New York City, was held at the above address 
during the last week in April. The following Craftsmen 
sent work: Mr. Volkmar some fine big bowls and some 
candlesticks in matt green, Miss Frances Mac Daniel a 
small but good exhibit of black pottery, The Hartford 
Arts and Crafts some delightful candlesticks and vases. 
There were several attractive pieces of porcelain from 
The Robineau Pottery, two violet holders in quaint design 
and of nice color, a tall vase exquisite in tone and model- 
ing. Mr. Herman Murphy had several of his well known 
mirror frames. The Misses Steel and Walker also had 
some very attractive ones. A. O. Westerling sent some 
tall, wood candlesticks carved and gilded, colonial in shape. 
Miss Clara Price had a very interesting portfolio of leather 
slightlyTjnodeled and very harmonious in color. Mrs. 
Busck a chair, with carved leather seat and back. Miss 
Hicks some stenciled fabrics. 
Among the textiles a stenciled table cover in blue 
and white from the Trenton School of Industrial Arts 
deserved much credit, also the embroidered and woven 
table covers made by Sarah Frances Dorrance. The 
exhibit of metal work was not large or particularly good. 
Mr. Rodgers' copper bowls were interesting in color and 
Dr. Busck's copper tray and brass box showed good 
workmanship. The jewelry was not up to the usual 
standard and only a few of the good pieces sent were 
shown to advantage, because of the poor arrangement. 
The Handicrafters, Brooklyn, held their exhibition 
at The Club Rooms, 192 Schermerhorn St., the 5th, 6th 
and 7th of April. The exhibition was small, but there 
was some good work from the various members and other 
Craftsmen. The exhibits were also very well arranged. 
Miss Jane Hoagland sent a group of interesting pottery, 
Miss J. Husson and Mr. H. C. Jeffery some well carved 
wood, Miss M. Behr some delightful stenciled work. Miss 
M. Zimmerman, Miss Emily F. Peacock, Miss M. Peckham 
and others some very attractive and well made jewelry. 
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ART WORKERS ORGANIZE. 
A call issued by Spencer Trask, president of the Nat- 
tional Arts Club, to workers in arts and crafts throughout 
the country brought about one hundred and fifty crafts- 
men to the clubhouse in West 34th street. Among 
those present were workers in wood carving, metal work, 
including jewelry; textiles, all forms of woven stuffs and 
loom work, bookbinding, stained glass and ceramics. 
A permanent organization was effected, and arrange- 
ments were made for an exhibition of arts and crafts next 
fall in the new home of the National Arts Club in Gramercy 
Park, to be the home of the organization. The announce- 
ment was made that Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, director of 
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was in hearty sympathy 
with the movement and would give to it his active support 
in every possible wav. 
Frederick S. Lamb presided. The organization was 
effected with the election of Spencer Trask, president; 
Arthur W. Dow, vice-president; John J. Murphy, secretary; 
and Emerson McMillin, treasurer. Directors, elected to 
serve three years, were Amy M. Hicks, Frederick S. Lamb, 
Charles Volkmar and Charles de Kay; directors elected to 
serve two years were Anna B. Leonard, Florence Foote, 
Charles H. Barr and Edward D. Page, and directors, elected 
to serve one year were Mrs. Charlotte Busck, Miss E. M. 
Heller, J. William Fosdick and Miss Louise Cowperthwaite. 
The name of the organization will be the National 
Society of Craftsmen, and its object will be to promote 
the creation and sale of products of the arts and crafts; to 
maintain a permanent exhibition, and to establish a bureau 
of information for craftsmen and clients. The member- 
ship will be professional and associate, the former to pay 
an annual fee of $5 and the latter $10. 
One of the provisions of the constitution is that there 
shall be a jury committee of fifteen, with power to add to 
their number, to be elected by the professional member- 
ship, whose duty it shall be to pass upon all work submitted 
for exhibition or sale. Five members will constitute a 
quorum, one member of which must be a craftsman in the 
work judged. 
This society, as the name implies, will embrace the 
entire United States The initiative thus taken by the 
National Arts Club has already borne fruit. 
The important question of a place for the new National 
Society of Craftsmen is as good as settled; it will occupy 
the present quarters of the Arts Club, 37 West Thirty- 
fourth Street, when that club takes possession of its larger 
clubhouse in the Tilden mansion in Gramercy Park. This 
is rapidly approaching completion, and the Studio Annex, 
