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allied and each summer hold an_ exhibit 
of their work, and strangers from all over 
the country go to Deerfield to see, ad- 
mire and purchase. [he men, too, are 
interested and three worked together a 
few years agoto reproduce an old_ bridal 
chest. 
Across the Connecticut lies Montague 
and there is another group of women re- 
viving the old time industries. ‘Their 
work is very nearly identical with that of 
Deerfield and both societies send their 
articles to cities far and near to be sold, 
and have great demand for them. Still 
another town to join in this work is 
Greenfield, and the three villages lying 
close by each other us they do, form one 
of the most interesting groups to crafts- 
men all over the country. The Mont- 
ague society was the outgrowth of an 
effort to form a community along social- 
ist lines. “The community as such was 
a failure, but the various interests which 
emanated from it, have lived and are 
doing good. One in special, which is 
just now being promoted, is the Dyke 
Mill. An old saw mill has been taken 
and remodelled as a printing shop, cab- 
inet shop, dye house and rug room. 
Here the men who are responsible for 
it purpose to make good furniture, sim- 
ilar to that made here in the Dodge mill, 
to do exceptionally good printing, and to 
dye linens, rafha and other material for 
sale. Also to weave good artistic rugs, 
having the material dyed and woven to 
suit the purchaser. This interest is 
backed by several prominent craftsmen 
and it would seem now at its inception to 
give promise of good work. Here also 
the fragrant bayberry candles are made 
and sent all over the country. 
I have recently been in Montague and 
seen the work of the women there and 
also visited the Dyke mill. The village 
industries give occupation which is use- 
ful, interesting and remunerative to many 
women who’ otherwise would have 
little money for spending and much spare 
time to waste. 
The work of the Roycrofters under 
Elbert Hubbard’s leadership, shows ex- 
cellent specimens of the art of bookbind- 
ing, also fine printing and illuminating. 
The Boston society of Arts and Crafts 
was “‘incorporated in 1897 for the pur- 
pose of promoting artistic work in all 
branches of handicraft.—TYo bring de- 
signers and workers into mutually help- 
ful relations.—To stimulate an appreci- 
ation of the value and dignity of good 
designs.-—To counteract the desire for 
over-ornamentation and specious design. 
—To insist upon the necessity of sob- 
riety and restraint, of ordered arrange- 
ment and of due regard for the relation 
between theform of an object and _ its 
use, and of harmony and fitness in the 
decoration put upon it.’’ Theseare its 
avowed purposes and one going into the 
shop on Park street and seeing the beau- 
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tiful objects on exhibition there and for 
sale, cannot but feel that some if not all 
of those purposes, are being accom- 
plished. The following principles are 
held by the society: 
Principles of Handicraft. 
1. Motives.—The motives of the true 
Craftsman are the love of good and beau- 
tiful work asapplied to useful service and 
the need of making an adequate _liveli- 
hood. Inno case can it be primarily 
the love of gain. 
2. Conditions—The conditions of 
true Handicraft are natural aptitude, thor- 
ough technical training, and a just ap- 
preciation of standards. [he unit of 
labor should bean intelligent man, whose 
ability is used asa whole, and not sub- 
divided for commercial purposes. He 
should exercise the faculty of design in 
connection with manual work, and 
manual work should be part of his train- 
ing in design. 
3. Artistic Co-operation.—When the 
designer and the workman are not united 
inthe same person, they should work to- 
gether, each teaching the other his own 
special knowledge, so that the faculties 
of the designer and the workman may 
tend to become united in each. 
4, Social Co-operation—M odern 
Craftmanship requires that the idea of 
patronage be superseded by that of re- 
ciprocal service and co-operation. 
5. Results.—The results aimed at are 
the training of true craftsmen, the de- 
veloping of individual character in con- 
nection with artistic work, and the -rais- 
ing of standards of beauty in objects of 
use. 
Looking through the report for the 
year, one finds that its members are 
from all over the United States and sev- 
eral foreign countries, and represent forty - 
three crafts. This society is made up 
of masters, craftsmen and associate mem- 
bers, and is well supported by those peo- 
ple of means who wish to see and buy 
beautiful things, who also are glad in the 
knowledge that hand and brain were co- 
workers in the making of the beauty, and 
not separated as in factory work. 
Within the last twenty years, and 
more especially in the last decade, there 
has been a renaissance of very many of 
the old time crafts. 
The ceramic art has had.a_ notable 
revival, and potteries have started in 
many places. About Cincinnati are 
some fine ones, perhaps the best known 
being the Rookwod pottery. The Hamp- 
shire pottery at Keene, N. H_, produces 
some very beautiful articles, which com- 
bine usefulness with beauty of shape, 
coloring and decoration. Near at hand 
are the Greubey pottery at South Bos- 
ton and the Marblehead pottery. Each 
of these potteries aim to produce beauti- 
ful things along craftsman lines. 
Wood carving and cabinet making 
have been taken up by many, both 
men and women, and are being taught 
in most good manual training schools. 
Many artistic picture frames are now to 
be found. One artist and craftsman 
makes very beautiful ones, finding in this 
craft an expression of his art that is at 
once satisfactory and remunerative. 
The ancient arts of bookbinding and 
illuminating the printed page are claim- 
ing the attention of many, and very 
beautiful are some of the results done in 
leather hand tooled and _ gilded, with 
pages brilliant in illuminated titles, initals, 
head and tail pieces and so forth. 
We have borrowed from the Jndians 
the art of basketry which is most 
fascinating, and can be done easily by 
women in the home. ‘The work in 
rafha, reeds, palm leaf and even corn 
husks, find many workers who create 
beautiful and useful baskets. 
Jewelry and enamel work and work 
with silver and gold are being revived 
and old designs and shapes being sought 
out, as well as new designs made. 
In the arts and crafts shop in Boston, 
one finds a_ splendid display of such 
things. Old time porringers, spoons, 
ladles, trays and the like are being repro- 
duced in silver; new and odd designs 
are worked out in the same metal and 
the semi-precious stones while the work 
of enamel on metal produces marvelous- 
ly beautiful effects. 
Glass work is being revived also. 
One man designs all his pieces and then 
sees that those designs are reproduced 
by the blowers, to give the idea he had 
in mind—thus bringing designer and 
worker in close touch and fulfilling one 
of the fundamental principles of handi- 
craft. Much work is also being done 
in leaded and stained glass. 
Leather as a medium for artistic ex- 
pression lends itself very nicely. Hand. 
tooling and illuminating have a large fol- 
lowing, both among the skilled crafts- 
men and among amateurs as well. 
Brass, too, is being used to produce 
useful things and its decoration is done 
by piercing, hammering and_ etching. 
Here also the amateur can make for 
himself many things as well as a_ skilled 
workman. . 
Stencelling is a craft that has perhaps 
had the most widespread revival on ac- 
count of its ease and adaptability. 
The Japanese have used this art for 
centuries and it is found in its perfection 
there. Everything from the common 
hand towel to the most elaborate gown’ 
or drapery is stencelled. 7 
England has used it for many years 
but only within a very few years has it 
been used to any extent in this country. 
A most interesting craft has been 
started in Boston, that of lace making. 
One woman has spent much time and 
study on the old laces in the museums 
and learned from an Italian woman in the 
