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ed wad that the kiln could be heated to 2100° Fahrenheit and that keroeeuewas the fuel need.Mi as Elizabeth said they were aekedthree questions: What are you goingto make? What are you going to dowith it ? Where do you get your clay?said they hoped and expected to make things so beautiful and useful that people would want to buy their wares. The pieces exhibited showed the sincerity of true art and one can well believe that there is profound joy in making a teapot that will pour, arid which is of a design that is related to its use, and is of a quality that will endure. By the way here is the quaint motto taken from an old time plate: “Mathalina Jungen, her dish. The dish is made of earlh. When it breaks the potter laughs, so take care of it.*1 Miss Overbeck said “ take -care of it ’ is the sum of the advice that might he given to the housekeeper about her china. Bbe added that the gentle ladies of an earlier day had an easier time of it with their cedar tubs for dishwashing than does the modernhousekeeper with metal dishpans and enameled sinks. Miss Elizabeth in this illuminating talk, brought to every one a better appreciation of the patience and perseverance dedicated to the making of the pottery which we have nerhans used in our homeswith thoughtless carelessness.The audience lingered to inspect an interesting exhibit of old china and to have a cup of coffee and enjoy a soeiai hour.
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Cambridge City Tribune
Cambridge City, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1911
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