THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THAYER ART MUSEUM WILL DISPLAY QUILTS
Many Countries Will be Represented by This Col-
Samplers Depict Themes
American Examples From 1700 to 1850 Made By Small Cities
A rare and choice array of old samples, coverlets, and patch quilts will be open for display in the Thayer Art Museum, an institution beginning Sunday, March 21. Besides the seventy-five or more samples of Mrs. Thayer's own collection, numerous others owned by different people of Lawrence
Most of the American examples, dated from about 1700 to 1850, were made by little girls from five to fifteen years old. It was the custom for all girls of that time to be taught the fine art of embroidery and knitting almost as soon as teenage, but the mother was strapped to a chair when she was four years old and made to knit by the hour." said Mrs. Thayer.
The collection includes about fifty samplers, sixty-five coverlets, and fifty old-fashioned patch quilts. Among the samplers, Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch, Persian, and English and American examples are all represented. Four very old man-made in Europe, in neighbor in color and design than some of those made in the nineteenth century.
POEMS INScribed ON SAMPLERS
POEMS INScribed on SAMPLESES
Queer, fantastic poems, dressing mostly with such serious themes as death, and death's consequences and persecutions carried on the samplers by the children show how different their ideas were from those of the American children of today. One sampler, made in 1809, depicted the first steam engine in a very real design. Others represent the terrestrial of Adam and Eve, the creation of Isae, and the ten commandments.
Years of work were required to finish some of the more intricate patterns. The Spanish and Persian bead tampers especially suited to the stiffened stuffed embroidery sampler, of exquisite design commemorates the time of Charles I of England. The forgein samplers and coverlets were bought by Mrs. Hayes for Europe, Rohde Grabler, Guatemala, to Holland and England.
The coverletters are especially interesting. One in particular, made in 1866 by an early settler of Doughnish County, is unusual in that no trace can be found of his name records on the subject, give any information on the subject will be much welcomed by Mrs. Thayer, who is anxious to find out about it.
JOSEPH SMITH'S COVERLET SHOWN
Queer designs and names are another characteristic of different coverlets. One called "Tennessee Trouble" was made by slave labor in 1824 to commemorate the Indian trouble in Tennessee during the first part of the nineteenth century, the nineteenth celebration of Independence, "Youth and Beauty," and "Pine Bloom." One in particular, called "Farmer's Fancy," gives us
Trinity Episcopal Church 1001 Vermont Street
Chaplain Evan A. Edwards
Rector
Fifth Sunday in LENT
8:00 a. m. The Holy Communion
11:00 a. m. Morning Prayer and
umor
(Editor's note: The following resulted when the sport writer was detailed to write on the spring styles.)
7:45 p. m. Evening Prayer and Sermon
New Spring Styles Upset Box Score of Sport Editor
advance dope on the spring styles has put our fair ones into a state of panic. We have the referee, but are afraid of being disqualified. The 1920 spring rules on dress that have thus far come from the arbiters, make the girls wonder whether the groundstrain will continue if they succeed or not on the appointed schedule.
Sermon
4 (Four) p. m. Closing talk to University Students on "Vital Themes," Subject,
"H OME. "
Get acquainted with the Episco-
Here's what has piled the box score: The new spring street dresses the girls have been tipped off by the press agents to buy possesses about the same yardage of sleeves as a first baseman's mitt. Street dresses, too, get that? Some of the new dresses give about the same effect as a catcher's chest protector, worn fore and aft. Our team up in good exhibition of sportsmanship, and the ampire seldom benches them, but the bear stories coming from their headquarters forecast a tight battle.
The $50.00 Prize for an essay will be given THIS year. Essays to be handed in by May 10th, Consult Dr. Braden, Rev J. W. Boyer or Chaplin Edwards about the subject.
Notice
Most of the girls fail to see how
they can feel at ease spurring up
Massachusetts Street with arms clad like brother's when he wears his track suit. It would be different if the new dresses were in the flimsy white materials the girls like to wear about the time the league races tighten up, when bare arms are in season. But the girls with brown sashes the maidens don when the gridiron heroes bloom.
With sleeveless evening dresses, the girls usually wear two-ounce gloves about as long as a baseball bat. Some of them think the glove ruling will apply now, while others assert that long gloves are set aside for wear only at parties and similar meets.
The problem is causing quite a discussion among the women. Some say they will hold out and keep on wearing suits for street wear, while others intend to cover up the sleeve-lessness with nutty 1920 model jackets. Only a few, however, seem to prefer the suit or the rule book commission and step to the plate in the regulation uniform.
K. C. Institute Accepts Work of Profs. Griffith, Heckking, and Frazier
The University School of Fine Arts is well represented at the Fine Arts Institute exhibition in Kansas City. Students can join the institute or the school of the Fine Arts are on exhibition two of which are water colors and one an oil painting. Critics say that Professor Fraxler is a fine draughtsman with an ultra modern aesthetic.
EXHIBITS PAINTINGS BY K. U. PROFESSORS
Besides publishing "The Model School Advocacy," students of the Asherville high school recently held a "Backward party." Clothes were worn backward and the general scheme of the evening tended backwards.
These pictures were painted at Provincetown, Mass., where Professor Franek goes every summer to paint murals on the houses and on the very tip end of Cape Cod.
Awards for this exhibit were supposed to have been announced on the opening day, but the date was postponed.
loned houses surrounded by picket fences which are so typical of New England.
This is the first time that those pictures have been exhibited, though Professor Fraxier has had some others of his hats summer pictures exhibited at Philadelphia and the Baltimore at the Baltimore Water. Color Society.
Other exhibits from the School of Fine Arts are those of Prof. W. A. Griffith and Prof. W. H. Heikking. Professor Griffith is exhibiting three California landscapes which he painted during his vacation last year. Prof. W. Hekking is exhibiting two landscapes and one large snow picture.
The Oil painting is entitled "The White Sloop" and pictures a white boat tied to an old decaying whale, with a beilliant sunshine playing over the entire scene. One of the two boats is pictured of fishing boats; while the other is a sketch entitled "The Province town House" pictures the little old flash-
Obsore high school students are anxiously awaiting the results of the educational survey recently conducted by the extension division of the university. The Record is of the opinion that O. H. S. will be ranked in Class A.
Modern high schools and colleges have a Ring Larder. Wamgo Red and White has a "ringingarders neck" as a regular correspondent.
Special chapel services were recently held at Halstead high school for the purpose of "making love" candles. Samedh among the 100 per cent attendance.
Burlington Kansas high school girls basketball team recently dean ed Nespohe Falls girls 107.1. The girls who girls were completely outclassed.
The patchwork display also has wealth of interesting examples, like wise queer and original names. A few of these quilts were obtained by Mrs. Thayer from the Chicago Museum of Dr. Gausuals, well known preacher and religious worker of that
an interesting picture of the farmer with his plow, horses, cattle, barns, and other paraphernalia.
Saturday, March 20
A coverlet made by Emma Smith, wife of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon religion, was bought by Mrs. Thyrae from relatives of the family. Old husband was by a relation of Alexander Hindu is also included in the collection.
Seats today at Round Corner Drug Co. Prices 50c to $2.00 Plus War Tax
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School Classes Men and Women 10:00 A.M.
Morning Service
"Rest For The Heavy Laden"
Special Quartet Choir
Phone
499
REV. FRANK JENNINGS PASTOR
G O R K Clothes Cleaned and Preserved is a saving Garments called for and delivered Call Fraker or Eaton THE STUDENT CLEANERS
YOUR
Houk's Barber Shop
"Some Campus" said a visiting high school student as a tour of the school was finished— "Now let's go to this place you call
The OREAD CAFE "BRICKS"
Where they tell me everybody hangs out—besides I'm hungry and if all that I've heard is true-an egg-olive and a malted milk would be worth taking just a step from the campus."