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Joomfirl� l)omns· · enter Contents lot Mareb, English Vjllage in the Very C ' 19Z7 The y Sall Gale Harris...... pholograp!, by Bachrach 2 of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook School for Boys...... , ...... b)I Lee A. While 3 of the Village Country Ceramic Art in America...... by Ffore11ce Davies 5 Houses Life The Soul of an Artist...... by Charles Crombie 6 Gardens e typical English mfield Downs is to b a Bloo Around The Home of Mr. and Mrs. C . B. \,\iaterman .... by K. Alki11son 7 hitecture a d Society e with all the beauty of arc � villag , A Little House in the Country ...... 8 r istic of the quamt Sports r of landscape cha acter cha m How to Make a Garden in an Old Cellar-Hole .. by H.B. Clarke 9 pshire. i ns of Surrey and Ham J l ttle tow Mrs. D. . McNabb and her four children ...... ························ ································ s e vast amount .... pholograph b31 Spe/1111.an 10 Mr. Edward J. Butler ha don a r Society · ·· · ...... i e pi the idea. Pa t ...... by Kalheri11e Alkiuson 11 of preliminary work n d velo ng he The Hotel Ap eful study on t artment as a Town House.. b31 Jessmniue Johnson 14 of this work consisted of a car d Scarab Club ...... s architecture an .. .. 16 ground of English uburban Vol. m Garden Hints for March...... b)I Frrd C. Rolh Ji e of artistic No. 3 garden layout. The best xamples e e e e e ese lines hav b en pr s rved treatm nt along th PUBLISHER'S e s STATEMENT i i s in Bloomfi ld Down . HE AFTERG LOW is published A for adaptation to cond t on T . on the 1st of every month rticJes, stories and photographs . pertaining to any phase of " at Detroit, Mich., by the Afterglow Publishing Company, Inc. country ltfe Kather e Atkinson, around Detroit are solicited. he i e is in t he very m Society Editor; Marion Holden. Contribut­ he s chosen for t v llag ing Ed itor; W. J. J\1urphy, Bus!ness Manager·• Rodge s Subscription price, $2.50 a year; 25 cents the T ite . . J. c. r , sale at most newsstands single copy For i s Advertising Manager. in Detroit and Birmingham. e e Bloomfield H ll , �� center of the n w villag of -- Editorial and executive offices, 4856 Woodward A venue Tele- Address an communications �, . . ,i"':· phones: Glendale 5837 and 2751. to The Afterglow Publtshlng Com­ d rd Avenue at I pany, 4856 Woodward Avenue, Detroit. immediately east of Woo wa :��';"•.M:;·,.._ ..... ""'•' he s h s ide Bloomfield Center, and lying along t out e eld of Long La,ke Road. Right betw en Bloomfi he e Open d d r with the plan Hills Country Club and t Bloomfi ld comfort, an lai out to ha monize r s es es e any Hunt Club, surrounded by the a i tocratic tat as a w hole, but not so large as to r quire e e e d of the of the hill country and with Woodward Av nu effort or expense in up-k ep. A resi ent s always available for rapid communication, it i village will have all the urban comforts, conven­ hard to conceive of a more ideal location. iences and freedom of action of the resident of e Boston Boulevard. At the same time he will be It is important to remember t hat Bloomfi ld e to enjoy the charming surroundings of the Downs is a village, not in any sense a group of abl h eld Hills District. estates. T he home sites are large e noug for Bloomfi

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The ·1110in /J'lfilding of the Cranbrook School, now in adva.nced state' of co11si'r'lfction. ft will house the eii:erntive_ ofji�es of !he school. am/ contain classrno111s. laboratories. the auditorinm, etc. The bla11/i spot at the 1·1ght end marks the 11111cl!o" of the 1111it shown in Prof. Saari11e11's drawi11.c; with the winq which 1<·ill cn11tai11 the s/11d�· hall and a. 1na.gmfice11t hb1·a.,·y. The 101c•er will honse the astro11omical observatory-probably the 011/y one in an American preparator,, school. .JThe Cranbrook School for Boys Opens Next September Ily LEE A. WHITE O the headmastership of the Cranbrook School, Most of the land was separated f:om the Booth es­ T whose splendid buildings are rapidly taking tate, whence the school derives its name, and deeded shape on Lone Pine Road, west of ·woodward Ave­ to the institution; but a part was purchased from nue, the Board of Directors have called one of the owners of land in Oak Knobs. most distinguished men in the field of secondary edu­ \i\Then the doors of the school open in the fall of cation-Dr. William Oliver Stevens, teacher, artist this year, Oakland.County will have the distinction of and author. possessing the only nota­ Dr. Stevens resigned ble private boarding and the headmastership of the day school for boys in the Roger Ascham School, a State. It will have ac­ country day school near commodations for 65 res­ White Plains, N. Y., to ident students and about accept the position at the 150 day students; but for Cranbrook School; and the first three years en­ arrived to take up his res­ rollment will be closely idence in the Hills Feb­ restricted in order that ruary 27, after an exten­ numbers will not handicap sive tou r of leading the faculty in establishing schools of the East. He the desired spirit. Regis­ has opened temporary of­ tration this fall will be fices in the Architectural confined to boys of sev­ Building, adjacent to the enth, eighth and ninth site of the school, pend­ grade standing; there­ ing the completion of the after a grade will be add­ main building in which ed each year until the the executive suites will twelfth grade is included, Sally Gale Ha,-,-is i.r tlte engaging l,ttle be located. providing full co11 e g e daugltter of Mr. a11d Mn. Julian Hanis The Cranbrook School, preparation. of Windmill Pointe. which is the gift of Mr. Few, if any, prepara­ and Mrs. G e o r g e G. tory schools in the coun­ Booth, represents an en­ try will equal, and none dowment in excess of $1,- exceed the Cranbrook 250,000, and occupies 65 School in the beauty of acres of lovely rolling its struC'tures. They have land through which winds been designed by the a \:>ranch of the Ri ve1· eminent Finnish architect, Rouge, widened into a Prof. Elie! Saarinen, who little lake to serve the f/lillia11·•.- Oliver Slc1•ens, Ph. D., Litt. D., fi1·st headmaster of C'ame from Helsingfors, recreational needs of the the Cra.11-brook School. Finland, at the invitation boys in at t end a n c e . of the University of Mich- RGLOW MARCH, 1927 1927 AFTE MARCH, THE AFTERGLOW Pa.ge Five age Four n n P a l, a progressive i stitutio establishe . e a cl - ch m choo d . of Arch1tectt11. , n i O in the 11 in 1907 to lecture mes at th . a n o . . n 111 i 'an, e � :1�: facnlty ho en • vers tility as a aut 1 , r 1s evide t . iding in on o a 1 at1. na� Di.. S tev s no"' ' re r well s ecl1 c Ot n o o 1 �� e a ch1te�tu1. l . u a e · , 111s· umer us b oks. 'I'l e I fi .st, 1 11· s doc ol. notabl 1 l, ill str tecl th tit1 es - l e we o ( t�! schoo . 1 e 1 will be th to a ical tor's thesis· , was "The Cross in the L'f and L" terature [�·'itn re u by an stronom a n n . . be urn10 n tecl e o-l -S xo " a d belied the ch aracter of h1s here. "· l11c . I 1 11,ill of th A 110 ° ' n W n° ' include· d . iuvem· ·1 · observatory. e era- subseque t riti o·s which e fict1o n, ts th {i £th O'en a n 1 o a eacl ma te r rep1. e C'll . ve1 ·se ' biog-r phy a d h sto1y. B . y 1e fa- ']'he new h aoe . or ecu la I humo1'. . ena . cI in I ·eliaio" us . . o nn 1· ' e, n of his fam1·1 y to be arne m1ha· . 1 w1'ti , h'si stories f hfe at apo1 s, " P ewe tio . . a ther went from IM n a 1 . k . His ar n"ctf a e . n d "Mes mates, " weII as 1 1 · s ed11cat10nal wo1 · e a a £ or ltnto , Pl. e b e, " a• story e e e e a d tr ining coll eg n e a a h t°bl'is_ h a e "The You g p nvate· rsm n e to Burm , wh r a e ngoon, of tI , "Tv, ar f o 1812, . " H ea a nd ther ' in R 1 ,, ers and te che1 . 1. Story of Our avy, native pr ch . rn, returnin· g a 1 so ti e alithor of "The . ,, and ns a ncl h'1 (athcr were bo ' a vVarsh1p , a nd h a o I ) til D. tevc 1 a . "Boys Book of F mous co- ut r of t. - . r 10n n n rica to receive thei edt c t . ook to An apoli ," the aval volum t Ame . . "The Guide B e of u cl pnvate chools of a a and ncI ecI p bite an e rper's History of the vV r," thr: notabl_e Dr · Stevens a tte a o'' ''H ells n cl c·t1' ·ned the d gree 1. foi· u e in the Naval Academy, �Compos 1- Maine and 1l, assac I 1lI l, e textb oo ,s . O !leoe ' from wh1c· h . o a o o . f rt at o 11'·'Y · ea val' Officers," "A Sh rt Hist ry of the U. Bachelo1 o. a one y , t, n {01 . N• S. 111 While there he w for a " s· e a · oraduated 1899. ea n Navy, " nd "A History of Sea Power. mc j e v111g "'· 1. a u y rs o the . . . . o,, tl , c te1 11 1 te m ancl (or fo r o . pubhshed two wo1 ks of biogra a member a a · A nnap Iis 1,e has phy. e w c pta' in in his semor n e track team, of which l, "Boyhoods .of Our Navy Heroes " � d "B� ys' L"f f e J year. Gen. Grant;" occasional short ston: , �rttcl s and 1?l - a ear e f Eng- e n n e substituting y f 01. tI professor o l at e d vers s for juve ile pubhcat10 s, such as Aft r a e nstr . a l w·1s on leave, o f b senc ' he en- Companion and St. J1cho 1 as, �n d ,ve1·g I ,tier · Ii h t oC lb y, w10 e e Youth's Peii•n!Jic flnscs Hance ool 'a t Yale lniversity. r c iv- article for Atlantic Monthly, Yale Review and other 111 fridrscr11t Gln::r tered the graduate sch' . e . . From inerfrct shnpe for play and rnpet1- bl w tint r to r cap­ i o II nt oo w ture /l'nshiugto11. b k. This i the skill tio11 when the school opens tfr,s foll. that peculiarly rich and vibrant and the art of it. Thu are great I otters Gerard Putters, Landscape Design made, (Co11/i1111cd oii page 20) .-'--- MARCH. 19. .:7 HE FTERGLOW T 1\fAR H, ]927 Pag� Six THE AFTERGLO\.\I Page Seven The The Soul of An Artist Home of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron B. Water Master man Being the ew Biography of an OlJ at By CHARLE CRQ}.IBIE By l(r\THE!UNE .\TKIN ON re e d o e t e u l e e ol. tl1e e , h a h l t b lio·h ly lllEONE 11·ho know�, who ante_d to b a us a r p e t f her \\'as a man "· o r T E t e ' t h d t e d For, they argued ve their t t e \\'hat every man know 0 . . native ot tha ·'touc e ' in he h a . S ha aid ha a hom mte f P1 tu i. e H "·a a o o pa r o t e muo- er, n n ible man w uld c n- to ha�c ch::irm must hav and mo t women ignore. the oun tries and ta ll s on of be ect o u e known a Lo \\. . i n of E rop 1 · e o hiftl a fa hion But, what of m o i t t t the h ntury. Hi d UC t 11 s lif in s . .. a . ilin°· h ste s. an n · i he fac hat ever man he i e the la t half of 16t _ a l v d in a . te a e wa ocl company and alw y willing t tr e a o e wa unm i- i·t , af i· ll h "'o-o vi mg en anc hall. a i- bo · at h art. a boy ame Pieter an E.lo t and h _ . n \\a. J an o i e u m a or a 111g11 t ' S OI d g- we d d i i o t · e look1n · to do o dd job n r t rn for a e l ll fille library an a who cl ng to and l k l o t w te ur valuable 11n b Y .· d D no a y "' a oot e e re u e er t t e loft. V n E.l n v r p s m d on delightful gar d n. and all i e o ue Baedek . Or. be e1 ing in h hay have ab nt h m th ut­ 1\�1-11p in catalog r in ·our : ; 1 ; ei o o a u e cept n one occa 101 , when he t t we d i a e o t other to I ac th r ·o d n t re, x of hese hino- fin n ward ign and symbol· t your time i v luabl d no b s ill if i r t e t a little inn near Rotter­ o r to t a ol t an _art1 t very �con·icle a ely di d a the home f Mr. and M f pa t and pre ent hob­ urther becau e thi is a ry old b '. _ an'' f ot m e i the w e landlord ome fifteen a r te to h se w ose t11ne i da , l av ng e ping me on Beech \Va r­ bi s. In Ir.\Vaterman's rely to o·ive pleasure t o h � m1 e t t a hi· only credit toward e art st rate, ) Oil ketch and ::i pain ino- ki man on Linc0ln noad in ca thi remind r valuable-- �ch as other i . At an. of hi sted a where now the board bill. Gros e Pointe:'. boyh cl happe b t w t d E.lo t' name li ny ns to e he on' fin an r rea b our a c u e h e ea eel ere i. w here the sto y lly egin , if y p - e oar he e c u e ou will learn, all hi pi t r av c H Som yea rs a ftn the u d on the Yale be a , a y r a l o s b tience ha so far s u vived. V n K o t' ody wa io o t e crew-he i t t to exist. main port n f h hou e be no- he hird u ed ut i s was taken to the place where e te ictures He b ri , b h s oul b t er o·en ration of \Vate a t "·anted to b e a pain r of p ,ms uil . Mr. \\ at man rman n l(loo ; ai e o a d a as been r eported by one t u e rea ­ all good p nt rs g , n h d a tr t e o have a place on did t t very much about his " rg ," or hi � adde an t ac i li­ the n' alk t e l e a a i re at e e t \\·ho knew h va n of "h ppy" end ng, he was a�­ c w-and the t s t h a hat, and he wa n ot all xp r in brary and ·ame room oar hang ion ' o t i nd t o- ce es t s a e a o ·i necl for some few nturi o " pla h at t n i i t over the doorway t um e ti tion. He did, however w n� t wh ch tw o1·ies high, into the h b-g cula : o h u e o c mets air o or rt s s J ; ·ue canvas, wit br h f o ' h ." , f w t c mi b dinino- ro t tu e hich, a far a a creative 1 t 1 i h a har no · alcony om, which inci­ pain pic r , , � . e e e hi e a l . he d d amt the sake of chronology, w l av m, t mpor ri y. e d dentally keep t e concerned, i tantamount to aymg that _ i p at on n and a huo·e h m con­ tinually t ic u e e a ted a h ell of a lot o f p ictures. My fii·eplace at the other. in he eye and p t r . H p in _ In 1895 a picture dealer in Amsterdam suddenly Spcllm>n r c ti t ace t e em hasis on the qua_ntity This oom is built ont th mind Of the fourth o- e in lina on i· o pl h p . e u to t that an Kloot was a grea arti t o e main portion of the hou e e n- " k p he fact � ration,l\Ir.\\ aterman' b th u h e somew he J udg­ in the form t\YO son ,Ru en and ame he produced, al o g I l an hat to t t t e u ic t er s a u of an el. ron. and tha h p bl --or, ra h , I hould y-h1 p b­ fr . \Vat rman' r te ies who u d a e o o- ea t pl a ure i cl rive ment of his contemp orar wo l h v c n­ re d from lic, and the gr at ma s of people everywhe , one of (("011c/11d,·d 011 11e..-1 red i he e tatement, b ut would have c on- page) cur n t abo who e mo t vital interest a we all know i g reat t ed as a t ic ure the ual his roduc ru it r t on q ity of p - Art I repeat the public-pardon me I beg-HIS pub­ ti on. lic should learn of the exi tence of this o long un� No one took him seriously. In £act, during his life- known Old 11,Iaster. The discovery ,ms made follow­ time not one of hi pictures wa sold outright. While ing an inventory ot the stock of a chain of pawnshops his money la ted, however, Van Kloot kept right on which the picture dealer ran a a side line. Thi i painting. He painted dank, muddy-g-reen la dscapes, � mentioned merely as a matter of the chronology re­ generally; but sometime he vaned the perto_rmance ferred to above. But it was fortunate indeed for by picture of women with laro-e feet and omon-h e � Van };:loot's fame that so many of his master work­ coiffures, peeling vegetables in room with red tile . houlcl have been di covered j u t where a man of such floor . \\' hen hi mone · was all spent he "·ent to intelligence and culture happened at the moment to work on the canal boat , or on the dock , or, durino· be found. In crutable are the , ay of Providence ! the winter, mixing paint for other artist who had Through an equally fortuitous circum tance an received fat commi ion for painting group picture Engli hman who wa in earch of some 'igh-cla s a1· t of ,Yorthy banker o: merchants. \\'hen he had rate ece t eted w use a saved enough to live on for a month or o he went to deco hi r n ly compl to n ho , nd also a petty Rus ian princeling who had ju t gone in back to painting picture of his own. for culture, arrived in m terdam. The picture dealer That no one bought hi picture did not trouble devoutly praised the God of braham and Jacob and him at all. The adverse criticism only coincided with got clown to bu ine . The net result was that the his o,Yn opinion and he did not suffer from being mis­ number of tho e li t cl a Patron of Art was increased understood. If he had been a ked about it, he woul:1 by two · the picture cl aler opened galleries in both Lon­ ha e id t he w u e od o t v a hat a nd r to nly o well. don and New York. became an Engli h citizen and wa e rth e e e t ahe a t o ec u e t � ve el s , h k p right ad p in in - b a i knio·ht ·d ,Yit hin ten y ar for hi substantial service was the onl amu ino- and really ati fying occupa­ y to the n ervative party; and Jan Pieter an Kloot ti e e on h kn w. became an Old l\Ia ter. Time passed and with it hi youth, but an Kloot The entire Dutch countryside wa tu rned inside out till went up and down the land fairly pawning hi in the search for exampl f the great man' work. mouldy picture . The people of the country were Even rough studie were examined with scrupulous gentle souls and treated the aging man in kindly care by expert , and if pronounced genuine Van fashion, e pecially since they had· the countryman's (Co11ti1111ed 011 pagr. 28)

Spcllm:an MAR H, 1927 RGLOW .M R H, 19-7 THE AFTERGLOW THE AFTE Page Niue Page Eighl How to Make a Garden 1n an Old Cellar,Hole lly H. BR DF RD CL l,KE

R NSF Rl\flN , an old cellar h le int a garden N x t l filled what cav1t1e , i th rich T· _POt i a_ 1110s t fa cina ting pr po ition. ] t i ab· earth and made many larger cav1t1 by pi king· out .o\ut 1y makmg omethincr out of n thino-. H th. th c ment and chippincr the rock . ln these l the Country cellar wa that f an old barn all the better. f r un­ plant cl r ck fern , mo and ivy, and later numerou use in c\ 1 tedly r A Little Ho ?� b the . oil will be rich. and in jll t the con­ o k gard n plant . ittent Housewife c\1t1on t 0-row luxuriant t The Diary of an Interm plan s. t the foot of the walls I dug a tr n h about two fe_et wid and eight inche dee1, r placino- the clav t with a afety razor blade \ways l had , anted uch a o·ard n · dreamed. t pickino· at old pain ino- oppin g- trip han X 11 with prop r ii. t the ec\o-es l laid a sino-1 r , . �f n five-day h t only to come upon another planned and chemed how it c L1ld I e done ine ·pe _ r 1 B·1c, k f,· 1 a . . . e what' undernea h- . . Fe b r ua y 9- t ,1 to e 1 t ?rick to keep th dug-11p pace in form. t i nst now t t . veI y, T y t f ec 1vely, and rriven an atmo here lso at n ut f the nio-h s probably worse han he t p one. I of t the Birr Tow and old ma ter mterval over the clay fl or I O'rouped o ng Tommy, w\ 10 age. brick h e and a howli countr is J articu\ar\y nice on a . cle:n little on t February 22-The ston with patch of gr en cl. Fr m nearL,,· warm t and left year ago la t t forcr tten by Jona han ,vhere the Jal oriou merrymaking of fall the ime arrived \\'hen it wa had evidently b n holiday, I think, ,� ood I r �moved f rn of vari cl ies, tran I Iant- eo- en�trnte. :r?'ing to stay nec_e ary for me to tear down an old carriao-e hed pantry devoid f all ave !! · . a day off in town canno� .1 1110· them mto ·haded and damp c a t \ . wl ,cl was attach cl to a i e s ems. _ rang et holiday 111 to,, n I JUSt about as : � mall ell of my large main t week' ac tiv ti home for a nic qui From the ?"round of an old d h u e back review of he ur buildmg. t t t t and htt\ p ­ r college library on a A la l \\'a lef with my much de ir cl n ht but frivoli ies � rn a trying to ead in the in the countr' t r t h recall na g i po ·ible s r I ran f red \\'O clump of an ient enoug . to a, mf ul r po es ion--for p eviou to being a h cl c liar t h rought back an tcrnoon when e e ybody el e i ho, ling­ hi t t s, of whic I b ; at urelay af box, hat ha ! once been part of a hec\rrrcdi11g f>agr) to ·ive h effect f mo and ao- C windo\\'. and o a re the two barren apple branc e i 1 0 (Co11ti1111,d 011 f>agc 25) the green bottle in the we t window that are ju t be­ her garden, where he lov to work, planning each t i u to ginnirig to how eager pink tip . Won' t be f n lovely bed and border and walk. M,· . Waterman i·· have spring bur ting all around us two month before one of the mo t enthll iastic member of the it's due! Garden lub, and also of the Garden Club of America. Tw·o uch beautiful chair 1 found in my old J w's It i unfortunate that, lackinrr space, we can how 111 attic in town-old, old, with mushro hand re t and only tw g-limp e f her princr garden he,·e, which quaint trairrht arms and four \at up the ba k and in anoth r two month \\'ill be bl0omin

The bed roo" ( al the left) is i111111- ber a.nd ame1yst, with. Louis ·v1 carved f11rni1,· in �va/11111.

Ti dining 1·00111 (, the right) ;, finished w i t /1 b:11tif11l severity. M,,RCH, 1927 MARCH, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW Page Seventeen THE AFTERGLOW Poge Si.rtee11 Club is Holding J'([arine Show <;;arden Hints for ur(arch Scarab By FRED C. ROTH e will open HE SCARAB CLUB Marin Show In the Greenhouse or Hotbed: and will r main on exhibi­ T Monday, March 7th, � . _ Start seeds of perennial flowers. Some varieties, as e Among the art1st5 contnbutmg DEAL WITH tion for three we ks. ,. pinks, sweet william, golden marguerite and Iceland Morse, F. S. Nixon and Paul are George Styles, John poppy, will bloom the first year from early sown seed. LEONARU e at 253 Forest Avenue Honore. The club gall ries, Start seeds of annual flowers so as to get a longer A RELIABLE ernoon will be open to the public every a-ft from Ea -t, .r flowering season. Try China asters, salvia, snap­ two until four. dragons, zinnias, petunias, lobelias and verbenas. BUILDER born in England and studied at e e George Styles was _ Start s eds of tomatoes, gg-plants, peppers, cab­ LANE Passmore Edwards Institute and the Arts and Crafts bage, onions, head lettuce and beets for early crops. e e and De in London. He also studied Archit ctur co­ BECAUSE-The Reliable Builder's past County Council School of Build­ In the Orchard : ratin

BECAUSE-His banking associations report On the Home Grounds: satis�actory endorsement. Prune the late flowering shrubs as hydran()'cas and altheas (rose of Sharon). Thin out the old wood and BECAUSE-He will provide sworn state­ cut back the remaining wood. ments and releases to the Owner, certifying that Other shrubs which have not been pruned regularly all bills have been paid, in order that the and are full of old wood, would be benefited by some Owner's property may not la ter be encumbered pruning now. Thin out by removing the old wood with liens. entirely. As a general rule, Spring flowering shrubs Rapid Transit was a should be pruned directly after blooming. BECAUSE-Good business demands its fair Bring into the house branches of early flowering Mystery to Him! profit. The reliable builder does not adopt shrubs, as forsythia, lilac, pussy-willow, flowering the policy that EXTRAS shall provide his plum, flowering peach, and place them in water to T would have been a "long stretch" profit on the job. Bids too low usually invite I force into bloom. incompetency, followed by grief, and in cases between Detroit and Leonard Lane Spray shrubs as lilac, dogwood and flowering quince, actual stoppage of work. back in the days when old Jed Higgen­ with lime sulphur solution, diluted 1 to 9, if scale is bothem flourished. If you had told him present. BECAUSE-"Complete" plans and specifi­ that Leonard Lane and the "big town" Plan now for future plantings or for changes in the cations will be arranged for your proposal. The "Drifti11g," by George Styles. would some day be less than 30 minutes existing plantings and record them on paper. The tangible form of the intention expressed by apart, he'd have laughed at you. Brown in New York and Provincetown. His favorite planting season is relatively short and there is little these plans and specifications is WORKMAN­ But now look at it !-beautiful subur­ subject is the wild and rugged coast of Cornwall and time then for planning. A well designed planting is SHIP. You should see samples of all of ban property within a few minutes' reach Devon and he instils into his canvases the rugged far more effective and pleasing to the eye than a hit­ them. beauty and glorious color of the "Delectable Duchy" and-miss planting. of Detroit !-and even swifter transporta­ and its neighboring county and the spirit of the wild If you have not a flower garden or a flower border, tion planned for the very near future! A long list of satisfied REICHLE tempcstt:ous seas which beat upon their shores. plan to have one this year, and you will be more than Just off Wider Woodward, on Adams e e e e e owners is our best recommendation. Floyd S. Nixon is head of the Art Department of r ward d for your fforts. Th y r quire but a little Avenue at the northern limits of Bir­ e the Free Press. His paintings are particularly o[ r gular attention and your reward will be an abun­ m:ngham! Land-scaping and full im­ e (Frec illustrated literature on request) ships and the like, as he spends most of his summers danc of blooms for show and for cutting, besides the provements included in the low purchase , ' e n e 111 at Provincetown and Gloucester. A painter of the satisfaction of having accomplished som thi g n w price! I and worthwhile. ,' more Academic type, his canvases must be appre­ If Jed had only bought then, he'd be ciated from the standpoint of tonality and a rather a millionaire today! But there's still time sentimentally symbolic mood. for you to make a worth-while profit, and Paul Honore has an enviable reputation in the two secure some very desirable property be­ C. E. REICHLE CO. fields of woodblock illustration and mural decoration s;des! Let us tell you how. and because of his succes in these two mediums his ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS easel pictures are unusually rare. His boldness in the use of i::o!or ancl the virility of his composition 8780 GRAND RIVER GARFIELD 7675 prove him to be a worthy pupil of that great master. Frank Brangwyn.

John Morse is particularly interested in painting Wormer & Moore Building the rocky coast of New England. H e possesses a rare Birmingham Office: color sense which he co111bines with SJ)lendid dratio-hts­ Southwest Corner Woodward and Maple Phone B!rm. 930 manship to produce paintings of singular vitality."' Tl, entranrr lo !l,e l,on,e_of Mr. R. P. Cole on Bnckingham Road, Bv� n11 ,_ngha111. I. l,e plant111g was done b), tl,e Pontiac Nnrseries. MARCH, 1927 MARCH, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW Page Ni11elee11 LOW E AFTERG Page Eighlem TH SOCIETY at a buffet supJJer for twenty-four. Another jolly supper party given by Mr. r ...... was and Mrs. Roy G. Upton and M . and Mrs. ,, . . ._, in·ued pa.ge Glen A. Warren. Conl fwm 13) ( r Romeo r . . . have sta ted their Junior r g ai d H mt Club ru The Det oitr Ridin of picnics. Mr. and Mrs. Hen y S. r ; Y i�,inrr one of the merriest Evans left Feb ary 8th for a two s off fo the seasonr 'JOX months' stay in San Diego, California. BOOK ride / luncheon took place on We_dnes­ r TOIDERl r 111 th. e fo t i a r r This affai r � boxes were sold to the highest Mrs. Arabella Chubb celebrated her 82nd bi thday annive sarv Februa y 16th. e luncheon. ,o- 2nd r day supper with the ladyr who had February at her home on 'v\/est St. Clair Street sur oundeil gentleman, rl t,icl�ler, each be used to buy p izes for the by her children and grandchildrE"n. box. The P ��;;d�. will ru donated the will Mrs. W. F. Millen entertained at a bridge lttncheon Feb I FINE weekly r,c1 ary JlRTS l "OUngsters at theirr ° er i place a ter supper and from now On 10th. r musical ide took s. M. Beatty_ l , A M Y..i. andr daughte;, Frances,r of Defiance, Ohiv, weekly event. : ; be a have been the guests or M s. Beatty s pa ents, Mr. and Mrs. c. S. Rochester Beemer. Mount Clemens t � Du [field. Rochester lost •t I• f Dr . Francis t�e recent clea ti ic r In ,onents of country life. Dr. Duf­ + ,ts most e thusias: � tx Mrs. Reuben C. Ullrich ente tained at a tea Wednesday, one of r � � \,-hen he could steal even a few . Feb- ne appie •11 111 1uary 9th, at her hom� on South Gratiot Avenue, complimentary field was v� ; tl :: out to Stoney Creek Farm, near r from s n to her guest, Mrs. R,cnardr Leuschne of Buffalo. f Tapestries hours be greatly missed, not only b)'. his r Paintings j t� · ;�;�eld. will Mr. and_ Mrs.r Robe t J. ?tewart gave a dinner, Februa y 5th, ? Rochester. 1 depended upon him for profess1ona1 + friends, but by t h e many w1 0 in honor ot M . and Mrs. Spencer J. Dalby, who will spend the remaining cold months in Florida. m arren ' s. ' Mrs. Alfred N. Shotwell was hostess at a luncheon on Mon­ Sculpture A Diamond fro W day, February 7th, at her home on the Lake Shore Road. f those who ;J t Among attended r the J-Hop at the University oi . Michigan were the Misses Ma ion and Madelyn Dankers from this Char­ HE selection of a diamond lotte Hubbard, Kate Brennan, Helen Stockwell and Ruth' Cham­ accompanied pme. ;t . Tfamous collection is � f td Mrs. Harry Hamilton was it meets a Ion� estab�Y is cl hostess at a luncheon at her home assurance that on Cass Avenue on February 5th. perfection. In a standard of unqualified _ . Mrs. Herbert A. Dodge, of Chicago, trad1t1ons and is the guest of her sister ' dition it is endowed with the_ l\frs.. A. C. Holtz of Lincoln Avenue. • the Warren r distinction long associated with Mrs. Oswald Fleumer of South \Vilson Bouleva d entertained l and 'Narren presentat1om. at a bridge luncheon February 11th. mme r Portraits and Sculpture Miss Katherine Melcher was hostess at a luncheon, Feb uary I 15th, at her home on Cass Avenue. Dr. & Co. r 1l Helene Maynard White Chas. W. Warren Mrs_. Sidney Tinkler ;i_nd M s. I. A. Hartung i; entertained at ' two bridge luncheons. t which were held at the home of the for­ 248 Book Building Detroit Diamond Mer�hants and Jewelers mer on Floral A venue, the afternoons of February 23rd and 25th. 1504 Washington Blvd., at Clifford Grosse Ile l r J Interest for the past month has cente ed around the new dra­ ..... r ,-...... ,...11, matic club. Not m1ly have the members been wo king hard to perfect themselves m their p_arts, b11t they have been taking trips ...... nearby -.. towns --, 1111111111111111111111m1111111 to to observe Just how the other amateur clubs do r ·11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 t things. � r Mrs. Frederick P. Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Cha les Anderson 1 John Porterwest, Mrs. John Mayers, Mrs. E. Porterwest. D,:. f Plian and Mrs. M. Willian, Clift and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Anderson l recently attended a pe.-formance given by the Ypsilanti Players in their thea�re in Ypsilanti. The Islanders are givingr two short Spring plays this month, "FancyFree" and "The ! G arJens Dear Depa ted."r J 1 I Several deligh_tful affairs have been given for M s. Elmore Staples of Wyckliff, B. C., who has been visiting her brother and l (())W I sister-in-law, Mr. N and Mrs. Charles Johnson. Mrs. Kenneth Laub + : was hostess at a charming luncheon for Mrs. Staples recently. ; ; Mrs. Keene Richards of Pottghkeepsie, . Y., who has been ; ; the guest of Mr. an? Mrs. Kenneth T. 'vVhite, was the honor guest I � i; ;I at a supper party given by her hosts and was also entertained de­ ; lightfully at tea by Mrs. John Cha.rles \>\fright, and at a dinner An interesting given by Mrs. Frederick S. Glover. t spring planting may now be I Lee F. Redman + Mrs. Ralph Upson, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and 1. planned in an unhurried, systematic fashion. + She is a Jw1ior al Mrs. Frank S. Allen, of Sharpsburg, Ky., will return home this Miss l,cah l:0/dwins ho111e is al Wi11{J Lake. We are pleased to co-operate with our cus- ! the Liggett School. week. ! tomers in their planting. t r r r i ; y _since _e tribute writ­ i For estimates, planting plans and landscape advice. I cannotr resist quoting f om a ve 111 \ : Jr., and published The _Detroit , ideas, ten byr Mr;. Geo ge H. Barbour, ,;.....·., .. � call on our Landsc1pe Department. • of !tfe can I I �-atu day Night. Mrs. Barbour says: "Few books r as honest. clean and unselfish a reco d as : -!. ia,t.'.,,�')),:,;;';;;,�,,::i':;.. :;.:;.�:,, ":� turn the last page with ; 1 I= of Dr. Francis Duffield. Unswerving and sincere in purp?se, ; _ _ that � - decorations, such as draperies, cushions, cur- no matter what obstacle:s confronted him personally or profess10n­ t § schemes for § steadfast and courageo1_1s in the face of defeat as tains,,hediff�oo= etc. We submit decorative dlly, he was as .f I ;uccess. So he stood like a rock to his many patients, to whom ; he was always a faithful, sympathetic counselor and friend." . Ada Freeman and Miss Dorothy Brown are returnmg t The C(())r Miss r yelili N uursery l this week f om a delightful trip to the 'West Indies, Panama and t i Nurseries Havana. r ; at Birmingham, Southfield and Utica Bridge teas, b idge luncheons and di_nner parties followed by t month. ; bridrre have keptr the social set busyr during the past t ; V. Sipperly's b idge-tea, given at her home, I :NI;s. Home i Headquarters at West Maple Avenue, was one of the ioveliest and also the largest of the season. The + i+ 405 Metropolitan Bldg. 33 JOHN R ST. with Wild = = tables at which covers were laid for four were decorated Mallard d11.cks_ that have been winteri11_q with M1·. and Mrs. Birmingham S. ,,. sweet peas in pastel shades. D. Bo/Ion at their home, "Shady Hills." on the Fo1wteen Mile Mrs. Morgan J. Smeed gave a very delightful luncheon at her Noad, near Franklin Village. t:1f ..... ! i111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ffiffiiiiiiiiil country home near Rochester. Mrs. Thomas B. Long was hostess ...... I 6 MARCH, 1927 1927 MARCH, THE ERGLOW AFTERGLOW THE AFT Page Twent-y-one Page Twenty erica By far the more complicat Ceramic Art in Am ed and difficult form of ceramics is that which must be produced by ( C onti1111ed from page 5) means of the high t emperature. In this field we must say c emistry, but O!. studyino-"' h at the outset that America does y I ea1 ·nino·,, formuI a not attempt to com­ not b . i of heat upon ents w1'ti , the act on pete with Europe. by endless experim redie nts"· have e certam· mg· · We only on notable e xample of stonewar . . r into the making e, a c ns1derat10ns ente forerunner of porc A tI 1ou sand o elain, and that i s the produc . . e quality of the caI y t of iece ottery--th a beautiful p of Professor Binns. His work stands e i of P e chemical con- alon n America . e of tl, e day ' th se If tl1 e atmospher . in that it is a high fire product, 1t , one g Ia ze and hence made of . _ e cl an the wa)' in which s ency of the O<>'la z . - a very hard substance. This t1tu t 11 e naturally means that he Alt' 0f these thino-0 s c ond1t1on affects another. achieve ce e can rtain b autiful glazes which can not be results. produce e e d at a lower temp rature. <>' a 1·ofound knowledge of all th se It ,v as throuO h • �adership P Table porcelain is a more e c e s JJroduced their g I onou · s r fined form of stone itions that t1 1e an i· nt ­ Consult Us Early cond ware, a product whic h must also be made unde colorings. r a For several years to consult with us · 1s have neither the very high temperature. It is to your benefit _ e that the Amenca we can Now it is tru � . ll>e have maintained The adclitionnl time and :sludy _ :. . e r er chieve this perfection. I ur - While w make a great deal of good c i ng this i onth the temp . to a' h na in this to .your problem::; duri � '.� time nor . :�,::· e e s leadership in- o b,-, using th1 s J)omts out tI 1 y h av not country, mo t laymen do not e �f definite value to y u. and � thermore P ro f essor Binn . r alize that we make can take full advantage o . I zes s service now you i e producin!!" these rare ga 1 practically no porcelain. The art is e be rea y to the incent v . Fol � t dious, costly the spring 'season as we will � . days suitable. , not an 111- and difficult, Birmingham start your work the very first purely an art and the price and money and get e Yo will save time dustry. It can never b of manufacture in this by plann:ng now. ?ive us the bette�- rcsuits s c and sernce to ou. a paying ba is. ountry, where opportunity to explain o ur :' put on I a b o r necess�r - rhe A 'phone call is all U1at ls � e Profes­ costs a r e tremendous, in your For that r ason Bloomfield time to call is today wl�en it is fresh Hills r explains that would be almost prphibi­ mind. so Binns ictly true to tive. The waste, e it i s not str special­ Now n,e lead that we today could ly at first, in experiment­ PONTIAC NURSERIES say also in-- recapture these ef­ ing with the manufacture Glendale 8507 not 204 Archite.cts Bldg. e of fine c fects which ar no longer por elain would be Rochester DETROIT MICH. produced. another deterring item, District: "I believe," he says, though it is by no means i Lapeer "that if it meant as much mprobable that Ameri­ County and to Americans as some cans may some day un­ the e new invention, as d rtake to manufacture Northern Michigan finding of a cheaper b et­ their own porcelain. way to make steel, or Lakes ter At present, however. as the saving of life, we A Robi11ea11 jar. A RoolmJOod jar. p!·actically no table porce- find this secret." A splendid homesite can could lain is made in . . be yours in America, tlus ch01cest of suburban "Suppose, for instance, that A mcrican capital sud­ and only one potter, Mrs. Adelaide Rohineau loC:1lities-Bir­ of Syra­ mingham and Bloomfield c that it would find the old sang-cle-boef cuse, N. Y., has Hills. denly de ided undertaken to create decorated vases were A few acres for an glaze," suggested Professor Binns. "If fo:tuncs and bowls of this mate�ial. estate-a bird covert-a trout stream-a spent in experiments I feel sure that American scte1�ce Mrs. Robineau hunting and has achieved fine results, not only in fishing club-in some one is so-called lost art and the elusive of the others.­ could master th making fine hard porcelai All these . n, but in producing exquis­ have been prepared for c i i s of mineral substances applied at Just the you omb nat on ite effects in h er fine by- crackle and crystaline o-lazes. i<>' ee e would be recli covered. r ,,ht clear,, of h at The crystaline c Iaze . · , a t erm freely used by p�tters, we have lacked the i ncent1v e to searc I1 - "But as yet refers to the p1·esenc Cl- e of certain minerals which are till we find it. known to crystali ze under certain heat conditions. s ceramist once spent a small for­ SPECIAL DISPLAY "A famou French These crystalized s form a re always more or less the Walsh, tune in experimenting with the old Chinese sang-de­ result of chance. James & At least their hape, color and posi­ e e e ncl he destroyed his work and Heirloom Handmade Chimse 7.?...!!;gs boef glaz . In th tion on the vase is wholly beyond the control of the Wasey gave up the search. But that .cloe s not prove that potter. That Co. L. WHITE'S STUDIO . . crystal markings will form he may sur- at H. modern science could not find 1t, any more than we mise f rom the ingredients 1530 of his glaze. Jus Room 208, Wom.:tn's City Club Bldg, have as yet proved that we can not find a cancer cure." t how Ojfiw also in Birmingham they w ill form and Bloom.fdd Hill, and how marked they will e b , h e c an .T:cy A. Walsh Donald B This, however, is only one phase of a large matter. never be sure. ..Jame · Carl L. Bradt and at BETTER HOMES SHOW ,v. ,<\7hiting naymond er c CONVENTION HALL, DETROIT Considering Am i an pottery as a whole it must be But it is in the field of faience or pottery of said that it gives a very good account of itselL a softer FEBRUARY 26,MARCH 8 base that American potters challenge the product of It must be remembered, however, that there are two Europe. principle divisions of the ceramic art. These di i­ : This country, it is true, If it's Birmingham produces nothino- to c MRS. H. B. MERRICK sions are represented by stoneware and porcelam, pare om- ,vith the fine porcelains or Bloomfield Hills of Copenl1agen or ... DIRECT IMPORTER both high-fire or high temperature products, and by Sevres. Bttt our low-temperature faience see Walsh, James Phone 3155 928 Church St., Ann Arbor c e s e e i s now be- • & faien e or pott ry of a oft r bas , wh ch i pro­ mg made by scores of artists and potters does not Wasey Co. duced at a lower temperature. ( C'ontinucd on ne.rt page) . ' THE MARCH, 1927 AFTERGLOW Page Twenty-three MARCH, 1927 ERGLOW THE AFT -two Page Twmty America Ceramic Art. in prccedi.ug page) (Conliiwcd from d corative art. r pace filling" in e n JrOIJe s o m d e n ar s h de ma d.s Ot, I e o ment f o r t u o e n arti ts. t e na a vel p ha E r p a t a e tur l d re a e t o s n with t t of rica e eve h t th n s m e l t d o . b c mpari o 1 n e I b li l ca io of thi g or su ffe1 Y en o act1v1· · t y 1· 1 A 1 a c ser apiJ i t n . es th i ea o e xt t f this - s 111· Io . . n ist escap e ome d f th e o han fift he s direct10 the art S he act that m re t � a u e In thi . s .11 1 t ain m t f _ o e e d y s . s u an n he Ioomfield fro _ ry e d fi d ay be g ed ec nt e h1b1t10n v la on th t d10 m e e 111 the r e x a 1 ·so ti of . . . a e n r d he e · 1·1z1 · 1g 1 n ent 1tat10ns nd tors wer e t s o h at t d v1t rials s i her hm exhibi as e la t m nt a e ate tho e · c a h ch w h !cl _ h a rop1.·1 t n1 ne ess t and t e cerami rtists w i con ect1on wit pp . . a sense of c i y fi n ss n a in n s 1c o-ive o o ie Arts a d Cr fts � ma d w 11 i1 ,, S c ty of ican e a c As­ de Detr it o e L, r m1 le e m. e t n f th Amer he o t comp t d for e om letes a e annual conv n io les t t he decorate pott ry c p th re e u examp of a nto d . on e e b a tiful . aking cl y i nd en hment n o iati . H r we c o es and "M en rm a ric co - s c i ual a ists, fa t ri n n and d, fo o u ind vid rt cl a begin i g work f gro ps, c lence. cy e, o real eauty and ex el the artist. . uch of it f b sch olled by . er s le r chools, m h h ool tr is 1s v y imp . Unde - Pittsburg Hig he ho o th pottery e ittle figurines by s n met d f s o r a se Spirit d l a c or u l a d "T a te c ay lip ve coar e a l ol f l bow eco a io o whi l . . n s e s en, s we l an a e d r t n n er ians s stude t , w re ou s he s 1 e d ,,o-l z e o t e o Id P , 111:1- so i n gr p ·, t 1 av s he m thod f h � a e e e al c al ce ter o ery body i t e uinn a s ll v s s by s v r ott n the p tt others e an q g ki h o o d ery, o e of ca l e o n d : _ e o e Ro kw o p e t chni l y, y t b '. rded 111 mo ultl ss work f t al o pl e e l n s a d­ fa ca the h individu w rk on h ch ad 1t o g �1 � _ 111 eri , hig ly n ani u ati w i m _ famous Am uallin not i m p l ite l s lied o e1 most he a n e and eq g, if ract ce he wh ip _i app : : a oo e, t p i t r, e n ac o p i . T � H. V rnum P r o s o r f t ry r on s en ar e of ie sho n of Detr it' wn he cleco a t1 I th e n d n e e var d wi g e and fi reel. T toppi g the b st, th on th ware e a l c xicles ich e r hase Stratt . o n ar ous m t l i ? wh a c e ad by Ma y C ut o th s gr u d in v i Pew bi pott ry m n uch a c se, o n i used t t e e r o on er i s a colo on hen f wi h � cl � s al t w d e ir r ly w It i ways permissible e h ld a d dev lop the e su e an s s t s h s th be o er n he o must b r d wift'. a '. e a lie in t e eye of er la T w rk wh ther be uty o th e o ov -g ze. us nd t i e n ee s ne t os f us e t e ro grou , he p ec 1s h o o ly s m fi _ . can not e ang d on h po t is h me product lse s e n b ch nt n e t e t if n hat e 1 b i g n he s whi e h a no e u not k ow w t n a se d firing. T i � h w it w ll, b t do he co ed i co _ t ran e w o k an ea of t mple ut h e rest he g t t length d br dth his ca o w il nctmg o uced throughou he na a h h t is rried pr d n s no nl t­ t w ic h rich es n r l an e a n lace cy i t o y a ts t e e , n s a d b il i c oun Th t ki d of comp o c o imp r h d pt c try. en of f ol rs thod n e cu a ce it is oft born s ceram c me ." u a but eve x s ble, sin cha ac eristic of thi i r l, r t t e a ee or an n es re e c po t rs h ve b n m e a d i ter t. c n one sp ct .'\rneri an ffection a e n h I h ors t ou h h ion e n· pott ry, i whi u ean n b . Al h g ex ibit of Am ric res ra ne than their E rop eig But this ace h e t i d n n n ec e s t pl wit th ex­ a matter modeli g a d he ce e e sp im n ook their ot er s essentially of th P wabic o e ns ra e p t y i u tors r t he n served t d mo t t scul tu e er can sc lp fo s from fif y ot r kil s, oces a in to p r , Am i hibit e coun a not a pr s k s erm nen e l e in h s a th try, re e to i e a c ha iv t i p rt of s e r ason s a g v their work p t t we who e ue e om e he it t e es e ce n we val th ust s e the r ures re­ int r ted pr judi wh er ic hey m e i fig p victims of a h th in c am form. T e a ic s a nking wit e n e t sel om o b potterie s r n a e las e or bro z , bu d think output f the P w xh o e ve m rbl , p t r c r c e ibiti n s r d i ea o hu ne t a. The e ent as a d o t end v r. T s we fi s work in Ameri c o ce a cs fiel f r heir ch a o rovincial om­ f r mi h s c un any su fe r f p u e c ery in t i o try utterly dispelled e ave fewer fig r pie es in pott e i l la s d and r ­ h u s c e aut fu g ze , the ignified n n u he e are, of co rse, ome placen y. Th b ri s n e fi d i E rope. T r s e a a e colo ng , tha w n a the ubtl nd delic t i n s ne lity. strai ed sh pes, c l n except o s to thi ge ra c s a n cts whi h bril ia t e inn n rides ent an::! cry t li e effe nns e d u e Prof ssor B s both i lustre, i s s e Bi , th a ght r of Life at its Very Best n s c n o Mis Elsi e n e pe ime s fr m Mr . e e c a m n s a wer to be fou d in the fi r e e o a has cr ated om h r i g m ll Bloomfield a a e ef rr d t bove, Village lies on n s a them s mong the lin st s e dit · Stratto 's studio m rked ures portraits. Mr . Rob rt Bow ch Stow FE assumes a sunnier aspect in Bloomfield y·11I age, wit· h its /,Vest Maple Road, adjacent c a ic a fig , and il L: . . a ca er m rt. u t n c to the weslern l·imils of Bir­ chievement of Ameri n nte s a te erl o ed gro p of mo her a d h d cl ear, pure air, its near b y f orests and lakes Here 1·n an envuon-· . o i a e r nd y m dell · , mingham. It is the largest a e ess r Binns, is pr m rily nt o some he Mrs. Str tton, lik Prof h se les t e ac eveme s f of t ment of exc us1veness, of unmatched natural charm a re unsurpasse smgle development e o th s whic re mb h hi I . , d in the e t o a c o N ither f em di - l e a oncern d wi h f rm nd ol r. s l s o s i t is and th Cow n · real Bloomfield Hills area. c o ec e t Eng i h p tter n h fie d, h ea 1 th an d recreational advantages Here indeed is rf1 e at ·t s very n e n e re ng t d orat fine an · I and a half million dollar im� a i ter st i patt rn, p ferri t e ic ures with · pl y much c er enter h field of ceram fig best! •·oveme11t program l e ct rac on of olor pott ies f: is mak­ e ces on y with th perfe abst ti rn s u s c e been th ir pie amusing group of mode t die , whi h hav ,n.g ,t the most completely a o e uss n a Along th� winding drives of this delightful residence communit 1-11,pr?ved. The entire nd f rm. a e t he cu tu d de s of th R ia rt­ com­ e a r ch m d af er t s lp re mo l a the oth r h nd, app oa es �mr en promment Detroit families have already built their attra�� mnmty is pro/ec_ted by rigid· H. V rnum Poore, on t l r as s ai s o e is , A exande Bl y . 11u and bwldmg reslric­ from a p nter' point f vi w. du : � the problem primarily hu ican e s able to pro ce ive omes. A number of the most coveted homesites, none less than tw11s. c s n e el T s, Amer pott r have been c ontribution i i th fi d of li d d His most distin tive l a n e e c lor and app e ecora­ 75-feet front, overlook the �orth course of the Oakland Hills Countr y a t a in l not on y ple si g ff cts in o l n he chieves par ly by fa t y n app ied desig , which u s e l d n ui hieveme ts in Club. These are now available for as little as $27 .50 a month! u e a tion, b t ome r a ly isti g shed ac ci l ne n stly by an nderglaz p inting. in sed i a d mo l o ce a r r the fie d f r mic a t. Of his own work Mr. Poore wiites : "The fo ms c e e largely and simplifi ations of mod rn painting ar Our Erro1- r e s n ca n at dra11 n f om th form a d implifi tio s arrived Building Company have requested us to · n The Packard-Charlton in other less suave materials than pai t and canvas. make the following explanation regardirn, their ad in our last issue. e ar colo s sa c the severe sim­ The wo�ds "Leading Builders of Bloo,.;;'fielcl Hills"' were inserte::l Th sh p r division of mo i s, the a ca i s h e our advertising department without the knowledge of i ca i ns early wood and stone rv ng , av by pl fi t o of Packard-Charlton Building Company, who state that they do not •�o� e a n ws BIRMINGHAM PHONE 38 n ence o r ea claims. od rn p i ters. making such extravagant t gr tly i flu d m d :-·1sh to h�ve the appearance of ReBCl,Jl ctu e Hills � o c ncer n ea 111 � "Distortions, s dis o ting i an sel pi r , fhe word g should have been General Builders-Bloomfield J.�� ESTABLISHED 1902 e a ou h Bmnmgham. have a sense of rightness when arriv d t thr g and MARCH, 1927 OW FTERGL MARCH, 1927 THE AFTERGLOW THE A Page Twenty-five Page Twenty-four anbrook School u a o The Cr In the g id nce of the spi_ritual lives f the boys, Dr. e 4) . a cou d d n e o St vens ( Conti1111ed from page will h _ve the nsel an gm a c f Dr. S. S. Marqu r o o u c n o . e is, ect r y f C hrist Ch r h. Cra bro k, who 1s x-officio a member of bo•' ys in the Stevens famil , one oa d u e n o o e o he t. a re two bo the _B r of Tr ste _s a � the B ard f Dir ct rs of the o SOLVING v\ ar. T f ll u c i d sch �f \ nter the Cranb rook School this a . Christ Ch r h, the g ft ot Mr. an Mrs. Booth is bein e hom wt e a a o g recte< I of w 1 student in Pratt Institute, will third of mile from the sch ol site. ' w at, art' . a d ou e d n o INVESTMENT other no <:; r e ese The . !!1 Detroit. O klan nty si e tial 1: m?1t11:ities are w ll repr nted PROBLEMS 1 a ' dies a d on 1 art stu • • . . cont111ue 1'· , on d in the govern111g bo r s of the 111st1tuti . 11 l n omy an a d o o a e DERS . crr ected scie ce o t astr 111 its The Bo r f Dir�ct rs, ch rg d n en AL BUIL 1t� attcntw· n to the n ol n with the ma agem t of GENER In �i thr ew scho will be disti ctive. a o cbool, consists �f e Are you reali upon ,tr t rdunti o o Cr nbr ok � D�. Stev ns; William Frayer, pro­ ing the benefit c111phas1s . a nal with ut sacrifice oi o o i o a er a � of ways 1 t- sp'i·rcs to be excepti f�ss r � h st ry t the Umv s1ty of Michig n; A. lan sound B· u t 111· other on on n a e o R. G cy counsel m committing to c venti al subiec· ts. v1ce-pres1de t nd general manag r f a lan o :your OR proper .a ttei ;tion n the O k d Mot c ' n F the o · · o o o o r nn a funds to Ivestment o f wd' f r the facu I ty h w 1c,I h e 1s e gaged Divisi n of theGeneral M t _rs C rp.; D . Ly H rold u cbannels-;i _ s ieak·uw { r h·1,1,sel n o e o a d a o e al odi d Ho g�� 1 e while o a v1s1t· · t th sc h o I , s 1 " : p stor f the C r:tr _Meth st Church an o d n . g, Dr Steph n� n c l f rmer presi e t of 111 orga' · ·"m l 'no e other pre d o rnz . · s· tioo is t to b 'just· a p s hoo ' �orthwestern Unrvers1ty; Henry S.Hulbert, ju ge f the Juven­ "Cran 1iroo k· c, oe o o e r e u a ou en o n be sh -h rned mto c JI ge f o a pnc· . ile Co_ rt of \.\l yn� _C nty; \i\larr S: B oth, treasure CHARLES RE CO. ' h · h b ,- ca o e an e o e l a i r of The A. PARCELLS DE HARDWA through . e c ll ges of their choice, d for D tr it N ws; W1 h m G. Lerchen, v ce-pre den & CO McBRI � pri�:red for th co e u l si t of Watli g "CONSERVATIVE INVESTMENTS'' oys wi1\v o o urs ; b t that c n o a e o o d e r n o llng· ard exa111irn1ti ns, of wil Ler_ he & Co.; A. J? _uglas J mi s n, pers nnel ir cto Members B i g t!1e , C • e B a o on e of ;�1� Detroit Stock pass . i. !Jmon Trust Co:; W1lh m J. N rt _. xecutive e a e Exchange ILDING e 11 a 1 n . secr t ry of th BU not b the cl ef n n e a e o un n i n e a re 639 Penobscot o e a · - is taken for ·gra t d that o e must w it D tr it C<;>mmumty F d; H.Lyn P erso , s cret ry-t Bldg. s m r e s011 1t . . a n a i a asurer Of Randolph 3770 '' For tio· . A s mat- e e de e o o begin acqu1r111g a hbera I de �c t� Detro t H;arvester �o.; Cr m r Smi_th. presi nt of th P n­ t go t cotleo·e to n o e on a o i n o e o , " a e done to ope the mmd t th w ders ti c C mmerc al & Sav111gs Ba k; M rns P. Till y profe or fac,, muc 11 c n b n e . ei. o a n er o ss of AVE. ter of n ar 111 _tI 1 r m an o WOODWARD o both past a d present, w I 1e I ioys st English t the U iv sity f Michig · Lee A White f th s. of the w rld e om _s o d o o e e e an · years, long befor they graduate fr high cho l. e it rial staff f Th D troit N ws, d Dr. S. s. Marquis recto� im ressionable o an o l k o . o e d .. a purpose f Cr brook Sch � to stnnula f Chnst Church, Bl omfi l Hills. Telephone P lt will be the m in n e e a ues o ol d n 56 d e nt talents, a d to mphasiz the _v ) Tit!� t the scho lan s, buildi �s and physical ev lop !at� . ol rs a d r ees properties is new interests, o s on la . d cons o a e o a e t be mea ured 111 t s or d Th,s 1s a vest� 111 a Bo r of T ust , 1st111g f Ch rl s S. M tt, vice­ of Iife th t ar not . n u dre e d o o r l and important th111g to achieve t_ha a h n d pr si ent of the General Mot rs C rp.; G iffithOg den Ellis far more difficu t oa d e ons d a d u e e ca a e passing College B r xam_111at1 . . c it�r n p blis�er of Th Am ri n Boy; J m s T. Whiteheaa' er cent record in i l o en o es o a o o be dec ded y a progressive scho l, . 111 the presid t f \l\lh1tehe'.1YS an re heir mmgs o_f th bt11ld11!g. I also ma e little swinging gate, and me f exceptional o u n nd o i a o o e u leaders. And they will be men wh se mfl � ce exte s fr m this a short br ck w lk t c nnect with the st ps. nat ral n o a n ea u u d n a n lassrooms; men who c� teach the techmc f a g me The ext id to w,Jrk ? t was the b il i g of n arbor from I:,evo d the c an on a l l l o l o a d o a of true spo_rtsm sh1p _ the th etic fie d, as wel the n rth _ w'.1 l half way 111t the g r en. M re trips into the i{d the spirit oo o a t cou di e e on e o t d a an academic subiect 111 the sch lro m. In f � , ntry stricts were n c ssary, th look u for ol cedar rail s instruct in o l o n a r n e l e fit e s ll in the hands f t_he facu t)'.;_ the b ys 111 fe ces !h t had outg oN th ir usefu ness. Th y were as a rule athl tic wi be entirely e o oun a n d on o n n o will have no _contact with _ th spmt f profes­ f _d. !l t o the groun am g gr w -up shruhs and bushes, Cra brook Sch ol o n e n n OLSEN'S e o al onal o a t part of the r qum g a axe to get at. e a e u MARKET The recreati peri ds, v ry imp rta Age had made th m b a tiful grey­ si n ism. o ar e en o e e n o l n d r o l ogram, will he directed t w d th dev�ic?pm t f th gr e m ss co or, a d turne them into a wei d unusual sort of sch o pr o a an s l e o a d n boy, physically, mentally, s c1 lly � pmtual r Every­ text�re. Th y :"·ere, h wever. still str.:mg n durable, and by FOR i dividual e e n a o articipate in games. to this e1:d, w_h1ch we beli v more plac111g them criss-cross o new ced r p sts they made j ust the THE CHOICEST one will p on o e o I d o MEATS AND POULTRY ng of champ1 sh1ps by a ch sen f w sort of an arb r that wante t go with the garden. important than the winni u o n o e a . I d g up fr m arou d ld stone walls roots of w oodwine trum­ Fresh sp cially tr ined ne an ne e Fish and Sea Food s n n o e o a petvi e o r educator are retur i g t th imp rt nce of , d ho ysuckl , being v ry particular not t b;eak o "East and \1\/est, e a e o on e an n d n o a a ed a a r u n and giving it a new mph sis. d str y the l g trailers. Th se I tr spla te i t the e rth wh t is call 'ch r cte b ildi g.' a r n n an ou a o r n c o e a et e a d bov� the a bor, � twini g the rnds in r o Since it is the tm sphe e i whi h b ys liv th t s s th ir st � ­ d t the ails, s that WE DELIVER e o a t hy 1T?1d-summ1!r an n e o a u a purpose to have th men who c me m cont c with with the help of nu?.! vi es th arb r w s q ite rds, it is our 111 d o e nde e n en a ea a Phone o s a e o a e a the ensely c ".er d. U r this I k pt a lo g b ch, t a 648 or 649 110 South them c n t ntly ex mplify what g es to m k gentleman a c a t ble nd Woodward es ns o ne will be directed to produce few h irs. fin t se e of the w rd. Discipli e a a n e BIRMINGHAM DISTINCTIVE ne is responsibility. In th dug-up sp ces ag i st th walls. where the sun could self-discipli , which n l o o o n ol is affiliated with the Protestant Episcopal reach them. I pla ted ph ox. h ll�·h cks. cosm s, petunias, bachelor FUNERALSERVICE "Cra brook Schn n n n o a o o e o a as before it an aim butto s a d su fl wers. so that _there w s something blooming all Church f the Di ces f Michig n, but it h e e on ad ad o e l o and m oral atmosphere that th s as . A l y who h lived as a child in the house that t cr ate for the boy a re igi us e n e Chaf>elsand Parlors a e n e e d is co_ver d the origi al cellar, us d to come over often to e o is in no w y s ctaria . In th terms of th dee of trust, 'It o s e h w e o or e oo al no th111gs were pr gressing, and make amusing remarks like : "Wel th d n s' purpos and wish that the sch l sh l t be limited n e o l' n d n n r n I ev r th ught I ·would live to see hollyhocks gro n e to boys of a y particular e ominato or c eed.' I both spiritual e wi g in th a o s e e e o spot wh re my m other's preserve c loset stood!" Do You Know? and ac demic pr gram , it is also the xpr ss d wish f the o o s a o l en o e s rad that B�l w and _near !he rear end of the garden ed n Ttltphont don r th t it sh u d 'have the b efit f th be t t itions si n i I plac an i ex­ o n n n a a o pen ve su d al, the standard of which n on We ARLINGTON 0900 have come down fr m similar u dertaki gs i the p st nd f s1 r J picked up i a sec d­ Specialize in s of progress, open-minded in matters hand sto e-t�e sort of th111g tha: probably stood in vi ion of the future, the spirit n a somebody's o u n on fro t hall � ;ew ye rs ago, with a marble bust adorning o f ed catio and religi .' i ee the t p. r a an roo l n n e n need o I t111t_ed th s a gr n-graY, placing it n en s COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY "P im rily Cr b k Schoo i te ds s rvi g the s f the ne ll solid i a cem t ba e. At o high _wa l n metropolitan area surrounding Detroit; but boarding accommoda­ corner I put for a bird bath a sha low brow glaz�d n o e en n c no o o P?ttery dish, the typr that was u£ed to bake an o d on Call tio s make p ssibl the ext io .:if this servi e t nly t the i a e l fashi ed clam us and be convinced. o o o o a o u or p e for a l rg . familv. y uth f Michigan but t bc>ys fr m ny part f the co ntry, o r o o a e e a l e Up high n the co(nc of the l r en a o the world, wh wish t av il th ms lves of its f ci iti s. The e a el . facing the ga d nd silh u­ n n s l d o o ett d ga111st' the p,1mi in n opportu ity for stude t from wide y distribute h mes t fra­ a the rear. I hung a rather interesti g a ool e o a a c rved figure head _which at one time was o a o ternize t the sch will be of great ducati nal d vant ge. The l on the bow f n !J a It 1 ee e ore o n administration, realizing that some parents will wish such an r- �t vesse th_a� natl b n wash d ash in ur eighborhood. THE ARNOLD STUDIO 1th the o n n n o n rangement, is making provision whe:reby students whose homes . adcht1011 f ha gi g a ld barn la tern and a n 125 West Maple St. 111ter n pl ci ,,.· are not too distant and who maintain good scholastic records, mg_ crock a d jug or t�vo about, the cellar r en BIRMINGHAM Phone , ��m � n a o ga d i� 905 o n n o . 1 ete u til I h ve m re amb1t1011, more ideas n o may be n a five-day Ix,arding basis, spe ding week-e ds at h me.'' sprmg.P a d an ther THE MARCH, 1927 MARCH, 1927 AFTERGLOW Page Twe11/y-seven

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r in the rear, which warehouse with an elevato CO. of Bir­ important f c­ HARDWARE ample storage space, an � HE McBR.lDE provides g Arnold largest and most rep­ the needs of a growm mingham contains the tor in ministering to T n Two sections of the McBride Hardware Comf>a11/s 11rw quarters, 9,·v,··,zg some idea. of the r of anv concern i r ngham. _ stock of hardwa e community like Bi mi 7.1ancty and c.rte11t of lh1• 11e·w resentative was stock. e state. The bnsiness this section of th repre­ 106 North e Hardware Co. is factory l\1r. McBride in 1918 at The McBrid started by nationally known lines, Even his friends dis­ sentative for some of the Woodward Avenue. rs' faith r Mfg.; Russ win, Builde in his venture, bnt having such as Russell-E win couraged him Clark, Electrical ngham and un­ e ; Lariders, Frary & in the community around Birmi Hardwar small way Wares; Chambers & Garland, by his critics, he started in a and Nickel Plated daunted to adding this spring a n. The business began Ranges. They are also at the above locatio r few ong's linoleums and floo the start and it was only a complete line of Armstr expand from e made that he had announcement of which will b years until Mr. McBride realized coverings, n. He began look­ outgrown his former locatio later. larger quarters, which culminated line of ing around for McBride's also carry a very complete his present location. e in securing aluminum ware, as well as whit and gray en­ r his business, store will con­ Two years ago he inco porated ameled ware. A visit to their and Frank the com­ taking in his son , Russell, Nathan vince you that Mr. McBride's vision of nd Charles Parks, e as well as in Ha rberson, Harry Bayley a munity is reflected in the busin ss n building was of stock. after which a new a d modern arrangements and completeness that erected upon the property purchased for the firm. Company is here to meet the needs of this purpose, and is now occupied by The is always ·ready to floor growing community and The new location "i ves the company a serve you. space of 9,300 square feet, including a four-story

The McBride Hardware Co. PHONES 53 5-58 5 Brn.MINGHAM I 26 SouTH WooDWARD AvENUE ...... Arnold MARCH, 1927 LOW THE AFT.ERG -eight Artist Page Twenty The Soul of An 6) (Co 11 ti,/l(ed from page . n cl up by the ever-eager collectors. e 111stantlv _ s appe ](loots wer n J)Out the fellow. His life was dis- . be writte a . n nn . New egan. to n y Map Hooks b n gentleme weari g f u rosettes 111 FREE-A y by so I e sected carefull _ a�d many letters of the alphabet their 111ormnmg coats n the lapels of c:u c::equ 1 work was divided i to periods . n e,.... b e ,t,ly his after their am fine ,�oun �ng." arg11rnent, I can tell you, con- f'!ncl there was a. � · d. . lot of that will ,er�. guide ous mam . . you to . . his vari rnmg ce come,: n contemporary history. BY a cun- now we dow to n Ancl n u oi Van Kloot tra smigrated-or cmncid_e c · the so l ous enough en n of a farm hand p ; 1 souls-i to the body it is that n n n n whate,·er ? how it happe ed. I am o ly scores t �xplai of c Beauty ta. Spots in South Dako that the �� th; case. Also it so happened ed 111 the fact n interest � his soul had been that of Va Kloot, remember� 11a1 t n farmhand n had been going o since Van ''. ow 11 that n although he d,dn n u of Dakota ; an .! ; e b ried. The education ](loot's \)Ody had d,e in 'the ·out as sub-courses Greater � them as far Woodward rare'i Y ak:s n farmhands very . · nds are very fortu ate Great a111ters" Farmha "Appreciation of P · , many ways. · · in n0 ne spring d ay k e t on farmi r, unt,1 fione the fannhancl « n s- So c i al picture dealer, who had di n o) e i the ori n Write for It! the Roll n whe i ; n of gasoli e at the exact spot i Van 0 r: out covered at work. Of course, the two got where t he �;rmhancl was There are scores of beauty spots out Greater Woodward the tools of Dakota . . long before the picture dealer, H-EATEN methods are nversat ,on an cl 11 was not MoT con­ 111!0 co d er, O . . B E ., etc., had told the that you have never advertiser. Carefully this time Lord Laven . seen-out of the way corners that the lazy ter wI 10 wns b.� · n And after the gasohn•! ravings demand grea the gre V Kloot ceived Eng {ar111hand all about f �11,: � n the shade of the invite the carefree motorist. you greater profits! poor 0 went b ck i to Many of them have been effort-but they pay had been 1:,rought th e n out. EVERTON tall corn to thi k it all . . carefully charted on a new map-just off the press-that consider his pictures seriously as G COMPANY anyone cou_Id ossiblv ENGRAVIN That · h for him · He thought about it is yours upon request was •us�P too muc . n . and without obligation. Second Floor Kerr Build�nc wor k 5 f Art n was all 1cn � n to the co dus1o that tt Fort Street East at Beau� a tl finally came County Building for several aysd 0. B. E., OneBl ock &J1 of a I that somehow Lord Lavender, Cherry2821 tremendous hoa n Phone a ·�i nc came to this conclusio , but being a Write for it now. Let it guide you out the magnificent respons, He n e_tc., was nal i sult, instead of ; . soul \e took it as a perso s1mple_-mmded i fford to have jokes played superhighway, the greatest thoroughfare in the world, to peop e who could well a good Joke on n and should have our < he was wro g either way on them. 0f n progressed this glorious land of sunshine and fresh air. u � happy to k ow that mankind had en very �r n n- be been despised by lpaw ��� sc:�e that what had o ce so far up n also that Lord Lav- now h01 1ored by ba kers: and Nature is now at her best. The sparkling lakes seem a brokers was n d d f or h"1s ?rea t et c., had bee so justly rewar e endet. 0. B · E -·, u · . ' n n c lture. N o, I d 1 am eep Y rg v,e eel the adva ceme t of J n n deeper and richer blue, the air is more invigorating, and services to ex-Va Kloot a d 1 ow spirit of revenge seized the · NORTHWESTERN to state th a t 'I n · h o dox · of mi d the Devil appeare d 111 ort· the wooded hills a more charming green. while he was 111· tl 11s· frame · n · . 1 even a rebuilt o e, 1s f air game h1011 amI t empted \ im A soul fa5 · ' temptation· t h at h ft e arm- PRINTING and Satan provided such an excellent Spread before you on this map is a new world, a territory hand succumbed. . that the follo"'.mg week a You will not be surprised to read that invites your exploration. If you are tired of the same n the f_armhand as nch as Croe- COMPANY hitherto unknown u cle died leaving n 011 wells. What you may throug h the a«eo cy of Oklahoma n . old drives, if you want to visit some new place, if the old SUS · d sou,1 b ega b uymg up have suspected is that this transmigrate not · n Kloot. Those that were question, "Where shall we go?" arises again and again, by ex1s1 ·mg work oi the great Va . every The Louvre, th e uot for sale began to disappear mysteriously. n were burgled on: all means write or telephone at once for the Greater Wood­ British Museum, i fact, all the great galleries n left. And at the end ot after another until not a Va Kloot was ward road map. Commercial concrete mausoleum High-Grade five years the great armor plated, reinforced. of the ardent (the adjective is rather prospective) coll�.ctor house_d n n ne by one his Boo!( Printing every one down to the last u fi ished sketch. O and the last one departed a«ents0 reported and were dismissed. As n E., etc., who had GREATER WOODWARD AVENUE ASSOCIATION a secretary ushered in Lord Lave der, 0. B. e n he could been brought by urq nt request a d the promise that 508 Majestic Building Phone Cadillac 7237 :iame his own consultation fee. n n collector­ In silence the ex-V:i. Kloot--farmhand-millio aire 1 Then he explained as carefully as he txhibited i is collec1.ion. n n and why the collection had bee made. A d could who h� was n Lord Lavender. 0. B. E .. etc., very eatly through then he shot n n ng a button blew himself a d the mausoleum the head a d pressi n n n understand Lawton Avenue into i fi itesimally small pieces. I have been give to 5679-89 n n been also that the Devil was ge erous e ough after \)0th souls had Corner Stanley n the assio·ned their "rid, and their hours for torme t, to allow etch­ fon�er artist l\�o hours off in every twenty-four to practice n etc. ing with a poker on the a atomy of Lord Lavender, 0. B. E., Telephones Walnut 0098-5925 n e Clreater1'oollllnrlAVENUE ASSOCIATION All of which goes to show that artists are very u progressiv folk. Farewell! n,C, ...: ·.•. @I® R NISHERS FOR EIGHTY YEARS DECORATORS AND FU

-tt>{ Main Salon, Dtan's Ntw and Grtaltr Ga/leritJ � '· DEAN TRADITIO N Three quarters of a century ago an Interior by Dean was regarded as the Hall Mark of excellence in Detroit. As Detroit's residential districts and suburbs grew, Dean upheld that tradition and added to it a richness of association which increased patronage brought. Today, with our organization enlarged in keeping with our New and Greater Galleries, we are in a more favorable position than ever to offer the distinctive

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