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A DISTINCTIVE CHINESE CRAFT. ISSUE OF 22,000,000 TO CHINESE.

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THE STORY OF ITS ORIGIN.

Shares to the value of $9,000,000 in British-American Tobacco Co. interesta are being offered to Chinese at the mo ment. The issue forms part of the capital of the B.A.T. China Security Co, which is a "China" public com- pany. The sharea, are China" shares London" shares. as distinct from the

There is no intention of offering the shares for subscription to the public.

One of the distinctive crafts of China, which enjoyed a considerable vogue among the Manchus and is popular among foreigners, is that of wrought iron pictures. Using the common material cf which wagon tires, nails and hoes are made, a skilled smith may make pictures of landscapes or flowers which rival in

Chinese all over the country are being beauty of line and delicacy of composi tion the ink paintings which are their sent forms on which they are asked to specify the number they want. Allot. models More substantial than the paintment will be decided later, it was stated. ings, they may be mounted in frames, with paper or silk behind them, or placed in windows so that they become part of the architectural decoration of the room. Both methods of display are followed by the Chinese, though the foreigners gener" ally prefer the more portable tortu. It is certain, too, that some of the best of these pictures were mounted in frames, for we still have some bearing upon-white silk or paper backgrounds the signatures and seal of the man who is reputed to have been the inventor of the art.

ORIGIN OF THE PICTURES. There are many stories concerning the origin of these pictures. One favourite narrative concerns the artistic son of a master blacksmith, who used to play with shavings and scraps of iron in a corner ofy his father's smithy. With these he made pictures which attracted the atten- tion of his elders and led them to develop A plan by which the compositions could be preserved.

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In the time of Kang Hsi, second em: peror of the Ching dynasty, there lived in Wuhu in Arhwei a man by the name of Tang Peng who was called Tien Ch'ih. He was an iron worker by trade, and and the good or bad fortune to live nex: to the home of the artist Hsiao Yun Tsung. This artist held a very exalted opinion of both himself and his art, and apparently, he lost no opportunity to impress his greatness; upon his more humble neighbours. Tang Feng was 'not pleased with this, but thought that if his neighbour could be An artist the could alsoOne day after a PA

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PRESENT DAY PRICES. Iron pictures are produced to-day in the vicinity of Wuhu, and may be found for sale in Peking. When the amount of work involved in the making of them is considered the prices, which vary about Yuan $30 for an ordinary set of four panels, are not dear. As the pictures must support themselves they are usually made in sets of panels. Landscapes are so composed that each one of a set is com- plete in itself or an adequate component part of a unified whole when the panels are hung together. A favourite subject is the Four Seasons, in which the plum," orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are represented, one in each of four panels. Single panels having single subjects are also produced. Report has it that the pictures with other pictures as an art in making of these pictures" is becoming a China, for they depend for their effect lost art. In former days imperial entirely, upon the faithfulness with which patronage was often enjoyed by the they reproduce the appearance of line maker, and K'ang Hsi is said to have paintings. So far as I have seen no been especially liberal. What the future will hold is doubtful

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be considered characteristic of either the technique has been developed which may material or the method of working it, When we look at these pictures from and since the technique of an art and the standpoint of a handicraft we need the results of that technique must be dis- withhold none of our admiration for the tinctive to the art, the craft that borrows skill and igenuity with which the smiths its effects cannot be given a high rack. have wrought the delicate lines that form But this is said more by way of caution their compositions. In some of the larger than criticism, for these iron panels have compositions the bark of trees and con- e unique place among the decorative crafts and deserve interest and admira.

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detail, and the sets of flowers are often very realistic. We must, how-. ever, be careful to avoid including iron (Continued on next column.)

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