EDITORIAL NOTES

Decorators are busy people.  To become one, definitely means to end all leisure moments.  We book ourselves for months in advance, with trays to paint, chairs to scrape and patterns to finish.  But, the rewarding thing is that, gone too, are all the dull moments.  Every second is precious as never before.  So, when it becomes necessary for a decorator to write about being one, or worse still, to try to edit a journal of interest to fellow decorators, trouble to find the time has indeed begun.  So, with apologies for the things that did not get done on time, your editor finally presents the first issue of the Journal.

This first issue, we felt, should be one in which we pay homage to Esther Brazer.  Succeeding numbers will be largely what the members of the Guild will make of it.  It is our hope that discoveries of interesting old pieces will be photographed, written up, sent in and discussed.  New methods discovered by our ardent co-workers, all over the country, should be aired.  We invite suggestions and criticisms.  So far, we are unafraid.  We hope to have a question box, in which submitted questions may be answered by those who have met and conquered the same problems.  Perhaps a column to air our desires to buy, sell or trade anything pertinent to this field, may develop.  We hope to reprint some of Mrs. Brazer's articles and speeches and use some of her many photographs.  It is stimulating to think of the heights to which our very young Journal may grow.

For the coming issues, we announce the following articles:

Archeologists, by Mr. Clarence Brazer

Esther Stevens Brazer traced her ancestry back to Paul Revere's father.

Translation of Early Eighteenth Century Painting Directions into Modern Terms, by Emily Heath

Varnishing Vagaries, by Martha Muller

The Gift of the Ann Butler Tin to the Guild.

English Barge Painters, Shirley Spaulding Devoe.

We hope to have many more illustrations in future issues, than in this one.  The following editorial staff has been appointed:

Editor - Martha Muller

Staff -

Constance Klein
Julia Sheppard
Wanda Simka
Emilie Underhill
Virginia Warren
Beatrice Ziegler

Business Manager - Robert Keegan

May we sincerely thank those who have contributed to this first issue !  A special thank you to Wanda Simka for her assistance in typing.  To Mr. Brazer once again, goes our hearty gratitude for his help and advice.

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