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Elbert Hubbard, flowing-haired, flowing-tied purveyor of philosophical-artistic tripe to the U. S. of a generation ago, was drowned when the Lusitania was sunk. To his son, Elbert II, he left a lucrative property-the Roycrofter Corporation in East Aurora, N. Y. Inspired by William Morris, 19th-Century British arts-&-crafter, the Roycrofters printed and bound books, made elegant whatnots of pottery, wood, metal and hand-tooled leather. After the elder Hubbard's death, however, the community slipped financially, lately was $160,000 in the red. Last week, a religious organization called the Federation of Churches...
Founder Elbert Green Hubbard was known in his day as the Hero of the Simple Life. Playboy, philosopher, publisher, poseur, he founded the Roycrofters in 1895 from an idea he picked up at William Morris' hand-made-book works in England. When he returned to the U. S. he was downcast by the shoddy vulgarity of the 1890's, developed his own creed of beauty & culture. Everyone, he believed, wanted to create something beautiful and useful with his hands. The Roycroft Shops gave anyone who went to East Aurora material with which to work...
...members of the Union in the Living Room this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Hubbard is widely known as the author of "A Message to Garcia" and the famous "Little Journeys" series, as well as the editor of "The Fra" and "The Philistine." As proprietor of the Roycroft Shop, he has done much toward furthering the handicraft movement. Mr. Hubbard's lecture will be one of the most interesting to be heard in the Union this year, and a large number of members should be present to hear...