Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-04
At the Washington school.

1nteES8tt1AG EXeFC11e0 DY~ NIeMOGE9 OA
 she Juvenile Department.
 The first of series of tsPublic Day" exer- cises in the Washington school was given yes- terday afternoon in the presence of large concourse of parents and other visitors. This was by the pupils in one of the youngest rooms, who occupy portion of the basement, which some time ago was converted into ex- fra rooms, the pressure Of scholars being so great. The pressure will be relieved when the new Hallock street school, now in process of erection, is completed. It is ex-
 pected that four rooms will be ready about
 May 1st. The education loving people of the
 district were largely represented in the audi
 ence at this exhibition, and the young and ris-
 ing generation had no reason to blush over
 the achievements of the young misses and
 masters, who are on an average about eight
 years of age. These young ideas are taught
 to shoot under the efficient care of Miss Hattie
 Price The exhibition was confined chiefly
 to the regular school exercises. One of the
 features of the exercises, conspicuous for It's
 interest and value, was writing with pen and
 ink by the children, to whom at this age pen
 manship is usually practically unknown.
 They went through the exercise of writing
 very finely indeed. Years ago children were
 hardly expected to attain to the art ot writing
 before the m ature age of seven or eight.
 Some of the chiIdr en are but three or foul years old and they handled pen well, which
 accomplishment will be very useful to them in
 after life, especially if, as is the case with
 many children, they are taken out of school and commence to contribute their quota te the family expenses early in life. Thif was the object in view by the principal, MT Burton, in introducing this branch of study among the little folks. A branch of the ia nous Quincy method of teaching was also ex emplified through MT. Burton, comprising ar intermingling of spelling, defining, writing sentences and reading them, a species of in struction working well and charmingly enlist ing the minds and interest of the pupils. MT Parish was present at the exercises and ex pressed much pleasure at the prohcienc. shown Another in this series takes place a the school on Friday, given by the scholars O Miss L. M Catlin's room.
 The Annual Spring Opening of Messrs Ed. F. & B. R. MerWin.
 The merchant tailoring business of tn Messrs. Ed. F. and B. R. Merwin has becom quite extensive and widespread, and to ou
 local reputation and pride it may be said tha | there Is hardly city in the Union where radi | ates, as it were, the name and fame of a mer chant tailoring house 50 extensively 8
 stands to the credit of this highly reputabl and first-class establishment. Of Grant it ha been remarked, ''No pent up Utica contract | his powers" IL is no aspersion upon ou ' beautiful city to add that this house, Argus eyed as it were, has extended it's business il all parts of the wide domain known as tn Union, and little special effort, based upol ! and forwarded by the high reputation of tn firms manufactures and superlative taste ii dressing entlemen, brings in multitude o orders from far and wide, "thick as leaves o Yallo mbrosa."
 It is no small tribute to the character of tn goods and qualities of style controlled by the house-marking their prod uctions with al
 individuality producing lasting predilection in their favor-that we see upon their book
 orders just in from the ar-of Pacific slopes from graduates of old Yale who are identified with the bonanzas of mineral wealth beyond the prairies and among the towering peaks O
 the Rocky Mountains, or far away to the
 South in sunny climes where perpetual sum mer breathes it's incen nse. Monday was open
 ing day for spring styles at the house, and th'
 boom everywhere apparent in business seemed to have struck there with especial significance the orders from New Haven far excelling ir
 number those of any previous year, and SCOT ing with the orders from all parts of tht United States an immense business, calling fol the employment of a force of sixty in the me chanical department alone. The firms facili ties are unrivaled, situated in their own build ing. handsome addition to the city, and theil individual importations number many thou sands of dollars annually, they being design CTS of styles and patterns from which the mills and looms abroad weave and forward to thif city direct. The house is on the eve of itl
 semi-centennial Founded by the esteemed Smith Merwin in 1881, it has had steady in crease of business until it is, par excellence, of wider fame than perhaps any competitor in the country.