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splendent his name is now! How every i'll

| cident in -.
| tue LIFE OF WATT ..::.*
Is sought for,:--his struggles, his disappoint
Mients, aud his tillul success! Anu 50 ot
| AIusaet, Nelson. Bramail, Mandslay, Gle:
tnent Murray. Naslnyth, Stevenson, md Full
| t5n. When Watt hid devised his engine he
found 10 Wnrklnen expert enough to make it.
! Then Mandsley. Clement, and Murray In.
endowed them with ailnost human intelli-
ge,lce and fur more than. human precision.
! and Watts difficulty WIS removed, These
greasy mechanics did more to hasten the
worlds progress. in 4 century-lI40 to 1870
b. all the statesmen of all the dead ages.
But tiloSe heroes Ut the wnrkship llad no!1e
Of the opportunities. afforded by this st.
Louis tralninE-schouL They tOiled many
hours each day for shilling or two, and
lived III stutfy novels and puzzled over the
G OF mechanics by the light q! Il tailow-
candle. Some uf them gained fortunes, while
others were rubbed Ut the fruits Of genius, and
slept in unknown graves, but all their nt.lnt.s
moves, and in this age. It moves always tu-
wards /. higher appreciation uf the value Of
the practical arts. This country is destined
to berone vast Workshop and in this work
shop tile best energies, the strongest vital
forces. Of this American people are eventually
to be eXerttu. How necessary, then, to etll-
cate the hands as we'll as the brain Of the
youth of the country.
WI! OF CHICAGO
may Indulge III jokes at the expense Of our
nelshbors Ut st. Louis. but there is too much
truth In the remark made by pruf. Swing, /
believe, tllat Chicago Is greatly distinguished
educational matters Chicago must yield to
st. Louis. To that city belongs the honor,
l think, Of establishing. the. kindergar-
ten ten, us q branch ct the public
of tie Distinguished famiiy ; Of That s na,tir,
1nadt. Il thorough Investigation of the Klntl-
ergarten, and so impressed DR.. Harris. for
inaliy Years Superintendent OF. Public
Schools, with her views that together they.
garten brunch of the public-schnol system
of 81, Louis now accommodates nearly 0,00o
pupils. On the salllu Square with the Manual
Trainug-School of the Washington Univer-
sity there Is beautiful building called the
MUSEUM OF FINE Arts
constructed by Mr, Wynan Crow, retired
merchant, ut in expense Of sl25, ,00o.:;.nd do
so pupils III the arts. The building Is df-
yiued intV stud it's, rootns for the exhibition
OF painting and sculpture, and all exQuisit
lecture-ha!!. 4 collection Ut antiques lin
.Assyrian to the Greek, Is nav nearly complete,
and will soon be " i'll platen for exhibition
We found Mr.. Grow, the liberal dullor, on
the premises, kindiy-faced: whitt-haired
man of % Or 20 years, and he motestly
to the art resources If St. Louis.
Not Tong ago Il rich merchant, Nr. james |
Smith, left, at his death, the bulk Of his fort
ane to:the venerable DR.. Eliot without re- |
striction as to its disposal, but it is needless
10 say that this fortune is treated rs q trust
fund to be devoted to works Ut charity and !
purposes. These are cited as n |
few illustrations Of the public spirit which |
prevails In st, -LnlliS.
THE cITY OF THE BRIDGE
may we'll be proud Of its latest educational !
ise-the School Of Alunual Training.
It Is al exhibition of wise foresight, for 1t Is
destined. I believe, to universal adoption. 1t
> the first step OH the ruad to a eu1llIrchell-
'ive educational system, combining the l.rac-
ical with the theoretical, which alnne fits
ne youth to grapple with the real problems
II life: If can stir up a spirit Of imitation
If ST. Louis III this regard in Chicago nly OBJ
eet will have been attained.
CHARLES Fl. HAM