The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-22
NEW nTRADEs SCHOOL.
Thorough Instruction in Theory and Prac-
.scauiren, onts and Results.
LC1licngn News. !

ThoroucI, instruction in Theory and Prac- !
tice- sicquirem and Results.
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The trade school in New York is the
most successful one in the country.
The action OF trade unions in limiting
the number of apprentices has rlade
i. di.E.cult in some of tho skilled cm-
ployments to find artisans qualified for
their work, and the demand is so great
and the number OF those wishing to
learn the various trades so numerous
that the New York school became q
necessity alike to employer and to
Young men willing to learn some use
full manual employment. Tho school
was established to take the place of tho
old apprenticeship system, III which in
structiOn, the use OF tools, and practice
should be combined.
The school was opened in 1881 with
thirty three students in plumbing and
frcsco- painting, The next season brick
laying and pattern making was added
and the number Of students was in
creased to lightweight In 1854
wood carving, stono-cutting and plaS-
tering Were added and the attendance
was 200. The present season carpen-
tering is included, with still largely in
creased classes. The instruction IS con-
fined to course cf three evenings a
week for the five months between
--OCt0ber and April. The school is
neither a money making nor u charita-
bic institution, the students being
charged tuition enough to just cover the
eypcnsc-the charges for instruction
being: For brick laying, Tl1; plaster
ing. $lJ; plumbing, $i2, and all other
and materials. Tho instruction is very
thorough, both in theory and practice;
and while it mag not in the latter equal
II three or six years apprenticeship, 1T
far exceeds it in the former, fitting the
pupil with n little experience at his
trade to become y comparatively skilled
lahorer in any one OF them
In each class sub ,cct5 arc given Tor
discussion; as, for instance, the class
in plumbing discuss Soil Pipes,
Trapping and Ventilation Of Soil
Pipes Cold Water supply
l'ipes. - ''Foilcrs. Tanks, and
upon tho occupation Of n plumber. The
students must be between the ages of
$ and %, and each class is under SOW
cral expert and educated men, VINO
practically understand every detail of
their department.
I'm cities there arc greater difficulties
in the WAY of u low learning - trade
than in The country, tut these schools
open wide field for usefulness, and the
,.agerncSs with which this on" has been
sought hy boys III Sew FORK, and the
possibilities Before it, ought To lead to
the establishment Of similar institutions
in every large city in She union
I:naIa,t. -. Ei.ih Avo5..n.
New Anr!, letter
The new folly for the tifth avenue
parlor is French rather than English,
Tor it consists of roulette table, n re
,lucad copy Of the KIND used in gambling,
hells We read ii i'arisi:in salons where
games of ,han-c are politely played foI
none and by people not lost to deli
cate sense of propricty. Exactly tho
same thing can not le said Of the limo
walton here. and hardly expect that
the roll Of the roulette marble will be
come u usual noise in fashionable gath
erin%s
Nevertheless there are two Of thcS,
wheels of misfortune revolving nearly
every cNcnin" in two OF the othcrwS'
respectable and very costly boarding
houses in FIfth tsean", and others ar
heard of. The game l.; played prcclS'i
us in professional hands, except that
banker is cho1rn for each OCCASION, AM
there is presumed to he u freedom iron
cheating on his part, but it is Gale,
revolution which word may he taken
rs descriptive of the numbered wheel ON
pIoyci in il, and not as indicative O
any evolutionary change in on
womolrs sentiment about gambling
Poker and progressive cuchre hay
accustomed them to a stake in card
PLAYING bat when it comes to introiuC
ing the apparatus Of roulette, With It
placing of chips on lay out the diver
sion is II little too gross for most of then
to stand.
yast c., Observation-Disclosures.