Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-08-03

Herr Abrahamson, oil Sweden. is car.
ryiug out an educational sy,tem whicl
is slowly sprcadin, over the whole c
EUROPE. 1t is being widely taught il
the schools Of his rativo land but h,
has provided accommodation at hi cs.
tate at Mas on the beautiful shores Of
Lake Savclangen 50 that students Of the
system, schoolmasters and others, may
reside ior six weeks aud master the
whole loursc, There is room for from
eightyto ninety, and three courses are
held al ling the summer. The first ol
the sea p has just come to a close. Ii
was a, IDOL by teachers from G G.rmany
and Switzerland, and there were alsc
eleven from Z gland, ono being a Lon
doh school board master whose holidays
were extended so that ho might remain
all the time. The others wero ladies
from private schools. The study is
called 'Noodslojd." th9 strange look
ing word meaning slcisht or skill.
School chill lren in Sweden devote from
four to SIX hours week to this work,
and they are carried through regular
course OF graduated lessons whereby
they ACQUIRE mastery of tho tools and
considerable skill in making articles of
household service Tho students, how
ever, give from seven to eight hours a
day to the study, the practical work
being varied by lectures by Herr Salo-
man, ths director who for sixteen years
has been engaged in teaching teachers
this most useful branch of knowledge.
The mysteries Of the knife, the saw and
the plaqe are slowly revealed. A paper
knife is one of the first special eff ,rts
and Lessons six'ccn and seventeen are
devoted to the making Of two wooden
spoons. Two day o seven hours arc
occupied in the manu- acturo Of each Of
hem, and more than dozen tools are
required to shape, cut and carve the
hous hold treasures. The children be-
gin this work at nine years of a3c, aud
the cduqation Of their physical powers
progresses with their mental growth.
1t l. not cessary for u to recommend
sloj lis value is patent to all; but VIC
are glgdlto bring to tho notice of our
school Pards the disinterested efforts
OF Herr hbrahlmson, who VIC are sure
would gladly welcome score OF Scot
ti'h tcadhers as first contingent to ac-
quire thi art and bring it back to our
young pbple at school. Is it not pos
siblc that somehow amid governmental
tablcs& cdulos and compulsory sub
jects 50 i Eftant matter as this car
find = nearly thtGgaa'iistian Leader.
10 its author, Mr.. Scanlon, al 'H't 'tir"'
ton of the moment. 1t was 'ugse''p'
bv tho gambols of some children wh
were PLAYING around the door where nj
wa, sitting, idly picking out tunes Ut
on an accordion. AS the children
neeped curiously into his door, he .
ran to sov "Peek-a- Boo nodding h
I'D at the same time. Unconscious
tbe instrument played few notes
suit what he was saying and the idea
new melody struck his fancy. lie
y u mediately wrote off the chorus
"Peek-a. Boo" upon an envelope
- added a few stanzas afterw' Is, tou
ing up the song at his leisure
=, > music came spontaneously and was
80 - loss difficult than the fitting OF 1t v
-, ~ appropriate words, but as it was Oy
80 a means his first experience, he was
n long in getting it into proper Shape'
~ It was certainly happy lnspr"
lr' t for Mr.. scanlon. This melody a
- ba, petted him $50, 900 in royalties
u I'm bripos in comfortable incom
% ho receives six cents on each copy 5
~ It has, with his numerous other
~ nositions, made him fortune III
10 ;nc contrast with such writers as
nv w stenhen Foster and John ho
ioo' PAYNE. whose best work served Oh
i' ~. enrich the publishers who were 50
'A0 t,aoto a. to obtain their entire CO
ment tunate a' W OO'"
~ -[Detroit Free Press.