The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-13

years ago the copies in use were bun
died out OF the school by Miss Parker
as barren OF progressive results, and with
out attempting any special lectures to the
children on how to draw she set up nat
ural objects before them and told
them to produce as good an imitation as
possible in charcoal. From the very day
the change was made new spirit was
to the Oldest They looked forward to
the drawing lesson with eagerness aud
worked earnestly while engaged. The
models selected were leaves of trees
or stems Of plants and flower spikes, and
the pupils have only to draw correctly to
secure elements of grace. The freedom of
drawing very soon developed is remarkable.
and artists who have seen the work are as
tonished that there should have been no
preceding training from the fiat or direction
from art masters. Walter Crane, an Ed
gilsh artist who is great authority on the
subject OF design, has pronounced it instinct
ana possibly 1T is. broadly diffuSpd. Find
ing that there was mine of talent latent
In her pupils, Miss Parker introduced color
as step nearer to nature than black and
white The teachers mixed the tints, aud,
as before, left the pupils to themselves
without any outlines In pencil to guilds
them and limit the color surfaces, they
painted with firm touch and fidelity Of
form and hue great variety of flowers on
the stem. Many of these drawings have
good artistic qualities and the promise of
higher achievements. Everything is drawn
OF life size. Since the beginning of this
year The pupils have been allowed to draw
heads in charcoal from the living model,
some OF the pupils themselves posing for
the classes. Here again the results are
astounding Some of the portraits in outline
are charmlngy natural and life-like. such
is the interest aroused in drawing that there
Is clam0r to remain after school hours for
special studies. The experience gained at
n n n vayr f1falN
piled in the other schools of the town.
Every now and then the ancient lineage
of certain American families Is yaunted and
the roots of the pedigree tree are shown to
reach out across the Atlantic and TO strike
deep into the life of medieval Europe. For
instance, Congressman Springer is some
how within few thousands of degrees
related to King Egbert and to Charlemagne.
President Harrison is not only descendant
OF the Harrison in CromwelPs time, but of
King Alfred, and there are various other
families, such as the CAROLS Of Maryland
and the Bonapartes, who maintain that the
blue blood of royalty flows in their arteries.
1t has also been said that one family OF
Ords are descendants OF the union between
George ~ aud Mrs. Fitzherbert, but as
George was such u disreputabe monarch
and died so recently there is perhaps little
credit in claiming his ancestry. When aa-
alyZed this pride In pedigree is all hollow
mocKery and vanity. The beggar as well as
the king is or ancient lineage and the one Just
as much as the other. The only difference
is that the one can trace his ancestors-oniY
few prominent ones, hOwever-back some
centuries, while the other is probably una
BILE to 60 back beyond his grandfathers
One line of ancestry has been conspicuous;
the other has been obscure. but the con-
tinuity Of human life has been the same in
both cases. There are only two or three
English families that go back in credible
raAt INN hut fhar fc
greater admiXture of Saxon blood in the
English nation than of Norman or Roman
it cannot be doubted that could they trace
their descent the English masses have a
heredlty quite as antique as the proudest
nObleulen. The Romans occupied Britain
for centuries and intermarried. Therefore
Roman blood enters into British. The
white conquest of America, whether by
Spain or by the colonies, is very recent
event, and every white family is in the
sense of ancestry European. The biologist
and evolutonist take the cradle of human
lite much farther back in the worlds his
tory than the historian or the pedigree
hunter, wherefore it behooves the proud ones
of the earth to be humble and not to despise
the worm as kindred. There is good deal
to be said for the Hindoo faith that all lie
is sacred.
OF what earthly use is taut-bearing rein
in drivings Does it in any way insure
greater safety to the occupants of a carriage?
Does it guide the horse and sustain its pace?
If any benefit could be shown to result. the
employment of the bearing rein might be
sanctioned. but that is not possible. 1t has
the effect of keeping horses head up
whether the animal wishes it or not, and
this is considered stylish and spirited. No
doubt it is pretty to look at an arched neck
and waving name, but the sacrifice is too
great. When going uphill. and even on
level, the animal is in torture. 1t makes
Intellectual efforts to lower its head and ease
the draught, and every time it does this the
motion is arrested with sharp jerk. In GO
Jog downhill il is said that bearing rein
assists in preventing a horse from STUN
| bling, and il must De granted that in going
| dOwnhiil horse has no need to lower tue
head for increased muscular work. A
horse, however, has no natural tendency to
stumble. and a welbred one is not guilty of
such faults. At least One-half of the horses
driven through the Golden Gate Park have
bearing reins. and it Indicates very
thoIghtiesS exhibition ofcruelty. A riding
horse is not hampered in this fashion, and
is besides free from binders BRUSH