The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-08

to mai: .nusEaly Int;E...ing notes Here /.
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shi. I.t opth Of hsg ne q Psr RS win
her conventions at Saint Die. This was the
new secular school sWs ap IN tes5 ne sa. me
France. where the children can see before them
s msn SISs m9Sp9tal9 I OF Alssee which the Ger
At dinner We had beef and potatoes. the
regulation reg beet and potatoes I shall have
seems that The people 81 s s IL eat fboilsd
pee peel every day: may grow bigger and older.
fE oo ial hst ' 4. ToSd SG ssso p ~
UNHAPPY taste Tor daily boiled beef"
school, S Ia. S ss 7. these ps5s
boys class ree .ss half fn So sne
s4sses ' on Bnr sRePsn sts
ssTlnging ropes and rings. ladders. dumb
SsVs hs1. the .s ss Tss,e teacher;
p pTi9lnci.nery IN gymnnstic teaching. In the
ders pulling against a stout spiral spring &c is
known A. the pichery sppsrstusl. Athletic
france even a%Osr b sssn ss .EG p5u. in
s sod seomInni,t Who took refuge IN England
TTspublshed In, America under the name OF
NAM ma, 10 Of ihs English games. Including boxing
But Tor this all the efforts OF a League for
Physical Education were required; and the
idea takes but slowly. ON The other hand.
and each hoy's school has Its own battalion.
=, more interesting movement 10 the intro
programme This viii be ca matter Of eSpefI
ment ior some time. But already more than
one, hall Of the two hundred schools for boys
are ntted mp with shops for common working
work: AZ nrst the boys we're sent to The WORK. G.
and the sarniSs s.'R fsSihs The f ssi.s
s s SSSn ;ss'''sf % r'1 pTGi!
occupied at the same time at the bench or at
girls jrsH,s%ber that 50 far thsrs 4, QUESTION
msndine; 70 darning stockings and the, max.
this work for their own families. and any extra
work goes to the founding asylums.
one has 70 learn some drawing and the sV se
ments Of singing After the age Of twelve
Wish ore sf s n0t sSS one The T Sn
and formal course Of the high schools prop
srlS so called s1d yet their parents would
ton, For all these. up, to the age Of iifteen
what are called Complementary courses are
These are for the advanced .ms!hematics T and
natural sciences: especially IN their practical
the modern languages practically limited TO 10
tunately, only a little more. music. But
Paris public school system 10 the amount
and variety Of stte g,Ion tina. now,
has not gone far beyond good cabinet work. as
srsGe BUT the 1 S. tSH r"as Of
all girls Is houseLe . AocSrdingly: they
they receive special M IN the cutting out out
and making up OF clothes This 10 no longer
s IN ns Ss to spT doEn
the secrets Of Psrisian dressmsking up to the
net. This is so much the case that the bright
or students are dispensed from q year OF their
sSop: " rsa & srf Moo
use at home In their families ---.,
called the Sssss ' THESE very
SeGnn during TIVE p nSp n on Thn5sd H only
system aticaily some branch OF domestic eson.
slemsntary principles Of cooking and proyid.
ing for household necessities, the concocting
ing, and ironing. heating and lighting. and all
that concern. the managemant OF the home.
Of ton through real Kitchen and isundry W ui
.f. .a e: q s ih sSs
cooking mistress They are allowed to |
ulhDOso OF Ten francs NfSl lot the meal OF ten
persons. They have eight bills OF fare to make !
" P, IN winter and a. many more IN summer
they are supposed to eat It, In fact It will be |
their only meal at school that day: 50. they
have every reason to do their best with the |
and saIad; In the laundry also they are not
let on with merely ,vettinR their hands. but |
real work is given them TO do. This weekly
seLperim me- !, has been SO sueesssiul that in a
feet housek seping has been instituted.
In fine the Paris public schools. where gov
eminent does so much and parents do so little |
have entered into vast, experiment thati Is
we'll worth watching. We Americans, who |
like better to help ourselves than to be helped
By the state. may have misgi wings about the
practical results OF the excessive benevolence
which Is shown. 1t Is hard to know what effect
will be produced on these children by the inev-
able awakening to the inequality OF the world
save their Schools Emis Henry who threw snsy
the bomb in the Safe OF the, Termi mus Hotel
had received a. com plste college education at
he expense OF the city OF Paris. But the ex-
pertinent has another side. and every one will
with the effort mads to train chill
tren to Intelligent labor with their hands.
STERLING HEILIa