The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-22

can g n ade TO serve 10 education - vel
- % health. This bright idea has given
rise 10 the vacation journ@ys and school,
colonies which the city ct Paris pays for
ont OF Us own gs0cket--or. al least. cut OF
the cash box OF each separate schooi
These lourneys are esfsenest for day. but
they are frequently for week: while the
Ninth reimbursement twardl has hegnn
school colonies that take the children
away from their families and the city for
an entire month. The children who are
TO enjoy free trips 30 the coEnsry for day
are CHOSEN among all who have behaved
themselves. But for the long trips the
children OF weIs-to-co parents are not SUP
posed 10 compete: usually they are of for
the vacation With their own families The
senooa authorities are instructed 10 give
al says the preferences 10 the chsIdren OF
the poorest families. aud. among these. 30
the best behaved
ne simple trips reach as far a. from
faris TO the seaside ss Hxvre or Dieppe
fnve hours bv raiil often they are made
20 the Forest OF Foasainehleau. where
these city children are supposed 70 learn
something about trees and natnre in
general. The longer journeys have been
made even into Switzerland: while the
colonies Tor months time are farmed out
y. ine mountains Of the vosges or other
heaifhy parts Of the country. They are
under the direction Of the school physician.
who also has voice in choosing out the
children who are to 20. Each scholar has
10 keep diary during the stay. and this IL
corrected on the return as an exercise in
French composition. Then il is handed
over TO DC read IN The family. joyful to
have share in the pleasures OF their child.
he girls are said to make unusually In
teresting notes. Here Is a specimen given
~ Paul Strauss. who has greatly occupied
himself With all this YraIultous side Of
Paris mnnicipai work. Il is. from the
diary Of an lf-year-old girl, who passed
this first month OF her life outside Of Paris
with her companions 40 SaInt-Dle This
was the home of Jules Ferry. who forced
through the new secular school laws, far
IN the East Of France. where the children
can see before them the blue mountains OF
Alsace, which the Germans have taken
from their country.
AT dinner we had beef and potatoes,
the regulation beef and potatoes. / shall
have had enough beef for the res. OF my
days. II seems that the people OF Saint
Die ca; boiled beef every day. | may
grow bigger and older. but / viii never
marry a man from Saint-Die. l should be-
too afraid that he would keep his unhappy
taste for daily boiled beef
The teaching of gymnastics in these
Paris schools has little that is notew orthy,
except that il ~ obligatory both for the
az one half hour. morning and evening.
specially appointed teachers supervise ex-
ercises on parallel bars. swinging rings,
ladders. dumh-belIs and all the rest.
These teachers have to have a special GER
tificatc OF proficiency III gymnastic teach
ing. In the girls schools special favor Is
shown to Swedish arrangement. Of cords
and rope ladders Pulling against stout
spiral spring Git is known as the Pichery
apparatusD Athletic sports have never
been in great favor in France, even
among boys NJ. Pascha! sircnsset. a
communist. who took refuge in Eng and
and learned English ways The has written
books republished IN America under the
name OF Philip Daryl, has succeeded in
introducing many OF the English games.
including boxing. But for this ali the ef-
forts of a League for Physical Education
were required; and the idea takes but
slowly. On the other hand, there is a pro-
digious amount of military drIii, and each
boys school has its own battalion.
4 more interesting movement is the in
PRODUCTION Of manual labor into the public
school programme. This will be q matter
of experiment for some time. But already
more than one-half OF the 10 schools for
boys are fitted mp with shops for common
working in wood. and fifteen have provis-
ion for iron work. At first the boys were
sent TO the workshops by sets of twelve.
ing at the bench and at the turning lathe.
The latter has been suppressed, a. it re-
qu,red real apprentices work to be profita-
bic, and all the attention 10 now gwen to
ioinsrs' work. As many pupils as possible
are occupied at the same time
at the bench or at the vice. or
in cutting out patterns. For the
girls remember that SO far there 10 ques-
ton only OF children who are not yet ~
these few hours each week are gwen TO
sew ing and mending. to darning stockings
and the making OF baby linen. They are
encouraged so do this work for their Own
families. and any extra work goes 10 the
founding asylams.
Finally. In all these primary schools
every one has to learn some drawing and
the elements of singing. After the age OF
~ years there are still many OF the pupils
who do not wish or are not able 10 take
the fail aud formal course OF the high
schools properly SO called, aud vet their
parents would like to see them still for q
time under instruction. For all these. up
60 the age OF i5 what are called compile
mentary courses are opened in each of
these primary schools. These are for the
advanced mathematics aud natural
sciences. especially in their practical.
everyday applications, for bookkeeping
and the modern languages tpraetieaiiy
limited TO German and Engllshl Tor
drawing. and. fortunately. only a
! little more music. Bat what is
most curious of the whole Paris
public school system is the amount
aud variety of attention that now. more
than ever. is given 10 practical working
with the hands. With the boys this has
not gone tar beyond good cabinet work. as
ANYTHING else would turn the school into =
trade apprenticeship. Bat the natural
trade of al girls ~ housekeeping. Ac-
corsiingty. they are not only taught all
kinds OF sewing. but they receive special
/ lessons IN the cutting oat and making up
| Of clothes This is no longer limited. as
| in the old times. TO cutting down their
fathers trousers into kuieAer lockers for a
younger brother. but 1t comprises most af
| tie secrets al Partisan dressmaxlng up 10
| thu fall-tohed princesse, with the rev
spr!ng haanet This Is SD much the case
| that the brighter students are dispensed
| from a year OF their apprenticeship IN the
| great commercial workshops OF real life.
their families.
/ sriy called the housekeeping classes.
/ These we're begun, during tao hours on
i THURSDAYS only, In one central school of
| each ward. But they have nov teen ex-
tended 10 each Of the larger public schools.
4 special teacher explains systematically
some branch Of domestic econouy~~the
/ qualities o; foods and drinks. the ele-
/ raemtary principles of cooking and pFoYld
/ ing for household necessities. the concccs-
ing q teas and simple remedies for sick
ness. washing and ironing. heating and
/ lighting. and all that eonceFns the man
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