Omaha daily bee., 1896-09-01
house by Charles Cox and Minnie, Bennett

house by Charles Cox and Minnief Bennett
respectively.
The nature work from he Forest and
Train schools in the fourth. grade consists
Of ffteen-minute work. and, although the
work is naturally hurried, 1t is generally
excellent. Omaha View makes a showing
Of charcoal sketches, Leavenworth Of OBJ
jects in pencil, and Dodge OF the same, with
one or two drawings OF vegetables. In
the third grade are shown = tea set
by John Wood and a pitcher by Irene Hospe,
both Of the Cass school. NepeS McCan
of the Windsor has a very interesting de-
velopment OF a hemisphere into an Es-
quimauX's house in pencil, and some char
coal and model work from the Train school
follows.
The first and second grades consist gen.
orally Of small children, and the bulk OF
their exhibit Is of cuttings. There is a
little pencil work from Lake and CASTELAR,.
Many Of the cuttings are very interest
ing, when the age OF the workers Is re.
membered. and among them are figures of
a hen with a brood of chickens, a trolley
car complete and various animals and out
of-door objects.
WORK OF THE INFANTS.
The undergraduates have hit upon a
very pretty idea for their exhibit, Each
school was given one month in the year
and allowed to arrange a design represent
ing that month. Many OF the designs arc
decidedly original, and when they are hung
together they form a very novel almanac.
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swers for January, a portrait of Washing
ton, with various fanciful and patriotic
decorations by pupils Of the Long kinder
garten, represents February, and the Web
ster furnished the March spectacle. This
includes cuttings of trees swaying in the
wind, fying geese, windmills and willow
buds just peeping out. April is Illustrated
by water colors of the earliest flowers by
the Kellom infants. and an array of newly
hatched chickens, ducks and butterflies from
the Pacific kindergarten indicates the com
ing of May. The remainder OF the year Is
similarly illustrated. the legendary Incl
dentals of each month being reproduced by
the children in paper cuttings ana fancy
work. LePvenworth paints June in the col
ors of daisies and morning glories, ana
Comenius gives an unmistakable indica>
ton of he arrival of July by huge fire
crackers, miniature flags and similar de-
signs. The remaining months are indi-
Gated with equal originality by the Cass,
Mason, Lake and CASTELAR, kindergartens.
The manual training department shows a
comparatively new feature of the Omaha
schools. Although space is afforded for
only a very limited showing of what has
been accomplished in this department, 1t Is
sufficient to attract more than a little at
tontion, and Prof. Wigman is kept busy eX-
planning by what means he has taught the
boys to accomplish such results. One table
shows the detail work. which the pupils OF
the department are taught during eight
months of the year. This is comparatively
unintercsting, and the most attractive part
of the exhibit shows the experiments which
they are allowed to attempt during the re-
naming two months of the school year, in
order to show to what extent they have
profited by their instructions. A glass case
ems vases cake dishes. card receivers,
otr which have heen manufactured out of
msn,e Mahogany ebony, holly, amaranth
nd snokawood nleesing combination of
cnIors is obtained hv using different yarl-
otios 81 wonJ in thn same niece. and to the
Tonoroi observer The work appears perfect.
AZ ono Side is a small space. which con
+,ins tbo more nretentious products of the
Janartnent Here the bows have been al
Inn,od r. avarcise their ingenuity to the
INIT and some of the nieces are really re.
r,nrLo Mo anrnIee of fne cabinet work. One
nf tha frct things to catch. thei eve is a
bardsop,a cbaes table in hard woods. of sew
n%aI oniors ana This has a history that is
not without nm element of sadness. l;
w. made Inv VIII Gardner as a birthda,.
nrosomt for bis father the late Dean Gard
pt nr ) II re- ns n vast amount Of pains.
taLirn ond ~ moan derree, of skill. But
1900 Tho birthday came the father had
been called higher and to the many friends
~ tbo FAMILY who recognize the table it
~ noiEful recollection
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Another chess tapie OF eIIai woI Ia
snip was cohstructeu "! HoIana iia"e.'
and another, very similar ny ShuieS hoot
me most elaborate Pleee ~ ~
is a COMBINATION chess; paHhsanim no tnt
cllbDase taple III WhlGn Mhl aInod %o
Accomplished What IS "iiIoss enotrie' ~ -
called a WORK ol arr, IonHains W.
varieties OF nara "oous, anu e'els i'm IT, az %
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