The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-19

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him that study can DO nssociated- with toys.
that each child Is at tho same distance from
srescondo' either on the violin, the hoTrp, Or win
his hand when no notices an increase In tho
force OF the sound.
nard picked up half q dozen wooden strips of
b%ration.. It was hard to tn which was the
higher. but one quickly found that the shorter
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then distinguish between the pitch Of The vari.
GU. pieces. Even older persons, and those who
enjoy mnsici too find 1t hard to do 60 quickly
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he struck with a little wooden hammer such as
any boy could whittlc out,
can buy, and with WshieS he ea cam have any 3 S er,nt
deal. of amusement,i IL no ouly learns how. When
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Another experiment is with v glasses. I,partiy
] alternately. asking for the difference in pitch.
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"Finally are the experiments In compound
sound. Have three or four children sing a com:
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usually can do that. Then have three voices
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voices are singing the same note; or whether
two voices are singing the same note, while the
and have the children tell whether the Voices
are mounting toT mssI or Or descending Ura.s IN T, pitch: Have
with the piano and have them ,gisEf out tho
different notes in a simple chord. They can. do
it. after some practice. with a chord OF three
notes. but when 1t comes to five or six notes few
persons can do 1t. You can multiply the exer-
clses indefinitely and the process is almost as
THE first thing to do in training the sense Of
sight Is to teach The child what he re.lly sees.
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almost everything that is visible. He. thinks no
sees 1t all at the same time; Now tell him to AZ
and then nsk him what he sees. He sees the point
on the sidewalk, and that is all. Oh, yesl now he
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comes to the point he, is looking at and he sees
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That point at which he is looking Is the point
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Only. W. shift 1t with such incredible swiftness
that we think we see everything at once.
Next train him how to use the muscles of his
eyes. The eye naturally moves at right angles.
SO the systematic way Of looking would be to go
u the right side Of the scene. across the top.
down the left, and across the bottom. Repeat
this In concentric squares and you will have
seen everything that Is visible in what you hnp-
pen to be looking at That will be an exercise
In form. Now let us TAXI color. Did you ever
hear of Peppers ghostf Pepper was a man who
invented a ghost for the stage. The figure was
below the stage, and his image was reflected. by
means of a strong light, on a sheet Of plate,
glass. which was suspended. at an angle, over
the opening in the floor through which the
reflection came. The audience could see the
people o the stage walking back of the ghost.
whose image on the glass was transparent.
Well. ! have put Peppers ghost to use in edu-
cation" -,
Mr.. Barnard showed some exceedingly beauti.
full experiments with his adaptation OF Pep
per's ghost, and some still more won -erful color
workings with a simple invention of his own for
the combining and separating of colors. The
simplicity and ingenuity of all his methods were
noticeable, and the results shown by his records
were truly, remarkable, Mr.. Barnard seems to
have found an untravelled path which he has
made straight and easy as well as inviting.