New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-14
SEWING IN THE SCHOOLS
INSTRUCTION THAT IS VALUABLE TIC
DAUGHTERS OF THE POOR.
AN ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT ALMOST AS I'M
PoRTANT AS THE INDUSTRIAL

PoRTANT AS THE INDUSTRIAL
TRAINING GIVEN.
"a few years from now" says Mrs Annie L.
Jessip supervisor sewing in the public Schools
there will be fewer heads hanging out OF tehe-
mept-house windows The owners OF those ne"u.
will have found something better to DO ana VII,
be doing IT, Now the majority OF the women Oh
the tenement districts know absolutely ho''',
about making or keeping in repair the cio'n'rs Vi
their families They buy for themselves ana their
children cheap, ready made underclothihs ""o"
is filled with lime, and the frst tiine 'ie e"'"
are washed they go into holes ana are WI" ~
that condition until they almost drop OIL many "
the little girls who are now learning 10 sew III INC
public schools will some time be mothers ana my
will know how 20 make their homes more COM
Portable than did their mothers. being ap'e W "'
and repair clothing for their famiiles anu "a,le
a knowledge OF textures which VIII ehape '"e'"
to live more economically and Of combinations vi
color. which will better their appear" "N0 ' "
crease their self-respect $780,
THE work In this department. Is edu a'i h'' "'"'
OF the lessons received In other departments "
here put into practice. The growth OF cotton VIZ
flax and silk. the countries from whic" my ~
obtained tho different textile fabrics maze from
each methods OF spinning weaving o'e"s ~
nrInting tho quality and quantity required i"i
different garments are all subjects whca arc oo.'
sidercd from the beginning to the eha " ~
A.. -. ,d
Madison-ave there is special room LOT Se",'e,
7, il on the ton floor is large and light iurihs"e'
with comforta BILE seats and low tables an" '"'
are now two exhibits Their" winch nav - -,
great interest to the children. one o",.e ~
Harbour Brothers shows the product OF inc ma"
Man, IN ali It's forms until 1t is spoiled and ready
for use The other Is a similar exhibit OF co''o'''
loaned by Clarke Brothers
THE ETHICAL EFFECT.
"The pupils are gaining ethicaiy' they are 'e"'.,
ing TO be industrious and helpful and' as Iu'V''
is the promote. of most evil. we are ce''ai.'' S
ing at eas' to lay a foundation for hiS"e' So
ard of morality in the women of the coming s.'
ORR .iop The good results OF the work OF the ".
nar,uent are no; confined to the pupils Inc mum
ers are benent'rg b. the instruction given ~
their daughters. This is evidenced py nc a,
appearance of the children we 90 TO mo-, mapIpcrIz,
mnnts we model them: and We 40 hot pa hromcs
nv giving cothiny There children non nP'' We
Of all i Sort I know ~ noihing OF handling needle
or pair OF scissors. Instances sucn AZ vii he less
fronuent as a result of cur work A woman ado q
sar College graduate. showed me Win ~ piu gar
n1f a Wash she had it around The
praccal @ sn N be- needed by our
Serving introduced as branch G IN s Ss7 II
training into few Of the 10 pq foe sn0S Sammar and
fourteen primary schools, and 70 twenty p Iin Ivy
efPntmen' 6 whom there are twenty-five and ten
thousand children are receiving me to everv
N.Y. la rary and grammar school in the city and
in those schools in which, for lack OF room al ana
tended 10 the three other grades of the grammar
departments In these suppementary Gases dTs hs
work has never been systematized before 49,,
Mrs. Jessup Is the hrsi fnpcr'sbo e has arranged
schedule which is in operation and the WORK i nov
uniform thTough9ut Inc an ai,otteI as in other
branches
A FoUR-YEARs' COURSE.
Sewing ,s commenced in the third grade Of the
primary. and continues through the io1f,. B'.''"'
grade making a course OF fou" years Inc LESSONS
are givea but once a week AMI for one hour. FOR
merg t. was the practice Of some OF the teachers to
use this branch in a manner which served 10 I'M
plant hatred rather than love Tor THIS mGst ''c
been inatentive for any reason had fallen under
t aSr sT sch c 20 sew III f,e n
it Impossible for ans tcacher - do tug in Iutule
81. and Madison-ave. which ha. spec'a roor 70,
sewing two other schools eacs with n room httei
SpSS T 19r 'n are To % snd Re at
West End-aye. and Eghty-frst st. the latter at
Xii new schools will IL similarly equipped
The cost Of nera Which are rnt s o each by p tne
for the entire four-years course The nrst year.
voted to famiarzins the little girls with the names
and uses of the Implements and the simplest
n nIe ed muslin Even basting and running
stitches. outlining simple geometrcal forms drawn
In this as in all other grades. each one has her
own box or envelope in which muslin. needle.
,himbe and some thread wound on card The
pride taken In this little box which Is all her own;
the delight at doing something mamma does.
ana the fac; that she Is really making something.
all give air Of dignity 10 tho tiny members OF
these classes. In the otner two grades OF the pri-
mary the work IL correlated as IA as possible with
the drawing AMI color work. and little finished gar
ments for dolls gu; ana made. In the i've
shrtwast TO haf-inch scale IL taught. ard the
garments made and finished. The finishing en-
bodies all the lessons received in the various grades
upon seams bias and straight. hens. fe,s. facngs.
ovcrcasting gathering sewing on bands and buttons
and botton-ho.s makiog.
REWARDS OF MERIT
"There Is" says Mrs. Jess -. mo observable
difference in tia quali''As OF work done In uptown
and downtown schools. The little Italians OF Null
bcrry-st. show especial aptitude, and tn" results
obtained from them remarkable. When. in
each grade the required tasks hav" been com
plctcd. and there always some OF the class
who do this much sooner than others, what Is
called busy work is given out In the lower
grades this consists of doll- clothes babys b.bs,
| etc In the higher grades. hem stitching feather
stitching. KcNSiEgton and other fancy stitches ere
Taught and some very prettv articles arc made:
Frequently the lessons which have been received
in designing are here brouGh' into practical use.
and the results are most satisfactory"
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