The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-20

be an Inspiration to those who enjoyed
the pleasure Of her acquaintance or
correspondence. The sympathy of line
fraternity is extended to the Nineteenth
Century club and to the family so sore
ly bereft.
Mrs. Henry Kessler, wife of Colonel
Kessler of the LIST Montana, now sta
toned at Cavite. Philippine Islands.
was a welcome visitor to the Woman's
club on Wednesday.
Milwaukee will be the place of met
ing OF the mex iennial of the General
Federation of Women's clubs. There is
some talk of changing the date of meet
ing from May or June to September or
October. Welcome news to those who
have sweltered through the previous
meetings at Philadelphia, Chicago,
Louisville and Denver
art in the Public Schools was the
subject of a paper recently read by Mrs.
Clinton II. Moore before the Homer
club, Butte. Mrs. Moore's paper was
not only an entertaining one, but as
its author intended il to be, a practical
paper. showing the place art occupies
in the public schools of the country.
the influence of artistic surroundings
upon the mind and character of the pu-
pills and the share the women's clubs
have had in inducing various school
boards to adopt this study, and in beau
tifying the rooms of the public schools
by means of reproductions of famous
paintings and sculpture. Club women
can do much to improve the public
schools by doing h every good cit
lien should do. by being actively inter-
ested in the work and on the alert TO
supplement the efforts of the teachers.
Mrs. Moore. in part, said: IF a great
national art Is ever to be developed in
this country II must come through an
appreciative people. n artists are be-
ginning to believe that the simplest
and surest way to this end is by edu-
eating the children in our public
schools. In the beneficent movement
for the enrichment of school life now
taking place in America, the adornment
Of the rooms by means of pictures and
sculpture has Justly received much at
tention: from Maine to California there
seems TO be a general awakening. The
object Is to bring the child into the
presence of what is best in art during
the formative period. when ne will be
most susceptible to the influence of en-
vironment. This IL no longer a din
cult task. as reproductions In plaster.
photographs. photographers. etchings
and e~ngravings are plentiful and can
be obtained at comparatively trifing
expense.
We are confronted with the argument
and IL cannot be denied that IL is a
forcible one. that the time OF a great
majority Of public school pupils is very
limited. therefore II should be given
entirely to those subjects which later
will assist in solving the bread and but
ter problem. From a practical stand
point IL IL my firm conviction that a
knowledge Of drawing will be OF great
er service to the average boy or girl
I'm earning a livelihood than either
geography or grammar. Every me-
chanical task IL performed with an idea
Of beauty and symmetry. The marble
worker Of Italy furnishes nobler and
grander work than many who. In other
countries. style themselves sculptors.
He has inherited the artistic taste, the
workshop supplies his training, his en-
vironment furnishes his deals.
Mrs. Moore rave in. detail the work OF
the Minnesota club women and the art
and literature department of the wom-
ans club of Denver. closing with the
expressed hope that the club women Of
Butte would emulate the good work OF
their fellow club ONE
The Atlas club met Friday afternoon