New-York tribune., 1902-08-14
VACATION SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
WORK OF HUNDREDS OF THE CITY's
CHILDREN ON VIEW.

DO you see the purple crown have made
That * what one little six-year-od in letters Of
generous size has written beneath his purple paper
crown mounted the exhibition board al Naca-
+on School No. 25 Vacation School No. 35 is AZ No
,so ch-vstie-st II is a crowded neighborhood, and
..-e has been an attendance OF between 600 and
m every 6av this summer. There might have been
double that. had the Board Of Education provided
accommodation Two thousand children registered
fbe first day. Especially in the kindergarten did
+bev swarm The entire building might have been
rorve-tes into one mighty kindergarten had the
board SO elected. but accommodations for on'y one
hundred toddlers had been provided. and hundreds
and hundreds Of aspiring and disappointed babies
were turned sadly away from the door
7 requires no stretch Of The Imagination TO con-
oefre Of ambition as finding Judgement in the breast
of the Jewish infant The Hebrew child is mace
u Of ambition His mind reaches out 10 grasp
everything that comes within its reach, and his
fingers fashion the charming things in the manual
training course with marvellous skill and speed
There was only one cry from ali the teachers at
No IS Yesterday The only trouble Is TO get mate
rial enough TO keep them busy
s'I don't know whether Il IS because these cflI-
5ren come from families the needle trades. and
50 have an inheritance Of manual skin. OF not
sid one teacher. but certain # is have never
seen children work so well and so rapidly
one can believe II when he sees the Work eXhio-
tied Elementary sewing, fine needlework and mil
Hnery are taught 70 the girls, basketry and whit
fling TO the boys with kindergartens, designing and
hrush work for mixed classes
THEY MAKE sUNBONNETs
7, the elementary sewing class, under Miss Nc
en- little girls Of eight and nine hav made beauti-
fr,l laundry bags. shoe bags, sweeping caps BED
na5s sunbou-ets and hemsttched white aprons
They have hemmed and fringed towels ana Put
many rows Of cording in their dainty niue sun
tonnets They have made harnTnocks ana si1oP-
ming bags Of kuotted cord. and many oain'y H."e7
ike napkfn rings and twine balls. in which they
have combined sewing with raffia- TWO little girls
were in the room long after the class haG oeen us
missed fnaustriously weaving On the htte hsho-
looms which have been introduces 'Nls -,
and not till the teacher insisted that they should
90 ~ their dinners did they reluctantly leave tFelr
work
G. @ss..,a+es Old the children in this class be
o,-oe with the weaving that II was cohtlIi1s1
80 7-sal-s instead Of one as originally intended
-. .-,,-,-0f5A-x classes unde- Miss Hoffman
49, a-tee Eearrey. there is an astonishing array
~ attractive things. quaint designs II ou','i-7
stitched On habies' bibs, initials on toweis 1@zhFT
s+,+c-4rz and ecaI'onire on flannel French knots
-,s-l+rg and embroidery proper applied to al
manner of PURPOSES. There was drawer " run
~ DAINTY little reed-eboozs OF pin balls with ohY
forget--ne-rots OF other small flowers on me VIM.
oo,-a-e There were 6oilies and centTeTleces OF
white linen magazine covers. picture frames ana
sofa ri1fovrs Of colored denim. embroidered WIN
74r5 -oses daisies yellow and white. or with the
5ewel design
:, a-o-,,er room a stately doll upon the teach
bo-e herself with all the dignity proper
n the model for q whole class fun Of ambitious
ro,,,p r7tllirers Some OF the girls were deity
fash;onins hats for themselves Of The variety
called ping pong" the large white canvas hat
which the late summer brought forth The rest
were making all manner Of hats fo' that blessed
4ou f-ora the airy confection Of August 10 the
solid velvet Of nidwinter. Some were exceeding
" tasteful Almost any girl in this class VIII
oe aoie 70 Ti4sre q llat o I-aree T-1Tn the start
II millinery shops instead OF glEITg some nlorts Us
Of apprenticeship without pay MISS huhh Is ue
Oger in another room a company. of boys ap-
pesred amid q cloud OF reeds ano rushes. pig
baskets little baskets and middle sizeo baskets
BRAIDED straw and rush: luncheon BASKETS. work
baskets waste baskets; mats brush oToonl h; TOT,
baskets. haT-r-ocks and trays: straw co,oTed oas-
kets. green baskets, red basket and triped
DONE WITH A POTATO KNIFE
and II another oom there was brown eyed
girl with a knife in her hand. The weapon ac-
corded III WIKI her engaging smile. but she said
il was only q potato knife Witt this humble
TOOL the boys in one make all manner Of
TraIS5boTes and picture frames and an sorts of
boxes. They whittle out the pieces put theIa
finished product with water colors Sometimes
g aars desg Ro on J6b6s6 6hf S9Ia6e t6e @ sruco
displayed with much pride book rack, which is
boys and carved on the ends with lotus motive
Al Il:3o they gathered in the assembly room & Tor
children contributed what they pleased 10 the pro-
learned IN school during the regular schooI year
Several Of that great aSSeuablage OF thln- Keen
dark young faces with their black eyes and dis
tnctly foreign types. gave the same old pieces that
al good Americans spoke WheL they were young
and went 70 the little red schoolhouse. ana car
ried their dinner in tin pail little girl began
the old familiar lines,
We were crowded in the cabin
Not a soul would dare TO sleep
boy little fellow with close cropped head;
strobe 10 the platform and announced the title OF
MS selection The bovhood OF Hiawatha-' Then
ne stopped short. His eye glazed over, The hSnd-
lsh thing had from him. after the oleDollca!
fashion OF pieces when one gets on the stage.
The boys. with the OF hunor that dlstin-
grishes the sex. began 10 laugh PRINCIPAL smith
stopped them with a word. Has IL run away from
you. my boy2" he asked kindly. But the little fel-
low game. The glaze left his eye He glared at
his colleagues and then hurled at them the opening
lines Of
Then the little HawaJha-
And so the American pub ic school goes on, teach
Ing the children of the foreign quarters. not only
TO make baskets and hats, bur 70 know the songs
and literature Of their country
CORONATTON HEADGE1K
One II the curious freaks % the coronation fes-
tvit3es the outbreak OF astounding headgear
seer he Of he seal IN