The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-10-10

room an appearance ofelegant simplicity.
1t we cannot have these, we can have
vases of freshly cut flowers. 1t is the de-
light of the little ones to keep these vases
filled with what ever flowers are in sea-
son. In nearly every month, nature
affords MS abundant material for dccora-
ton. In the coming autumn months,
there is such a wealth of beauty and
glory out of doors. Is there anyone who
will forget or who will not care to take
some OF the autumn brightness in doors?
| What transformation may be made
IN every school room, when the autumn
treasures are brought in-the colored
leaves, the acorns, the scarlet berries,
golden rod, sumach, milk-wecd pods full
Oh SILKY beauty, grasses, cat. tails, fruit,
| vegetables, all these have a place in the
school.
With so little trouble on our part,
nature will come to us, even in our busy
hours. Train the boys so that they will
take delight i'll keeping the yard in order.
Ii we have to start with bare walls and
very little money to spend for decorations,
we can beautify our rooms little by little,
and it will be an interest and a pleasure
alike to teacher and pupils to see the i'm
provements day by day. OF course, it
takes time and thought, but when we
get the room to be SO coy and homelike
that the children love to be here, rather
than stay at home, it seems to me, we
teel fully repaid for our trouble
But with all our wall decorations, the
room will not look nice unless everything
is in order. The teachers desk should be
a model of neatness. Order for the chill
dren's desks should be insisted upon, and
no paper allowed upon the floor Just
word here as to the appearance of the
teacher. Wear your pretticst dresses in
the school room. Not old party gowns
or faded silk waists, but fresh garments,
and wear them especially on rainy days.
In this era of "rftinv dav skirts" have
also rainy day waists" but let them be
bright and pleasing. Did you ever think
how many times day pupil looks at
his teacher? Is it not worth while to fix
Zip little to make pleasing picture for
these youngeyes Many times the pretty
embarrassing or the dainty waist YOU
wear is the only bit of bright color or
dainty clothing some of the children ever
see.
Maybe there is Il little, old-faced man
on the front seat in your school room,
who gets his sole knowledge of colors
from the pinks and Colds of the morning
sky. His senses will delight in your
bright, artistic costume and right here is
Il chance to teach the older girls that a
thing need not be costly to be becoming.
They will be quick enough to notice the
beauty, and shrewd enough to reck on the
cost of things you wear.
When we reflect that the majority of
our pupils come from homes where the
regular routine is eat, work and sleep, it
will surely be labor of love to beautifv
our rooms and give them home-like APP
pearance, which cannot fail to attract
our pupils.
We live for the good and happiness of
ourselves and others, and the end of our
existence is to elevate the human race,
shat it may he more and more in harmony
with the will of the Creator. Shall we
not accomplish our mission? Shall we
not use our strength to help the weak
and lift the fallen? Let the golden mo-
ments of life be filled with golden deeds,
and let each sunset fall upon a world
made better by our having lived in it.