The sun., 1903-02-08
WHEN THE CHILDREN DRAW
BUDDING ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
~ THE KINDERGARTEN.
the Small Girl who wanted 10 Depict the
Interest M0mmer Mustn't Draw Cut
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Children who have not attained the age
Of years are not admitted to grade
work in the public schools. II their par
ents insist on sending them to school they
are placed in the kindergartens. whore
they may enjoy the blessings OF the games
and symbolic exercises provided for them
there.
In almost every instance the child enter.
INK the kindergarten asks for pencil and
paper and declares that lie or ale wants
70 draw pictures some OF the results
are amusing, ii nothing else.
Few Of tine children select human beinge
IA a subject for sketching. The majority
turn to animals, principally Of the domestic
order, and nine ont OF ten Of the children
tell the tea cher that they are going to draw
81 Of Z chickens foot. some Of the chiidreu
accomplish things which would do justice
to those whose mind, eye and hand have
their work that they are naturally students
In the assembling Of the different objecte
In the picture there Ia often produced
is an attempt at filling in the foreground
and backeround almost as II the little
picture makers had studied under ex-
perienced tutors. But the majority Of
The pictures produced by the iht!e tote
Of the lower classes are merel y funny.
One little boy In School 6s, at Eush-
wick avenue ami Koscit sko street. BROOKE
lyn, was asked by his teacher to draw 3
picture Of horse. After he had worked
with the pencil for an hour the teacher
tried to look at the paper he was drawing
on. The small boy tore 1t up and began TO
why. wiuie.- said the teacher: what
on earth is the matter with your,
81 could only get two legs on him.. sobbed
Willie. His other legs was behind thsm
In Public School 40 at Irving avenue and
Harmon street. Brooklyn. boy who was
told to draw picture Of COW drew pto.
ture of a barn. Wien tie teacher asked
about the COW she was told that It was IN
! the harm and she could not see II becauro
ne had forgotten in drawing the picture
and had shut the barn door.
child in the Primary Department OF
School o2 In Broone street. was asked by
her eachcr what she would like best to draw.
After heetating a minute she answered:
my mamme told my papa last might e
bank. and my papa lighted with her about
One Of the teachers In the Primary. De.
mart msnt Of School 05 In Chryetie street
directed The Dupllf III neT CthrS 10 uTuW IN
elephant. Wlon she collected the drawings
she found that In most Of them tho pupil
had drawn an object with four. legs and he
aide II what appeared to be box When
ale ques, ioned the children about the boz
rart of the picture they expls ined In turn
| that II was ths elspant s trunk and asked
| Il elephants dilnt carry trunks when travels
ling.
classes the pupils were told TO draw some
ure OF a woman hitting a man on the head
with a pitcher. Asked to explain. he said:
THAT q mommer hittin' pop last night
cause he spent her Saturday night money
The subjects the children portray. how:
ever. are only limited by their power OF
| vision and Imagination. The child who
| has spent the summer at the seashore wll
draw a crab. working In every detail. ana
showing himself to he close observer.
| The child who has lived in. the country
| will draw rabbits or Landscapes. Tho
| child brought up in the tall tenement usually
selects a cat or makes a record OF some
trivial event Witnessed in his home.
| In School is in Fifth street, where many
| Of the pupils are the children Of Socialists.
| one of the teachers asked the pupils In her
| class to draw anything they liked baS-
teen Of the children drew pictures repre-
senting strikes tween the ~orkingmen
| an the boss
| In another section Of the city where the
streets are jammed with the carts OF italian
| fruit venders Ii School 23 at Bayard and
| Mulberry streets. There the children de-
| likht most In drawing pictures Of the street
| venders engaged In rows with their GUS
| TONERS.
| But In all Of the primary schools the cat
A~ems to be the favorite subject .dots.
| chickens and horses coming next In favor.
| And In almost every instance there Ia an
individuality in each picture produced
| whi,h Aist N o,liahos IL from the work dOno
| bv other child artists.