Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-30
beol Days Soon to Open


pleasure Of Inc pasttlla ana Indicate
the progress that has been made. y
reaular aa.e co--es $ - -.
..r4s - - es..I5. s-..e.-.
pe.l..,. #tta cat--1ooz ovutaaa on
tsert# in black, 2a:.h a.@aasem n nrs
-. 9a=e& q more advanced ce@a2 -
s!s'.i ea the part ul ~, 5nminm.ye
hoe - Ea= Ga maas.
t,.-.1 l@o@ It, no. to trace. Eut draw
.,>9 got OF II ga.tous sGyt-.
ms ao',r.
s:eaee esae& sea ia aaa
eet5s#=ee. -aaatl4 ~ 5iseernea in ~
rHareeeee e5 tae aste5ial SET f55tH
among the sehool supplies f. ue
Shows. J@et 4 present tAe jmpoEtaag
If aal@s s5f2s as a=faetor in tha eaa p.
lea af t.se >auag is 5e.a2 insisted 0Ec=
y t-za2rists and as consequence
-@re are sll sorts Of appliances IGI
.2=s'@tus and training the calas
sense of t&e child. Colored drawing
cr&y ot5 foreign and domestic. com
ia ..-@a& forms-solitary sticks, small
44sez If oolored crayons, varyias js
2c0 Der, some paper-coyerea, Others ia-
serted in Wood so that they look Ike
a.2atar lead pencils.
Fer embryonic Rembrandts and Rap
naeIs are numerous kinds Of boxes Of
water color paints which vary in e!e-
ganee Of makeup and eXtensiveness Of
equipment according to the cost, but
i l.; surprising for how small sun
can lie bought a box Of water colof:
for child-the box OF japanned tir
and the colors in little pans, together
with the requisite brushes-reaily {
box quite like the full-hedged artist
uses Palettes, brushes, thumb tacks
sketch books and tablets, boxes o.
compasses, all come adapted for chill.
dren's use.
Once possessed of the colors ana
brushes, it is not hard to get things tc
paint. There is, for instance, set
of cards outlined with illustrations o.
Mother Goose and the popular fairy
tales, such as Cinderella. Little Jack
Horner, Bo-Peep, Red Riding Hood,
etc. with accompanying directions tel
ling lust how they should be colored.
But perhaps the small boy gives
gIimmering traces OF an inheritance OF
the sculptor,s genius. He may not be
a Raphael of painting, but he may
promise future Michael Angelo OF
sculpture. For him are wooden mod
cling tools and boards. Artists clay
is prepared in dry bricks and there Is
a clav-four which is made of artists
clay, very finely powdered by special
process said to insure quick and salts
factory mixing.
Once the curriculum began to ex-
pynd beyond the three Rs development
is rapid. We hear a great deal about
nature study and science work as a
part of the school training of the boys
and girls of today. A magnlfylng
glass can be bought for Very llt'!s,
and if a boy is interested in bugs or
girl tn flowers its possession VIII mean
not only much pleasure but genuine III
te1lee7ual profit. Kodaks have done
much toy -rd getting boys into friend
" relations with nature, and who can
measure the value of the lessons they
have learned from that great teacher?
Picture making, mineral, botanical
stamp and postal card collections are
among the most popular ways in which
Juvenile enthusiasm for collecting
things" find an outlet, and the Shops
are ready with suggestions as 10 no"
these various hobbies may be given
an educational trend.
The question of the school iuncn
brings up the problem how to carry 1t,
Tin lunch boxes come that can be
folded up in very compact and con-
yenieut form after the contents are
aisnosed Of The folding school lna
box is also made of clotIi-covered paste
hoard Pretty little lunch baskets are