New-York tribune., 1903-05-27
DOMESTIC ARTS DISPLAY.
Educational Exhibit of Interest at
Teachers College.

when was locking into the subject OF trades
for girls what you suppose II all the manu-
1acturers united IN saying TO me? asked Professor
Nary s Woolmau she was arranging some minia-
1--e beaded uaoccasins. which TO form part Of
the domestic display II the educational exhibit
- Teachers College and Horace Mann Schools
which began last night and lasts through the 18th
They al said: Girls haven't skill enough TO do
the best kinds OF work. Girls never want to DO
anything neT-they just keep on repeating and
repeating the old styles and the old methods Girls
lack interest IL their work-they do just enough TO
earn = small wage for a little while, but they do
not love thet- work, and only 90 il TO I'll in the
tine III they get married
New" said Mrs. Woolnan-and by this tine she
was Jacktng up z lovely white bead chain against
the sage green buriap background-'noT. II is that
sort OF thing only in children not grown girls. that
are trying 10 combat IN work in this depart
ment- Everything teach touches the home and
through the home society II also shows the craft
side OF household art and how to apply IL Here
for instance, Is pair OF shoes made by a fourth
grade child II the Speyer School She couldn't sew
very wei, but she did everything herself, and now
she Is IN position make pair ot shoes for her
baby sister, y need be. When she grows Up she
VIII know that there is market for shoes, and
she VIII value good work and insist On having IL
Children can understand simple processes; they
have the impulse 70 DO. So teach them on actual
things
n the art schools they VIII keep student max
ing designs for impossible wall papers. Here we
teach them 10 make something that they can use
however simple 1t may be and however poorly they
may do it We are trying TO teach our girls, who
are going 70 be teachers in their turn, how 10
foster this love of doing IN the children who come
under their influence. so that OF them at least
people won't say. on. you never can get them 10
t-y anything new. They don't care pin for their
work Do you seer
Among the new things taught at Teachers Col
icge This wear have been knitting, crochet and up
hoLslsry- TIE idea mas been develop as many
different kinds Of simple things as possible for
children 70 DO. first teaching them 10 the young
women Of Teachers College, who will them
selves be- teaching II the course Of year or two
Here is z pair Of window curtains OF white point
d'esp-it- The children viii be taught TO cut them
Of. hem them. make the shirring at the top and
the little cord and tassels Of rafa. Here is por-
7iere Of bUrlap- Il is copied from Bagdad rug
hcrool looms Those miniature clalr covers cosy
corner cushions and mattresses are other parts OF
SEe Rhole and Detlnd them Iles an the "oIIo o.
"Oue great difficulty says Mrs Woolman, mas
H"ays IAN N the home olsh maze 9 Lll7 no. ~
1ney nave every reason FOR maj ing the most out o
what they have, yet what unecononic creatures
faey are and how little they know what they are
ABOUT i they could begin IN chllqhoou 70 Iedll
the value Of textiles, and how they have mace
ao unTnade cities and ali that lies at the PACK OF
IaeLn thrOISh Jhelr erect on le Estt4C :
don't you think Il would make difference when
they grew Up and had buy textiles on their own
account nope Al al events "hfn IHe
Eho are 10 be taught by the pupils OF IeacLers
oi-ege grow Up they viii Insist on honesty IN "llaI
laey Buy The SIX trade mas peeh FllIleo II Il re re
Eponse 70 wo-nen's insistence on cheap silks Inere
is nothing dishonest in wanting q cheap siik-tne
dishonesty cones II selling q shcdcy SIX Tor a
good SIX Training along these lines viii not only
make women more economical bUt see what tfe
ethical effect viii society"
The exhibit C the domestic art department con
fsirs some natural grass baskets worked oul IN
enatTalag new combinations, 5lch as EloIet - lsi5.
pine needles and cornstraw- Then there is coarse
canvas work by which some Of the coInnoLlT[ comm ne
ltles aEe taught; cane seating I1s -
hrooery sketches Of original designs as appIieo 10