The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-15
PUPILS LEARN IN
MAKING GIFTS
School Tots Are Labnring to
GLADDEN. Others.
HEAD AND HEART EDUCATION
RESULTS PROVING sATIsFACT-
DRY TO TEACHERS.
HEAD AND HEART EDUCATION

While the receiving Of gifts is thought
10 be the idea dppermost in the child
mind at this time Of the year. the giving
Is made a special feature of the season
In all the training and the work in the
schools the few weeks preceding the
schools. from the kindergarten up
through all the grades. are deVOting
themselves 20 the work Of making gifts
Tor either their Own loved ones or some
children less fortunate than themselves.
The little tots in the kindergarten are
busy each day constructing articles
which shall! gladden. the hearts of either
the homeless ones in the orphanages or
the children OF the free Kindergarten.
Dainty paper chains for the decoration OF
the Christmas trees. strings of pop corn
and OF bright-hued cranberries are being
laid ready for the dag when they shall
be hung I'm attractive festOons from the
tree. Little articles are being modelled IN
clay. and old toys which have suffered
a. the hands OF vigorous owners are being
repaired that they may be enjoyed again
by others.
Several Grades of Workers.
In the first four grades of the. public
schools some hours OF cdCn day are de-
voted 10 the making of gifts for others
The beginners are making picture books
of cuttings or selections. the choice hav-
Ing been made largely by themselves for
the children i'm the Orphanages. These
books are made OF cambria, neatly
whipped over and over with bright
colored wool The pages are then covered
with cut pictures and even little verses
which are carefully pasted into the pages.
other little ores are weaving baskets or
making dainty boxes for bon-bons. In
these grades also trimmings for Christmas
trees are in course of construction. Stars
are cut from cardboard and covered with
tnsel paper. and various ornaments OF
simple make are prepared and laid in
boxes TO be sent To adoru the trees for the
free kindergarten or the orphanage.
Many in these grades are busy making
gifts for the home folk. who always pre-
fer niece of the chiid's own work 10
more elaborate gift Handsome calendars
painted i'm COlOrs and showing the dates
sHlfully worked in on little handmade
tablets are among the favorite articles
for the father and mother. Besides these
there are Christmas cards varying from
the simple greeting with "A spray of holly
painted or done ia CrayOn across one cor
neT. to the brilliantly Illuminated mot
toes daintily framed in pass partout. IN
which the older boys and girls delight.
Some Like Typography.
In the manual training classes. which
In some of the schools extend down 10
the fifth grade. the bOOyS are making
coat hangers match safes. picture frames
and small boxes among the things for
Christmas. These are in many cases fin
ished IN oils and highly polished while
others have preferred TO decorate their
work with designs done in typography.
The girls are doing a great amount OF
the artistic work. although all the maxi
Ing Of the wooden articles, except in the
training school is done by the boys.
Handsome boxes Of cardboard decorated
IN water colors and tied with ribbons are
made by both boys and girls i'm one grade
In some schools. while other young people
with a passion for candy making are con-
tracting to fiji these for one Of the
orDhanages or. the free kindergarten.
great many of the articles made by
the girls in the upper grades are for gifts
at this season of the year Some of the
neat hemstitching done in the upper
grades is fine enough for the daintiest
OF handkeTchiefs and doilies. and in some
cases the older pupils have made dainty
under garments for sisters or mothers.
Aprons. either the substantial kind or the
frilled articles for ornament, are among
The favOrites.
Teachers Favor Idea.
The work has been found TO be more
satisfactorily done where the thought
prompting it is q concrete one. and the
effort means something besides the mere
setting of stitches or placing of boards.
The boys and girls engaged IN the making
of happiness for others have worked with
a more hearty cooperation and the re-
suits have heen highly satisfactory along
real educational lines.