New-York tribune., 1905-07-12
ALL LOOK HAPPY.
In Largest Public School in World
Tots Lore to Play at Work.

outside Of the biggest school building IN the
,,o-ld. Public School No. IsS yesterday broling.
ts,s.er4ng sun beat down the sizzling stones OF
Fast H0uston-st and stirred Up unclean odors
side were cool stone and thick stone walls
"a I'd II the fourth story, where the summer
.,,ssss were IN session. little wandering breezes
stole n %1th breath OF life in them No wonder
fbat wren The Tribune reporter asked some
n the boys yesterday why they went 70 school In
suusmerune they frankly replied: Because ir.s
cool"
a story said the principal Well II YOU can
stand tbe racket long enough guess you can get
one"
Fsve hundred or six hundred boys were taking
ntfle mild preliminary exercise before school BY
jumping over saThorses. standing on their heads
sn6 yelling Ike forty steam sirens at once They
were al shirrwaist boys. and one there was whose
shirt hung free and untTamnlelled his trousers
one curly headed babe IN blue overalls had dis
usnsed entirely with any such superfuitv as n
shirt the bib and suspended attachment OF his
oyeraus leaving the arms and shoulders OF his small
persoE comfortably naked Knit undershirts too
form mighty comfortable small boy wear for this
weather. and, chosen sleeveless and as gauzy and
eecoete as possible are the popular thing for
zer school
one sturdy youth wore Z shirt waist OF proper
form, rkickly sewn with buttons around its lower
edge. But alas, the buttons on the waist and the
buJtonholes on the trousers failed in some way 10
connect. and the latter hung precariousIy by one
was obliged tearfuIly 10 gather them up in one
hand, woman gathers up her skirt
CARPENTRY THE FAvORTTE
A whistle sounded shr1ly over all the tumuIt and
the boys ranged themselves in line marked time
and then marched brfskly away upstairs. On the
wire nett,lg that ran across the basement were
printed signs announcing chair Gaming. nature
stucy. art study. fret saving. whiting shopwork
Venetian iron. basketry. Each line formed facing
the card bearing the name Of its trade. In beyond
were the girls cards They advertised elementary
sewing. embroidery. dressmaking, millinery knit
ting. crochet, basketry. domestic science.
Every child that goes 10 vacation school chooses
hs own occupation Perhaps that was the reason
they al looked happy and contented The favorfte
par excellence among the boys was "shopwork"
which IS simply plain carpentry. The charms Of
whiting and a fret pale before those OF car
pentsTs bench full Of tools Only the boys Of more
artistic tastes in for Venetian iron and basketry
though later In the term. when their companions
see what attractive things made from the
flexible iron some OF the young carpenters wish TO
change their occupation
MILLINERY FASCINATING
Among the girls the millinery department
walked couteuptuously ahead OF al others No
cunning little gas fats Up the top OF the build
ing. no meals cooked and eaten no aIlurfnR pros-
Dect OF dresses 70 be made tor ones self or ones
baby, could vie with the delights OF that room
where hats were growing under skilruI fingers
The spirit OF Grand-st hoVsrs over this whole sec
don The millinery classes are always larger than
any other among the girls. Tots who can hardly
Walk toccleo IN yesterday, and gravely signifed
lnelE desire 70 make hats. At a school on Riving-
uon-st last summer a hundred girls poured into
the millinery class. Many Of the girls have a
EhreWd eye 70 learning the millinery trade when
Iey enter the class Several Of them were taken
On as apprentices on a note from their teacher a.
ne close OF the last sumner term Others save
so-l1 cash oy making their hats and those Of
SISTERS OLAeiS even sell hats their friends
VINE the tiny girls rejoice hats FOR their dolls
1.sy MAKE the frames Of wire, cover them with
1ella ana Ihen Trim them.
-ne secate HtIle mothers. those who only zvirb
NIla4 sllC Cir1cGlty get away from my he fx' -
stteno summer schoq mainly chose the embroidery
--.S lazy WOu4o graD al q hat, and doubt
less spoil Il But q bit Of embroidery can ne
HoIssl on while the baby maps, and washed II he
- 1-1 LttI.i4e Kan on IL Tie nrEt day OF school
tAey received babies bibs 10 en- broider m olIfIfna
p red thread. They We're told 10 pencil their own
1Ss-ks upon Ile DIhs, and nearly ali Incorporated
a word Baby" embroidered the noor Iif.Ia
mothers their bibs; Darling was q freouert
legend, and had embroidered Esther b wits
q picture Of Esther B. above II.
II the dressn1aklng room they were making cute
-ltt!e heFnstltched white aprons, and they viii
themselves before the term is over. IN the knit
ing room they were knitting washrags, and viii
make babies socks and sacks and bootees and
psrucoats before the school adjourns The sewing
class was making duster bags. The nature study
e.4ss was feeding frogs and watering geraniunns
me arr class had DuIIercups and daisies stuck in
The desks before il and sketching them.
one boy was putting cOnventlonalizsd daisy heads
INTO squares Tor an OlclOth design All were
busy bees and apparently as cOntented as chill
creD could be. Little discipline Is needed in the
vacation school. The children are there because
they want 70 De there Twelve hundred pupils vol
unfairly go 10 Public School No ISS in the morn
.nE- Three thousand frequent Il in the afternoon
more including parents and infants visit the roof
garden aI night. The shower baths in the base
lSs IS doing its best alleviate the drawbacks OF
an East Side summer