Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-21
seIf.helpful men and women.

an sbsordity and an anarehonism in
the strenuous and rushing life Of to-
day, there is a growing recognition. Of
other and more useful and practical
equipments for the modern man and
womnn The writer, who has only a
public school education, was given the
advantage Of being brought up to
work in the garden, to care for cows
pigs and chickens, and hence had some
training that many children do not
receive. He is inclined to believe that
the domestic duties learned as part
of the home life were fully as valu.
able as what he learned in school. The
steadying influence Of industry can
not be overlooked as a valuable part
Of education Education without in
dustry, or the habit Of application to
useful work, is a farce at best, as it
creates desires, notions that render
the individual discontented. The pub
lie school or any school is predicated
on the fact that every home cannot
supply the opportunity for learning the
common branches. SO every home will
not train the child in habits Of indus
| try-wil ] not teach those common
branches of labor on which happy,
contented life az head of a family so
much depends.
What should be taught in the pub
lie schools to make man or woman
better citizen, n more useful father
or motheri We should include sew
ing gardening cooking and manual
trades. at least so far as woodwork.
The girl who can handle tools has a
sixth sense-a perceptive power and
a grasp on things in general that can
never be obtained in any other way.
SO the boy or girl who knows how to
plant and care for growing things has
"A relation to the useful and beautiful
things of creation that will be a
means Of salvation under many cir
cumstances The boy or girl who
knows how to prepare food in a sci
entifc and economically correct man
ner will never go without well-pre-
pared food. There are those who want
their daughters 10 be above sewing for
a living, who want them to have
business or art education, forgetting
that needlework is an art in itself,
let us look into the many kinds Of
needlework that a competent worker
with the needle and shears ought to
know. Here is an enumeration of the
same, with many Of the kinds Of
stitches that are used today;
Stocking web stitch; rolled hem;
overland patch hem patch; flannel
seams; dorothy seams; buttonholes aud
darniug; stocking darning; linen darn.
ing; French hem stitch; mitred stitch;
thrce-cornered darn; blind hem stitch;
slip stitch hem; gathering, gauging
gussets; placelets; bias seams; match
ing stripes crosswise; lengthwise;
hemstitehiug towels putting on tapes
hemstitched unlcsj Gathering taking
up a'hem; carrying up a seam; basting
stitches; French seam; back seam;
half back; overcastmg; fell seam;
hem seam; ovorhanding; hemming and
sewing ON lace,
The above constitute some of the
main features of course Of needle
work as has been adopted in the pub
lie schools Of this city II is true the
parents must still pay for the ehil
dren's lessons. But this step taken in
the public schools is very significant
OF the tendency Of things and should |
encourage ms to think education may |
in time become more practical, The
knowledge Of needlework in general
has been commented upon here as H.
Illustrative of the value Of more prac.
tical education, DO not imagine that
the artistic side Of life and the criti-
cal faculatics are not awakened by
learning to do things with the hands.
The knowledge Of making tapestries.
and other beautiful
necdlework has been known for centu-
rics, but tho problem Of putting the
ART Of plain sewing on scientific ba
sis and making Il part Of the educa-
ion of woman is hut Just being
solved
To meet the demands for practical
methods and supply the want that has
been hut iuadeQuately met, teachers
along this line have adopted model
sowing AS the best and most practical
ncthod ~ instruction as IL brings in
Al stitches, seams aud hems used in
nakiag garments, Since ia any work
/ thorough understanding OF the priu.
'iple makes Il easy, 50 in sewing the
irsi step is the intoxicating of princi-
hes which are the foundation OF