Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-02
CHILDREN DELIGHTED
LETTERS ON SUBJECT OF STARS
ART CASTS.

Letters are pouring In to the forces at
Room 100. Star building, from teachers all
over the city. testifying to the ever-growing
interest In the school casts. The children
are delighted to work for their schools
room decoration" says one, and all the
Others echo the sentiment in some form.
At the Garnet building yesterday Super
vising Principal John C. Male presented the
director to the teachers of the twelfth divi-
sion Mr. Male spoke for the movement as
r great educational opportunity, and MIS-
A. NJ Curtis. a parent of children IN the
school aroused much interest by an address
upon the advantages TO be gained by united
effort In securing for the schools beauty ana
culture bringing articles.
One teacher illustrated the precipitate
esgerness of the pupils to adorn their
rooms. Having been told that the schools
would be decorated II all worked together
TO secure one of the collection from The
Star, one boy made a tour and secured a
promise from a woman that she would save
for him all the pictures in The Star. In
another house a half hour later he learned
that 1t was not pictures, but coupons. that
were desired and he hurried back to cor
rect the plumbers. What was his dismay to
learn that In the interval another boy had
seen the woman and had gained her prom
ise of the coupons. II will crafty you
trtres and the other boy the coupons as ]
promised" That boy says he is going to
know what he is about in the future.
Up to the present time scholars in fifty
three buildings have entered the compeu-
ton, and 1854 votes. have been cast. Many
scholars are known to be working for
buildings which have not been reported.
and 1t Is believed not a school building in
the city or the District has failed to have
It's inmates awakened to a keener zest for
fitting school surroundings by the prospect
OF receiving from The Star articles of
beauty.
At the Central School.
The ideal in school room decoration is
difficult to find, but in the visits of the
director of the various schools nothing
more pleasing has been seen than the Office
OF the assistant principal at the Central. In
many of the buildings SO much has been
done and so well done that when the means
at the command of the teachers are re-
membered the surprise at the effect grows
and the making of comparisons becomes
more odlOus. But, according to the director,
there is harmony of color and unity of
excellence about the little ONCE at the Cen
trail which makes Il not necessarily a
model to copy, but an example to emulate.
The general tone Is a light green. which
Will harmonize with slate blue. The pam
eicd wainscot rising to the height Of The
chair rail- or blackboard stakeholder so
common In school rooms, and the door
and window frames are painted dun
blue. In one corner Is leather couch, also
dark green. over which, to make the
nook coy. Is a cotton frabric in soft yell
lows. greens and blues, stretched smoothly
on the wall A plate rail surmounts this
mottled East Indian background, and all
its plates and bowls are In the same neu-
trail blue. Most conspicuous is china re-
lief of the madonna and child. with ador-
Jig angels, and here again the figures
sieam from quiet blue background. over
the bookcase against denim hanging is
large relief of the Nike untying her san
dals, now In the British Museum On
the shelf of the case below the Nike is a
large. finely shaped green jar. The vases
and the very blotter of the desk pad are
corresponding tones of green.
The walls have well-seIected prints Of
Corots Morning" "A Sunset" 1.-THE
Winged Victory and Whistlers Mother"
all In broad brown frames, which accentu-
ate the tone of the prints and contrast we'll
with the walls
The room cannot fail to be a relief the
director thinks. to the tired, sick girls who
come there from bare, uninviting class
rooms for few moments rest. The perfect
harmony of color and quiet, cultured taste
shown in the selection of the decorations
cannot fail to be soothing to oyerwrought
nerves.
Four new buildings have entered the con-
test today-Ludlow, Banneker Arthur and
Business High School,