The Greeley tribune., 1908-02-20
WORK IS fine
MANUAL TRAINING AMONG
GIRLS IN CITY SCHOOLS.
Excellent Results Obtained by
Miss Edith Gale In Teach
ing Sewing to the Lit
tie Girls.

Have you ever visited the sewing
classes at the public schools? II
not, take an afternoon of and go to
the basement of the Eighth grade
building and see what work the lit
tie girls of Greeley are doing under
the skilful management and teach
ing of Miss Edith Gale. Miss Gale
is in love with her work, capable
and enthusiastic, and she is accom-
plishing wonders with the little
maids.
The girls are in love with Miss
Gale, in love with their work; they
are also enthusiastic aud energetic
and are fast becoming capable little
seamstresses. Many Of the mothers
admit now that their daughters are
more handy with the needle than
they themselves. Each pupil In all
of the grades keeps a book with sam
pies of work done through the year,
and notes. These they take home
at the close of the year. A large
framed picture containing the work
of each grade is left at the school.
Sewing Is taken up In the fifth
grade. The girls begin work ON un-
bleached muslin and learn basting
and running. Matching stripes,
overhanding and overcasting are next
taken up, then darning In wool.
Little baga, are made and aprona and
TNach girl made sdnst cap for hef
mothers Christmas gift. The last
half OF the year dustcloths are feather
stitched, doll pillow cases made and
those whose work grades G-plus are
then allowed to take up machine
stitching and make for themselve
large aprons with sleeves. Those
who fall below G-plus make by hand
aprons for their mothers. Hem
stitching is also taken up in this
grade.
The sixth grade begin on bleached
muslin and have review of the
stitches already learned, then do
damask hemming, sewing on of
bands, fell cut and fell seams and
each made huck toweling sofa pill
low for Christmas
The seventh grade hem handker-
chiefs, make SMALL flannel skirts,
and Iiemstitch fine aprons with ITO
thread. They also draft patterns
and make suit of underwear for
themselves and make fancy shadow
embroidery aprons or eyelet embroid-
cry hats.
The eighth grade have in their
sample books, overcasting, overland
ing. matching stripes ON the bias,
patching, matching figures, hem
ming patch, placing of gusset. but
ton holes and thread eyes.
The eighth grade girls are also
making complete infants wardrobe
which will be placed in a glass case
anu lGlU LILO oSLOOis AhO
takes up every stitch taught and in
cludes point lace cap, embroidered
robe, cashmere wrapper, aside from
the usual tiny garments, and the
work on them is SO exquisite that
one can scarcely believe it was done
by the young girls.
The sixth grade girls are dressing
a large doll which will also be
placed in the case The girls OF
this grade will each make carna'
tion braided waist before the close
of the year. The annual exhibit
will be held in May, with the best
needle girl from each grade in
charge.
Miss Gale has In all almost 800
girls in sewing and is also supervisor
of art In all of the grades. The
school board have recently added
three sewing machines to the room
and as soon as far enough advanced
in hand work the girls will be taught
machine stitching.