New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

makers who made them. and II must be
admitted that some OF them will not be
shown on this occasion for the first time
But those hats and costumes which just
had to be worn on Easter have been laid
aside in tissue paper ever since. and the
management of the show assures the public
that they will be seen at the opening" in
all their original acknowledgements.
The millinery exhibits include, of course.
a "Chantecler'' hat, but the curious visitor
who looks for riot of color more bois-
ferrous than may be observed in Broadway
will be disappointed. Good taste and re-
straint are characteristics OF the handicraft
Of these young women. The millinery class,
which is one Of the most popular in the
school, has 10 its first six months placed
two girls in good establishments. while
two others have had such success in filling
orders for their work that they VII soon
open a shop of their own.
Millinery. however. will be only one Of the
features of the exhibition. which is given
to show the proficiency which has been at
tanned by the pupils since the establish
ment of the various trade classes last Oc
tober. The evening school has an average
attendance of two hundred. and nearly ali
OF the pupils are negroes between the ages
of fifteen and thirty years. though there
are a few Russians and Germans IN some
OF the classes. Most of the departments.
which include dressmaking, millinery.
trained nursing, model housekeeping. jan
itor service. restaurant cooking. plain sew
ing, domestic science, shoemaking. car
pentry. basket making, chair Gaming, be-
sides reading and writing and other ordi-
nary school work. will be represented by
exhibits, and all will be seen in session in
the course of the three evenings on which
the school building is thrown open to the
public. In the three-room model fat of the
school dinner will be cooked and served
every evening by the young women OF the
cooking classes. and meals will be prepared.
too. by the members of the mems class IN
restaurant cooking. Two members OF this
class, by the way, have recently left TO
take places in Sound steamer galleys.
The dressmaking and embroidery exhibit
will include a number of rather elaborate
and expensive costumes, most of which.
like the rest of the exhibits of handicraft,
are to be offered for sale. From the nature
OF things. the janitors' class will be unable
10 make a graphic showing Of its activities.
but the pupils themselves, well set-up
young men. earnestly attending TO their In
structors remarks on furnace feeding.
boiler tending and kindred topics are in
themselves an interesting exhibit in this
city OF nat jewellers. They hope that some
% the visitors this week will be sufficiently
interested in their work TO give them a
broken down boiler to reconstruct for their
shopwOrk.
The musical talent OF the neighborhoOd
will be drawn upon to furnish entertain
ment throughout the period Of the exhibit
ton The Henrietta Glee Club. or. as the
boys themselves style II. The Pink Rose
Club" will sing plantation melodies and
more modern "ragtime." and the boys CLUB
will give military drills to the music of the
Henrietta Fife and Drum Corps. Most OF
tho toys I'm these organizations are sons of
the trade school pupils
Mrs. W. Y. Collins Is the principal OF the
school. with fifteen instructors under her
direction and the April exhibition is TO be-
come an annual affair.