The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-28

shows how she keeps abreast of things; and how Uncle Sam is getting down to brass tacks concerning wEat art actually should mean to America.
 Tn foreign countries" related Mrs. Eldred, industrial interests have urged that students be trained in design. Thiss has therefore been stressed to the extent that it has de- veloped the art to the degree that America is constantly paying enor- nous sums O Paris for costumes and to the orient for rugs and porcelains, because of the superiority of thelr designs over our own. Germany has particularly understood how taste counts, as well as skill, in control ling the world markets. and, deter mines trade routes. England and France also understand these things. This is not only evidenced in the emphasis placed upon art in their common school, but they have a great number of state supported schools which give special training to stu dents financially unable to pursue such courses without funds"
 Uncle sam Waking Up
 Mrs. Eldred smiled:
 But the United States is going to have such state supported school, too, if the marked tendency now in that
 
 no reason why Americans should not make as pretty pictures, designs and artistic creations as foreigners, and in a late government bulletin, some extremely interesting statistics are given in support of greater empha- sis upon general art education. Credits Others sWhen I complimented Mrs. Eldred upon her work for the poster exhibit, | after she had shown me that there is general uniformity of good draw l ing among school children, which is 1 city-wide, she turned the compliment l asid and declared that she could do nothing at all were it not for the year-round cooperation she receives l from the various art teachers of the I city. They. she set forth, very often stay after school to assist students if something pressing is on. As an instance, she mentioned how the children at the South Highland school have worked much overtime on the posters, which is public serv- l ice.
 For such labor, she refused to all 1 low prizes to be offered because she , felt little folks should be taught to i do citizenship work free. For this stand she has been highly compli- mented by Mrs. Richard Johnston president of the League of Women Voters.
 Such citizenship work Mrs. Eldred likes the youngsters to do when it can be done without too much additional strain upon them. The teachers everywhere told her the poster work has been great training for the i school children.
 Some Exhibits 1 As to some effective attachments:
 Everybody knows how attractive are the art exhibits from the public 1 schools each year at the state fair. There was put on also the past year | an exhibit at the Alabama State Teachers association, and at present the poster exhibit at the public liz brary and at the Silver ten cent store are claiming city wide attention. 1 Children, besides have beautified their homes with their school pie lures. and are also giving their par ents the benefit of their taste de- veloped.
 Problems That Handicap | The children of Birmingham are confronted with the fact of shortage of paper and color materials. These are hard to get and many times some parents are really niggardly in buy l ing because of hard times. Never theless the art supervisor and her