Fig. 1.-Canvas Tents. her comforts for its members; but they the kindnesses and courtesies that each family should extend to the others; also home government. tions existing between families and mgovernment in general will naturally dehandling. Homes of Our Own Country. sians first landed upon our shores they n in his wigwam of skins and poles and Ing a rigorous climate which necessitated cold in winter, and from heat in summer, crude implements with which to build ey copied the Indian wigwams; and their similar to his. g the story stand well back from the Obtain the greatest freedom of movement, wigwam as you talk. Again let me ad Fig. 3.-Buildings of Lumber. Meantime, with the crude implements at hand, trees were hewn down and simple log homes were constructed. (Fig. 2.) The cracks between the logs were filled with mud. These homes became more comfortable as facilities for making them increased. Shingles were hewn out by hand. A small saw mill was established in the locality, and some of the more enterprising people soon owned homes of lumber. (Fig. 3.) These became more elabor plan Fig. 4. -Home and Church. -Brick Buildings. ate as needs for and aesthetic taste of the people demanded, until they developed into the wooden palaces and mansions seen in all parts of our country at this time. While the lumber interests of the country grew, the clay of the region was pressed into brick, and it was a matter of a few years only when the first simple brick dwellings had given place to elegant brick edifices. (Fig. 4.) Rocks were picked up from the field and, unchiseled and unhewn, were piled into unseemly but picturesque dwellings, the rocks being usually cemented with mud Dwellings. Just a suggestion of grass, trees, and a few simple features of the environment will suffice at first, then later, after having had practice in foliage, perspective, etc., which the following numbers of this paper will give, you will find that your ability to draw more complicated structures and environments will be facilitated. If at first you find it impossible to draw the elegant edifices and complex structures rapidly enough to execute them as you talk, you may place them on the board in the morning ready for the day's work; and with a little patient practice you will find yourself better and better able to give chalk talks. ts kind was not found, unelegant structures of the terial may be seen. dwellers, built for protece adobe dwelling and the e wigwams and the canvas rom the first crude board, . 6), we may trace the dentry to the elegant brick - From the one-story hut low the history of buildings and "sky scrapers," rising ove the surface, with nearly olid rock. We shall not confuse you in this presentation with discussions of light and shade and perspective; but will ask you to observe and think, and reproduce what you see; knowing that by so doing results will work out right. Of course the stories herein suggested cannot all be worked out in one lesson; but we hope they will furnish material for supplementary reading and many valuable lessons which may be made the basis of teaching spelling, written and oral language, history, literature, and other subjects. Appropriate songs, poems, memory gems, and choice pieces of literature may accompany the work. homes here presented are not erve rather as suggestions on t is hoped that they will inFul observation, in order that ntelligently, but that she may er work proceeds. See how looking at the picture, or the tudied, try to obtain similar the "After suff head, throat, years, I heard of "I have a little As the tablet the taste, I had no him to use them r "Our family p were an antisept doubted merit and hesitation in usin Stuart's Catarrh 1 catarrh. "I have since m ers and professio them constantly. lawyer told me t Tablets kept his during the most try he had long since cheap lozenges and of his physician th much tolu, potash, their use a danger Stuart's Catarrh pleasant tasting l catarrhal antiseptic Root, etc., and sol where at 50 cents f They act upon th membrane and thei markable success h of physicians, as sufferers from troubles, and catarr A little book on mailed free by add Company, Marshall, na The editor of a journal says: Antil been used with very headache, neuralgia rious nerve disorders be without a few f this wonderful pain lets for an adult is +1 can be ob the following regarding ure; he says: g from catarrh of the stomach for several But the most valuable contribution to this number is a series of articles by ten well-known writers on "The Most Amer ican Books." Each was requested to P Irving Country," by Hamilton W. Mabie zine altogether is nearly an inch in thick- would be about as follows: Whitman, "Leaves of Grass;" Bret Harte, "The Luck of Roaring "Mark Twain, "Tramps Abroad;" and The Geographical Reader upon the the Philippine islands mentioned in THE SCHOOL JOURNAL of December 6, and published by Silver, Burdett & Company, has already been issued. The book, which is entitled "The Story of the Philippines," is published in two forms, Stuart's Catarrh Tab-an American edition, arranged especially ly and like everything for the schools of the United States, and bought a package and a Philippine edition for the schools of the rised at the immediate islands. The former is somewhat dee and still more to find scriptive in character, the latter rather ter several weeks' use. more historical. Both editions are beauson who sings in a boys' tifully illustrated. Miss Adeline Knapp, r prominent churches, the author. was sent to the Philippines troubled with hoarse- on purpose to collect data and to study eakness, and on my re-school conditions preparatory to writing trip I gave him a few this book, and the results do credit to Sunday morning when her and to the house, besides giving to 1 of hoarseness. He school children a most delightful method h their effect, remov- of getting acquainted with their new in a few minutes and brothers and sisters over the Pacific. -lear and strong. Sare very pleasant to difficulty in persuading ysician told us they preparation of unhat he himself had no gand recommending ablets for any form of et many public speakal singers who used A prominent Detroit at Stuart's Catarrh Chroat in fine shape ing weather, and that discarded the use of troches on the advice at they contained so nd opium as to render o health." 66 Mother's Days," are beautiful speciseries of color pictures called mens of the art of color printing. The Christmas number of the Century comes to us resplendant with color and filled with literary articles from writers of the first rank. The Century has always been a leader, especially on the art side of the make-up of a magazine, but we confess we are surprised at the wonderful perfection of the colored illustrations in this number. Attention is called particularly to four page pictures -The Wicket of Paradise (frontispiece), In the Meadows of Youth, In the Valley of the Shadows, and At the Gates of Life, illustrating "The Travels of the Soul, painted by Howard Pyle. Another notable picture is the one in the A new and universal language was masters, "Madonna and Child." One of Series of Cole's Engravings of Old Spanish invented by a certain Dr. Zamenhoff, in the principal articles is that on "The 1877. It is called " Esperanto" and is very simple, having few roots and only Freece, with many illustrations furnished Making of the Universe," by John Henry seventeen grammatical rules. It is said to have 80,000 adherents, and five publi-Animals in British Parks," by Annie by celestial photography; another is cations are devoted to its promotion. A new expedition is to be sent toward the North Pole by Mr. Ziegler. The "America" will be refitted and the expedition will start as soon as possible under the leadership of Anthony Fiala. Post-Mortem Mss. A package has been placed in the New York university library bearing the following inscription: "Enclosed are certain papers of the late Dr. Paul La Garde of the University of Gottingen (of which Tablets are large copies are also entrusted to Harvard and zenges composed of Johns Hopkins universities), which New , like Red Gum, Blood York university accepts from the widow by druggists every- of Dr. La Garde under the condition that r full treatment. they are to be kept sealed until the year e blood and mucous 1927, at which date they may be pubr composition and re-lished." as won the approval vell as thousands of sal catarrh, throat a of stomach. reatment of catarrh ressing F. A. Stuart Mich. New York medical amnia tablets have favorable results in , influenza, and vaNo family should ive-grain tablets of reliever. Two tabmandose Thev Student's Strange Death. George Leonard Lose, a student at the Drew Theological seminary, met death by electrocution on December 9. Lose was seated in a chair with his wet feet on a radiator, reading by the light of an incandescent lamp. The lamp was imperfectly insulated and as he picked it up to draw it closer, his contact with the radiator created a short circuit which caused his death. The case is mystifying as the current was only 104 volts, by no means sufficient Hardcastle Knight. The number is especially rich in fiction and verse. d paper, tler or more home li h use is ," and "Chinese Dislike The number contains several varied and agreeable stories and a few clever poems, two of the latter being by Josephine Dodge Daskam. St. Nicholas is always good, but the Christmas number is especially so. It opens with a beautifully illustrated poem, "A Christmas Mistake, by Edwin L. Sabin. Howard Pyle illustrates "The Story of King Arthur and his Knights, membrane, wastes ens the bones, reduces the power of "A bunch appeared on the left side of and there is a story of "Lu Sing, by tions. Among the other articles are "Skee Jumping in Norway," and "How Uncle Sam Observes Christmas. The two departments "Nature and Sciof them ence for Young Folks," and the "St. school- Nicholas League, are entertaining and ch small instructive as usual. pol-room son; The New England Magazine for December is of unusual excellence, illustrations being used lavishly thruout the pages. There are articles on "Titian's th St.N. Y. Country, by Margaret Waldo HigginCharles H. Davis' Landscapes, by William Howe Downes; "With a Boston Market Man," by Joseph Nelson Pardee; "The Founding of a Faith," by Edward Gibson Mason, add "Milford and Hopedale," by Lewis G. Wilson, besides a number of short stories of high quality. rs al ED et p, or other tion, lbs. a, or 45c. UST have mong For 20 Co., DRK. ifts. ROS. The December Cosmopolitan is up to the high standard which that magazine has reached in the past. Among the many articles of general interest, two are of special interest to teachers. "The Be and Pills will rid you of it, radically and per- Pears' Economical soap is one that a touch of cleanses. Get Pears' for economy and cleanliness. Sold all over the world. ginnings of the Mind and Language, by The Mutual Life Insur Herbert George Wells, is exceedingly in- of There is also an article on ance Company New York Nicholas Murray Butler, president of RICHARD A. MCCURDY, President In Amount Paid Policy-holders over with Napoleon and the retreat from Mos- Five Hundred and Sixty-nine Millions of Dollars Times and start in with a systematic THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. Washington. Holiday Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad. Dec. 29 has been selected as the date for the Personally-Conducted Holiday Tour of the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington. This tour will cover a period of three days, affording ample time to visit all the principal points of MINERAL SET $3.00 "Common Minerals" 0.60 $1.75 mentioning THE SCHOOL JOURNAL removed to interest at the National Capital, including when communicating with advertisers. |