not let the unemployed men sell the papers and the newsboys go to school?" A Kindergarten Wedding. Miss Sara E. Moore, who has been conducting a kindergarten at Key West, Fla., introduced a novel variation into the morning exercises of her kindergarten. One morning in December the school had assembled as usual for morning exercises, being led by Miss Moore. The club women were there by invitation, not knowing just what was in store for them, although from the first they had been prepared in a measure. After prayer and the good-morning songs, Miss Moore gave her last talk to the mothers and children, which was followed by the marriage ceremony which made Miss Moore Mrs. Carruth. The whole scene was most beautiful and impressive, if thoroughly unconventional. The room was filled with flowers, not half so sweet and bright as the childish faces, so dear to the teacher, who chose to be married surrounded by those most interested in her and beloved by her. DR. BENJ. ANDREWS said in a recent address, "We must make the kindergarten the foundation of our system of public education, and the age of two and one-half years is none too early to begin this work with the pupil. The kindergarten should be made universal, and should lead up to manual training. Thorough manual training often is of more value to the pupil than years spent with books. It teaches accuracy. I have known many a young man to get his first start toward a literary style in the workshop. There he learned to do things nicely. As for the kindergarten influence, I have known one child to regenerate a whole family, working a complete change in a careless mother, a rude brother, and a degraded father." THE Free Kindergarten Association, of Buffalo, N. Y., found itself unable to command the funds by subscription, as heretofore, to carry on the free kindergartens under its charge, and recommended to Superintendent Emerson a larger appropriation for that purpose. The city was therefore asked for an additional $4,600, raising the amount for kindergartens to $10,000, which Superintendent Emerson thinks will be sufficient to carry on the work for the coming year. Much wholesome interest was manifested by the local press in the question whether the kindergartens would be hampered or given full appropriation; even recommending that the park appropriation be curtailed, if necessary, rather than limit the kindergarten funds. A Large Contract. The following advice is presented by a contributor to the Mother's Journal, who unwittingly sets a large task for the average mother: "If the mother is not perfectly familiar with Froebel's 'Mother-Play Book,' let her study 'The Knights and the Good Child,' and the 'Knight and the Bad Child,' not forgetting to read the 'Introduction to the Commentaries.' 'A Study of Child Nature,' by Elizabeth Harrison, and Florence Hull Winterburn's 'Nursery Ethics' are both useful books. Of course there are many more that I might mention, but if the mother can thoroughly understand and practice the spirit of any of these books, or all of them, so much the better for all considered." SUPERINTENDENT of Schools Jasper, of New York city, has made a public statement to the effect that the kindergartens were meeting with hearty approval in every direction, and more especially from Germans, German-Americans and Americans who had traveled in Germany and studied the excellent work done by that class of schools. They appeared to be the only method whereby very young children or young and dull children could be properly reached by the instructor. The training given by these object lessons in colors, shapes, materials, and relations was extremely valuable, and the education of the eye and the hand was also a matter of no small consideration. THE great subject of child labor must, sooner or later, appeal to the women whose business it is to socialize education, or in other words, to conduct the kindergarten interests of our country. From time to time important items concerning the agitation appear in these columns and aim to keep our readers in touch with the subject. We would especially call attention to the two important items in this issue, Child Labor and Educate Newsboys. ABOUT thirty ladies of Bay City, Mich., have organized for the study of the kindergarten and its history. Mrs. Van Fleet, a normal teacher from the South, has started a wave of enthusiasm which they hope in the future will bring about a free kindergarten. At present they have two private kindergartens, one with twenty-five pupils conducted by Elizabeth Raine. THE San Francisco Child-study Club has blazed out a new path, diverging from the ordinary introspective methods of child study. Testimony has been gathered from some 2,500 children regarding their ideas of teachers; as to what makes the most helpful teacher, and what are the chief characteristics of the best teacher. A PITTSBURG kindergarten has set aside certain days on which the children are taken through the different manufacturing establishments, as it has proved to be a very satisfactory method of instruction. Recently they were taken through a large bakery to observe the different processes of baking. THE kindergartners of Cleveland, Ohio, have formed a union which is already a branch of the International Kindergarten Union. The officers are: president, Miss Rose Morrison; secretary, Miss Halycon McCurdy; treasurer, Mrs. Alice Newby; corresponding secretary, Miss Florence Gleed. MRS. EMMA T. SMITH, of Buckingham kindergarten, Springfield, Mass., and a recent graduate of the Industrial Institute of that city, where she has been taking a post-graduate course, has accepted a position in the public kindergartens of Brooklyn, N. Y. MISS ANNA W. WILLIAMS, director of the public kindergartens of Philadelphia addressed the educational club of that city recently on "Some Popular Misconceptions of the Kindergarten." MISS ANNIE ALLEN, of the Chicago Normal School, conducts a private "skipping class" for older girls who are making ready for dancing school and gymnasium. MRS. T. VERNETTE MORSE, editor of Arts for America, opened one of the first kindergartens in the West, at Florence, Kan., twenty years ago. DR. CORNELIUS N. HOAGLAND has recently contributed $20,000 to the endowment fund of the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Association. MISS SUSAN E. BLOW gave a series of lectures on Dante, in Baltimore during February. A KINDERGARTEN for colored children is being established at Lawrence, Kan. BOOK REVIEWS AND REFERENCES. THE Fourth Reader of the "Stepping Stones to Literature" series is excellent. In this book mythology is introduced. Fables and fairy stories there were in the previous volumes, but the great historic myths with their poetic suggestions of history come properly at this stage; as the authors express it, "in accord with whatever truth exists in the culture epoch theory of education." It is not, however, a handbook of mythology. Abundant selections from standard authors, as Longfellow, Bryant, Eugene Field, Robert Louis Stevenson, Whittier, and Wordsworth, have been carefully chosen for simplicity of diction and subject matter. Two beautiful classics for children, Kinsley's "Water Babies," and "How Little Cedric Became a Knight," by Elizabeth Harrison, are given entire. The illustrations are good; many classic pictures reproduced, or where there are sketches for the text, the drawing is well done. The book is also well printed and bound. Silver, Burdett & Co., Boston, publishers. "A Little House in Pimlico," by Marguerite Bouvet, is a sweet story of an especially attractive and manly little fellow, who, wisely left to his own childish innocence, brings about a much-desired consummation. The plot and treatment re mind the reader strongly of Mrs. Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntleroy," and that similarity rather detracts from the freshness and enjoyment of this story, for older people, but children never tire of such idealizations and will even appreciate the more any resem blance to old friends they may discover. Published by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. KINDERGARTNERS are given an oppor nity to interest their little ones in beautiful pictures of a high order by the publication of the Perry Pictures. Such pictures as the Sistine Madonna, The Angelus, Baby Steuart, The Helping Hand, and Pharaoh's Horses, are prepared at an expense of only a penny apiece in lots of a hundred or more. Every kindergartner should know these pictures. Send a stamp for a catalogue and three samples to Mrs. E. M. Perry, 10 Fremont St., Malden, Mass. A Handsome Metal Paper Cutter and Book Mark Combined. Sent free of postage under sealed cover on receipt of ten cents in silver or stamps. The latest, best and most serviceable adjunct of every library and office. Address Geo. H. Heafford, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill. CURRENT MAGAZINE ARTICLES OF IMPORTANCE "A New Profession," by Chas. F. Thwing. in Educational Review for January. "Vocational Interests of Children," by Will S. Monroe, in Education for January. "German Schools," by L. Seeley, in Normal Instructor for January. "Mothers in Council," by Elaine Goodale Eastman, in The Outlook for January 29. "Music in Education," by Edwin A. Gowen, in The Musician for February. "The Results of Child Study," by Prof. Oscar Chrisman, in Education for February. Teacher and Torshent," by George H. Tripp, in Journal of Education for January 27. W. Mabie, in the Kindergarten Review for "James Russell Lowell and His Friends," by Edward Everett Hale, in The Outlook for January 1. Wanted: Back numbers of the KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE for January, 1891, and December, 1889. 'Musical Kindergarten Methods -- A Word of Warning," by Carl Faelten, in Mu sic for February. "The Education of Mentally Deficient Children," by G. E. Shuttleworth, in Hand and Eye for January 15. "The Public School as a Center of Community Life," by J. K. Paulding, in Educa tional Review for February. The Economy of High Wages for Teachers," by John Davidson, in Educa tional Review for February. "Discipline as a Factor in the Work of the School Room," by James Pyle Wickersham, in The School Bulletin for January. "The Picturesque in American Life and Nature," by Charles Dudley Warner as interviewed by Clifton Johnson, in The Outlook for January 1. "Is Modern Education Developing the Intellectual Powers to the Neglect of the Altruistic Principles?" by Jonathan Olden, in Education for February. "Counsels to Teachers of Young Children, The Importance of Obedience and Methods of Obtaining It," by Marie Pope Carpentier, in Kindergarten Review for January. Mention KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE when answering Advertisements. Arts for America Is the organ of the CENTRAL ART ASSOCIATION, which means that it is dedicated to the advancement of all branches of art education in the United States. It co-operates with the individual, the club, or the school, and unites with every movement for the upbuilding of culture and refinement among the people. ARTS FOR AMERICA Is an illustrated monthly magazine which combines the vital forces of Painting and Sculpture, and applies their principles to all the related arts. ARTS FOR AMERICA Publishes complete study courses on all art subjects for the use of clubs, schools, and homes, giving a complete list of necessary reference books. These courses include American Art, French Art, Italian Art, American Ceramics, both historical and technical, Japanese Art, Architecture, Designing, a correspondence sketch class, and a suggestive study course for public schools. Other courses are being arranged that will be published in the near future. The course in Industrial Art is especially adapted to such clubs and schools as desire to raise the standard of our industries from the lethargy of mechanism into that higher realm of expression which acknowledges the power of education over the raw products of the land." ARTS FOR AMERICA Conducts the ART, MUSIC, AND LITERARY CLUB ROOM, wherein reports will be published from the various women's clubs working along these lines. ARTS FOR AMERICA Is but $2.00 a year, and we will give twenty per cent off from the retail price of any book that is ordered from us at the same time a yearly subscription is sent direct to this office. ARTS FOR AMERICA, AUDITORIUM TOWER, CHICAGO. Not this size but several times as large, on paper 52x8 inches, are the beautiful PERRY PICTURES AT ONE CENT EACH.... By the Hundred. 20 for 30 cents. 50 for 60 cents. "I welcome with great pleasure your effort to bring the influence of good art into the schools. I am sure that making the children familiar with great works of art will cultivate their taste and refine their natures, and I trust that kindergartners all over the country will avail themselves of the opportunity you are giving them along these lines." Send stamp for catalogue and three samples to MRS. E. M. PERRY, Be sure to mention 10 TREMONT STREET, MALDEN, MASS. Froebel's This picture of Froebel on Penny a Piece In Any Quantities Kindergarten Literature Co. CHICAGO THE... 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