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Show FIXE EXHIBIT NUDE By THE BEE IT WRIGHTS The careful attention of the Ogden rublic is called to a display ot sewing sew-ing that is appearing the show windows win-dows of W. H. Wright & Sons Co. This exhibit is from the sewing department de-partment of the Dee Junior high school and represents the high grade of work done in that school. This is the second display of such a natur-within natur-within this school year. It consists: of work done since January 26, the beginning of the second semester. It! is particularly worthy of the intelli gent interest of the public because :he j girls of the seventh, eighth and ninth grades have done every bit of t he i work. It has been the unfailing rule c.f the Ijpp school that ihe supervision I by the teacher be extremely close but ! that none of the finished articles have anj of the work of the instructor instruct-or In brief, the work of the various ( lasses in the school is as follows: Section A Handwork entirely com-' piete underatandTng of ?r,ims and I stitches to be used later Section B Art needlework, cro-: chetlng and embroider buttonholing and making of eye'eis Use of niC' ( hine. Section C Making of underw c?r. aprons, etc Section D Making of kimonos ' middy blouses and princess slips. Freshman "A ' Making of waists and drpsses. Sections farther ndanced continual the work of previous classes. In this way a balanced program is followed w ith a desirable progress in I increased requirements as the pupil j becomes older and more efficient j There is no crowding. The aim Is quality a thorough knowledge of each Step in the needle art. 9 to whether! the school has In any way succeeded ! in the attainment of its ideal, the I public may judge by examining the! work at Wrights'. There has been a feeling that the I handwork of the girls is too restrict j ed With this in mind and in order to begin the broadening scope of such work, the sewing department of the Dee introduced this year a course' In basketry. This was made elective to the girls of the department and , proved itself highly popular The articles ar-ticles made are beautiful and useful for here as everywhere else usefulness useful-ness of finished product is the aim More girls have applied for this work than could be accommodated Results j prove beyond a doubt that thp present pres-ent restricted opportunities for hand work should be broadened and this' experiment shows that such can be) done with little offort and no disrupting disrupt-ing of present courses. The list of basketry articles-includes j sewing baskets. nu trays, Jardie-nieres, Jardie-nieres, hair receivers, hat pin bold-1 ' ers. Jewel baskets and hand bacs 1 Such B di-play should attract close attention from a public that is inter- ( ested in the education of its youth. 1 |