| Show WONDERfUL PROGRESS MADE AT TIDE INDIAN Special Correspondence ence Wahington Washington July Interest just justat justat at at present present seems to be centered In the war In China but It Is to be hoped that hope te the people of this country are not giving count an all of their attention to this state sving of a fars fairs when here at home are happenIngs which ought to be looked into iato A subject which ha has claimed the I thoughtful attention of the people of te the United States for years ears and year years that of I education especially appes appeals to one when I It is seen what the world owe owes to education tion Particularly does this Interest ton one when it Is ascertained what ha has been done by the Indians In ti this line Une lineIn In a spacious rom room of the former post postoffice i office now occupied by the commission commissioners ers of Indian affairs tere there is an exhibit of the industrial work of the Indian schools of the United States The exhibit includes Iron work woo wood work sewing lace making kindergarten work ad and In fact eve everything which is done in the t public schools The skill displayed In these works Is remarkable comparing I favorably with the work of our public i schools Some of te the most prominent are the steel and Iron works of the Indian bo boys s of the western schools among which Is Isa Isa a large iron gate wih with trimmings of brass made from steel wit With bone handles the tho hors horns of cows lage large butcher kIves knives and horseshoe horseshoes The brass which ora orna ment meats te the gate is said to have been col by the boys from old brass lamps The wood work also is ver very fine especially an ally a pair patr of Indian cubs clubs carved by an Indian bo boy who has been In schol school eight I years vears This piece of work is sid said to be bethe bethe the most remarkable piece of carving done in the Indian schools Sewing and lace making Is the specialty of the girls of the schools and I it Is sur surprising what has been accomplished by them The daintiest piece of lace work was made by an Indian girl only J 15 years ear old and comes from Fort gr Hal Hall In the southern part of Idaho This little lace j square of delicate desIgn ha has received more mora airton admiration from visitors th than any an y oter other piece of work of Is its kind in te th e whole coleton collection The chool l has a ve very fine though small tough sal exhibit of o f drawing drawings ad and kindergarten work work The Indian Indians are also cever clever rg rug maker maker s harmonizing the colors with great ski ll and showing their wit to reproduce geat th lle e natural of te the fower flowers An ilius to A lus of this Is a rug representing a rb large bunch of sunflowers bunc the colorin g gr being true tre to nature bordered by a four fou r Inch strIp of green Y yarn of which ma tera the rugs are made rg mae In a an interview with lIss Miss Estele Estelle Reel Ree l who Is at the head of aU all the Indian India n schools or of th thO United States she sad sai d that the work of managing the schools ls wa was ve very pleasant and wa was g more enjoyable because of the seeming g readiness of the Indians to te adopt our ou r wa ways s She said that she sad wa was proud or o r the schools and that plan plans for next year yea r were under way ad and would she believe d prove to be better adapted to the needs need s of te the Indians tan than ever before before She als o state stated that while on a a vUlt visit to Boston Bosto aso n upon showing some of the drawings and an d watercolor studies she was as inform ed that the work of te the Indian girls and an edd d boys bos compared ve very favorably with th e work of the fifth and seventh grades wih te or of tat that city Miss Reel is a very bus y woma woman having to travel al all over th e United States visiting the te nt school schools She ha has recently returned from fro m the west where she said in g from one school to another she has had ha d to go over ver very circuitous routes and an d trough through mountain pases passes on burros oyer ov er ern ersy roads where one misstep would mea mean in instant i n stant deth death in the deep ravine below belo w While In Washington Miss Reel is bus bu sy sya making reports sending out a tons In connection wih with next year ears s work and other maters matters pertaining to the he t heat India Indian school schools She anticipates going goin heg g north on a tour of the schools In that th at ater section of the count country a as soon a as her h er dutes duties in Wahington Washington are ended ended J S VA VAN ANTWERP |
