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Show FRENCH INDUSTRIAL ARTS. The Application of Higher Training to Trade Is Everywhere Apparent. Consul Goldschmldt, of Nuntos, contributes con-tributes an extended article on Industrial Indus-trial art education In Prance and Its Inlhicnco upon r'rench Industries. Ho says In part; "There nre at present In Franco, aside from the national art schools. 300 provincial and municipal schools of fine arts, which are freo to yo'ing men and women. Wlitlo loavlng to each school the development of the line, of art stilted to ocnl needs, the statu itflves direction by annual visits of Inspectors of drawing. The application applica-tion to trade Is jiractlcal and complete. Thn 'administration of line aria" ss-lects ss-lects and sends the Riettcr part of Hie models useful to instruction, elves prizes, scholarships, purses and encouragement en-couragement to pupils who have ill-tlngulshed ill-tlngulshed thomsoives during their course of studies. Tlm Inlluonce of artistic ar-tistic training upon 'the Inlustrlos of Franco Is paramount, and the ordinary observer Is struck at o-ce when ex untitling nn arth lc In tho French shops of homo manufacture nf Its superiority over similar goods made in othor countries. coun-tries. If ono visits an art gallery or n museum In France oi Sunday, the great Interest of the working people may be wltnessol In tlio arts amV sclences. A conversation with these workers reveals a general Interest of the masses In matters of art and Its geiif-rnl application." |