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Show TEACHING ECONOMY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS The ahool yoar that has now closed clos-ed has witnessed tho successful work in-; gjsteiu that Is Intouded U i!u away with muca of tho cost of high living, as James J. Hill puts It A course ot manual training has been put Into tho grammar and high schools, and It Is declared that much practical benefit already Is evldont among tho pupils. Its chief object Is tho training of pupils to b0 economical economi-cal In tholr homes by supplying them , with Ideas that are taught by the old fashioned parents, but havo been much out of fashion In the present generation. Young girls nro taught how to trim their own hats, and are shown that headgear for which $S to $1G Is charged In tho stores can bo mado by them nt a cost of from $1.C0 to 4. A similar saving is shown In dresses, scarfs, and other ornaments. Thcro Is practical demonstrations of ways of making nnd mending furni-turo furni-turo and in cookory nnd proper methods meth-ods of buying. Pupils cook dlnnors for themselves nnd tholr teachers at various times. Prof. A. H . Winter, who has Installed In-stalled tbo now courso and has charge of It, says: "An effoit is bo-Ing bo-Ing mado to apply tlio work as Closely Close-ly as posslblo to tho environments and needs of tho pupils. For tint reason somo now phases In manual training havo been Introduced. Tlu work has been begun to keep abreast of tho times In education and has been highly successful. Topeka Capital. |
