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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1915)
IIOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 11 Needs of Country Schoolhouse JUST now, when wo aro thinking of what "the folkB" or tho houso need or want nnd what wo can get them for Christmas, why not glvo a thought to your district school houso? Is It woll supplied with tho things needed to mnlto It a sanitary, comfortaulo, attractlvo placo for tho children and teacher? If not,, why not got pooplo of tho district inter ested In doing something to lmprovo It, as a ChrlBtmns prcnont to tho dis trict, tho teacher, and tho pupils. Kvon though tho room may bo fresh and clean as to woodwork and wolls, and woll equipped with mod orn desks for pupils and teachor, with a good blackboard, properly placed, a bookcaBo nnd inuBoum cablnot, n Jacketed Btovo, etc., there may bo other cssontlals lacking. Drinking Water Equipment. How about tho drinking water equipment? Does It consist of nn open pall and a rusty dlppor? This unsanitary condition Is far too com mon In tho country school. Tho Ideal drinking fountain, with water piped from a spring or tank, Is not always fcaslblo. But tho absenco of this con venience Is no oxcuso for tho unhy gienic ubo of tho open pall. Stono crocks with cover and faucot aro not expensive, nor aro tho many water coolers and tanks that aro advertised on tho mnrkot. Thcso may ho ob tained In quiet, neutral grays, or oven painted with enamel paints to match tho general color Bchcmo of tho room. A stand, on which tho drinking water should bo sot, may then bo inndo of plain boards or boxes, stained to suit tho color schomo of tho room. In front nn enamel funnel may bo Inserted In a circular oponlng In tho table, through which waste may run Into a pall bolow. Placed In dlroct vlow of tho teacher at tho back of tho room, with tho open Bldo toward tho wnll, such an arrnngoment has tho nppcaranco of a small cablnot nnd Is In harmony with Its surround ings. Each child should havo bin In dividual drinking cup In his desk or hanging on it hook under tho bene!!. Needless to say, great raro Bhould bo taken In thoroughly cleaning crock, fnucot, funnel nnd pnll at regular In tervals. ClenttliiR nnd flnrtlcn TooIm. If possible, ovory school entry nhould havo a tall closet In which brooms, garden tools, and other equipment may bo kept. In llou of hucIi a convonlonco, lioolcn mny bo placed under u projecting shelf, four to eight Inches wldo, each hook be ing labeled. It should then bo tho duty of ono of tho pupils to bo ro Hponslblo for onch tool for a certain period of tlmo. Tho shelf should bo high onough so that tho longest gar den Implement will not touch tho floor and Intcrforo with elenn uwcop Ing. A plain curtain of burlap may bo hung from tho shelf In order to ox cludo tho tools from vlow. This should hnng nt least six Inches from tho floor nnd not lower than tho end of tho longest tool. Tho top of tho sholt can bo tiBCd for supplies. Window Shades nml Curtains. Good rollor shades of a green gray or ecru color, according to tho goneral color schomo adopted In tho room, should bo obtalnod It posslblo. Tho Ideal arrangomont for tho sunny Bldo at least Is to havo two rollers fastened across tho mlddlo of tho window. Thcso may bo drawn half to tho top or halt to tho bottom, nt will, or tho wholo window may bo shaded. If It Is not posslblo to obtain doublo curtain's, tho noxt host arrangomont Is to havo ono curtain at tho bottom. Thus tho strong light from nbovo need novor bo cut off. In caso thoro aro no shades, curtains of muslin, scrim, cheesecloth, vollo or curtain madras, preferably plain or olso with Bmall, dotted figures, may bo strotchod from tho mlddlo sash to tho bottom of tho window. Iloynl B. Farnum says that whllo thcso may bo run on rods, It Is bettor to catch them In placo at tho four corners over small, brass-headed tacks. Tho flat-banging curtain Is considered to glvo a aoftor, bottor light. By at taching tho rods or rings to tho sash Itsolf, tho lowor halt of tho window may bo easily rolsed or lowered, car rying tho curtain with It. Tho nullclln Hoard. An othorwlso woll-dccorated room may bo completely epollod by tho dis play of school work and of penny prlntB hung in rows nbovo tho black boards, l'rosumably this material Is Intended to bo seen, but when hung so high It is certainly difficult to see it. Moreover, tho papers aro usually fastened at tho two uppor cornors only, nnd tho lower halt curls in an unsightly manner. Thero Bhould be a school bulletin board for tho dis play of this sort of material, and pnporB on exhibition Bhould bo se curely fastened to tho bonrd at tho four cornora with thumb tncks or pins. A sheet of- artificial board many kinds of which aro advertised, florves as an oxcollont bulletin board. It Is light and Inexpensive?, and It may bo tinted to suit any color schomo. If possible, it should bo framed llko nny picture, but without ginss. If framing Is Impracticable, a dark band two or threo Inches wldo may bo painted nround tho edgo of tho board, thus giving tho nppcaranco of n frame. If the composition or manufactured board Is not obtainable, a wldo, smooth nnd flat plcco of soft pine, or two pieces carofully Joined to gether, may bo used Instead. Theso mny bo stained, or covered with a soft colored denim or monk's cloth. Tho ndvantago of a covorlng Is that tho holes do not show. No room Is completo without somo flno pictures. Modern processes of reproduction hnvo reduced their cost to a minimum, and tho latest Inven tions In printing havo mado posslblo tho most faithful copying of tho fin est works of art, both in monochromo nnd in color. Tho masterpieces of tho early painters nro not tho only good pictures to bo secured. Many flno Illustrations In tho magazines and lithographic reproductions of modem painters offer flno examples for schoolroom decoration, No picture should bo clibsen solely for its subjects, says lloyal Farnum. "Unless It has tho morlt of beauty for its own sake, It should novcr bo hung as n permanent decoration. Poor prints of a popular subject do not mako flno pictures. Pictures with fino detail nro seldom suitablo for wall decoration. Lnrge, slmplo masses should predominate, with good con trast of light and dark. In tho avorago rural school of mixed gradcB, tho pictures should ap peal happily to nil ages. Tho best subjects aro those that appeal to tho sense of real living and to n wholo somo interest in tho pictorial ele ments. Strong action, nnimal and child llfo, nnd dally occupations aro best suited to tho usual child. For this reason Dupro'a "Dignity nnd Im pudonco," Reynold's "Ago of Inno cence," and Lerollo's "By tho River," aro especially good. Whllo many portraits nnd Madonnns aro among tho world's grcntcst treasures, thoy aro not, as a rule, especially well adapted to tho schoolroom. Frames. Pictures Bhoiild bo framed In plain, comparatively flat molding. When tho elements of tho composition ex tend to tho edgo of tho picture, a mat may be required. "At tho Water ing Trough," by Dagnnn-Bouvorct, Is of this type. Corot's landscapes, and such n plcturo ob Whistler's "Llttlo Roso" havo plenty of spaco around tho subject nnd do not need a mat. Where there Is n mat tho lower mar gin should bo slightly wider than tho other threo Bides and tho color should blond well with tho goncrnl color of tho picture. It should bo darker than tho lightest parts and lighter than tho darkest parts. Tho framo should thou bo slightly dark er than tho mnt. For a colored print, tho framo may bo similar in vnluo and color to tho predominating huo of tho plcturo. Often when tho color is rich a gold framo is suitablo. It is not difficult to stain a nntural wood framo any color. Tho width of tho framo depends on tho bIzo nnd character of tho pic ture, but under no circumstances should tho framo bo too wldo, or It will overpowor and destroy tho gen eral effect of tho plcturo. ram 'i i i i.?wnanr,i wwi uiuuu in u hUutLrenuii uuiu turna Ktrn. IHaUIUU, &.& Oft n.l -IJ i acta. ! " J ' li-twin. mphUi tntl U . j& mmaMmVil notc these: lati13t witte PKICESt XJbrral 8- Yror Vuoran fee on EfflcUne, and Stmtlonnry a h-i :j-i.ns n- " OD.7S 0 " 07.78 H - lao.oa 12 aio.oo HI JJOH.HO 2S aoo.oo Portable 2 H-l 9 40.0B 4. - H230 a M 13D.OO S M 1D0.40 13 S7D.BO la 07B.70 aa M 4sa.ia a iM'aioS.40 H M 227.10 12 324.BO .wry ll'We Eln AoU Dlrrci from Mr Factory To A Vnrt' llandt, 1 am the only nun In the U.S. making bla own en tinea In hla own factor, from bit own caaltne. ; Intr hi own peltaroe ui rMtlalmachlnary.endeall n hla enlire output dlratt Tho nrico aa 4 a A Arirml you iuy A" " ." trt mm fmnwtnnl- rntia.i1nrntin.. 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