TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAV. PORTLAT, JUXE 11. 1911.
USEFUL WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED
BY PORTLAND SCHOOL OF TRADES
Student Construct Speed Lath, circles Telefrapli IiutnuMnt, 120 Bench Viae, Oik Desk mi Many Other
Articles Dnriox Tear Better F acCitiei Are Said to Be Needed.
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lii bvnch vli-a worth $4 4 each, an
wk dk and other oftice turnlture. be
ajd innumfnble pttfrnA and other
mall artirlvs urn nv.i tnU year tv
tn pupil, or the IVrtland School of
TrulM. Ir. rnarln rrieijeu principal
of the irbooL doclAras th cblUlrvn and
youth hit done their work as well a
thuh th-r were aktlled mechanic,
and tn notne inatanrea hare done the
.crk as nul. klr. The speed lathe was
matt in li hours, which. It ta said.
ot:IJ br a reasonable time tr ex
pert machinists to do the work.
Another piece vt work done by the
t stui1-nt was the manufacturins; o(
automobile cylinders fur tbe machine
donated to the school recently. The
cylinders froze and burt last Winter.
After several unsuccessful attempts to
rspair them the pupils set about mak
Inc ilnvintrs for new ones. After the
mechanical drawing department had
t.te I'raw-nara In shspa they were sent
to the pattern makintr department of
the school, and the patterns were made.
Saving I Kfrrvtrd.
These were sent to the foundry. Dr.
- Friedel says the foundrymen were
cblitred to u.e considerable tncenulty la
Matins' the cvlinilcrs. as the local shops
.re nut a.-cu'-lorned to dolnc this class
-f w.-rk. TVe C1 n iers. had they been
purvhaed In the hast, would haT cost
H'S. it Is sjtU.
The I'ortUnd Trade School Is located
at Klreenth and I'sirls streets. In the
M.t ATktnioa school buildtnc. In the
same buiidir.c are located the purcbas
inc asrnt for the city schools, the
school electrician, the school carpenter,
whs d-rs the repatrtna for the dis
trict, and primary arades ccupyin
tires rooms an.! the assembly-room the
mt ef the i n.
rr. Kr e.1i I has tendered Ms resicna-rl-n.
as he says he has been unable to
cite trie i cm Is the attention they ought
to haire because he mas compelled to
answer telephone cails for all Lh other
occupants of the bulldlna. and to make
out axtenslT reports which took much
of his time. tr. Friedel asked for an
assistant durlna: the school term, but
says he was furnished only a pupil
teacher for three days each month, and
that this was not sufficient.
Be-llding Too Small.
Further than this. Pr. Friedel de
clares tbe Atkinson school buil.llna Is
not adapted for a trade school, lie says
tbe quarters are so cramped, that lara
numbers of pupils who wish to taae
tbe course are. turned away. Parents
were asklne htm ss early as last
Thursday and Friday, durtnc the e
hlbit of the schools work, for a place
for their children next term, as they
feared they miaht not secure a place
unless they applied early, he said.
"There Is a flne opportunity in Fort
land, he said, "for a Orst-claaa trade
school. But to make It the Institution
It should be it oua-ht to be put In the
hands of someone who Is not hampered
by restrictions, which are proper for
the ordinary grammar grade school
principals and teachers, but which are
entirely out of place In this work.
-The principal of the trades school
ouirht to come In contact with the man
ufacturins interests of the city. "Dur
ing the year I have had time for only
one step toward tbe establishment of
friendly relations of this kino That
was when 1 made an address to the
Foremen's Association after lepeated
Invitations. This association will take
many of our -rraduates this year. In
fart they are all spoken for.
The academic side of the school re
quires a rest care. The shop work Is
net difficult, for the boys and flrls are
naturally Interested In that. But we
need the strongest possible teachers for
the academic work, who can arouse
enthusiasm In the students by . their
personal mental strength, and can stim
ulate them to handle their academic
subjects. This Is so because msny of
the students are sent tn the trades
school because they are the despair of
their parents who hare endeavored In :
rala to keep them at their studies la 1
the rrammar irrsdes. This brtr.m us
students who are naturally averse to
book learning, but who delight in man
ual work.
Trachlnjr Staff Efficient.
-We have had a strong corps of
teachers this year, some of them rank
among the foremost men In their lines
of work In the United states. The ex
hibit showed for Itself the character
of work the pupils were enabled to do
under their Instruction. Ordinarily one
would not expect boys and girls of IS
and 1 years old to do that kind of
work. We will graduate 1 boys and
eight girls soon.
"I fear some of the teachers who
taught last year In the trades school
will take other positions before the
school board gets around to pass on
their applications. George H. Williams,
teacher 10 the machine shop, Jias been
asked by a local tool-making estab
lishment to talk over matters with a
view to accepting a position with them
at a larger salary than he is now re
ceiving. If the school board wishes to
retain the present teachers, who are
thoroughly competent, it will be ob
liged to act quickly.
"This year the boys have turned out
tools of all kinds. If we bad employed
skilled labor to turn out the articles
made by the boys and girls It would
have cost $6000. This- Is a very small
output for the school compared with
what might be done under proper con
dltlona. The building Itself Is wholly
unsuited for a trade school. Titers is
not room enough In any direction. Be
cauae I have been obliged to look after
the office work so closely I have been
prevented from giving the work proper
supervision. .
Much Work Accomplished.
"I know what can be dore In the way
of turning out work because at the be
ginning of the year, before school
opened. I was asked to see what could
be done toward the construction of i;9
bench vises for the manual training de
partment of the Portland public school.
I hired two boys who had had two years'
1 training In the school. In six weeks we I
. had turned out the 12a vises, which I
j would have cost 14.40 each If they hsd
j been .bought In the open market. The
I result was the board was saved 1200. If .
two boys ran do that kind of work In
that length of time it la an easy prob- !
lem to f I mi re out what 40 boys would
do in the same sbopVnd the same lencth ,
or time under proper .conamons. inis
Is only one department.
-The boys have turned out this year
patterns of all kinds. . They turned out a
roller top desk finished in quarter-sawed
oak. which could not have been pur
chased for less than ion. Julius H
Kleln. one of the most efficient men In
pattern and cabinet making In the
United States. Is In charge of this de
partment. Not only has he abiltr as
a mechanic, but he Is a man of especial
ability for imparting tbe knowledge to
the students. lie has held many, flne
positions throufthout the I'nlted States.
The ornamental stand lamp, now on
exhibit at a local hardware store, fin
ished off with a green glass shade and
green headwork. was m-ide by the boys
In bis department. O. P. Guldemelster,
In charge of the electrical construction
department.- is also especially competent.
In the millinery department Miss
Lucy Schmlt. who Is In charge, says she
baa secured positions for all the girlf
who sre resdy tc go out and take them.
The girls in the sewlnc department
made about 90 dresses this year. - The
Instruction In all the girls departments.
Including the culinary department, has
been Just as competent as thnt given
the boys.. Ae soon as the trade school
Is a little better known there will be
two or three calls at first-class wages
for every student In the school."
Industry Is Always Price
of Excellence '
Klaety Per Test of Wfcst World
Tails Gealus Is Kethlna More Than
Taleat for' Hard Work, Says
Philosopher.
BT MADISON C PETERS.
DROFESSOR MARIA MITCHELL,
the well-known astronomer, in the
later years of 'her. life. In looking
back upon her career, said: ."Born of
only ordinary capacity, but of extra
ordinary persistency."
Industry Is the price of excellence In
everything. They who are the most
persistent invariably will be the most
successful. As winds and waves are
on tbe side of' the best navigators, so
success Is ever on the side of the bard
worker.
Genius , has been defined as "patience
and common sense Intensified." Ninety
per cent of what the world calls gen
ius is. nothing more than the .talent, of
hard work-
Newton, whoso mind sought with all
comprehensive grasp to encircle the
universe, asked by what means he bad
worked out his' extraordinary discov
eries, modestly snswered: "By always
thinking upon them."
Brougham Hard Worker.
Lord Brougham's indefatigable in
dustry became proverbial. How, in i
career of upwards of 60 years, cover
Ing law, literature, politics and science.
In all of whK . he achieved distinction.
he found time for everything, was
mystery to . admiring millions. One
of his associates, requested to under
take some new work, excused himself
on the ground that he "had no time."
but added, "go with It to that fellow
Brougham: he seems to have time for
everything." , "
The secret of It was he knew how to
work, and never left a moment unem
ployed. Such, was his love, of work,
which became a habit, that no amount
of application was too great for him.
and it waa said of him that had bis
life station been only that of a shoe
black, he would never, has rested satis
fied until hehad become the best shoe
black In England.
Handicapped Barber Wins.
Richard Arkwright. whose name is so
closely Identified with the establish
ment of cotton manufacture In Great
Britain, set up bis barber shop In an
underground cellar, over which he put
the sign: "Come to the subterranean
barber ha shaves for a penny." He
shaved better than anybody else; other
barbers, to hold their trade, reduced
their prices to his standard, when he
gave "A clean shave for a half penny."
He quitted his cellar and began to
deal In wigs and dealt tn a chemical
hair dye. which he used adroitly and
successfully.- His spare I time he de
voted to contriving models of machines
snd endeavored to invent perpetual mo
tion. He followed experiment after ex.
pertinent. At 50 he set to work to learn
English grammar and to Improve him
self in writing and orthography. He
was everlastingly at It.
ArtlHts Persist In Work.
The great painters were hard work
ers. Titian a "Pletro Martyre," was
eight years in hand and his "Last Sup
per" seven. A youth who asked Glar
dlno. the great violinist, how long It
would take him to learn to play, said:
'Twelve hours a day, practiced for 10
years."
Tou can't do things without work.
Walter Kalelgh was a man who gave
the impression of achieving things with
ease, yet It was Of Raleigh that Queen
Elizabeth said: "He could toll ter-rlBly."
Michael Angelo studied anatomy 12
years, posting himself on every curve.
convolution, angle, elevadon and de
pression of the human body and his
hard work determined his style.
Raphael, who died at 37. said: "I've
made It my principle never to neglect
anything."
Darwin, on one of liis subjects, "The
Action of the Earth Worm in the For
mation of the Mold." spent 44 years
from lta commencement to publication.
Plato wrote his first sentence in his
"Republic" nine times before he had It
to suit him. Rufus Choate declared that
success was no accident: "You might
as well let drop a Greek alphabet and
expect to pick up the 'Iliad.' "
Henry Clay Gives Advice.
Henry Clay attributed his oratorical
success to the single fact that at 27
he began and continued for years the
practice of daily reading and speaking
upon the contenta of some historical
and scientific book. "These off-hand
efforts." he said, "were made sometimes
in a cornfield, at others In the forest,
and not Infrequently In some distant
bam, with the horse and ox for my au
ditors. It is to this early practice in
the great art of all arts that I am in
debted for the primary and leading Im
pulses that stimulated me forward and
shaped and molded my subsequent en
tire destiny. Improve, then, young gen
tlemen, the- superior advantages you
here enjoy. Let not a day pass without
improving your powers of speech. There
is no power like that of oratory. Caesar
controlled men by exciting their fears,
Cicero by captivating their affections
and swaying their passions. The influ
ence of tbe one perished with Its au
thor; that of the other continues to
this day."
Whoever you are. young or old. If the
force and inspiration of all these ex
amples are lost upon you. there is lit
tle left that can influence or move you.
There is a place for you and a work
for you to do: If you care to rouse your
self and go after it.
JAPANESE ART DECORATIONS AND
DESIGN SUGGESTED FOR HOME DEN
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BY LAURA BALDWIN DOO LITTLE.
; WA'NT to write a chapter on dens
the much overdone and In many
' cases misnamed room of a home.
We have had our dens done In Moor
ish, Turkish, arts and crafts, mission
and Indian, one fad following the other,
but I have In mind something different.
In the first place. It seems to me a den
should only be called a den when it is
separate room shut off from other
rooms by a door of wood that insures
privacy. Tbe very name Itself sub
gests a place of retreat and how is that
possible if there Is an archway or glass
door leading Into this den-. Hbwever,
it was not of the architectural features
that I started out to tell, but concern
ing Its decoration and furnishing.
I have had a number of color schemes
and ideas clamoring for expression for
long time something to get away
from the much-used and stereotyped
order of things,, but until lately I've
not been able to get hold of all the
materials necessary to carry .out my
schemes. I have long felt that a Jap
anese type of den would 'Seem appro
priate: It is not bizarre, while the color
schemes are most appropriate for our
modern taste for colors subdued and
rich. It seems appropriate also, for the
Japanese of both sexes are devoted to
the smoking habit. It would be equally
as appropriate then to have a Japanese
den as a Moorish, Turkish or Indian,
and so I've planned several. Here, in
Portland, where we are still devoted
to plaster walls and tinting, one can
sanction this and get a flne effect.
Have the wood done in a dull red
teakwood finish and leave the walls
and ceiling a rough gray plaster, with
a stencil done In brown. Then add a
lovely Kakamono (Japanese panel pic
ture in beautiful colors) and a few
Japanese prints and the walls would
be complete. A stencil on the celling
with a few birds in tbe design would
adapt it to the present rage for every
thing designed with bird motifs. Since
the advent of Materllnck's Blue Bird
' play there has been a veritable craze
in bird papers,, pottery and designs of
all kinds.
There is a new cloth, called Kutch
cloth, that is a most interesting weave.
It reminds one of Japanese mats.
This comes In rich warm tobacco brown
shades and would be a relief in up
holstery, something new under the sun.
I found in an importing house some
beautiful Japanese art chintz, just the
thing for making bands on curtains of
some plain material, such as Natsu
cloth or crepe. This'chintz is wide and
In beautiful shades pf brown, with typ
ical Japanese design of blossoms and
leaves outlined lit silver. It is simply
lovely and adapt itself to many things.
I would use a. Japanese stencil under
glass for one of my table tops.. People
who have neves seen Japanese stencils
have a treat in store, for- they are very
lovely, delicate- as ""to. cobweb and to
bacco brown in color. Then I should
want- the light fixtures of special de
sign in aluminum or silver, with brown
and orange-colored 'shades. A table
lamp could be made of a good .old piece
of pottery, cloisonne or any other of
the lovely Japanese potteries, with a
shade made from a brown willow Jap
anse basket inverted and lined with
gold Hikago silk.
"A man in town has made use of
this idea with splendid success in his
bachelor apartments. He also used
an old Mandarin's hat for another
lamp rhade with equally good effect.'
In the den I am describing, this would
be equally harmonious with its nat
ural straw coloring. In this den, I
would use the brown willow furniture
with the upholstering In the tans and
silver chints used for the curtains.
Then I would make use of the cord
work done in Japan, which forms knots
and tassels that are beautifully deco
rative and essentially new in being
adapted here. This tassel work reached
its nighest art in the temples of
Japan, and in adapting it to our uses
it gives richness, character and value
to draperies.
The rug should be one of the Chi
nese imported ones in rich colors of
brown, dull blues and old reds. The
cellarette, smoking table, card "table
and other accessories, if the den is
made to take the place of cardroom
and smoking-room combined, can be so
beautifully carried out in Japanese
and a very harmonious adaptation at
tained. Another color scheme 1 have
in mind is black, gold and blue. Stain
the woodwork black ebony effect and
panel the ceiling in gold; also the
freize above a molding of Chinese teak
wood. Below this molding panel in
blue with strips of the black wood.
Have the lighting fixtures In black
mounts with Japanese shades done on
rice paper in blue and orange. All the
furniture should be teakwood and
bamboo. The rug should be in shades j
of blue and black. Tbe mantle and i
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grate in this room should be made a
feature and all the accessories, such
as andirons, fender, woodbox and every
little detail, must be carried out right
in order to make the room harmonious
and not merely a jumble of collected
stuff. Here again, I would use my
cord and tassel ornamentation. Plain
blue curtains with cords and tassels of
dark blue and black. In the original
Japanese rooms they used old rose,
dark purple and cream colors. It is
very hard to get hold of these cords in
the original, and they come soiled and
worn, co It seems useless to try to use
them.
I prefer to adapt the design to new
cords. This is an easy craft, and I
believa will be successfully carried out
here. The temple tassel is shown in
the reproduction (1), and the curtain
for the den in cut (2). The Japanese
grass cloth is such a decorative wall
paper, but I find many people preju
diced against its use, saying it is deli
cate and fragile; but the fact of the mat- '
ter is that many firms only carry what
is known as seconds and not the best
quality, so it does burn out on ths
walls If they are not thoroughly sized
to eliminate the lime. But good Japan
ese grass cloth is heavy and durable
and a most fascinating fabric to deco- .
rate, yielding a flne surface for sten
cils or painting. It comes in a new
pattern that looks like a cloth weave.
Then there are Japanese papers that
are like a heavy silk, beautiful for
paints in walls. This latter is quite ex- .
pensive, coming as high as $15 a roll.
However, there are so many tliincs
Jaoanese that are artistic and yet in
expensive that no one -eed hesitate to
adapt the motir ior ar room, ana w
can learn much in true art In furnish
ing from the Japanese.
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