The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1901, Page 14

—— spread her a wrist in one & then clapped palms soft iSer. Al % 'this Shass ‘The were singing {0 the accompan - ment of her held her hand one way for one II- ng thet they imply fo'- owing 2 Ture after tune foilowed her hands, ng frivolous “Lulla- 1 even the most were not over 8, se them of having * tone. y began Miss Carpenter cau- ing too loudly. “Re- the baby wan‘s to go to sleep, nd i ke too much noice he won't éo 3 whisper 1t.” And they @&id. All ¢ e they were rocking an imag- r by to sleep in thelr arms, and whe . » dicd away every eye - <riid 9 e supervisor teaches musiv. E er pupils to feel first of 1 comes easy, xhe s possible to crowd thetr ¢ heads, but when you appeal to their E ey are remarkably quick to un- t0ld me an amusing story. A been visiting his grand- e time, When he returned aby sister installed in his about that time the little ken it Into her head t6 scream ckie watched her with considerable mother, 4f she keeps on hollerin’ she’ll burst her vocal chords, she can't never sing. Let's stop her and show her how to do it right,” ne sald Miss Carpenter, “in 1it- s I find out that the idea is That small boy is no wiser than the rest of his classmates, but he under- [ that something was radically ourth grade can “tones “feeling.” A little is the ¢ hildren ar as the e sin understood ind son the fdea that in- unless phy- ht to =ing I a tune any old way the scale are mastered in nin The tones of e s m pri; the varying positio d voice. The tones full long before the pictured cle ff could be comorehended. The “hand signs” “or sign language” is used with the best results even in the lowest grad “Low do and “high do” are conquered d then the other notes are intro after day until they are After a certaln amount cf practice the pupils understand the teach- er's mo en so well that she is able to play on them as she would on a key- board. The most surprising part of it s the way they go unfaltering up and down the scale. They seem unconscious of every- thing but those hands, those ever rest- less b The ar. tion s “mc to the little people. tells them the story them what motions they ng exclusively ret Migs Carpenter and then she asks think would be appropria After many suggestions they finally agrce. Sometimes they fail to agres and then each one makes the motions that scem to him to interpret the words best. When they sing the “Red, White and Blue” the arms fly wildly through the air with so much vigor that forelgn countries had better think twice about getting into trouble with us some twenty years hence. One of the favorite songs is “Grandpa, Come and Dance with Me.” Up come the tiny gkirts and there are all kinds of pirouetting and fancy steps. The hands are held out invitingly to “Grandpa,” and there are many coaxing gestures to in- veigie one to join the merry dance. “Daisies fair are nursery maids with frills upon their caps. The daisy buds are little babes they tend upon their laps.” This seems to bring out more Individ- ual characteristics than anything else, The fingers pantomimically show the be- ruffled maids and the becuddled bables. dhe chorus shows by the swaying arms and bedies how untii at last “both daisle nodding just so." The older chi “the wi ren Not by mote at first, but the anguage.” Thkey sing the *‘Holy and with a feeling that many utterly lack. All the old (o learned as a matter of cour Carpenter beileves that they ehould be familiar to ever: At cne ning to child in th school the ch land a merry tune, th make them understand t rdi to the tune, they vary their D at once Miss Carpenter siopped the with an uplifted hand ard remarked, wonder if ‘anybody knows what 1 have been singing?” Up ent several hands. . wkat fs 1t?" asked the super- don’t know what thg rame is, but my grandfather has a music-box and it plays that very tune,” piped one infant. “I know, I know,” arswered another. “Well, Johnnic, tell us what it fs.” “Oh, that's the Toreado mg from ‘Carmen.’ 1 heard that sung a lot o' times. That's the wisdom of ninth grade youngsters. Not even grand opera is be- yond them. With the utmost unconcern they bob up and tell what s what, At another school we tried them at the same thing. The principal was curfous to know whether her children could do as well, The same alr was sung to the same running scheme and then the same question was asked. Instantly up went o L "same answer was volunteered. THE SUNDAY CALL. . THIS, THE LATEST METHOD OF | TEACHING ; MUSIC, HRS | WON GRZAT FAVOR WITR l THE PUPILS. D o L veveral, pairs of chubby hands, and the Bo that proves conclusively that the small peo- ple of our schools are more than pass- ingly acquainted with the greater operas that are making such a stir at present, The beauty of the whole thing Is the pleasure that is found in it. To be sure, * they are Jearning that which will be In- valuable to them In after vears, but thelr perfect naturalness, their unstudied grace and thelr complete mental absorption is the matter in hand. Not a single chick or child in the room looks cross, duil or discouraged. Not one has that wound- up-and-set-going expression. It s not a question of “showing off,”” but of doing the very best to please the teacher. There is a delight in the hearts of all our boys and girls, and it each and every chick fafls to love music of every descrip- tion it certainly is not the fault of our public schools. MADGE MOORE. e e ' WHAT PAINT | INDIAN’S +* ON THE FACE MEANS EOPLE in general have been content to look upon the Indfan’s adornment of his head with eagle feathers and his face with paint as marks of personal decoration Inspired by vanity ani a savage taste, different only in degree from what is sometimes witnessed among highly civilized people, says a writer in the Washington Times. But the fact is that, in rreference to the latter custom, for instance, every paint mark on an Indian’s face has a sort of heraldic meaning, implying 1ot only the honors won by the brave in person, but repre- senting also the claims of his family and race to distinction. In other words, what is :huwn among mor: cultured communl. tles by coats of arms, orders and decora- tions 1s depicted by the Indlan on his face by means of pigments. Sclentists are now e other novel investigations North American Indian, in compiling a record of the armorial, or rather facial, bearings of certain celebrated chiets, and it is sald to be fascinating work. One renowned warrlor, for instance, will have his lip painted a copper red. This is found to indicate that his tribe was once in possession of 1|uge mines of copper. Another individual will have his forehead adorned with a painting of a certain fish, thus Implying that ho or His people are renowned for prowess in catching fish, The same distinguished person sometimes wears a disk cf pearl in addition to hls 8 LT HIGH Re e NI e LA natural sequence. Every object ——— e Indeed, the Indian limner merely aims to characteristic by hi mplies that he is descended from the moon, in the sense that the goddess of night is one of his The fact that the Indian has no con- ctive serlously handicaps is efforts at pictorial art, radiance and show the me the object he attemp 'h case he divides ject]ot his picture and entirely irrespective resented has significance, and one of the most peculiar phases of face painting relates to the employment of forms other than animal—tools, implem chase or of war, denoting the of the individul or his tribe, '!m ttai at _attainment, in Atssec ception of pers the success of