Hoping that I do not inconvenience you, I am respectfully,

JULES W.L., Jr.
GREENSBORO, N.C., March 25, 1897.




EXHIBITION OF CHILDREN'S WORK.


There has been a very interesting exhibition, in New York, of sewing done
by the children in the public schools.

France, England, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, China, and Japan have all
sent exhibits of their work, and so it has been possible to see what kind
of sewing is being done all over the world.

It is very much to the credit of America that the home work far outshines
that of any of the foreign countries.

This exhibition was not one of fancy work or embroideries, though every
country sent some specimens of the special work for which it is
celebrated. The work shown was plain sewing, the cutting and making of new
garments, and the mending of old ones.

The first principles of sewing were shown on neat little squares of
cloth--running, hemming, stitching, gathering, and buttonhole-making. Then
there were garments in which all these first steps were applied.