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Show by drawing down over the upper sash the opaque shade. In the case of full screening outside of both sashes this may be accomplished by leaving at the top of the wire cloth an open space one-third of an inch wide. The flies, naturally crawling upward in search of light, will avail themselves of these openings and be trapped out of the room. ORNAMENTATION. Very commendable progress has beell made in the majority of our schools in the ornamentation of class rooms. dormitories. and dining rooms. The. gre:~ttsts rlceena, as might 11e surmisetl, is acl;ierr~in thg majority of innta~~ceins t l ~ esm all dormitory roomu aoccul~i~bdy a 1 8 ~ bovs or zirl$, where indivitl~lalt ;~stea nd selCcratitication tilid a favor-able field at the expense of comparatively ~itt6ef fort,. I n larger dormitories these attempts for orname~llt:itiono, n the other hand. have met with manv difficnlties. In some insl;ances where suoh o r ~ ~ ; ~ ~ i ~ em~;lni tlenftt tioo i~h v~ i ndividual childre11r ile i.ennlts mere T ~ ~ I I I - sil8al.r i;lgo~cnrar.y;.1 11(1 far from gl.;~tifyiup.T he xre;tter 11am11eor f rhe matrons.-homever, orofitin.p, b"v the lessons of s u&m~isn stitutes, have nciluirrrl tllo art o'fiocial ornau~r~~tntiilol tnh ese soei:ll dor~nitorirs. A commiltee of el~il~lreidn a p p o i ~ ~tti~~dar ,~ivenp er~odt.o take charge of this matter nuder the guidance of a matfon orassistant matron. The material at the disposal of this committee is used in accordance with a unified plan and adds symmetry and beauty to the room as a whole. Children, I am assured by some of the matrons, are) greatly improved by these silent prayers of beauty, harmony, and kindly good will which greet, them in the morning and bid them lLgood night" in the evening. They are said to be more orderly, more kindly dispc~sed to each other, and to s l e e ~m ore oeacefullv. all of which can not fail to have a nerma-nently effect 6pon th2; physical and moral welfare. A The same device of social oruamentatio~b~a s had similarly good effects in dining rooms aud class rooms. In the diniug room suih Gna-mentation has softcued the manners of thechildren and rendered them more cleanly and less greedy, and in the class room it has lightened their tasks and enhanced their interest. I n a numb~no f schools these etfo~ts l~aveb eeu exrvnde,l to {bea cl~oolg rou~~dasc, d the e11ild1~1i1~ r e learniug, ~~ur ltehre guidance of thoughtful taacl~crr;t,o care for artistic p:atvhra of lawn an11 heds of' flowers, ar~dto fill11 joy in the C U ~ ~ I I I .oPf grncef~~lalyrr iinged OI namrutal trees nnd vines. 111 some i11srn11rei5~~u weveri,l l d~~r l~~i rotrhier sd,e sire to nr~~amellt had been nusherl i~nn,i<elvan d to the nrei~ldicro f s:~uitation. I11 sev-e ~ i slC hoc;ls I S O I I Ut~il e ;lpper tinsl~eo t: dormitory !vi~~don.cso vrred with npaque xl~acles.1 11:1rticnllyi ~ n ~ ~ ~ oc\~~~arlt~a li l:cu~ 1n11 l nmbrequil~a. Thevlookkd ver.v ~. r e t t vi.t is true. but thev excluded. sunshine and air. b11t1; of wl~ich; ue sornienrii~ill l (lormitory'sauitnrio~~.T l~ooulya du~ik sible orllamcnt in SIICII cnses isa simlrla sash rurtair~f or thelower sxsh. I trust this good morlc will en 06 until every Indian school in the service ahall llnve eonre nncl&'the benign intl;~e~lcoef all i~~telligent love aud nnrt~lreo f the beantiful. COXPACmTESS OF OBGANIZATION., There has been some gain in the eomoactness of a~rganizationo ? the 111dia1a1. hoo1 s e r v i ~ai~'a whnle. Day'srhools and r&sesvation bonrd-ing nel~oolsa re h e g i ~ l ~ ~tio lv~ige will1 each otller ill ~fii)rtsn, ot nnly to nrvl,are ~ u l , i l afa t. tmustbv to ndvanced schools, bnt :~lsoi u i l ~ d u c i ~nn~ e i l~e -~a r t b f ^ p u~anidl s p arents & desire for such transfer. As a result |
