. The Kindergarten magazine. tle princesswhose one desire was a pearl necklace for personal adorn-ment. Mrs. W. M. R. French took up the subject of Art in theDevelopment of the Child, and asserted that art is any-thing that is done well, and there is no rule of art whichdoes not apply to the commonest things of life. There ismuch influence in the most trifling surroundings —in thehouse furniture, in the art goods displayed in the stores, andthe commercial mans influence is large. Mrs. Frenchshowed a number of drawings made with chalk on cheap in-grain wall paper as the simplest materials. Miss
. The Kindergarten magazine. tle princesswhose one desire was a pearl necklace for personal adorn-ment. Mrs. W. M. R. French took up the subject of Art in theDevelopment of the Child, and asserted that art is any-thing that is done well, and there is no rule of art whichdoes not apply to the commonest things of life. There ismuch influence in the most trifling surroundings —in thehouse furniture, in the art goods displayed in the stores, andthe commercial mans influence is large. Mrs. Frenchshowed a number of drawings made with chalk on cheap in-grain wall paper as the simplest materials. Miss Josephine Locke took up Symbolism in Art, anddefined symbolism as that which connected the immaterial FOURTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF MOTHERS. 173 with the material. She said: Boston dreams dreams, butChicago realizes them; and yet she cited the most consciousrealization of some of Bostons dreams in the decorations ofher library. According to Miss Lockes theory dear oldFroebel must be inverted somewhat, and the American kin-. Miss ELIZABETH HARRISON. dergarten must put nature study before geometric solids;the indefinite, the incomplete, before the definite and com-plete. We would like to ask Miss Locke if the childs con-tact with nature pure and simple, during the first three orfour years of his life, before he is presented with the typeforms of the kindergarten, would not supply a sufficientamount of the indefinite to support her theory. Wednesday evening Symbolism in Music was dis- 174 KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE. cussed by Miss Mari Hofer and Prof. Frederick W. Hofer deplored the tendency of mothers to seek tooearly for complete artistic expression in their children. Thespeaker thought much of the passionate music which is foodfor the adult artistic nature is bad for the child. She gaveinstances in her kindergarten experiences where perniciouseffects, both physical and psychical, followed music toostrong for the child minds. The speaker advocated the teach-ing to childre
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