. How to show pictures to children . e her in Raphaels charmingpicture in the Louvre. The gentle St. Francis, who preached to the birds,called all the beasts his brethren, and went aboutdoing good, is a character whom children should betaught to love. The church at Assisi is full of quaintdecorations by Giotto and other early Italians illus-trating the life of the Saint. Some of these are veryacceptable to children, but we need not go so farafield for the material, since Boutet de Monvel hasgiven us the whole story in the series of designs forEverybodys St. Francis. The story of St. Anthonyof
. How to show pictures to children . e her in Raphaels charmingpicture in the Louvre. The gentle St. Francis, who preached to the birds,called all the beasts his brethren, and went aboutdoing good, is a character whom children should betaught to love. The church at Assisi is full of quaintdecorations by Giotto and other early Italians illus-trating the life of the Saint. Some of these are veryacceptable to children, but we need not go so farafield for the material, since Boutet de Monvel hasgiven us the whole story in the series of designs forEverybodys St. Francis. The story of St. Anthonyof Padua, to whom a vision of the Christ-child wasvouchsafed, makes a very tender picture whichtouches a childs heart readily. This was a favoritesubject with Murillo, and in many schools and homesprints are to be seen from the Spanish paintersworks, showing the good man kneeling w^ith theprecious babe in his arms. St. Christopher wadingthrough the stream with the Christ-child on hisshoulder is another favorite picture subject with the. Anderson, Finoto. SAINT CHRISTOPHER 4 I THE XE STORY PICTURES 127 children. They love to hear how the giant buffetedwith the storm-tossed waters, as his burden grewheavier and heavier, till he set the child safely on thefarther bank and learned that he had been carryingthe Maker of the world. Of St. Cecilia, whose music drew the angels downfrom heaven to listen, of St. Ursula, who voyaged todistant shrines with ten thousand maiden attendants,and of St. Genevieve, the little French shepherdesswhose name is revered in Paris, we also have manyattractive story pictures. From legend to allegory is but a step, and allegoryis very common as a subject of mural decoration inpublic buildings. Such pictures are often very inter-esting and suggestive to children if properly ex-plained, and possess a certain kind of story works of Puvis de Chavannes in the BostonPublic Library are particularly appropriate forschool, as they illustrate various branch
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