StNicholas [serial] . beau-tiful in small things as well as in large public 928 BOYS ROOMS [Aug., commissions. A workshop should not only givea boy a mechanical readiness and skill in the useof tools. It should give him a means actively toexpress his growing ideas through the work ofhis hands. It should teach him that art serves theneeds of daily life. There is art in the hammer-ing of a copperplate, in the shape of a bowl, in thecoloring of a candlestick, in enameling and re-pousse ; and there is a pleasure in knowing howto appreciate this art. It is made of the osier willow, the Latin Salixv
StNicholas [serial] . beau-tiful in small things as well as in large public 928 BOYS ROOMS [Aug., commissions. A workshop should not only givea boy a mechanical readiness and skill in the useof tools. It should give him a means actively toexpress his growing ideas through the work ofhis hands. It should teach him that art serves theneeds of daily life. There is art in the hammer-ing of a copperplate, in the shape of a bowl, in thecoloring of a candlestick, in enameling and re-pousse ; and there is a pleasure in knowing howto appreciate this art. It is made of the osier willow, the Latin Salixviminalis, after which ancient Rome was proud tocall one of its seven hills. The Collis Viminalisis a sister hill of the Quirinalis and has sharedRomes fortunes since the time of Servius Tul-lius. The osier twigs are small and pliant. Theyare so useful in the weaving of basketry that theGermans call the tree the basket willow. Thewillow takes you to wet places. It loves thestreams and the life of the banks and A BOY S STUDY. There is pleasure in many things and oftenwhere we least expect to find it. Take the willowchair before the attic fireplace. It was put thereto let you read under the light of the hangingdome or to let you dream by the firelight. It isa creature of your comfort, a vassal of your ease;but some day you must make friends with it. Youmust become interested in it, not because it servesyou, but because it has a personality of its own. Donot think that its life is hemmed in by the slant-ing roof-lines or that its vision is bounded by thecasings oj: the small attic windows. It is made ofthe osier willows immortalized by Shakspere:The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream. It loves the swaying and breeze-dancing ofthe flags and rushes. For that reason we gave theattic willow chair the congenial society of therush bottoms. The soft, slender stems of theaquatic and marsh-growing rushes are excellentfor bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and so arethe sword-
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