,illustration3 ,title ,decoration ,,stories ,,pictures ,,tell ,,book ,,one ,by ,,flora ,l4 ,,carpenter ,instructor in drawing in ,waite ,high ,school1 ,toledo1 ,ohio ,illustrated with ,half ,tones from ,original ,photographs ,,rand ,mc,n,a,l,l,y ,,company ,,chicago ,,new ,,york ,copyright1 #aiah ,,by ,,rand ,,mcnally ,,co4 ,illustration3 ,publisher's symbol ,,the ,,contents ,,september ,,and ,,october ,,page ,feeding ,her ,birds ,millet #a ,children of ,charles ,i ,van ,dyck #aj ,,november1 ,,december1 ,,and ,,january ,four ,little ,scamps ,are ,we ,adam #ba ,madonna of the ,chair ,raphael #bg ,,february ,,and ,,march ,miss ,bowles ,reynolds #ce ,two ,mothers and ,their ,families ,elizabeth ,bouguereau #db ,,april1 ,,may1 ,,and ,,june ,can't ,you ,talk8 ,holmes #dh ,review of ,pictures and ,artists ,studied ,the ,suggestions to ,teachers #ec ,,the ,,preface ,art supervisors in the public schools assign picture-study work in each grade1 recommending the study of certain pictures by well-known masters4 ,as ,supervisor of ,drawing ,i found that the children enjoyed this work but that the teachers felt incompetent to conduct the lessons as they lacked time to look up the subject and to gather adequate material4 ,recourse to a great many books was necessary and often while much information could usually be found about the artist1 very little was available about his pictures4 ,hence ,i began collecting information about the pictures and preparing the lessons for the teachers just as ,i would give them myself to pupils of their grade4 ,my plan does not include many pictures during the year1 as this is to be only a part of the art work and is not intended to take the place of drawing4 ,the lessons in this grade are planned for the usual drawing period of from twenty to thirty minutes1 and have been given in that time successfully4 ,,flora ,l4 ,,carpenter ,illustration3 ,,feeding ,,her ,,birds ,,stories ,,pictures ,,tell ,,feeding ,,her ,,birds ,original ,picture3 ,lille ,museum1 ,lille1 ,france4 ,artist3 ,jean ,franois ,millet 7zh,n fr,nsw mel7e74 ,birthplace3 ,gruchy1 ,france4 ,dates3 ,born1 #ahad2 died1 #ahge4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,what do you see in this picture8 ,what are the children doing8 ,where do they live8 ,on what are they sitting8 ,whom can you see behind the house8 ,what is he doing8 ,what do you think the children were doing before their mother called them8 why8 ,what does the hen expect8 ,what else do you see in the picture8 ,what time of day do you think it is8 ,why is this picture called ,feeding ,her ,birds8 ,how many like it8 why8 ,the story of the picture4 ,in a tiny white cottage in a little village in ,france1 lived a painter with his wife and nine children4 ,this painter's name was ,jean ,franois ,millet1 and although quite poor his was a very happy family4 ,nearly every morning the father worked hard in his garden behind the house1 and every afternoon in a queer little old room he called his studio4 ,here he painted beautiful pictures of places and people he saw and loved4 ,almost all of his pictures are of the country and of people who worked1 because he knew most about them and because he loved them best4 ,sometimes he finished his work in the garden very early1 and then he was glad1 for he liked better to paint than to do anything else in the world4 ,one day when he looked out through the window of his studio he saw a much prettier picture than the one he was painting4 ,he saw three of his children sitting in a row on the doorstep1 while the mother fed broth to each of them in turn from a wooden spoon4 ,as they crowded close together they reminded him of some little birds he had been watching that morning4 ,you know how little birds open their bills and crowd toward the edge of the nest when the mother bird feeds them8 ,millet thought he would paint this picture1 and name it ,feeding ,her ,birds4 ,see how the mother tips forward on the stool as she bends toward the three children4 ,that is a wooden spoon she holds in her hand1 and it is full of hot broth from the bowl in her lap4 ,the children seem to be very hungry4 ,no doubt they have been playing hard all the morning4 ,it is easy to see with what the little girl at the left-hand side of the picture has been playing4 ,she holds her wooden doll very close1 and loves it just as much as if it were china and had real hair as your own doll has4 ,she is the eldest of the children1 and you can see she is unselfish because she sits patiently by while her baby brother and little sister get the first taste of the delicious broth4 ,the boy and the younger girl must have been playing with the basket and cart you see in the picture1 for the basket is overturned as if it had been dropped in a hurry when the mother came to the door with the broth4 ,now the playthings are quite forgotten4 ,the boy opens his mouth wide as he leans forward for the first taste1 while the little sister puts her arm around him to hold him steady4 ,as she watches him1 she opens her mouth1 too4 ,see the hen running toward them6 ,she thinks there will surely be something for her to eat1 too4 ,the three children wear long aprons all alike1 and the queer wooden shoes that the peasants always wore in those days4 ,what a clatter those wooden shoes must have made even when the children played in the yard6 ,and what a noise they made on the wooden floors in the house unless the children walked very carefully6 ,the girls wear bonnets tied with string1 while the boy has a cap that looks very much like a tam-o'-shanter1 except that it1 too1 is tied under his chin4 ,the mother wears a handkerchief on her head and another round her neck4 ,her dress looks thick and warm1 and so do the children's dresses4 ,it must be a cool day1 for even the doll is wrapped in a shawl4 ,the man behind the house is working busily in the garden4 ,millet must have thought of himself when he painted this man1 for1 like the father bird1 he must work hard to get enough food for his family4 ,sometimes there was very little1 and the bread had to be divided into such tiny pieces that the children were still hungry when they had eaten their share4 ,we know it must be about noon because the shadows in the picture are so short4 ,what a nice big yard these children had to play in1 and what good times they must have had playing all kinds of games6 ,they had lived in the city of ,paris several years and for that reason1 no doubt1 they liked to play keeping store best of all4 ,they gathered acorns1 stones1 and flowers1 and placed them on a big wooden box for a counter4 ,then they took turns being storekeeper4 ,perhaps to-day it had been the boy's turn1 and he had stood behind the counter ready to sell his goods4 ,the younger girl had come first1 carrying a basket4 ,probably they called the stones oranges or apples1 and1 judging by the overturned basket1 the little girl must have bought at least a dozen4 ,next had come the little mother1 with her doll baby riding in the cart4 ,this cart is hardly large enough for the doll and so it had to be guided very carefully to keep dolly from falling out4 ,when the mother called1 the elder of the two girls had caught up her doll quickly1 leaving the cart behind2 the younger sister had tossed her basket of oranges away in glee1 while the boy forgot all about his store at the thought of the hot broth they were to have4 ,the high doorway of this little one-story1 whitewashed house of plaster and stones is just wide enough for the three children to sit one beside the other4 ,that great vine growing up beside the door is probably an ivy vine1 for we are told that the little white cottage is still standing and is completely covered with ivy4 ,everything you see in the picture is home-made1--the clothes1 the doll1 the spoon1 the cart1 the basket1 and even the milking stool upon which the mother is seated4 ,sitting there in the bright sunlight1 these round-faced1 happy little children will soon finish their broth2 then they will be ready to begin the store-keeping game again4 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,in what country did these children live8 ,in what kind of house did they live8 ,what grew up beside the door8 ,what did their father do for a living8 ,what was his name8 ,where did he paint his pictures8 ,what kind of pictures did he like best to paint8 why8 ,how did he happen to paint this picture8 ,why did he call the picture ,feeding ,her ,birds8 ,upon what is the mother sitting8 ,what kind of a spoon has she in her hand8 ,what is in it1 and in the bowl in her lap8 ,what makes you think the children are hungry8 ,which one is fed first8 ,which one will probably wait until the last8 why8 ,how are the children dressed8 ,what kind of shoes have they8 ,how many of you have ever seen wooden shoes8 ,how is the mother dressed8 ,what makes you think it must be a cool day8 ,what do the shadows tell us of the time of day8 ,what game did these children like to play8 ,what did they have to play with8 ,who made their toys and clothes8 ,what did they do when their mother called them8 ,what makes you think they were happy children8 ,to the ,teacher3 ,after the story is told1 the children should be allowed to act out the picture4 ,stools or kindergarten chairs placed in the schoolroom doorway1 and a spoon1 a doll1 a cart1 and a basket1 which the children will gladly bring from home1 are all the accessories needed4 ,it is well to let the pupils act out the game which the children are supposed to have been playing when the mother called them1 as well as the story in the picture itself4 ,the story of the artist4 ,shall we tell you something about the man1 ,millet1 who painted this picture8 ,jean ,franois ,millet was the son of poor ,french peasants4 ,his father was a good man1 very fond of music and of all beautiful things out of doors4 ,sometimes he would say to his son1 ,look at that tree1 how large and beautiful it is2 as beautiful as a flower6 ,he would call his son's attention to the fields1 the sunsets1 and all things around him4 ,millet's mother worked in the fields with his father all day long4 ,so it was his grandmother who rocked him to sleep and cared for him while he was very little4 ,she was the one who named him ,jean after his father1 and ,franois after the good ,st4 ,francis4 ,she was a religious woman1 and almost the only pictures ,millet saw when he was a boy were those in his grandmother's ,bible4 ,he copied them many times1 drawing them with white chalk on the stone wall4 ,this pleased the grandmother very much1 and she encouraged him all she could4 ,when he was eighteen years old ,millet drew his first great picture4 ,this is how it happened4 ,as he was coming home from church he met an old man with bent back leaning on a cane as he walked slowly along4 ,something about the bent figure made ,millet want to draw a picture of him4 ,so1 taking some charcoal from his pocket1 he drew the picture on a stone wall4 ,the people passing by knew at once who it was2 they were pleased and told ,millet so4 ,his father1 too1 was delighted1 for he himself had once wished to be an artist4 ,he decided that his son should become what he had wished to be2 so he sent him to a good teacher4 ,millet worked very hard1 but for a long time his pictures did not sell1 and he was very poor4 ,after a while people saw what wonderful pictures he could paint1 and they were glad to let him know how much they thought of him and of his beautiful paintings4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,what kind of a man was his father8 ,what did he tell his son about the trees8 ,what did ,millet's mother do8 ,who took care of ,millet while his parents worked in the fields8 ,what kind of pictures did ,millet have to look at8 ,what did he draw first8 ,where did he draw8 ,who helped him8 ,tell about the old man leaning on a cane4 ,on what did ,millet draw his picture8 ,who saw it8 ,what did they say8 ,what did his father say8 ,what did he wish his son to be8 ,what did ,millet do then8 ,what do people think of his pictures now8 ,how many of you like this picture8 ,,children ,,of ,,charles ,i ,original ,picture3 ,turin 7tur7in7 ,gallery1 ,turin1 ,italy4 ,artist3 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck 7v7an dik74 ,birthplace3 ,antwerp1 ,belgium4 ,dates3 ,born1 #aeii2 died1 #afda4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,what are these three little children doing8 ,who are they8 ,did you ever have your picture taken8 ,where did you go to have it taken8 ,where do you think these children are8 ,why did they not go to a photographer as we do8 ,who1 do you suppose1 brought them to the studio8 ,how are they dressed8 ,how long do you suppose these children had to stand to have their picture painted8 ,how did the photographer tell you to stand8 ,what is the baby holding in his hands8 ,what do you see on the rug in front of the little girl8 ,why do you suppose the dog sits so quietly near ,prince ,charles8 ,which child should you like best to play with8 ,who painted this picture8 ,do you like it8 why8 ,the story of the picture4 ,once there lived a very beautiful queen and a very proud king4 ,they had three beautiful children1 whom they loved very dearly4 ,they were very proud of these children1 and gave them everything they could to make them happy4 ,the child standing so straight with his hand on the dog's head is a boy1 although he is dressed much like a girl4 ,his name is ,prince ,charles4 ,he had the finest little pony and cart you ever did see4 ,his sister1 ,mary1 the little girl standing beside him1 had a very beautiful doll that could do so many wonderful things that it really seemed to be alive4 ,the baby1 ,prince ,james1 had such a great number of toys they almost filled a large room4 ,there were several servants who brought out the toys and put them away again1 and who had nothing else to do but wait upon these children4 ,the children had a fine large yard to play in1 too4 ,it was so large that people called it a park4 ,the king had his gardener build a seat up in one of the big oak trees1 and there the children could play all kinds of games4 ,it was great fun to climb up into this seat1 where they were just as high up as the birds4 ,on windy days the big tree would rock back and forth just like a swing4 ,one day they were having a good time in the park when they were told their mother wanted them4 ,they were to be dressed to go and have their pictures painted4 ,there were no cameras in those days1 so there was no photograph gallery to go to4 ,but instead1 there was a great artist whose name was ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck4 ,he painted beautiful pictures with oil paints4 ,prince ,charles had already had his picture painted so many times he probably would not have cared to go if it had not been for the boat ride he knew he would have4 ,you see1 the king's palace and ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck's house both stood near the banks of the same river4 ,sir ,anthony had a private boat landing made just for the king and queen and their children4 ,the king liked so much to watch ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck paint that he used to visit him nearly every day4 ,he had several fine boats to take him there4 ,it must have taken a long time before the children were dressed and ready to go4 ,baby ,stuart1 as people loved to call little ,prince ,james1 wore blue silk1 trimmed with lace4 ,his brother wore rose-colored silk1 with a large lace collar and cuffs4 ,i don't see how he could run or even walk in such a long1 heavy dress2 do you8 ,it looks as if it were his very best dress4 ,probably he had a shorter one to play in4 ,how strange it seems that both the boys wear bonnets tied under their chins1 while the little girl does not4 ,perhaps they did not want to spoil her pretty curls4 ,princess ,mary's dress is white satin1 trimmed with lace4 ,she looks like a grown-up lady in that dress4 ,people said she looked just like her lovely queen mother4 ,no doubt her mother curled her hair and put the string of pearl beads around her neck4 ,probably the queen mother also gave ,baby ,stuart the big red apple he holds in his hands4 ,he was only two years old1 and she thought he might get hungry or need something to play with4 ,illustration3 ,children of ,charles ,i ,when at last they were all ready1 the boats were waiting for them4 ,several ladies went with the queen1 so it was quite a party4 ,it was a beautiful ride down the river to ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck's house4 ,when at last the boats came to the landing place1 very likely ,prince ,charles was the first to jump on shore4 ,the great ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck himself came out to meet them4 ,he was glad to have three such lovely children to paint4 ,he was very fond of children and then1 too1 he always liked to have a great many people about him4 ,when the party entered his studio1--the room where ,van ,dyck painted1--they found many people already there4 ,the ladies wore beautiful dresses and the men1 too1 were dressed in velvets and silks1 and carried shining swords4 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck had a very large1 fine dog1 and as soon as the dog saw the children he came right up to them4 ,he seemed to like ,prince ,charles best1 and sat beside him all the time his picture was being painted4 ,he liked to feel the soft stroke of ,prince ,charles's kind hand4 ,baby ,stuart stands upon a raised platform and his head is almost as high as his sister's4 ,he looks a little shy as he stands there1 holding his apple tight in his chubby little hands4 ,his sister ,mary must have held some roses in her hand and dropped them4 ,can you see them on the rug1 in front of her8 ,if ,baby ,stuart should drop his apple1 perhaps the dog would bring it to him4 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck was very fond of music1 and always had some musicians playing while he painted4 ,the children liked the music1 too1 and it made them forget they were standing still so long4 ,the ladies and gentlemen talked together in another part of the room1 but this did not disturb the artist4 ,he was so absorbed in his work that he did not hear them1 and no one would have thought of interrupting him4 ,the children stood still almost half an hour that day before the artist said1 ,that will do2 and they came several times before ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck could finish painting their faces4 ,then he told their mother to send him the three little dresses the children were wearing1 and he would paint them without the children4 ,you may be sure the children were glad they did not need to stand while the dresses were being painted4 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck painted a curtain just back of the children1 and through the window we see a rosebush which may be the one from which the little ,princess ,mary picked her roses4 ,the great artist painted many pictures of these three children1 but the king and queen liked this one best of all4 ,a long time after this picture was painted the father1 ,king ,charles ,i1 was beheaded by some of his people who did not like him4 ,prince ,charles grew up to be ,king ,charles ,,ii4 ,he did not like to do anything but have a good time1 so people called him the ,merry ,monarch4 ,he nearly always took a dog with him wherever he went1 even to church4 ,he seemed to like a certain very small dog best1 and people named these dogs after him4 ,they called them ,king ,charles spaniels4 ,have you ever seen a ,king ,charles spaniel8 ,when ,princess ,mary was only ten years old she was married to the ,prince of ,orange1 who was then only fifteen years of age4 ,but she lived in her own home until she grew up4 ,when at last she did go to live in her husband's country every one was glad to see her1 for she was such a good and wise princess4 ,she often helped her brothers1 too1 for it seemed as if they were always in trouble4 ,baby ,stuart grew up to be a great naval officer1 who fought and won battles on a big boat at sea4 ,when his brother1 ,king ,charles ,,ii1 died1 he became ,king ,james ,,ii4 ,when you look at this picture of ,baby ,stuart you feel sure he will grow up to be a good king4 ,but1 do you know1 he was not a good king4 ,the people did not like him at all1 and even drove him out of the country4 ,but we like to think of him always as a pretty baby whose queen mother used to sing him to sleep just as other mothers do4 ,these three children liked to play and have a good time just as much as we do4 ,it would be great fun to visit them and play with them1 would it not8 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,whose children are these8 ,where did they live8 ,where did they play8 ,which one is ,prince ,charles8 ,tell about him4 ,when he grew up what did he become8 ,what kind of a king was he8 ,what kind of dogs were named after him8 why8 ,how is he dressed in this picture8 ,whose dog is he petting8 ,who stands next to him8 ,what color is ,princess ,mary's dress8 ,whom did she look like8 ,why do you suppose she does not wear a cap or bonnet like her brothers8 ,how is her hair combed8 ,how old was she when she married the ,prince of ,orange8 ,what kind of a princess was she8 ,whom did she help8 ,upon what is ,baby ,stuart standing8 ,what color is his dress8 ,when he grew up1 what did he become8 ,what kind of a king was he8 ,how old was he when this picture was painted8 ,where was it painted8 ,who brought the children to the studio8 ,how did they bring them8 ,who met them at the landing8 ,what kind of a place was this studio8 ,how long did the children stand8 ,what helped to keep them from getting tired8 ,after ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck had painted their faces1 what did he say about their dresses8 ,what did the king and queen think about this picture8 ,what do you think about it8 ,to the ,teacher3 ,allow the children to act out the story4 ,they will enjoy representing the children at play in the park1 getting dressed for their picture1 and finally posing for it4 ,wrapping paper or even common newspapers may be used to make the stiff1 long skirts and the caps4 ,a make-believe boat is satisfactory4 ,a kindergarten stool will do for the platform on which ,baby ,stuart is standing4 ,the story of the artist4 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck's father kept a silk store and sold beautiful silks to rich people4 ,he met so many fine folks that he tried to be like them himself1 and soon had as fine manners as the best of them4 ,this made him just a little bit too proud1 so that he no longer cared to have anything to do with any one who was common or poor4 ,the boy ,anthony grew up with something of the same feeling4 ,when he was very little he did not like to play with other boys1 but preferred to sit in his father's shop where the great ladies came to buy silk4 ,he liked to have them smile at him1 and to smile shyly back at them4 ,anthony's mother made the most exquisite embroidery and painted beautiful flowers4 ,she gave the little boy his first lessons in painting4 ,by the time ,anthony was old enough to go to school his parents had become very rich1 and nothing was too good for their little boy4 ,he liked to draw better than anything else1 and so when he was fourteen years old they sent him to a good teacher to learn how to draw and paint4 ,here he worked very hard4 ,he did so well that in two years1 when he wanted to study with the great ,dutch artist1 ,rubens1 the artist was glad to have him as his pupil4 ,there were a good many boys in the class4 ,one day their teacher1 ,rubens1 went out for a long walk4 ,he always locked the door of his private studio and no one else had a key1 except a servant4 ,the boys wanted so much to see what was in that room that they finally persuaded the servant to let them in4 ,once inside the studio1 they crowded close around the new picture ,rubens was painting1 and one of the boys was pushed against it4 ,his coat sleeve rubbed off the chin and arm of the ,virgin the artist was painting4 ,the boys were terribly frightened1 and did not know what to do4 ,finally they decided that the chin and arm must be painted in again4 ,all said that ,anthony could do it better than any of the rest4 ,so well did he paint that even ,rubens did not know anything had happened4 ,when he did find out about it he was so pleased to know that his pupil could paint so well he did not scold the boys at all4 ,after that he often let ,anthony help him paint his pictures4 ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck went on many long journeys to see the work of other artists4 ,he had eleven brothers and sisters1 for whom he was always doing helpful things4 ,he admired beautiful silks1 satins1 velvets1 and lace1 and liked best to paint people wearing fine clothes4 ,he did it so well1 too1 that all the people of ,king ,charles's court wanted him to paint their portraits4 ,he could always make them good looking1 for even if they had very ugly faces1 he painted such beautiful clothes on them that they made lovely pictures4 ,he must have loved children1 for all his paintings of them look as if he did4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,tell about his mother and father4 ,what did ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck like to do when he was a little boy8 ,who taught him to draw8 ,with what great artist did he study when he was older8 ,what happened to one of ,rubens's pictures8 ,who painted it over again8 ,why did ,rubens not scold him8 ,what did ,sir ,anthony ,van ,dyck like to paint best8 ,what makes you think he must have loved children8 ,,four ,,little ,,scamps ,,are ,,we ,artist3 ,julius ,adam 77ad7am74 ,birthplace3 ,unknown4 ,dates3 ,unknown4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,how many of you like little kittens8 ,how many have a kitty at home8 ,what are these little kittens doing8 ,where do you think they are8 ,what makes you think they are all well fed and cared for8 ,what is the color of their fur8 ,how many of them look happy8 ,how many have a ribbon around the neck8 ,what do you suppose these little kittens have been doing8 ,which one would you choose for your pet8 why8 ,do you think this is a good picture of kittens8 ,why do you think so8 ,why do you suppose it is called ,four ,little ,scamps ,are ,we8 ,the story of the picture4 ,once there was a man named ,mr4 ,adam1 who had four little kittens just like these4 ,he liked to watch them play1 and they loved him because he was so kind to them4 ,he must have found it very hard to make them keep still long enough for him to paint their pictures4 ,probably he put them in a large glass cage with wire over the top1 as so many painters of cats have done4 ,the wire was placed over the top so the kittens could have plenty of air4 ,sometimes ,mr4 ,adam would drop a ball or string down through the wire into the cage and play with the kittens4 ,the sides of the cage were made of glass so that he could watch them while he painted1 no matter in what part of the cage they might be4 ,perhaps these four little kittens have just had a fine romp through the house4 ,what do you suppose they had for breakfast8 ,probably a saucer full of milk1 which is just what little kittens like best4 ,mr4 ,adam has finally succeeded in chasing his four roguish little kittens into the cage4 ,they do not mind staying in the cage to please him1 for they like to have him talk to them and play with them4 ,they try to look their very best for him1 and wonder which one he will take up first4 ,sometimes he must like to take them up in his arms and pet them4 ,which one would you like to take in your arms8 ,these four pretty kittens must be very happy1 for they look as if they were well cared for4 ,that first little kitten at the left-hand side of the picture seems happy4 ,we suspect she is purring4 ,that is the way she lets us know she is happy1 just as children sing when they are happy4 ,i am sure she would like to lie in your lap and let you pet her4 ,she holds her head a little to one side1 and her bright eyes seem to say1 ,i may be little1 but ,i'm spry4 ,just roll a marble toward me1 and see4 ,illustration3 ,four ,little ,scamps ,are ,we ,how very wise the second little kitten looks6 ,perhaps she is proud of her white collar and cuffs4 ,i am sure she keeps them nice and clean4 ,such a baby she is1 to be so thoughtful6 ,but she likes to play1 too1 no doubt4 ,what do you suppose she is thinking about8 ,maybe she is thinking of a nice1 soft red ball in a basket in the sewing room1 and after her picture is painted perhaps she means to get that ball and surprise the other kittens4 ,then they will all roll over and over on the floor with it4 ,or maybe the mamma cat has told her she will show her how to catch a mouse4 ,she will need to keep very quiet then1 or the mouse will hear and run away4 ,the third little kitty is almost all white4 ,she looks as if she saw a bird4 ,we hope she is not such a naughty kitty as to try to catch our pretty birds4 ,i am sure ,mr4 ,adam will not want her to do that1 and will teach her better4 ,but1 do you know1 ,i believe it is a fly she sees1 and ,i hope she will catch that4 ,she surely does look as if she were planning some mischief as she crouches there ready for anything4 ,the last little kitten seems to say1 ,oh1 look at my pretty ribbon6 ,i am the only one of us that wears a ribbon6 ,is it not fine8 ,no wonder he holds his head so high6 ,his fur is striped1 and he looks like a little tiger kitten4 ,with such bright eyes and such sharp ears it is no wonder cats hear and see the little mice that go about so quietly4 ,do you know why a cat has whiskers8 ,they say that the whiskers are always as wide as the widest part of the cat's body1 so that when she wants to go through a hole in the fence1 or through any narrow place1 she can tell whether the opening is large enough4 ,if her whiskers just touch1 she can go through all right2 but if they are pushed back1 then it is of no use for her to try1 for there will not be room enough to pass4 ,have you ever noticed the color of little kittens' eyes8 ,they are nearly always blue when the kittens are very little1 but turn yellow as they grow older4 ,their eyes are very different from ours1 for they can see in the dark as well as in the daytime4 ,what soft little cushions they have on their feet6 ,no wonder they can go about so quietly4 ,when they like you1 they keep their claws hidden in those cushions1 and so they do not scratch when they play with you4 ,did you ever watch a cat sharpen her claws8 ,she usually sharpens them on the trunk of a tree1 but sometimes she likes to sharpen them on the carpet or rug4 ,your mamma does not like that4 ,even little kittens have very sharp teeth and claws1 and if you tease them1 or they are afraid1 they bite and scratch4 ,these little kittens look as if they had never been teased or felt cross1 and we would not be a bit afraid to pet them4 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,where do you suppose ,mr4 ,adam put these kittens when he wanted to paint them8 ,why put them in a glass cage8 ,why have wire over the top8 ,why do the kittens like to stay in the cage8 ,which of the kittens has a ribbon around the neck8 ,how does he seem to feel8 ,what does the next kitten seem to be about to do8 ,what color is she8 ,what is the next little kitten doing8 ,how does a kitten tell us that she is happy8 ,why does a cat have whiskers8 ,how do a cat's eyes differ from ours8 ,what have cats on their feet that help them to walk quietly8 ,of what use are their claws8 ,what does a cat do when she is angry8 ,how does she sharpen her claws8 ,what does she do with them if she likes you8 ,to the ,teacher3 ,allow the children to talk freely of their kittens at home4 ,have them draw a kitten with charcoal on manila paper4 ,even if the results are not much in themselves1 their powers of observation will be quickened1 as is always shown when the same drawing is attempted a few days later4 ,the story of the artist4 ,we know that ,mr4 ,adam must have been very fond of cats1 because he has painted so many pictures of them2 but that is all we really do know of him4 ,one authority gives the first letter of his name as ,s41 the dates of his birth and death as #ahja and #ahfg1 and his birthplace1 ,italy4 ,another authority gives the same dates but the initial letter ,j4 and the birthplace1 ,france4 ,the paintings are signed ,t4 or ,j4 ,adam1 but no record has been kept of the artist's life4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,why do you think he must have liked cats8 ,,madonna ,,of ,,the ,,chair ,original ,picture3 ,pitti ,palace1 ,florence1 ,italy4 ,artist3 ,raphael ,sanzio 7rfa 7el snzyo74 ,birthplace3 ,urbino1 ,italy4 ,dates3 ,born1 #adhc2 died1 #aebj4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,whom do you see in this picture8 ,who is sitting in the chair8 ,who leans against the mother's knee8 ,what is he holding under his arm8 ,at whom is he looking8 ,why do you think he loves the baby8 ,how many have a baby brother at home8 ,what has the mother on her head8 ,around her shoulders8 ,what makes you think the baby is not sitting very still8 ,who painted this picture8 ,the story of the picture4 ,a long time ago a good old man whose name was ,bernardo lived all alone in a little house in the woods4 ,if people were lost in the woods1 or tired1 or hungry1 they always came to him and he would help them4 ,it was his work to take care of the trees and see that only the oldest and largest were cut down4 ,but there was one large oak near his house he never would let the men cut4 ,its branches kept his house cool in summer with their shade1 and in the winter they sheltered it from the bitter cold winds4 ,bernardo1 living all alone and with no one to talk to1 used to talk to the tree4 ,and the big oak would nod its branches as if it understood every word4 ,all the trees belonged to a man who used the wood to make barrels4 ,he made hundreds and hundreds of barrels1 and though it took a great many trees to give him wood enough1 he always spared the oak tree4 ,sometimes when this man came out to see about his trees his little daughter ,mary came with him4 ,and so ,bernardo and little ,mary became great friends4 ,in fact1 the old man said he had only two friends1 the oak to whom he talked and little ,mary who talked to him4 ,one day there was a dreadful storm and ,bernardo's little house shook so in the wind that he was afraid to stay in it4 ,he looked at the oak tree1 and it seemed to motion to him and tell him to come into its branches1 where he would be safe4 ,so he put some bread in his pocket1 for he knew the storm would last a long time1 and climbed up into the tree4 ,it was a good thing he did so1 too1 for very soon his house was blown down4 ,hundreds of birds also hid among the branches of the big tree during the storm1 which lasted three days4 ,the old man wished he had brought more bread to eat1 for the ground was covered with water so deep he did not dare leave the tree4 ,just as he began to think he would starve1 ,mary and her father came in search of him and took him to their home4 ,little ,mary had been thinking of him all the time1 and just as soon as they could they had come for him4 ,so you see his two friends1 ,mary and the oak1 had saved his life1 and ,bernardo loved them more than ever4 ,he prayed that in some way his two good friends might always be remembered together4 ,illustration3 ,madonna of the ,chair ,many years after1 ,bernardo died4 ,by that time the oak was so old it seemed as if it would fall over and break the other trees near it1 or maybe hurt somebody4 ,so it was cut down1 and ,mary's father had it made into fine new barrels4 ,by this time the little ,mary had grown up1 was married1 and had two fine boys of her own4 ,she was sitting out on the nice big porch of her home one day1 holding the baby in her arms1 when the older boy came running to her to show her a stick which one of the workmen had carved into a cross4 ,and who should happen to be passing the house at that very moment but the great artist1 ,raphael4 ,when he looked up and saw the lovely mother and her children1 he thought he had never seen anything so beautiful4 ,he was on his way home after a long walk1 and did not even have his paints with him4 ,but he saw the empty barrels in the yard1 and choosing one with a nice smooth head1 he drew on it1 with a piece of charcoal1 a picture of ,mary and her children4 ,he took the drawing home with him and painted this great picture4 ,so the old man's wish came true1 for this barrel end made from the old oak tree1 with the picture of ,mary and her children upon it1 has become famous over all the world4 ,such a round-faced1 healthy1 happy-looking baby1 held tight in the loving clasp of his mother's strong arms6 ,perhaps he is getting tired of sitting so long for his picture1 and wants to go down and see what the artist is doing4 ,his chubby little arms and feet make us think he is not sitting very still4 ,his lovely mother bends her head toward him4 ,her head is covered with a handkerchief1 and there is such a beautiful shawl around her shoulders4 ,the older boy looks with love and adoration at his sweet baby brother1 who is looking toward us4 ,what a beautiful old carved chair they must have been sitting in6 ,the mother's face was so good and kind1 and she looked so lovely there on the porch with her children1 that she reminded ,raphael of that other mother1 ,mary1 the mother of the baby ,jesus4 ,the elder brother looked like the little ,st4 ,john adoring ,jesus4 ,so ,raphael painted a halo around their heads and called the picture the ,madonna of the ,chair4 ,this halo is a ring of light which artists often paint around the heads of angels and saints4 ,raphael wanted to make us think loving and tender thoughts about the baby ,jesus1 ,mary1 and ,st4 ,john4 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,who was ,bernardo8 ,where did he live8 ,what did he do8 ,why did he not cut down the oak tree near his house8 ,to whom did he talk8 ,how did the oak tree seem to answer him8 ,who was ,mary8 ,tell about the storm4 ,how long did it last8 ,who came in search of ,bernardo8 ,why did he pray that his two friends might be remembered together8 ,what became of the oak tree8 of ,mary8 ,who painted her picture8 ,where was she8 ,on what did the artist paint the picture8 why8 ,why is the picture round8 ,how did this make ,bernardo's wish come true8 ,of whom did ,mary and her children make the artist think8 ,why did he paint the halo around their heads8 ,what is a halo8 ,why is the picture called the ,madonna of the ,chair8 ,of whom did the artist want to make us think8 ,to the ,teacher3 ,have the children retell the story of the picture4 ,the story of the artist4 ,raphael's father was a painter1 and belonged to a family of painters4 ,perhaps there never was a more fortunate little boy born to more loving parents4 ,and perhaps that1 too1 is the reason he grew up with such pleasant ways and such a sweet nature that every one who knew him loved him4 ,it made people happy just to be with him4 ,raphael's father taught him how to mix paints1 and showed him how to wash and care for his brushes4 ,he gave him his first lessons in drawing and painting4 ,raphael's mother died when he was only eight years old1 but he had a stepmother who was very good to him indeed1 and helped him all she could4 ,a few years later his father died1 and so it was through the help of a generous uncle that he was sent to the studio of the great artist1 ,perugino1 to study4 ,the artist-teacher was very fond and very proud of ,raphael1 whose work soon became even better than his own4 ,raphael was never jealous or unkind toward others who did things better than he could do them4 ,and he made those who could not do so well as he feel kindly toward him and be glad of his success4 ,he did all he could to help poor artists1 and was never too busy to see them4 ,whenever he went to court to see the king and queen he was just like a prince in a fairy story4 ,about fifty of these poorer artists and friends always went with him to show everybody how much they loved and admired him4 ,it was just like a parade4 ,one day the ,pope--,pope ,julius--sent for him and told him that he wanted him to paint some good pictures on the walls of four of the rooms in his palace1 the ,vatican4 ,on these walls pictures had been painted which the ,pope did not like1 and he thought ,raphael would know just what to do to make his palace the most beautiful in the world4 ,raphael worked very hard1 for he wanted to please the ,pope4 ,many of the pictures had to be painted on the ceilings1 and he had to lie flat on his back on a large board placed across two ladders4 ,you may be sure he grew very tired4 ,some days he took long walks in the country4 ,it was when returning from one of these long walks that he painted the ,madonna of the ,chair4 ,he painted over forty ,madonnas4 ,this ,madonna is seated in a chair1 and that is why it is called the ,madonna of the ,chair1 or ,madonna della ,sedia4 ,most of his paintings are of stories told in the ,bible4 ,he painted over two hundred eighty-seven pictures4 ,the artist's last name was ,sanzio1 but people have always called him by his first name1 ,raphael4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,what kind of a boy was he8 ,why did people like him8 ,who taught him to draw and paint8 ,who else helped him8 ,what happened when he went to see the king and queen8 ,what did the ,pope ask him to do8 ,how did he paint the ceiling8 ,where did he like to walk8 ,how did he happen to paint this picture8 ,what kind of pictures did he usually paint8 ,how many ,madonnas did he paint8 ,how many pictures all together8 ,,miss ,,bowles ,artist3 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds 7r7en7uldz74 ,birthplace3 ,plympton1 ,devonshire1 ,england4 ,dates3 ,born1 #agbc2 died1 #agib4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,what is the little girl in this picture doing8 ,why does she keep such fast hold of the little dog8 ,where do you think they are8 ,do you think she looks happy or frightened8 why8 ,what has she in her hair8 ,how is she dressed8 ,what makes you think you would like to play with her8 ,what do you think they have been doing8 ,where have they been playing8 ,do you like this picture8 why8 ,the story of the picture4 ,how pleased little ,miss ,bowles must have been when her mamma and papa told her she was to go to the studio of the great ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds to have her picture painted6 ,she must have clapped her hands1 for1 as every one knew1 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds was the most delightful man in the world4 ,he not only loved children but he always played with them and kept a great many wonderful toys in his studio just for them4 ,then1 too1 he had invited her and her mamma and papa to have lunch with him before she sat for her picture4 ,sir ,joshua had told her mamma to dress the little girl in the simplest white dress she had1 so she could play1 and because he did not like fine clothes4 ,it was a lovely drive from her home to the studio1 and the two fine horses held their heads up and stepped very high as if they1 too1 were glad they were going to ,sir ,joshua's house4 ,just as ,miss ,bowles stepped out of the carriage the cutest little black and white dog came racing down the walk to greet her4 ,little ,miss ,bowles was not a bit afraid4 ,how could she be1 when the little black and white dog came right up to her and stood wagging his tail8 ,when she had petted him1 perhaps he ran to bring a stick for her to throw1 so he could find it and bring it back to her1 just as your dog does4 ,sir ,joshua heard her laughing and the dog barking as he came out to welcome them4 ,almost at once1 luncheon was announced and they all went in to the big dining room4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds sat next to little ,miss ,bowles and told her all about the little dog1 whose name1 perhaps1 was ,spot4 ,a lady whose picture he had painted had given the dog to him1 and she had taught ,spot several very clever tricks which ,miss ,bowles should see right after luncheon4 ,sir ,joshua loved to surprise his little friends4 ,when they were not looking he would take their handkerchiefs from them1 or suddenly put some strange toy in their laps4 ,he loved to see their look of surprise and delight4 ,illustration3 ,miss ,bowles ,after luncheon came a good romp in the yard4 ,perhaps the little dog would bite ,miss ,bowles's shoes and try to keep her from running4 ,how she must have laughed6 ,when she went back into the house ,spot went in with her4 ,little ,miss ,bowles is so afraid the artist is going to send her pet away that she holds him fast in her arms1 and looks at ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds as much as to say1 ,now you can't send him away1 can you8 ,her eyes fairly sparkle with glee as she squeezes the little dog much too hard for his comfort4 ,he knows that she holds him so fast because she wants to keep him1 and he is glad to be with her1 but oh6 if she just would not squeeze quite so hard6 ,show me how little ,miss ,bowles is sitting4 ,i suppose she is afraid to look away even for a second for fear ,sir ,joshua will play some trick on her and get the little dog away4 ,sir ,joshua painted so very fast that ,i don't suppose she knew just when he drew her picture1 although he probably asked her to sit still when he was ready to paint4 ,but she must have gone to his house several times before the picture was finished4 ,her father and mother were very much pleased with the picture1 and said it looked just like their little girl4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds loved the woods and nature so much that he nearly always painted them in his pictures4 ,so in the background of this picture we catch a glimpse of the woods in the yard where the child and dog have been playing1 and where they have just stopped a moment to rest4 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,where was this picture painted8 ,why was little ,miss ,bowles so glad to go8 ,how did she go8 ,what came to meet her8 ,what color was the dog8 ,how did he act8 ,who gave the dog to the artist8 ,how did ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds know little ,miss ,bowles had come8 ,how did he tease her8 ,what did they do after luncheon8 ,why did she hold the dog so fast8 ,what can you see behind the little girl8 ,to the ,teacher3 ,let the children illustrate the story of little ,miss ,bowles playing with her dog in the park4 ,use charcoal1 or colored crayon1 on manila paper4 ,the story of the artist4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds's father was a teacher in a private school1 and to this school ,joshua was sent as soon as he was old enough to study4 ,even when a very little boy ,joshua liked to draw4 ,he liked it so well that it was hard for him to study in school4 ,he always saw so many things he wanted to draw that he could not wait until after school1 but drew them on the back of his lesson papers4 ,one day he drew all over his number paper1 and when he handed it in his father could not read the numbers on account of the drawing4 ,his father was disappointed because his son's paper did not look so neat as the other boys'1 and so he wrote at the top of the sheet1 ,done by ,joshua out of pure idleness4 ,joshua had five brothers and sisters who liked to draw just as well as he did1 and who could all draw very much better than he could4 ,it took so much paper and so many pencils for all his children1 that finally the father told them they might draw on the walls of one of the halls4 ,the walls had been whitewashed and the children used burnt sticks for pencils4 ,at first the older brothers and sisters used to help little ,joshua by guiding his hand1 but he soon learned to draw as well as they4 ,his first drawings had been so funny that they laughed at him1 but now they praised him instead4 ,when he was only eight years old he drew a picture that every one praised very much4 ,it was a picture of the schoolhouse4 ,when his father saw it he was so pleased that he said1 ,this is wonderful6 ,in the little town where ,joshua lived the people had church on ,sundays1 of course1 and sometimes during the week4 ,one day1 ,joshua went to church4 ,at first he sat very still1 but the sermon was a long one1 and finally he grew so tired that he could not listen another minute4 ,he thought he would like to draw a picture of the minister1 but he had nothing to draw it on4 ,then he remembered that he had a pencil in his pocket1 and he could draw a picture of the minister on his thumb nail2 and that is just what he did4 ,the church was near the river1 and after church ,joshua went down to the river bank4 ,finding a piece of an old sail1 he carried it to a boathouse4 ,here1 from the picture on his thumb nail1 he drew on the piece of sail the portrait of the minister4 ,then he painted it1 using the common paint that is used in painting boats4 ,joshua was only eleven years old1 and had finished his first oil painting4 ,his father had wanted him to be a doctor1 but after seeing this picture he decided to let ,joshua have his own way and be a painter4 ,he sent him to a good teacher1 and lived to see his son a great artist4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,where did he go to school8 ,who taught him8 ,what did he like to do best8 ,on what did he draw8 ,why was his father disappointed when he saw his number paper8 ,where were the children allowed to draw8 ,with what did they draw8 ,what did he draw that pleased his father very much8 ,tell about the picture of the minister4 ,,two ,,mothers ,,and ,,their ,,families ,artist3 ,elizabeth ,gardner ,bouguereau 7boogero74 ,birthplace3 ,exeter1 ,new ,hampshire4 ,dates3 ,born1 #ahdb4 ,still living1 #aiah4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,what do you see in this picture8 ,in what room do you think they are8 ,why do you suppose the picture is called ,two ,mothers and ,their ,families8 ,how many little chickens are there8 ,what time of the year do you think it is8 time of day8 ,what is the little boy doing8 ,how many of you like this picture8 why8 ,the story of the picture4 ,this little boy is having a good time feeding the fluffy little chickens4 ,he has scattered some grain on the floor and the old hen and eight of her chicks are eating as fast as they can4 ,two of the old hen's chicks must have wandered away1 so that at first they did not hear the mother hen's cluck4 ,now see how they flutter their wings as they hurry back toward the others6 ,illustration3 ,two ,mothers and ,their ,families ,the old mother hen takes such good care of her little chickens6 ,when it is very cold she will spread out her wings until all the little ones are covered4 ,she keeps them warm and snug4 ,if it rains1 and she cannot get them under shelter1 she will protect them with her wings in the pouring rain1 much as she dislikes it4 ,every day she must scratch for bugs and worms for them and teach them how to scratch for their own living4 ,she watches carefully to see that nothing harms them4 ,sometimes big birds1 called chicken hawks1 fly over the yard ready to swoop down and carry little chickens away in their claws4 ,then there are other things to be feared1 such as weasels and rats2 even cats and dogs might harm her little ones4 ,is it any wonder the mother hen is anxious1 and apt to be cross when we go near her little chicks8 ,it is best to be careful1 then1 for if she thinks you mean to hurt them she will fly at you and hurt you with her sharp bill4 ,when the artist1 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,gardner ,bouguereau1 visited this home and saw the mother and her child watching this old hen and her chickens1 it is no wonder she wanted to paint them4 ,she wanted to make us feel the love of the mother hen for her little ones as well as that of the other mother for her children4 ,the child is delighted1 as1 safe in his mother's arms1 he looks around to see if she is watching1 too4 ,there is a little baby sister in the cradle1 and that is the reason he keeps very quiet and does not speak4 ,no doubt the mother has rocked the baby to sleep4 ,you can see how the baby is fastened in the cradle so she cannot fall out4 ,that odd-looking top over part of the cradle is placed there to keep the light from the baby's eyes4 ,just now it is moved a little to one side1 and we can see part of the baby's face4 ,this home probably belongs to a ,french peasant who goes to his work very early in the morning1 or he would be with his family now4 ,it must be a very hot day in summer1 for both mother and child are barefooted and they are dressed for warm weather4 ,see the pots and pans hanging on the wall under the shelf1 and the old kettle hanging over the large open fireplace6 ,the room must be kitchen1 bedroom1 and dining room all in one2 perhaps they have only this one room4 ,there is a basket on the stand1 and most likely it is filled with vegetables brought in from the garden for dinner4 ,what a happy1 healthy little boy this is1 with his hair in little ringlets all over his head6 ,his half-closed hand makes us think he still has some corn left to scatter on the floor for the chickens4 ,it seems very strange to see chickens running about in the house4 ,if the mother and child were not dressed so as to keep themselves cool we should think they had let them in because it was too cold for them outside4 ,the mother looks as proud of her small son as the mother hen is of her young family4 ,what a pleasant face she has6 ,the old hen does not feel anxious when she is near1 for she knows this other mother is kind and will care for her and her fluffy little chicks4 ,the boy1 too1 seems to be very careful1 and the hen is glad to have the grain scattered by his kind little hand4 ,there is so much bright light in the picture that we are sure there is an open door near by1 though we cannot see it in the picture4 ,it was through this open doorway that the mother hen and her chicks strayed into the house4 ,probably the artist sat in the doorway as she painted4 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,what is the little boy doing8 ,what makes you think he has just scattered corn for the chickens8 ,how many chickens have found the grain8 ,what are the other two chickens doing8 ,how does the mother hen care for her chickens8 ,what do you see standing beside the mother and child8 ,who is sleeping in the cradle8 ,what are the straps for8 the shade8 ,why do you think it must have been a hot day8 ,what hangs under the shelf8 ,what do you see on the shelf8 ,what is on the stand8 ,why is the old hen not afraid of the mother and child8 ,in what way are the two mothers alike8 ,from which direction does the light seem to come8 ,the story of the artist4 ,we know very little about the artist1 ,mrs4 ,elizabeth ,gardner ,bouguereau1 except that she is an ,american who has spent most of her life in ,france4 ,she studied in ,paris for many years and was a pupil of the great artist ,bouguereau1 whom she married4 ,her pictures have been exhibited many times in this country and abroad4 ,among her best-known works1 besides the ,two ,mothers and ,their ,families1 are ,cinderella1 ,fortune ,teller1 ,maud ,muller1 ,cornelia and ,her ,jewels1 and ,corinne4 ,she has also painted a number of portraits4 ,many of her pictures are of children4 ,she is still living in ,paris1 ,france4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,where was the artist born8 ,where did she study and whom did she marry8 ,where do you think she must have been sitting when she painted the picture8 ,name two of her best-known pictures4 ,,can',t ,,you ,,talk8 ,artist3 ,g4 ,a4 ,holmes 7homz74 ,birthplace3 ,england4 ,dates3 ,unknown4 ,questions to arouse interest4 ,what do you see in this picture8 ,where are they8 ,why is the stone floor not too cold for the baby8 ,what time of day do you think it is8 why8 ,what do you suppose the baby has been doing8 ,what makes you think the big dog loves the baby8 ,what is the little kitten doing8 ,what do you see on the stone bench8 ,do you like the picture8 why8 ,the story of the picture4 ,it must have been a warm summer day when this little baby slipped out of her bed1 crept across the room to the door1 and out on the cool stone porch4 ,it may have been a ,monday morning1 when the baby's mamma was very busy in the kitchen1 washing the clothes4 ,probably she put the baby to bed for the usual morning nap1 and did not hear her wake up4 ,it must be about noon1 for the shadows are short in the picture4 ,the mother is probably out in the yard1 taking her clean clothes off the line1 so of course she could not hear the baby creep out through the open door to the porch4 ,there the baby found the great dog keeping watch4 ,how wise he looks6 ,he knows the baby's mamma would be worried if she knew what her little one is doing1 and his kind eyes seem to say1 ,never mind1 ,i'll take care of her4 ,illustration3 ,can't ,you ,talk8 ,perhaps the baby asks him1 ,where's my mamma8 ,he looks as if he wanted to answer or say something1 and she cannot understand why he does not1 so she crawls up to him and says1 ,can't you talk8 ,but the big dog can only wag his tail and watch the baby4 ,if she should crawl too far away1 we feel sure he would try to persuade her to come back1 or if he could not do that1 he would bark and let the mother know something was wrong4 ,what chubby little hands and feet the baby has6 ,you can almost see the dimples in her cheeks4 ,she is a friendly1 happy little child1 ,i'm sure1 and you can see that her pets love her4 ,there is the little kitten rubbing up against the door as if waiting to see if the dog will answer baby's question4 ,kitty seems to be afraid to come out on the porch1 although the dog does not look as if he would hurt her4 ,sometimes little babies with such chubby hands squeeze their pets too hard1 and maybe this little kitten1 although she loves the baby1 does not want to come too near4 ,there is a stone bench at one side of the porch4 ,it looks as if some one had left a market basket1 a cabbage1 and a bag on it4 ,perhaps in the basket are potatoes from the garden4 ,what a busy life this baby has with so many things to do and so much to learn6 ,she tries so hard to understand4 ,i suppose she thinks1 ,good old dog1 you seem to know so much more than ,i do4 ,how does it happen that ,i can talk and you cannot8 ,the mother will be coming in soon1 and how surprised she will be to find her baby up and out on the porch1 with the big dog taking such good care of her6 ,this good old dog does so much to help them6 ,all night long he guards the house1 not allowing any one even to stop on the walk in front of the house1 without his warning bark4 ,in the daytime1 if the people wish to go away1 they may be sure the faithful dog will allow no one to enter the house while they are gone4 ,no harm can come to these good people while he is there to help them4 ,you can tell by looking at him that he is well fed and well cared for4 ,that fluffy little kitten1 too1 just ready to dart back into the house and scamper across the floor1 looks happy and contented4 ,evidently the people who live in this house with its wide stone porch are good and kind4 ,should you not like to visit them8 ,questions to help the pupil understand the picture4 ,how did the baby get out on the porch8 ,why does she not walk8 ,where has she been8 ,what time of day is it8 ,where do you suppose her mother is8 ,what did the baby find on the porch8 ,what does she ask the dog8 ,how can he answer8 ,how does he take care of her8 ,what makes you think her pets love her8 ,why does the little kitten stay inside8 ,what is on the stone bench8 ,should you like to visit the people who live in this house8 why8 ,to the ,teacher3 ,encourage the children to talk about their pets at home1 and to draw pictures of them4 ,the story of the artist4 ,although ,mr4 ,holmes has painted many very popular pictures of children and their pets1 we can find very little information about his life except that he was an ,englishman4 ,however1 he cannot be forgotten so long as his pictures live to tell us of his little friends and their faithful pets4 ,questions about the artist4 ,who painted this picture8 ,what do his pictures tell us about the artist8 ,in what country was he born8 ,,the ,,suggestions ,,to ,,teachers ,studying the picture4 ,several days before the lesson is to be taken up1 the picture to be studied should be placed where every pupil can see it4 ,first of all1 the children should find out for themselves what is in the picture4 ,the questions accompanying the story of each picture are intended to help them to do this4 ,language work4 ,the pupils should be encouraged in class to talk freely and naturally4 ,in this way the lesson becomes a language exercise in which the pupils will gain in freedom of expression and in the ability to form clear mental images4 ,if a lesson does not occupy the entire drawing period1 the children should be asked to retell the story of the picture4 ,dramatization and drawing4 ,most of the stories told by the pictures lend themselves readily to dramatization and1 whenever practicable1 such stories should be acted out4 ,the stories also offer numerous interesting situations that may be used as subjects for drawing lessons4 ,the review lesson4 ,the review lesson should cover all pictures and artists studied throughout the year4 ,at this time other pictures available by the same artists should be on exhibition4 ,the review work may be conducted as a contest in which the pictures are held up1 one at a time1 while the class writes the name of the picture and the artist on slips of paper which have been prepared and numbered for that purpose4 ,one teacher who used this device surprised her class by presenting those whose lists were correct with their choice of any of the large-sized ,perry pictures studied4 ,many teachers1 however1 will prefer to use this time for composition work1 although the description of pictures is often given as an ,english lesson4 ,pupils may write a description of their favorite picture4 ,in fact1 the lessons can be made to correlate with history1 geography1 ,english1 spelling1 reading1 or nature study4 ,in any event the real purpose of the work is that the pupils shall become so familiar with the pictures that they will recognize them as old friends whenever and wherever they may see them4 ,it is hoped that acquaintance with the picture and the interest awakened by its story will grow into a fuller appreciation and understanding of the artist's work4 ,thus the children will have many happy hours and will learn to love the good1 the true1 and the beautiful in everything about them4 ,transcriber's ,note3 99 ,text enclosed between equal signs was in bold face in the original 7bold74 99 ,some words have accents of different weights4 ,the heavier accent is marked double 7''74 7,example3 bo'nur''7 99 ,pg #a ,pronunciation guide for 7zh,n fr,nsw mel7e7 presents a ,latin letter small capital ,n1 a voiced uvular nasal4 99 ,pg #bg ,raphael ,sanzio 7rfa 7el snzyo7 contains the symbol representing an up tack not represented in any charts4 99 ,pg #db ,bouguereau 7boogero7 contains oo representing a long oo sound not represented in any charts4