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neatly-drawn Ornaments and flowers, as well as diligently executed 
models of constructions in wood. 
The Higher Weaving-School at Gumpenäorf (Vienna) had illus- 
trated its course of instruction very comprehensively in the pro- 
ductions of its pupils. The drawings, all of them designs for 
textile fabrics, &c., invariably exhibited also the manner in wlnch 
the design must be put upon the loom. 
The Women’s Industry-Association of Vienna exhibited astonish- 
ing specimens. They consisted of flat Ornaments and flowers in 
color, some of the latter, in body-colors, exhibiting a virtuosity 
and a boldness in the handling, hardly to be looked for from the 
hands of girls. 
The Higher Building Trades School of Ferd. Martens, at v lenna, 
is intended to provide the facilities for special training for the mass 
of even the poorer classes, and of tliose whose circumstances have 
left them with an insufficient preparation, but who may still desire 
to improve themselves. Corresponding *to its character as a 
special school, only those branches arc taught in it wlnch are 
directly conducive to its aim, i.e., the education of efficient master- 
masons, foremen, clerks of works, &c. The Institution consists 
of a preparatory school, and thrce special schools, onc for masons, 
another for stonecutters, a tliird for carpenters. It was originally 
supported by private means; but in consequence of its success, 
and to further its development, it was subventioned by the com 
mune in 1868, and in 1872 also by the state. Since tlien the 
school has advanced very satisfactorily, the number of pupils 
increasing steadily; and it has also beeil perfected in various direc- 
tions, as°regards the necessary auxiliary Sciences. The results 
which werc exhibited gave renewed evidence tliat this well-managed 
Institution deserves the celebrity it has enjoyed for years. 
Tlie Viennese Special School for Watchmdkers deserves mention 
for its ncat linear drawings. Besides those specimens, the insti- 
tution exhibited only its admirable collection of wall-charts, 
designed for its particular fleld of instruction. 
Very meritorious results were shown by the Mechanical Train 
ing-Shop at Klagenfurth. The beginning is here made with the 
usual practice in geometrical drawing, advancing gradually to sim 
ple constructions of parts of machines, and from them progressing