The increase in Manual Training instruction is very encouraging in some sections of this country, while in others such instruction is sadly neglected. Those who are familiar with the practical benefits to be derived from manual training, when accompanied by a proper equipment and under the direction of skilled instructors, know that it has, in the few years during which it has formed a part of the school curriculum of our largest cities, more than demonstrated its value, and that those places which do not provide such instruction are not properly serving the educational requirements of their communities. The greater expense required for the equipment for such instruction is undoubtedly responsible for its lack in many places, but undue economy in this line causes a direct loss to a very considerable portion of the school attending population. How great this loss is cannot be realized by those who have not given the subject proper investigation, but that it is great will be admitted by any one at all familiar with the subject. Our object in mentioning the lack of such instructian is to encourage the study of its great practical value as a part of the educational system of the country, with the hope that every community in which there is a sufficient number of pupils to warrant such instruction, will cause strong and continued efforts to be made until it is secured. In furtherance of this idea we shall be pleased to advise any of our readers who may desire information upon the subject.