, 1877-02-11
THE WORLD.
The Academy OF Deport-
ment and Feminine
Craces. :.
uoy We Anause Ourselves
on the Brink Of Lent.
nth Dancing, Surprises, Card
Parties, and Marriage
Bells.
'ch;caeo Nuptials---The Wedding
Of Miss Roosevelt, Of
New York.
qaa Members Of the Clubs Meet
and Solemnly Resolve to
Be Jolly.
, Note of Rural Merriment
Goes Up from the
Suburbs.
Ytual. Reporters at the keT York Charity
Ball-Good.Aatured Ladies.
eoods for the Spring and How to Make
Them Up.--Dressing the Hair.
The Latest Gossip from the Art and
Fashion Circles Of Paris.
Nota of Rural Merriment
Goes Up from the
Suburbs.
r,u,l, REPORTERS at The NeT York Charity
BaIl-Good.Aatured Ladies.
eooas for the Spring and How to Make
Them Up.--Dressing the Hair.
N. Latest Gossip from the Art and
Fashion Circles Of Paris.
SOCIAL EDUCATION.

SOCIAL EDUCATION.
+rs7srfA 1T THE ACADEMY OF DEr0KTAEST.
1phe Editor Of The Tsibunr-
ru7r.Go Feb. 10.--To parents who regard
@he eaucation Of their girls as matter Of per-
nsneut Importance, I commend the Young
1,dies, Academy Of Department, at DesMoines,
I. More than one Chicago girl has been trail,-
ID fnthe rsy she should go at that establish
r,eut, md the thriving business done By the
nod Principal testifes that We have among us
IL this democratic population an element that
s1ri,es ambitiously for perlection OF social edu-
es.;on. The a.istoctacy with which the land is
nov blessed Is beginning TO feel the necessity Of
.csrtfully upholstered society, and it has con-
elnded, end perhaps properly, that learning is
not sn essential thing compared with repose and
Trained muscles. The ancient idea, that the
fensle youth Of tie nation should BE- well up in
.os.cs Of the day, is exploded. and the newer
sheme Of preparing the raw material for sud
cen efuIgepce in tbe social rank, has given birth
10 the institution I shall describe. one which
no:sibly viii soon find irnitators all oyer the
country.
The Young Ladies' ACADEMY Of Department is
founded on superstition that the female mind
should be utterly unburdened bv any approach
10 solidity ct requirement. 4 damsel entering
i:s doors IS examined mentally, rs the applicant
10 the ballet troupe is examined physically.
She Is carefully considered solely as to her
eenss;ty for becoming q nonentitv. for none
sst.-s 80 nrs-,,,,,., - so.,n1;.,, /. ro,oea y,
~, u-.H' ~ p.-s1e ~
.! any unto"asu CON o1iaataon " eoucal1ooai
advantages she maniiests familiarity with
books, she Il assigned to the lower grade, where
her tr,;n;no cornmenccs With 1;ve1r ,aet,,ros on
u. .he11n+a -aar,r;+, ~ fo.r,.+;,- ,,-e--
" @0soss1e As"s ~ ~ "1oA1'
q nse1nl lno*ieose Hltn Wnlca tne NINA may
ne been unfortunately lmhued; she IS taught
~ aosclng 1alth IN Inc virtue o1 showing htera1-
nothing, state d mental HrcpoSe" IN
cslensao'e 10 impar1ins 70 hcr slsaSe tnaI IN
lasslse . eIpIesson and 70 ner eyes 'nat stony
nase aela o. a1lhoT'taes the oest evidence ol
Eeh breeding. The system" F" seems to under-
stana that intelligcnee IS incompatible with 2
s9a aa. ana peI1ect.s nn1noone countenanec, ana
t xalse II : anncnat 70 compl q splrteo Sl'1 70
1u1set .t5s Hast II auorded her pressure 70 learn,
tal u mus1 oe accomplished, or sue eannot
eeEeal " lhe ssslem-
~ !emembeT ny own experience villa fatncf
4'ti} sense Of us isalcuaous aspects. aou tnou1n
l~onid scarcely like TO bold myself up as an e1-
ssap!e upon Which parents might model their
causaleIs. / SIN point 10 my reputation IN So
as3f sno accord ms tutelage IN the Academy
department with al tha1 nave since De~
Gane~ Al 1he age oI Il years WIS extracted,
use tooth, from very superior article OF
s<0a soSfnng school: aud sent to Des Molnes to "
potshed on When called up for examination
.! tue profound exponent OF the "system," I
assumed, o. course, that gooo account OF nT
senool stewardship was expected OF me, and l