Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-18
BRArTLEBoRo, VT, FRIDAY, APRIL 1s. 1879.

There were several long tables running the
length of the room, and on these were the
garments with the names and ages OF the chill
dren who made them. Tho exhibition includ-
ed undcrgarments of all kinds shirts, boys
suits, childrens dresses, infants wardrobcs,
pillow shams, dressing sacks and aprons One
little girl of thirteen had made pair of shirts
stitching the bosoms, collars and cuffs 80
evenly that it looked like machine work. An
other girl eleven years old had made a set
of infants shirts, most exquisitely; another
thirteen-year old girl had made an entire
knickerbocker suit for Il boy. These are on
ly few out of over n thousand garments, all
made beautifully and with the utmost care.
This work is done by girls outside Of the first
class these latter devote their last year to
drcssmaEing; they are taught to fit, to cut,
to draught patterns Everything, even to the
smallest detail is included there is nothing
left untaught. As n consequence, when girl
finishes school, she has not only her "boolJ
education, but she has with it practical
knowledge of at least one kind of work, which
will be of immense value to her and which
she can put to immediate use. The influence
OF the teaching is shown very strongly in the
added care which these girls take Of their
clothing; they are able to do their own mend
ing and do it neatly, too, and they take IL gen
uiuc pride in it. The idea of turning the
care of the sewing over to the regular teach
ers is quite rs mistaken as that of abolishing
it altogether. There isn't teacher who
hasn't as much as she can do now, and even
if that were not the case, it is quite fair to
suppose that majority Of them, having their
time so filled, and not having had the advan-
tagc of the training in ncedlework when they
were scholars, are not adopts at sewing for
you know as well as do, that the number of
women who are good ncedlcwomcn is rare
Most pf thatt EnnNt hpV. a sow ofi,p "a Tu4l
ion. | hope the sewing won't be abolished:
it wouldn't if the women had anything to say
about it, but our sapient legislature has de
cided that we as a sex have no business to
have any opinions regarding the education of
our children, or. if we have them. that We
shan't express them.
The dramatic season is not over, and yet an
nouncements are already made for next year.
Managers are getting their companies iogcth-
er aud all artists who have not made their en-
gagements are looking auNiously about for
the place which thay are to hold next season.
The best piece of urws that | have TO give
you is that Mr.. Cha, Barron is to return to
the Museum rs leading man. lie has been
sadly missed during the past year, and it is
wise move on the part of Manager Field to
get him back again. Mr. Barron has improv-
ed his year of absence to make "a New York
success, aud i'm lis tour through the South
and West with John Mccullough has shared
houses with that tragedian.
The attraction for Easter week is the pro-
ductou OF "Piuafore' will nobody letit rest?
by II company picked for the occasion. What
do yuu think OF cast like this; ldmirdl
Mr.. II. C.. Ba1ab.o; capt. Corcorln, Mr..
VI. ". whitney Ralph Racistr0,c, Tom
Il.
cVp, Miss Adelaide Phillips: UcLt. Miss
George Clyvau. Everybody is wild with an
ticipatiou, and the new Pinaforo is quite the
talk of the town.
The little Gaiyty has scored the success of
the season. Large houses have been the rule
straight through Look at the attractions
'Salisbury's Trouhadours." the Fifth ave-
nuo and Standard Theatre companies. Den
man Thompson in Josh Whitcomb," the
Knights in "Otto and the best "Pinafore"
in the country. These are only part of a long
list Mr.. Wentworth knows what the public
wants, and gives It them.
The new Park opens ON Easter Monday
with I.otta. wonder if the theatre is das-
tined to succeed. 1t viii have no stock conf
pany, but Ike th, Gaiety and Globe will be
run for combinations. The Rice Surprise
Party have finished a most successful season
at the Globe, and now the Floreucts, sup
ported 10y Alice Harrison and Nod Buckley
are playing tar Mighty Dollar Mr.. Stet-
son gives the entire proceeds Of the engage
mcut 60 the Fircmyi's Relief Association, and
this act Of generosity fills the house in spite
of its being Holy Week.
IGonghton * O-grod have just published
another volume in the series of Poems Of
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