, 1880-05-29
WOMEN AND ART.

HVuAGAF AND A4t1s
4 society to Teach women the Princi.
pies or scll.Support md Decorative
Art.
As long as American public opinion re-
n!ntns 50 fur behind tl.at Of China that our
Rlrl-bnhtcs must be ailowc.l to live, WI must
do something for our surplus women. They
must marry, or vote, or work. Some New
York iatllcs havo started Society OF Deco
ratfye Art, with tho very senslbfe purpose Of
helping women carn living In wollianly
why's. Its success proves It to bo ono Of
the best attempts yet made to reacli this re-
suit 1t Is Widening tho nrca of feminine
usefulness II, tiul1 which belongs wholly to
tic unstlirragetl sex; and, Just nj Important,
Is teaching the principles Of A true domestic
art, intInltly above tho Inst gcneratlon's
wretslcl grounding Of l'erl'n wnf,k, and
How occNpics-thoc Ncw York IiMts says
II fnfr1y-Eoud house at No. u East Niue
has r,nte,i port|on of III ajjaccnt building:
Dnwl,.Stnirs. in the drawing.rooms. therG aro
cxWsrd 4 number OF artistic objects. Here
nre paieis, CLIPS, stucers, pictures, fans,
nIl ilte prevailing styles. Solno arc Japanese.
a1ul strongly 50; others are realistic III orl,,l-
mcnlatioll, The feeble and p,!ny seem, under
proMr, seHeto9%n %ao, ar,isiG S,rpicu{is
innscl,lln'ty y a good o'l.e1,, aiia sliaws TINT
aro no !onEur H. lnne. llere arc pretty
PIT ;h Of iris fsr Of 1r,s
ers Mivcs TIC Erocees to BE- spSt fot The
articles Of table. toilet, and bu1fet drapcry,
Sps,l:work, and wifi iiie isee desigl,s ,,;t Pr
thcM, tho acme Of necd!e-trateFy. Tho
Soc!ety Is slot only creative, but It takes nlon
ltsett. II restorative function. lind you
Society to .tnko tho dl'Apitlatcd fragments
l,,d to save II from tlcstruc tlon. Here u q
department where those whip want artistic
tIlrends, can buy WIlat thsy want. Thoil tl!ere
~ 4 library. 1t Is devoted 10 books III art. It's
modest IN size, but, the books, aro well
tlu,nbed. Those volumes go MI oyer the
Flrls III ths Whito Mountains write: "We
tistlc." Then book IS mailed TO them, and
tie lending Of 1t at one cent day l,us Il, more q
ut tin honesty Of the business, when. but n
stngiu book has not been returned. Tho
bo'k-rGntn has dozcn women IN 1t, eur
yS 4b y p M 9 yey " 9gsy o II 'Sscsnf Scssy f,sss asgs
70 open class III Newport noxt month;
to l1aye n sa1es-room there, ~ the
Iravcrs block; and to lnpart fnstrHc-
His fa a 1t I'm e sysss Hive sa II fa's
antique stuffs and cmhroftleries with old
silver, to he held III ti1e Academy OF Design.
The progress @ na.ls dHrinE the first three ,
e rss s Sef year Il aa IL o = catribaKiors I 1t
the close Ut lS70 there wrre 1,sl5 nnmes reg-
istercd upon tho hooks o.. tho Committee q.
Admissions, to whom. nfter deduction OF
yery handsome sum Of s3l, ,GS4.:H was paii.
Tho SoGiety has written i,2000 letters Of In
structfon md criticism to contributors who
lave been nnxiuus TO. learn what wns
the ncedlc-wnrk department not quito 5000
orders have becn executad, d,-rangtng from, q
Wall.langiIE to tile marking Of household
ns' II the free Meedlew"rk elass ;,;s Il! p;
ti,cso l,ayosha,l q second course. Tho 5octe-
ty turls pupils into teachers, ard tlere are
now thirty who exercise their professional
fas pp nn a'S l ppsse lessens te aSd pS$s Stes
given. There are I'll the classes Of pntnting
on china over 800 pupils, taught by
such excellent instructors e! IS ,sll1. Mme'
aSft Il? s!lss M Wood, and ''sG'' volfnar." "f!s Tc
Committee on Admission lias the project OF n
partial loan department, ,ylenca rlateriala
and designs approved by tho Committee can
culnstances. render Hlicll assistance sub
sta1,alal aid. The cost of such material,
postagc, ETC., Is deducted, aud the contributor
FSssiSes @ the net Ffot n W y, ~ fa,s l t. y qe 5
tho financial management Of the Society seeNls
to llare been excellent, 1t asks for no money
for sustcnnncn; but what i would like tc
n 1s or s09 Il lew sah vdqe 1oe f1et
visled for, tho means Of advancing certain
neritorious pupils would then become pos
rio officers of the Society for 1880 are
preai,1cnf Mra Richnr1j III. HINT. Vire