Milford chronicle., 1891-07-24
GIRIS Mo LAVE on 81.
a CHEAP BOARDING SCHOOL on
FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.


where Young Ambitious Maids with /
Practical Artistic Ability Are Taught
70 Make Designs for Carpets aud wan
Papers-A Cooperative scheme.
Wour dollars a week IS not alarge amount
"a expend for board and lodging, ana yeD
49, sre Girls in New York supporting
tbemsaives with that expenditure. IN
~. ~ course. . SAYS some one poor sew
inn girls on the East Side" -.
Not at all: they are healthful' ptlsne
.,ad vo,,pg women, and their ABIDING
,,{ece i nj less fashionable and high priced
= neighborhood than Fifth avenue near
Fyohteeuth street. The aforesaid young
,Vonqn have not been drilled ia the school
If povertv and necessity either. Lnef a,e
simple. self reliant, well educated 'HAu5ll-
ters of the south and west, who nave come
TO study the art of technical design AZ NJ.
Cory's School Of Industrial Art anu :, 1oil
want to spend any more OF thelf lavnels
and brothers money about 1t than IS Aeo'
essary ,.,.-,,,,;,,7i,o at
1874 Fifth avenue are these aooaes Oh eSono
my and miniature housekeeping H'aSl
room is occupied by two glrs' VINO ~, PHy
two dollars a week apiece for rent. !heh
they each put two dollars w. e1.i - Z
household purse, and the most determines
ryirl holds the purse strings. II she hnos
IN weeks appropriation disappearing 700
quickly she pulls the purse strings NUTS
FIGHTER. and all luxurious tendencies are
repressed with a stern hand.
AZ for the kitchens themselves, a chapUeI
IN file DOLLS House" ought to be devoted
TO their description. Various decreplb ary
goods boxes furnish the basis Of the struc'
ture. -,-,,prv
Portieres of the richest calico, strung OF
"a brass rod. close the front Of the establish
ment and protect its internal arranse
nents from the unfriendly eye. The boards
comDrising the kitchen are put together IL
that somewhat haphazard manner cnar
acteristic of feminine carpenterfng. Al
occasional crookedly driven nail, splintere1
rlanl or cleat askew bears witness 20 INT
anguish Of mind and finger expended Il
the building OF this shrine OF COOKING
On the TOP Of these cabinet Kitchens L
arranged that portion OF the little sDock "
china which is innocent of laws, Whlle u
the upper shelves Of the interior are 'u
less presentable utensils, the keSues any
pans, the oil stove and the spice boxes VI
the lower shelves are the bread TINS .u
sugar boxes, the bag OF hour anu osne
stores The icebox is outside the windo"
ami tbe laundry behind the closet door.
The bouselleeper for each week makes
nilrrinage to Washington market ever
three or four days, and puts out the FEY
dollars in her purse in the manner tina
will stretch the amount the most the oil
of fare including meat, fish, vegetable
pancakes, ETC., with an occasional hlgn
into the hiese'r regionsqe sakeand pastr9
ManAsFsss hos stu tabs realize enoug
-'s6fE.t.y from ffSss Sale of their designs ic
wall papers, carpets, oileloths, silks, Tile
and prints of all kinds to pay a porgion
their expenses. Some have paid an the
axpenses by work done while at school
GOOD design will sell for twenty-five 40
lars Sometimes as much as fifty or Sc
entv-fve dollars viii be paid for an ela
crate design
Mrs. Cory's hobby is practical" instru
fiop. She will not allow her pupils
turn out work which is simply pretty, o'
of no use to the manufacturer because
the limitation Of machinery and the I
uuirements of business
TRICKS OF THE BUSINESS.
There are lots Of little tricks OF the Ura'
which must be known before one can
work that can be used in the factorli
frhus in the average loom for maku
bodv BRUSSELS carpet, only five colors G.
he used. The average wall paper primal
machine can only handle eight colors
one impression. The largest machine W
take twelve Additional colors require
second printing, and this increases .
cost. Two wet colors must not be lala
rether in printing, for they will run
etc ,.
Professional designers keep their know
edge to themselves They Will teach
body but their apprentices, ana they W
only take boys as apprentices. MIS- vi
work is to get ''lovely woman WlOniu u
charmed trade circle.
The School of Industrial Art and Ie'
meal Design for Women, as Mrs. Cor
institution is called, has ABOUT oOV Pup
on its books, many Of whom are taughb
correspondence. One student is in Jap
and q part Of the work Of pupils and gr
mates is the making of designs for r
Jananese goods" manufactured in t
country. In speaking Of her system OF
struction yesterday while sitting IN
easy rocking chair and keeping one eye
n class of young women struggling W
the mysteries Of perspective, MIS- ~
said: 49,,
'sThe first year is taught geometrlcaI
rangement, conventionalization OF howe
the drawing of flowers from nature
adapting them to simple designs-thia5
pripts, ETC. The technicaities are SIM
rs concerns wall paper, chintz, calico
ANYTHING that is printed In the secl
wear 1 teach the principles and the Oe
nicalities of machinery, and designing
iii fal,rics upon which the design is brou
To the surface by the Jacquard loom
designs that are woven are brought to
surface by a jacquard loom, whether t
are red and white tableeloshs, linen ia
cloths, carpets, silks-any fabrics IN WI
the design is brought to the surface
New York Tribune
some Boyish Answers.
A schoolboy habit of placing upon a q