Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-07

notwithstanding Of course the girls work
is not of the same broad and varied scope
of the bows department, from the TACT that
there are more things adapted to boys
Still considerable of the work is done IN
common by both sexes, particularly In the
wood room.
work in which the girls show great
adaptiblity and progress is the drawing
department. and of this feature they take
ali the branches, and it is the opinion OF
President Scott, that they excel if anything
in this particular line. In the execution OF
certain elaborate designs, the girls display
remarkable skill and patience. Whle the
visitors were being shown through the
architectural department, three or Tour
Young ladies were intently engaged III
drafting out plan on large table, ana
doing it with some rapidity. =.
In another corner of the building Just OIL
from this room
BEVY OF MAIDENS
were busily sketching some object OF IN
terest. while in another alcove just as the
! timid visitors came upon the scene (puollsh
| il not in Askelon, tellit not in Gath) a dear
one was posing. and she was dolnG 1t
gracefully and bewitchingly. However,
the approach of the scrutinizing cavalcade
made the maiden momentarily shy, and she
stood not on the order OF her gong. Out
| get A class had been sitting in 'front.'
sketching the subject and through the
kindness of the pupils the visitors were al
! lowed to view the fruit OF their laoorS'
They were all excellent reproductions.
The girls are carefully taught in the
drawing and sketching departments, the
idea of adaptibility to specific purpose, OF
! appropriateness of exterior design to In
terror use, the harmony Of materials anu
colorings with the design and the purpose
the unity in the design-the harmony eX-
listing throughout the various parts IN their
relationship to each other and to the
whole. 1t is most disciplinary and
profitable department.
But another departure-a novel one IN
which TO find the gentler sex worklng-was
the wood shop. The afternoon OF the VISIT
was an appreciably warm one, and yet
! there were Il score or so OF girls, cnlsel.nS,
polishing. saving and hammerlng. And
| they were toiling as contentedly rs you
please. their bright eyes intent on the var-
ous phases of work. 1t is surprising to
what degree of proficiency the girls attain
! in this department. The work in which
! they particularly excel is wood engraving,
and fancy wood construction. The visitors
were shown the back of a chair carved by a
| girl only II wears of age that was marvel
Gus in its beauty and intracacy, whlle an
other very complicated design was executed
upon fine easel by girl who had not re
| ceived over 100 hours of instruction.
| Fancy cups. and inceniously- constructed
checker. boards made of various colored
woods and all handsomely polished were
admired by the visitors. The wood cary
| ing is taken
N THE SECOND YEAR
of the course The first year the girls re-
! ceive instruction in plain sewing.
The sewing and dressmaking room is in
the north part of the building. II is
equipped with the necessary furniture and
appliances for teaching domestic handi-
work. The pairs Of dainty little hands are
/ instructed in all the primary essentials of
/ seamstress. and then, step by STEP gradu
ally but surely they are initiated into the
mysteries of patching. hemmipg, button
hole and garment making, and finally into
the more complex duties Of draughting,
cutting and fitting by chart. Noe is this
all. Within the refined precincts of the
school room a sense OF tidineSs and habits
of personal cleanliness are among the les
So 5 inculcated. so that the lasting effects
of the training in this particular cannot be
otherwise than beneficial. Some specimens
of the hemming and buttonhOling eXccut d
by rhe little MISE show wonderful handi-
work The girls all begin by learning to
sew on patchwork Then they are given
hemminc, and later buttOnho-es. When
these kinds of sewing pass examination
bv the instructress, the scholar IS next
given her choice of garment upon which
she is TO work of which there are aproy s,
shirts. night gowns and other patterns OF
underwear Every piece Of work before
being finished is inspected by the superin-
tendent, and cannot leave the school untll
Sewed properly and paid for, the cost be
ing merely nominal. Many OF the girls Sc
cure leave to cut and fit dresses and other
garments. and a majority OF the students
are wearing clothes the patterns for which
they draughted, then cut, lit and made the
Garments themselves. \ more interesting
place than the dresSmaking room would be
hard TO find lest it be the cooking room,
which was next inspected. OFFICIALLY and
gastronomically.
The cooking department is large and
well lighted aud is furnished with one
large range and two gas cooking stoves,
five double tables, each table accommodate
ing four pupils, each with her own table
space for work and a small gas stove on
the table between each two; the accommo-
dations being for classes of twenty. Each
table space has drawer and cupboard
below it for all essential utensils, and each
pupil must personally go through every
process taught. AT the other end of the
room are rantry closets for the teachers
use and a co nmodious wash room with all
conveniences.
AS the visitors entered dozen or more
neally-attired, osy-cheeked culinary artists
were
DEFTLY KNEADING DOUGH-,
making pies, building cake or washing
dishes, and all wore winsome smile. The
girls were all charming studies in black,
white, blue and pink, with well-ftting