The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-03
THE ART OF EDUCATION.
Anna C. Bracket Gives Her
Views on This Impor-
tant Subject.
BEAUTIFUL ARGENTINE GIRLS
They Are Musical But Cannot
S~ing-Their Voices Harsh
and %Disc0rdant.

are many theories, and there is an ART o
| education. Every true teacher Is ant
must be an artist, working on the mos
plastic of materials, and changing he
methods as the state of the material give
notice to her practised mental eye ina
change is needed. 1t is this fact whlcf
makes experience OF so much value In th'
profession, and this which makes TINT
problem of normal schools SO difficult. L
is ouly the ~ouickened insight of a MIND
originally fit for the work which can de
termine the mental state to be dealt will
at the moment, and can then select, on
of all the means at command. the very
question or the very explanation ina
will enable the child's mind to take hole
of the truth to be conveyed. The MAKER
Of Damascus blades cannot tell you how
he knows that the steel has had exactiJ
the required amount of heat. He sees tne
color aud he knows; that is all there is o.
it,. Ii you dc not see it, he cannot hell
you any more than the laundress can tel
you how hot the iron must be fol
The material she is going to put 1t on. She
holds it to her face or touches IL VIII
wet finger and decides. The cook puts
her hand into the oven and says That we
must wait a little longer before setting
the bread in, and she is right. n prop
lem of real teaching is of this order. ouly
more complicated because of the material
for steel and cloth and dough can be de
pended on to answer a certain quantity OF
heat with a certain reaction, while the
human mind has left to 1t freedom IN lis
way of working, and no two human
minds are alike. There are no unfaIilnp
rules which can be given to the 1nciplent
teacher, and no patent methods will avail
All depends upon the circumstances al
he very time when she has to act, and
those ner instructors cannO by any posi-
bility know. The only rule without ex'
ception that occur to me Is that she
should never punish when she Is angry
but this would be a very slender STOCK to
20 into business with, and the importing
of it would hardly justify q legislature
in building nor,nal schools.-AnnG c.
Bracket, IN Hdrpcr's Magazine orMdy
Girls of Argentine.
Imagine a brunette of fifteen OR SIX
teen developed into a precocious matur-
ity; an erect figure of medium height, but
splendidly proportional, with a bust that,
in his opinion, would make flai-chested
English women green with envy; a proud
and graceful carriage: a face perfectly
oval. with a complexion spotless, but with
n slight tinge of Creole blood that imparts
to the cheeks u hue like that OF the da-
mask rose; eyes large, dark aud lustrous,
fringed by long, silken lashes, aud over
arched by brows, which. with the raven
hair. make the white forehead look like,
alabaster; small and delicately-chiselled
~nostrils tina dilate ~nervously at every
inspiratton; teeth so white and regular
that to catch a glimpse OF them through
the Cu.id's bow of a smile Is to Wouder at
natures projections. - :,
If the face has a fault it lies in The full
red lips aud the sensuous lines surround
inq them, symbols of a passionate and
v~ofuptuous nature. Imagine, he says,
this face set in a frame of soft black hair
and s~urmouuted by n white hat OF the
most couuettish fashion, on which repose
real flowers and live freflies; imagine
the Iithesome figure attired in a dress or
some soft texture and delicate tint and OF
n mode known only to the Worths OF
Paris and Madrid, with a sparkle here
and there of a diamond or a shy glimmer
of dull gold; imagine finally the whole
being instinct with the grace and vitality
of youth, and we have the authors por-
trait of an Argentine girl.
1t is, however, admitted that in spite of
all these charms the beauty of the Argen-
tine does not move ones higher impulses,
IL uHLdlc5 tnO Ct0 uhS
senses, but does not appeal to the soul.
These Respondent creatures, after all,
are but fine animals. Then the greatest
charm of women next to personal beauty,
a sweet voice, is lacking. The voices OF
the Argentine ome are harsh, discard
ant and shrill. When you hear them
talk you experience the revulsion which
you feel when, after gazing for the frs
time at the plumage of II peacock, YOU
hear it scream. There seems to be n
thing about the Innate which is adverse
TO the development OF the voice, and by
which every one Is more or less affected,
For the rest we are told thai Argen'
tine girls are livelv. playful and mischiev'
GUS as kittens. and very fond of gaiety.
They are p~assionarely addicted to music
and the crown of their ambition is the
attainment of three things-the piano
the French language and a string Of Low
e~rs.-Chtcdgo Tribune.