Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-11

site side, piece of corrugated wood cov- cred with zinc. Seize @ large piece of cloth in the hands. energizs arms, and move them briskly up and down, bringing the cloth repeatedly against corrugated wood. Practice this movement upon e large number of pieces of cloth, then relax muscles and stretch the body upon a couch in level line. Repeat. N. B. To per form this exercise with less effort or frio- tion of the skin. smear the wet cloth with a substanoe formed of grease and potash. Take number of the cloths, treated ss above, and dip them into 8 hot bath, for which materials and directions will be fur nished by your grocer. When these cloths are at the proper degree of moisture, spread one upon s smooth padded surface, and with swift, gliding motion of the arm, rum plsnum, or fstiron. As this is done, let the upper part of the body follow the movement of the arm, swaying gracefully from the hips. After this exercise, sit in chair, relax eyslids, relax jaw, dsenergizs all muscles except those of ono arm and
 hand, with which 8 light triangular or circulsr implement, known as fan, is waved gently before the face.
 These are but few samples of the In ternational Domestic exercises. There are large number of others, and all, if not carried to excess, are of great benefit, not only to the one who practices them but to the entire internal economy of the house.
 hold. They should be practiced with regu- larity and discretion, the relaxing pro- cesses being as carefully observed as the more energetic movements. In this way the system will be found to be superior to all others, as bene6ting not only the in- dividusl but the family.
 WALL PAPER DESIGNING. Wall paper designing is branch of art in which 1t seems that women might be-
 come proficient. That very few of them
 have yet made reputation in this line is
 partly due to the fact that professional de- signers, who are said to be the lest teach
 CTS, are seldom willing to take pupils, and
 partly because so many young women make occasional designs of some merit,
 by way of earning little money while
 prosecuting their studies in higher forms of art.
 While there are hundreds of failures, there are some who are successful, and the rewards of the business are sufficient to
 make it worth the while of the aspirant to
 study it thoroughly, learning not merely to make pretty sketches, but to make such sketches as are adapted to the require
 ments of the manufacturers.
 Fifty and seventy-fve dollars are often paid for an original set of designs, and 1t
 is stated that girl in Barnard college had
 seven designs accepted last year, the pro- ceeds paying for the years clothing and tuition.
 Miss Lulu B. George is one of the few successful ones. She seems to have had the right kind of training, and her knowl edge of the technicalities of the art,
 joined to keen and true artistic sense, have
 helped her to unique position.
 For over year she has been attached to
 the force of designers in the studio of 8
 New York msnufactozy, one of the largest in the country. The two most popular floral patterns of wall paper sent out by
 this house have been of her designing, one of them, 8 simple study of the azslea reacb- ing sale of nearly 300, 900 rolls before it
 was withdrawn. This was the largest rec
 ord made by design from this house in 8
 number of years, but it was closely fol-
 lowed by another pattern furnished by Miss
 George. Her latest design for side wall.
 friezs and ceiling is of csrnstion pinks, and
 it Is predicted that its "run" will break
 even the azales patterns record. Exhibits
 of her work were made by the manufac-
 tnrers in the woman's section of the Illinois
 building at the Worlds fair, particularly
 suitable place for them since the artist is a
 daughter of Illinois.
 Miss George works regularly at the fac
 tory, receiving salary like the masculine
 members of the art staff. She says that
 "there Is no prejudice against women in
 this line of work. The design of woman
 is just as good iu the eyes of art chiefs as
 the same class of designs from 8 man.
 Girls are fairly treated'
 She also says that ths trouble with girls
 designs is that they are not practical; this, however, l. not altogether their fault In
 the schools where wall paper designing Is taught pupils are not trained to adapt their instruction to the requirements of the business. Then, sincs the formation of the Wall Paper Trust the standard has been raised, and fewer designs are bought from outsiders, so that when 8 woman finds a steady market for her patterns 1t means that she is doing particularly good work.
 There is much to be studied, indeed, &C., cording to Miss George, who Is an enthu- siast about her work, almost every thing in art will fit in. The lines of the human fig ure, architecture, flowers, imported silks | and tapestries, everything that is lovely In art and nature, are of value to the design
 CT. She herself sspires to still higher l forms of mural decoration, and continues
 her studies with evening classes at the Art | League. Her success Is probably due to hard work more than to talent, fact ! which those who would gladly win such 8 position as hers would do well to remem | Der.
 ! The business itself is one that calls out ! more and more skill and taste. Even a