New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-22
HOME AND SOCIETY.
CHAT OF THE SEASON.
.,u orTHE AMERICAN wOMAN-BRI ET'S
LATEST INDUsTRY-ARr TRAINING OF
CHILDREN A GHOST-STOHY
TOLD IN SOCIETY.

LATEST INDUSTRY-ART TRAINING OF
CHILDREN A GHOsTsTOEY
TOLD IN SOCIETY
7, the nervous restlessness and the dry ana sal
80 oomnlexion of too many American women are
N,,r,hu,able TO our trying climate. may II be
49, also for their method of walking? III is
,., that one sees a thoroughly graceful, dlg-
,eod and oueenly gait. Whether girl or woman,
.ha Americans slow walk is apt to be sohu anu
S,,hout elasticity while her rapid walk Is often
,slv series Of jerks and witches. A girl win
." accomnlIshment and charm except that Oh
-. walk will enter the drawing room with
mmonplace bearing and gait that almost spo"s
h.r beauty: and a matron with all the iosein.sS
- soft eyes, gentle smile and silver hair Will ol'en
GLOW herself to droop INTO knd Oh poiue'O
dd,a which her weight does not JUSTIFY. iouiis
wa o,vbt 70 be trained to walk WELL even as
.hav are trained to dance and to sing.
,so. and her WAYS can never fall to be
.on,c of absorbing interest TO houseKeepeiS' one
t. such a necessary concomtant Of our 'aily ntes
her capacity for causing trouble ana uisO0', 49,,
" ,,n,Ir,,ted and she is so apt TO develop III suCh
totally unexpected directions. that the mos
cont woman may be pard )ned IL she us0u
question of domestic grievances rather n'oio ''a'
the masculine mind approves OF. vi i"'o 80
this versatile creature has developed d he" ny
"a 81 nrocedure: taking boarders seems 10 De her
,,.st fancy and regular epidemic OF the com
r,ercial instinct" seems to have seizeo oui ND'
gals which, usual, they gra'hy "' ''''- w
tresses' expense. ,,. house
"would Won believe n?" said an indignant mousse
- go strange woman actually lived in my
.uso ono month last winter before iouhu II
out, Won would not think 1t possible woulu YOU
and / am not careless househeeper o' s
means go regularly into the kitcneh go
morning and always fancied that kep' s
,r,ct watch over everything; and yet those WOMB"
49,, bousa without my finding it out tor all tha'
time I saw the woman, too, IN the h'0Ne -
time to time and knew she was oi'e' Wv
the evenings; but 1 always supposed sne va
some friend and paid no attention TO her pre'e"0e'
and il l had found it out by the interest &C.,
dart 7 dare say she would have remained WITH Us
indefinitely. - said
another long-suffering hOusekeerer i lounu i"''
ou,umn when / returned from Europe that no less
than half a dozen people had occupied 'he no",
during my absence, my laundress acths aS %
,odv and receiving their board in addition 10 "i'
wages which / paid her as caretaKer' IL II WIN
forts YOU any to know that you are not ''e y!
victim l can assure you that nave he"iu -
rumber of similar cases during the last year, ou'
fancy it is an industry that VIII oe s0'
,,vad. at least forewlrlsd is forearmeu'
ct ,h,nk d" said a welknown artist, that there
ore several ways that it might be wen u NY WV,
chi
;nstnc, in the right direction l am inclined 10 pe
. 49,, che Iananese method is one of the best
..yybat is that?' inquired the mother of ram
rv who was listening eagerly to the worus oi WIS
dom from such acknowledged au'"oii''. IL,
..rbeir aim, continued the master is 10 cui'l-
.o r,oroorv rapidty of execution, and ooserNa-
.,o. for this purpose N their drawing classes 'le!
nut an object before their pupils, tell theih " "a
anime it carefully. and then take IL eh''e'' GO,
leaving the students TO draw 1t from heiio'' 0''
rrb. results from this training. am tod are ca
caedinelv surprising Not that "ouii nave ~
-. onl, teaching" he continued after moment
nausa 81 would also encourage dra"ihs Inn
evsrv object about the room, anu s' az "
colored pencils and paint, for, a1ter all ho''',s :,
=. 500 and white really. everything has Color
al uaA -. tracing Mr. -? said materfa-
ma .T once heard it very highly recommended
for very young chidren. ,s =. -,
.cr,,h GOOD outlines I rhould say It would be an
excellent exercise" answered the arus' anu ',e
Japanese idea might also be cohhecueu WIN ,sn
Thai ,s after the tracing has been DONE take .he
model away, ana let 'he CHINA Wv VIZ
over from memory. -
az have an idea" said theoreucai !ou'e pc
son who was present, that 1t wouiu a'So De d"
good plan 10 teach children the theory Oh NOUN"
q would be sure interest them for instant
,acher might give them states with horizontal
ard vertical lines and then stand hersel at 1"
blackboard similarly marked out ana ara" is-
ures walking figures running figures caii!i's
weights or dragging weiSh's' e'c' nv ,.
conld COPY the positions on their sia'eS
while the teacher explains the prlhcpie
"Con,tal capital" approved the master. All that
,onId be excellent. and you could take no better
book for the purpose than flaA'iah ''
which gives nearly all Of those postufeS' ,
az am rather surprised. Mr. - saiu "'e
mother. "to hear you advocate such very hpeia,
a,hods. 7 had an idea that all artists insisted
that beginners should draw only from casts anu
that their imagination should be Kept IN checA "S
much as possible. l cannot tell you no" you com
~art me for I find that my children get deadly
.,a 81 this dry-as-dust work, and that their natu-
raj love of drawing entirely disappears ""e' '''
teaching is monotonous. ,, >,
81 am speaking more for younger chi'uie,
answered the artist, although beiieVe that .''e
same principle introduced somewhat hh'o i.e u''.'
or, teaching would be well. But there Is AWAY
ono hing that surprises me about people who WISH
tbair children TO study art they expect results 50
soon In no other study would they dream Vi
looking for any particular development ioi 90
10 come: but in art they look for pictures diiio''
at once Why, they might as well expect ''a'
Young person could compose sonata ai'ei
co,nIa of wears instruction on the piano! IL Is
onite marvellous to see the ignorance displayed Oh
this point by really intelligent people'
.N,boreh NJ course the English language as ii
"a snoken by we-educdted people at NOME ai'I
abroad Is substantially the same thing remarheu
: .,r cosmonolitan the other day, "it Is curious
what completely different expressions are heid III
,ha sbonnIng verna cular. / sent my London mao
on, to buy some odds and ends day or TWO aitei
arrived in New-York and she came back heaIi'
IN tears. Il thought they spoke Hingiish ere 81,
exclaimed, but they can't understand "oiu
sav.' and had to give her regular lesson IN re
gard 10 the terms used m the SHOPS eNp'"ihi''s
tbat u she wished for "A reel Of cotton she mus
AJAX for a spool of thread; that drysoous s'oi'
meant a linen diapers; that to get yaru vi car
leo she must ask for white musln th"' noSc "V''
called stockings, stays were corsets' heeuie"oif
was embroidery and body linen was underwear
Also [ made her understand that tram III +'i"ei
l.. 40 a. streat.oar: that by elevator we mean