Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-03-10
woMAN,s WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


WoMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
sIiiirasy Drill as Means of Physicai Cut
lure For Girls.
Those who have Witnessed any ca The
spectacular dramas at present on the
American stage viii remember with
pleasure the so called amazon drill. in
which young women ii rainbow hGe1
costumes go through a series of difficult
and beautiful military evolutions. What
ever else the drama had 70 offcr, the ap-
piause yTas always loadess aad longest
over the marvellous amazon drill. It
was like a scene from fairyland. The
grace of the young women, their 1.-THE,
perfectly trained muscles and the pre-
eision with which they executed the
most complicated movements forced
note of adisiration from every one with
an eye to artistic beauty. In letter to
the editor of The Century ex-President
Harrison warmly advocates the intro
duction of the military drill into all
boys schools. public and private, on the
ground that it is the best system of phys
ans rights man, ex-President Harrison
would. am sure, have recommended it
also for girls schools on precisely the
same ground if he had thought of it.
He inclines to the belief that, so far from
making the youths quarrelsoIne and fos-
tering a fighting spirit among them, it
even increases the feeling of comradeship
and equality among them. He says it
will make the boys graceful, erect and
free in their carriage, releasing them
from awkward clumsiness and remedy
ing natural physical defects. Now, what
the military drill will do for boys it will
also in precisely the same measure do for
girls. The young women in the Amazo-
MAN battalion in the theater are notice
able out Of the theater. on the street and
elsewhere, for their graceful movements
and erect carriage. They are ordinary
girls picked up anywhere and reinodeled
into artistic shape and motion. What
the drillmaster has done for them he can
do for any and all other girls. The mill
tary drill is highly conducive to physical
health and strength too. The soldiers of
our regular army in time of peace are
among the healthiest persons in the world.
Let us have the military drill in girls
schools and everywhere else among girls.
Bloomfield, N. j., is the first town to
organize girls military company. The
young women are training with enthu-
siasm, and the good effect on their walk
and movements is already to be seen.
The young men of Bloomfield have also
a cadet company, and when the training
proceeds sufficiently far the girls and
boys are to have public competitive
drill. bet on the girls.
Miss Louise Imogen Quincy, lately APP
pointed to presidential postmastership
at Auburndale, Mass, has discovered /.
great, deep seated truth. 1t is that post
mastering pays better than poetry max
ing. We congratulate Miss Quincy.
Perhaps, though, she will find time still
to give us some poetry, for Miss Guiney's
poetry is very good.
Wear small, low crowned hats to the
theater Always wear small, low
crowned hats to the theater.
The New York School of Applied De-
sign For Women is an admirable insti-
tuition. 1t was founded by Mrs. Dunlap
Hopkins, noble, public spirited woman,
who hoped thereby TO benefit her own
sex. Her hope has been fully realized.
The applied design part of the instruc
ton means that in this fine school wom-
en- learn to make patterns and models
for all kinds of decorative manufacture.
They design wall paper, figures for silk
printing and brocading, patterns for car
pet weaving, book covers, and learn to
paint walls and friezes. There is also
Il department for instruction in water
color painting. Every one of the in
structors is an individual practically and
actually engaged in making the designs
he teaches the young women students to
make. The enthusiasm of the women
and the real progress made by them ara
full of promise for American decorative
art in the future. 1t is not less so for
the future of the women students them
selves, for thus the breadwinning occu-
pations of our sex will be enlarged. Many
Of the students have already found re-
mulerative employment.
Tbis 10 what Mrs Rallingtop PootI,
saws about reli0ion. Tho oreat need ~
religion in the present day is not so many
creeds and theories, but the considera-
tion of it in pure business way to real
ize what good it will do us. If there was
less theology and more Neurology, ii
would be a great deal better"
Miss Grace B. Allen, young lady
student at the New York School OF Ap-
piled Design For Women, Exceptionally
fortunate IN being able to both paint and
write Miss Allen is faithfully studying
industrial art, having also view to
loftler work by and by. Some OF her
wall paper designs have already been
accepted by manufacturers. NO KIND OF
art. however, Is hiSher or better than
that winch gives the people artistic wall
covering IL improves their taste and
affords them pleasure. Miss Aliens
newspaper letters might almost be called
model OF that klnd OF composition. She
telis her iacts luily anu clearly without
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